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"'mit t~jlJ s~p will he worth taking only if we are
,)'l'flpar,ed to fight the OrdiP!'nce in any event. It
shoul!} not be forgotten that this Ordinance is not
the first of its kind that strikes a blow at the remnants
of 'Our existing lights to live as self-respecting British
citiiens in ~1J.is country which were promised by
the UI]lon Government not to l}e interfered with.
Sever," - Ordinances have preceded the present
one depriving Indians 'of their rights in Some
way or oth~r ~nd the leJ,.al,ity of whIch does not
require to be tefltell. this Ordinance embodies
practIcally ~}l the ,evils of the other Ordinances and
,in addition takes away -the mnnicipal franchise
I hitherto enjoyed by the Indian commnnity of this
Pr(\virrce; and in th!1 reSi)ect it is more Venolll(\us
than the rest. What we wish to point out. how.
~ver, is thai the SlUS of this -Province are sufficient
I eveu without this Ordinance to jUstify the Indian:
~CQIllJ.JUlUity..J.o--ad0Pt- ,passive Resistance right away.
I But there is no b,artn in letting 'Constitutional means
l'~ thoroughly exhansted and hence we approve of
(pe step proposed to test the legality of the present
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