Civil Disobedience in Indian Tradition, with Some Early Nineteenth Century Documents c6.s2.t1.3

c6.s2.t1.3

13. If this view of the subject be correct, the sacrifice of 2 or 3 lakhs of rupees (for I do not conceive that the aggregate amount of the tax will exceed that sum) may not perhaps be thought too much to conciliate the affection of the large bodies of people, comprising the cities and principal towns, and by these means to draw closer the ties which unite the community to the Government.