n which the words _but_,
and _although_, and _besides_, and _whereas_, and _why_, and other
such words of doubt, are introduced, it gives an opening to
disputes and misunderstandings. A treaty is meant for the entire
removal of all differences, not for increase of them. My departure
to Poonah has therefore been delayed."

My Lords, consider to what ironies and insults this nation was exposed,
and how necessary it was for us to originate that bill which your
Lordships passed into an act of Parliament, with his Majesty's assent.
The words _but_, _although_, _besides_, _whereas_, and _why_, and such
like, are introduced to give an opening, and so on. Then he desires him
to send another treaty, fit for him to sign.

"I have therefore kept the treaty with the greatest care and
caution in my possession, and, having taken a copy of it, I have
added to each article another, which appeared to me proper and
advisable, and without any loss or disadvantage to the English, or
anything more in favor of the Pundit Purdhaun than what was
contained in the former treaties. This I have sent to you, and hope
that you will prepare and send a treaty conformable to that,
without any _besides_, or _if_, or _why_, or _but_, and _whereas_,
that, as soon as it arrives, I may depart for Poonah, and, having
united with me Row Mahdajee Sindia, and having brought over the
Nabob Nizam ul Dowlah to this business, I may settle and adjust all
matters which are in this bad situation. As soon as I have received
my dismission from thence, I would set off for Calcutta, and
represent to you everything which for a long while I have had on my
mind, and by this transaction erect to the view of all the world
the standard of the greatness and goodness of the English and of my
master, and extinguish the flames of war with the waters of
friendship. The compassing all these advantages and happy prospects
depends entirely upon your will and consent; and the power of
bringing them to an issue is in your hands alone."

My Lords, you may here see the necessity there was for passing the act
of Parliament which I have just read to you, in order to prevent in
future the recurrence of that want of faith of which Mr. Hastings had
been so notoriously guilty, and by which he had not only united all
India against us, and had hindered us from making, for