Civil Disobedience in Indian Tradition, with Some Early Nineteenth Century Documents c6.s3.14

c6.s3.14

49. Still however we perceive a dangerous and almost universal combination formed against the tax, and consequently against the authority of Government; the influence of the Brahmins, Faqueers and other employed to excite the people to resistance; the authority of the local officers openly contemned; and no means left to Government, but the employment of the military force of the country to enforce its orders and regulations.