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IN THE BURMHAN EMPIRE.
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on the wisdom of his majesty's determination; I
was certain he would not require any concessions
on my part unworthy the representative of a free
and equal state; or that he would not wish to
see his own representative subjected to; that I
entreated of him to request of the whoonghecs
to reflect, that it was not Captain Cox who con-
tended for an equality of rank, but the repre-
sentative of the Supreme Government of the
British Company's possessions in India, who de-
rived his pretensions from his office, in the same
manner they did from theirs ; it was not the man
but the office which claimed respect. That the
British nation, moderate and equitable in all its
dealings, arrogated no superiority, but subscribed
inferiority to none; and, therefore, that the Su-
preme Government for the British Possessions in
India, would never submit to treat with any na-
tion in India, but on terms of perfect equality;
an axiom it was absolutely necessary for the mi-
nisters of the Burmhan government ever to keep
in view, if they meant to establish or preserve
friendship between the two states: that, in their
negotiations with me, they must never use the
language of degradation : that, when I had any
thing to propose, or represent, I should, with all
deference and respect, submit it, in the form of
a memorial, for his majesty's consideration.
Where I had a right to contend for, I should
75
on the wisdom of his majesty's determination; I
was certain he would not require any concessions
on my part unworthy the representative of a free
and equal state; or that he would not wish to
see his own representative subjected to; that I
entreated of him to request of the whoonghecs
to reflect, that it was not Captain Cox who con-
tended for an equality of rank, but the repre-
sentative of the Supreme Government of the
British Company's possessions in India, who de-
rived his pretensions from his office, in the same
manner they did from theirs ; it was not the man
but the office which claimed respect. That the
British nation, moderate and equitable in all its
dealings, arrogated no superiority, but subscribed
inferiority to none; and, therefore, that the Su-
preme Government for the British Possessions in
India, would never submit to treat with any na-
tion in India, but on terms of perfect equality;
an axiom it was absolutely necessary for the mi-
nisters of the Burmhan government ever to keep
in view, if they meant to establish or preserve
friendship between the two states: that, in their
negotiations with me, they must never use the
language of degradation : that, when I had any
thing to propose, or represent, I should, with all
deference and respect, submit it, in the form of
a memorial, for his majesty's consideration.
Where I had a right to contend for, I should