The Sun.
London, England, 1825-04-18 00:00:00

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This vast exieqive and puputous country in-
habited wholly by Hindoos, was first conquered by Maltotifood
the First, in the year of Christ 1000, and remained under:Ma-
hometan government between seven and eight century's. The
Hindoos who are a mild gentle race *hen allowed to
low their religious rites and ceremonies,- (which consist
in almost every thing they do) will submit to. any yoke
or oppression, without making any strenuous exertion to free
themselves from..it ; but whenever those- rites are interfered
with, they assume a. bold intrepid spirit, fearless of danger or
death. This has- been evinced in a thousand instances during
the Mahometan and. English Governments; and the reason
why the Hindoos never succeeded in shaking off the Nalionie-
tan yoke may he accounted fore from the want of unaunanimityamotigst themselves,
and their inferior knowledge of military
tactics. Although the- Mahometans despoiled their-temples,
and committed every kind of insult to their sods and Priests,
the Hindoos were obliged to submit to it for. a. time. It is well
known that there was scarcely a Hindooln-Hindonstan who did
not wish for an opportunity of shaking. off the 11:Aim/let:in.
yoke, and the success of the English niayebe well accounted
for from this principle alone. .
had not the Hindoos been treacherous to-Surajult Ul Dow.:
lab at the battle of Plassey, and had not the Hincios Sepoys,
under Colonel Clive, been stimulated by the same Wish acts
.of heroism, Colonel Clive not .have conquered a- hundred
thousand men, . and a large train of artillery, with his striall
army [hot exceeding six thousand, including Sepoys]. During
the time the English have governed in India, the Sepoys in'
almost every instance have shewn themselves to be a brave. get '
of men, and much attached to their officers—the few exceptions
have been, generally, if not wholly owing to interference with
their religious rites and ceremonies. This ought to 'be a warn-
ins to us rot to interfete'with those rites. !' • -
If we wish to continue Governors of that Empire; we ought
to conciliate our native troops by every. possible means 'eon:.
sistent, with military discipline.
If the Priests and Missionaries sent to India were all unani-
mous in one grand point of worship and faith, they would never, •
succeed in- converting the Ilindoo to Christianity. Such is.the
opinion of some of the cleverest men that ever resided in India,
amongst whom was the late Sir I'lrtn. :Tones, whose general and
particular knowledge of the inhabitants of that country and their
religion, no Eurnpean has equalled ; therefore is it likely that
men professing different tenets should succeed ? The attempt
in chimerical and pregnant with 'danger.
That this may be seen in its proper light by the English Le-
.eislatute, and that they may take effective measures to coun-
teract its baneful influence, is the sincere wish of .

AN OLD INDIAN.
P. S. Lately I saw.a copy -of a Letter in a Newspaper, said
to be from an Officer at Rangoon, describing' their accommo-
dations in an elegant Pagoda. (or Temple), observing that it
was strange to see nap sacks hanging on one God, arms piled
against another, and so on. This I was sorry to see, being
well aware the effect it. must have on our native troops who hold
all such places in the highest degree
.of superstitious veneration.
May not this have had some influence in wejudicing our native
troops, and of inducing a reluctant disposition to fight the
Burmese ?