INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS.

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The "Reason in the Congress" and the "Justice of its Movements". Second edition. This pamphlet defends the contributions of the recently founded Indian National Congress in securing the representation of native Indian interests in government. WorldCat lists only one institutional copy, at the University of Wisconsin. The first edition is untraced.Established in 1885, the congress aimed to secure greater involvement in government for educated Indians and to create a platform for civic and political dialogue with the British Raj. In reality, for the first decade of its existence the body served only as a stage for the ambitions of a primarily Anglo-Indian elite. This pamphlet argues that the lack of official recognition of the congress was the reason for its few concrete victories, which had been limited to "the raising of considerable excitement throughout this country, and Great Britain... the encouragement of political thought, reading and speaking... and the annual publication to the world of the wishes, and desires of several thousands of Her Imperial Majesty's subjects in India" (p. 3). Overall, the unidentified author argues that the congress was perfectly placed to smooth over the transition towards self-governance. In their view the British government would eventually be forced to leave India for economic reasons, so "would be more inclined to view with regard any proposals emanating from its natives that will tend to secure British interests... The scheme of the Natio

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