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OF THE WAR WITH TIPPOO SULTAUN.
But the facility of carrying the Governor-general's measures
into effect, was, in a great degree to be ascribed to the many ad-
vantages which were derived from the glorious termination of the
campaign of I/92. Of those advantages, the Marquis Wellesley
certainly made a most seasonable and proper use; and as his
Lordship, upon a late public occasion,* has fully expressed his esti-
mation of them, it will not be deemed improper to insert it here.
" In reviewing the more immediate causes of our success, I
" cannot repress a tribute of gratitude to him who laid the foun-
" dations of that strength, which it has been my lot to call into
" action. The name of the Marquis Cornwallis is inseparably
" connected with the fame and power of Great Britain in this
" quarter of the globe ; and will continue to be an object of
" affection and reverence, as long as wisdom, fortitude, and inte-
" grity, shall be respected, or any sense retained of justice, cle-
" mency, benevolence, public faith, or military glory. The final
" conquest of Mysore recalls the memory of that glorious war, in
" which the first shock was given to the hostile power of Tippoo
" Sultaun. It must never be forgotten, that under the auspices of
" the Marquis Cornwallis in that war, the supply and movement
" of our armies in Mysore were first reduced to a system of re-
" gularity and order; and our officers acquired that experience
" and skill so conspicuous in the able and masterly operations of
" the late campaign : under the same auspices, the whole system
" Lordship's constant attention to the improvement of the military establishment of
" this presidency, and to the cultivation of that spirit of activity, zeal, and dis-
" cipline, from which such happy effects have resulted in the late war with Tippoo
" Sultaun."
* In his answer to the address from the Inhabitants of Calcutta.
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But the facility of carrying the Governor-general's measures
into effect, was, in a great degree to be ascribed to the many ad-
vantages which were derived from the glorious termination of the
campaign of I/92. Of those advantages, the Marquis Wellesley
certainly made a most seasonable and proper use; and as his
Lordship, upon a late public occasion,* has fully expressed his esti-
mation of them, it will not be deemed improper to insert it here.
" In reviewing the more immediate causes of our success, I
" cannot repress a tribute of gratitude to him who laid the foun-
" dations of that strength, which it has been my lot to call into
" action. The name of the Marquis Cornwallis is inseparably
" connected with the fame and power of Great Britain in this
" quarter of the globe ; and will continue to be an object of
" affection and reverence, as long as wisdom, fortitude, and inte-
" grity, shall be respected, or any sense retained of justice, cle-
" mency, benevolence, public faith, or military glory. The final
" conquest of Mysore recalls the memory of that glorious war, in
" which the first shock was given to the hostile power of Tippoo
" Sultaun. It must never be forgotten, that under the auspices of
" the Marquis Cornwallis in that war, the supply and movement
" of our armies in Mysore were first reduced to a system of re-
" gularity and order; and our officers acquired that experience
" and skill so conspicuous in the able and masterly operations of
" the late campaign : under the same auspices, the whole system
" Lordship's constant attention to the improvement of the military establishment of
" this presidency, and to the cultivation of that spirit of activity, zeal, and dis-
" cipline, from which such happy effects have resulted in the late war with Tippoo
" Sultaun."
* In his answer to the address from the Inhabitants of Calcutta.
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