Medal - Victoria Lord William Bentinck

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WESTMACOTT. AT CALCUTTA
TO
WILLIAM CAVENDISH BENTINCK WHO DURING SEVEN YEARS RULED INDIA WITH EMINENT PRUDENCE, INTEGRITY, AND BENEVOLENCE; WHO PLACED AT THE HEAD OF A GREAT EMPIRE. NEVER LAID ASIDE THE SIMPLICITY AND MODERATION OF A PRIVATE CITIZEN WHO INFUSED INTO ORIENTAL DESPOTISM THE SPIRIT OF ERITISH FREEDOM; WHO NEVER FORGOT THAT THE END OF GOVERNMENT IS THE HAPPINESS OF THE GOVERNED WHO ABOLISHED CRIEL RITES WHO EFFACED HUMILIATING DISTINCTIONS WHO GAVE LIBERTY TO THE EXPRESSION OF PUBLIC OPINION: WHOSE CONSTANT STUDY IT WAS TO ELEVATE THE INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL CHARACTER OF THE NATION COMMITTED
TO HIS CHARGE: THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY MEN WHO, DIFFERING IN RACE IN MANNERS.IN LANGUAGE, AND IN RELIGION.CHERISH WITH EQUAL VENERATION AND GRATITUDE THE MEMORY OF HIS WISE, UPRIGHT. JAND PATERNAL ADMINT ISTRATIO