text:  But is their military merit a reason for denying to the man under whose administration these victories were won the high honour of having done all which a civil governor could do to direct and assist the armies of his country? Let each receive the praise of his own merits and we doubt not that military men wherever at least they have experienced the reverse will be the first to appreciate and commend in Lord Ellenborough's administration that active sympathy and assistance which are so essential to military efficiency and success