loudest against the possibility .*©f. these advantages accruing; and that .notwithstanding
the doubts thenE" Entertained 3sf its practicability^ that measure
has been actually carried iatobesffect, ' witpoul; 'producing1 fapy kone
.of the consequences depicted by the advocates-ofithe old system, and as far
as a judgment can yet be formed, with alkthe advantages anticipated by Mr.
Hogiendorp. - '
It is not surprising to find, that the enlightened viewjs of this »writer werb
never..acted upon, when’we find it assented by ^commission, who sat at the
Hague in 1808# composed of the highest,. and'perhaps best- qualified persons
in the state ..of Holland, land of whidh'hewa'S'him'Selffth .raeinb'hr.<||(fj:c&hfcse
H dissenting orie)^ th a t'“ -it appeared! to the.iff.toybayer-bneh;admitted)^ne^
“ rally, and without contradiction;, that according ter 'ancient?- frSg&tions;
“ of- whieh the first institution was lost even amongtt-Tde -Jai&ns themselves,-
manner in which that geopiefare used to live^estS^ot^riifes^.’feSpTiw.ith
*• which a free and unlimited disposition-of -the’grbund and $ 8' productions!
“ is absolutely inconsistent ;-that they were; for thejr parts,-eonvinhed''tM»t}
“ such a chknge conld npt be effected, without
f tion among ajl clasfes of people ; 'that though, in' tbi^'ehs'fep vidi'ent 'm!ea-‘
“i'fiures might suppress an insurrection, they .WqMld' rather advise ■tOibi'd<-gn‘
V ^eternal farewell to Java,’ than to resort- -mORns-s^ that -ir they’
“ .adverted to the question in a commercial points ofiv'iew^px^ame Unberi
V-tainty, the same (dangers .»presented themselves;('■.’These-arose'■ from the’
‘f natural disinclination oftfae Javan to work, which has been 'observed^by
“ many eminent persons ; the -danger of new monopolies,-iwKich ■yvodtiMkll'*
‘5 heavier.upon the common people than the pf^ent-forced' d’dliv§iie#|i} £he
“ ' exorbitant;charges thsupport aTgreat number of native ’chiefs and priests,'*
“ Who are at 'present provide'dTerand ought to be supported; an Undbhbtedr
‘t deficiency in the revenues, and'a considerable expenditure during • the
“ first' years, without tiie-probability- 'of1; a remedy; : All: this,'*' say -they,
M seems, to forebode a peglectiof the cultivation‘s and after long and labo*-
*( fious researchesj we are compelled to lay it! dowji'as a general principle,
“ that
“ that-property of the'%§Sttamong'^he'Jc3mhi6n! ' javaris, -and the abolition!
“ of p'dffit^rvrcesf5 '-cannot be adopted jP thecas is of an improvement, of
“ '■ wKitih•'fEe^lhlbraal nian^em%blr of^Java?would be- fsiisfeeptible, The con-
^'tih'gents and fordea^d’BByferies *brfgl3^Jvhferefeire to - b^^ontinti'ed • and
■® fsffiSIVl^Dh iSbwnliblPthd'St#^1- wMc& ha^shi)|edSd’e,d‘,t0: the prerogatives
'“ r,Vf*roe YdiTn‘er’>‘Soi^?pahy;3, *
Marshal Dkeridel^Hvho'’ was tecall'e^ilfrdir£’-'the ^OveWmenf- df -Java only
a few' mdfi't?hs''BfefoI'i'^Te Britis'hYcti^Pis£};,and -wftO' was by far the most
a cti^ an ^ e^ ^ ^ ^ ^TO ruO T twW<-15ffl%ir' 'fet loiig time Been at1 the head 6 f
this5, colony, ’has^rl^feh^ri'a'dhduriiydfl his.-* own a'dtii inisttationy - of1 the estate
in ‘^Kich»TOffodl'd’-.ji^asland; of.'Sle measures fih'^ropused? and executed," df
tire" impitwfem'hnts whicll'he projected ItiPcartiedtintd'e® 6% fief the revenues
that" ^-ign't'- be ^ p ^ |e d t ^|ieMitm‘ei 'fefraf<ld'ild»publib?^cvSoie
requirSH! 1 'A»ltf^^1^}lTe'fentdps'in’to^ofee?%red',ahd:tBo)l'9*s'tri;dtuJe§i(5nfthe'tJoni
. idvidPdf' flife^^^^^gTpuers,- the ‘lesti’ma'tes’'- they1 forme’d', and the’pohfcjs they
reetim'menBM^^Ke*cfd^'^oBeseem hirbself to haVsf^To^ded -'many of the faults
-rend’erdd1 fhfeir pdlic'y 'Sl^ectioh'able, of to have e n tra in ed*Eany hope
oTes'tablishing• a m6Ve‘©!a1hiil' system-p'1 Forced'services' an'd contingents, and
all fm tyranny wmurti tfie^fe™l^Tln^reS5aiy*''b'omtitUted■ th e ' greatest
part of'the' wa^’ and'’means of the colonial '■ treasury j' anti thb1 grand source o f
'pTdfitsf'fbt;-the Gdrfupdny^h;
The 3iffi£ulti’es'‘he”had to struggle #ith/’ ahd the p'efchlia’r hahits and character
forc^S1 By his profession', seem to'have'determirifed-his'procdddingsf -more
than- any matured1- scH&rhe b f 'general administration,; »or any,deliberate -prin-'
^eiplBS’ of * goverh'm eh'ti -* He thus* describes- tlie situation of the colony orihis
arnvalv: “ Apo^VerFul1 ehemy’threatened ns^by seh,’ iand' the Javan-prince^,s
“ acquiring' aucfafcity in proportion as’’-they ^aw- p'roofs1 o f 1 Our1 weakness,0
lt 'tnb'ught’'rthe-moment had arrived for'prescribing the>law-*tO- their-former
“ siiphridfs. - The very existence‘of "our dominions on Java was thus in the
‘i igreatest'
. * Report o'f-t GOiftmitted-fappolnted toj investigate East-India Affairs^ made to the Govern--
oi,the Batavian Rep'ub^i'-dated 31st. of August 1803J consisting of Messrs. Murman,
Sic, Ponloe, Verhuell, D. Van Hogendorp, Nederburgh, and Voute.