Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-12 00:00:00

CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA.

Times—J.lLm. Tuhstomagasa,inlatebeMgetmhbeerfaovfouCrouonfc
your columns to reply to Colonel Sykes's letter in Y°..7.
issue of the 6th inst., and to answer his call for my Lts`,,,;
Eatertaining, as I honestly d', the views, vhether
or wrong, expressed under my Signature of "An -414,,if
Indian not of the old school," and having always oPe""ell
advocated them, I can have no possible objection to attbat
my name to them ; and, as the Colonel seems to dou 11_
they are the result of much experience, I add that theYafir'l
drawn from an official life commenced in 1816 and closiZ
in 1855. In calling for my name as due to bicaseot
Colonel Bykee overlooks the circumstance that I was
discussing the question of our future policy in Indisfd
him, but answering your correspondent "P.;" ended
introduced his name solely because he, as I cone,,g a,'
from his former later, endorsed and supported "
views and advocacy of our perseverance in the traditio,ll%
aillbwr Lifter; rcetig
policy. As I find that I am mistaken in this, I gisu'''
offer him my apology for this error in my own name- trig
Bat to return to his present letter. I readily accept-iist
issue he has raised, though I can do no more than' Bid,glance at the subject, which would require, as "P
a volume, rather than a few paragraphs, for its inst
tmssion. Colonel Sykes denies my assertion, that unto
the traditionary policy of alleged neutrality there has bOe
a negation of our Christianity in India. I submit
ersi
fallowing frets, falling within the period of my 015
lif m
e, in proof of y assertion
First, let us take the fact of the expulsion, under Atli:
immediate orders of the Governor-General. from 170
Bengal army, of one of its non-commisioned officers, a
of good birth, a Brahmin, and an excellent soldier, on 14
sole ground that he had sought Christian baptism. st;de
was not this a disavowal and practical negation of the
faith in the eyes of every Hindoo and Mussulman is
army ? How else could they understand it ?
Look, again, at the saluts from cur ramparts, even cs,s,,
Sunday, in honour of idolatrous and Mahometan festive /
#
These sounded in my ears during a long period of 111
residence in India. the
Look at the offerings presented in the name of
Government to idols ; to the grants from the Pu—ofy.
treasury, in seasons of famine and drought, for idols
hat
rites to propitiate the Hindoo deities fur rain ; and to is;
whole system of support and supervision of
temples and their affairs, now happly almost abeitio:
an which was felt by myself and by every Chrisfiesl
officer required to carry out the system as a prac,-„01
disavowal of our Christianity. I must here remind Cot*.
Sykes that this system is even now in force by 7,011'
for the legislative enactments enjoining it are
unrepealed. what"
But to pass on to some of the facts of la'er date. "„
vof.
ever may be his view of them, I hold the present or.!o'l'fla
the Indian Government, putting a positive prohibitioatai
the reP..ding of the Scriptures by heathen and Mahorse
boys in every government place of education throsk.,ll;b,.
India, even when such reading is perfectly optional "'dig,
and consented to, by the youth and his parents, ass cae
avowal of oar Christian character, and that it is, 1.4_1;1' de
only be viewed as a repudiation of our faith by the -11'1110
and Mahometan world. Does he think that the WS
would ,o dishonour his loran and the Hind°

Shastras?
/ cannot pa,s by, a'so, the Court's orders of cons'
ratively a late date, sent to the government of Ind ti
p °claim to every native of India that they would prese:corci ,
any one of their Christian sotvants who should sPticst
pecuniary aid or countenance to missions, or to all 1,00,
efforts for the enlightenment of the people. These oruois
I know, were not enforced, although they were, es ,weise•
expressly told by the then Chairman of the Court, or
therance of " the policy so long observed by our Colonel
ment." But why were they not enforced? Let o°lsi
Sykes move for these orders in the House, and when tior
are produced, with the minute of Mr. Frederick 31, the
who upon their receipt at once placed his seat Illtolo,.
Supreme council in the hands of the Court of Dire
the public may judge whether there as been, as I alleg
negation by the Goversment of our Christianity. 00
Further, let the orders be produced interdicting: do
provision at the cost of Government for the Ch"s,,,bato
instruction of the degraded tribes, Naides, of tie
held by the Hindoo to be so impure that none but 11'001
Christian who had risen above caste prejudices 'ot
approach them. Let us have also, the recent orders,;sf
in the case of the wretched uncivilized Santitny
Bengal—neither (be it observed) Hindoo or Mahosanie
and contrast these orders with what had been done °hos
uncivilized races at the Cape, New Zealand, and 61681:. our
and see whether thee had not been an abnegati°
Indian Government of our Christianity. s--00"
I must also remind Colonel Sykes when he sPrel,„7.oo ,
utterly disproving', my assertion —to "the orgex"—sist•
of bishoprics," "the building of churches," " the Wyse'
meat of chaplains to every military station," that theft!
measures carried out and intended for the benefit of
lt,;;
Christian servants of the Government, and for theta Id; sot
and that the question I was discussing with "P." lyst-das
how the Indian Goverment had acted towards its Chu"; for
soldiers and servants, but what has been, and is ss"Soo
the future, its policy towards, and treatment of, its P•r fot
and Mahometan subjects. I cannot see the provisilist
the wants of its own civil and military European or tioa
Indian Christian servants has any relevancy to the cio
at issue.
That question I repeat is this, —ls the old srlttO
neutrality, as advocated by " P.," which practically •(
and disavows Christianity in the eyes of Hindoo sea
lem, or the policy I would uphold, of an open, frBtl,;yad
loyal profession of our own faith, with perfect justlic"„ 0
toleration to every individual, Mahometan and
be henceforth the law of India? cell
There is bat one additional point upon which isles/
remark. Colonel Sykes would seem to maintain trod
owe our dominion in India to the old " trasli"°
policy." I believe, on the contrary,, that that Rolierbief
cept so far as it carried out that Just toleration slosat
Christianity itself demands, has had no more to d°_„set
the establishment and extension of our Indian enSo.
than it wi'l have to do with its re-establishment Igor
valour of the British soldier, led by such men as A 001'
lock, Sir H. Lawrence, and others of whom Engis4"
well be proud..

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