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2 Rajah deserves credit for the able manner in which
3 he arranged matters between the two governs.
4 ments; but he never supposed that out of all he
5 effected, any permanent good could arise. Before
6 the Sikhs invaded the British territories, the Rajah
7 of Jummoo knew that the force which he could
8 bring against us was unequal to the contest, and
9 this was one of the reasons why he forbore to aid
10 his countrymen—But what could have induced
11 Goolab Singh to come to Lahore and risk his life,
12 if he had not some great object to gain? We have
13 attributed his motives to the thirst for revenge on
14 the murderers of his nephew and son ; and the terms
15 he proposed before he would accept the Wuzeer-
16 ship, appeared to confirm this view; but the
17 Rajah, in visiting Lahore, wished also to impress
18 on the Khalsa troops, that he was their friend and
19 ally; and they believed him, nay, relied upon his
20 aid in the time of need. This was the impression Goolab Singh's
21 he wanted to make, and calculating on the favour- fice’ ae
22 able opinion entertained of him by the Sikhs, he
23 returned to Jummoo, there to await the coming
24 struggle, which he foresaw would lead to his being
25 called for at a time when nothing could save the
26 Lahore government but his own interference and
27 mediation,
28 Goolab Singh became Wuzeer, because in that His views pro.
29 capacity he could more easily and expeditiously sot me
30 Wuzeer.
31 arrange the terms of treaty as regarded the Lahore
32 and the British governments; but when the criti-
33 cal time arrived, he found it convenient to quarrel