The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-04-25

and tyranny staring them in the face, how
dare the British ministers to cant about the
injustice of France and the expressions Of
Europes What is it to the bosom Of huma-
nifty, whether it. is an Italian or Spaniard.
the natives OF India or OF ireland that feel
the iron scourgsof despotisms Let not the
British government presume to claim an v
comparative merit to itself by pointing to the
scenes which are acted OH the Ebro and the
, Tagus-lest the impartial auditor should ST.
lence its presumption by pointing to the
BANKS of the Lifey. and the Gauges
Now, sir, according to the plan proposed,
shall take notice Of the company's internal gov
ernment, as it is exercised first on the dependant
provinces, and then It affects those under the
direct anti immediate authority fthat body. And
here, sir. before enter into the spirit of their in
terror government, permit me to observe 10 you,
upon few Of the many lines of difference which
are TO be found between the vices OF the compa-
ns's government, and those of the conquerors,
who preceded us in India that we may be ena-
BILE little the better to our way in an attempt
to the necessary reformation.
The severed irruptions of Arabs, T'artars, and
Persians into India, were, for the greater part,
ferocous, bloody, and was,eful in the extreme :
our entrance into the dominion OF that country
was, as generally, with small comparative effiI-
zion of blood; being introduced by various
frauds and delusions, and by taking advantage of
the incurabie, blind, and senseless amnesty,
@'hich the several country powers bear towards
each other, rather than by open force. But the
difference in favor of the FIRST conquerors in this
the Asatic conquerors very soon abated Of
their ferocity, because they made the conquered
ountry their own They rose or fell with the
rise or fall of the territory they lived in. Fathers
A.. there deposited the hopes OF their posterty !;
and children there bebeid the monuments oftheir
fathers. Here their lot was finally cast and it
Is the natural wish of all, that their lot should
not be cast in bad land. Poverty, sterility, and
dissolution, are not recreatlng prospect TO the
eye of man and there very few who can
bear to grow old among tie curses of a whole
people. Ii their passion, or their avarice, drove
the Tartar hordes to acts of rapacity or tyranny,
there time enough, even in the Short lie OF
man, to bring round the ill elects OF All abuse of
power upon the power itself lfhosrds were
made by violence and tyranny. they We're still
domestic boards and domestic profusion, or
the rapine OF a more powerful and prodigal hand,
restored them to the people. With many disor
elers, and with few political checks upon power,
nature had still fair play the sources of acqui-
siton were not dried up; and therefore the
trade, the manufactures, and the commerce
of the country fourished. Even ayarice and
usury Itself operated both for the preseryat.
on and the employment of national wealth The
husbandman and manufacturer paid heavy inter
est, but then they augmented the fund from
whence they were again TO borrow. Their re-
sources were dearly bought, but they were sure
and the general stock OF the community grew by
abe general effort.
But under the English government all this or
der is reversed. The Tartar invasion was mis-
chevous but it is Our protection that destroys
India 1t their enmty, but II is our friendship.
Our conquest there, after twenty years, is as
crude as il was the first day. The natives
" know what it is to see the grey head OF an En-
Ciishman Young men iboys almost) govern
there, without society, ard without sympathy
with tine natives. They nave no more social ha-
bits with the people, than if they still resided i'll
England nor indeed any species OF intercourse
but that which is necessary to make sudden for
tune, with view 10 q remote settlement. Ami
mated with all the avarice ofage, and all the i'm
petuosity OF youth, they roll in one after another,
wave after wave; and there is nothing before
the eyes OF the natives but an endless, hopeless
prospect of new flights OF birds of prey and pas
sage, with appetites continually renewing for q
food that is continually wasting. Every rupee of
croft made by an Englishman, is lost for ever to
lndis. With us are no retributory supcrstitions,
by Which foundation of charity compensates,
Through ages, to the poor, for the rapine and in
Justice of day. With us no pride erects stately
monuments which repair the mischiefs which
pride has produced, and which adorn a country
out Gifts own spoils. England has erected no
churches, no hospitals, 10 palaces, no schools |;
England has built no bridges, made no high roads,
cut 30 nayjgations, dug out no reservoirs. Every
other conqueror of every other description has
left some monument, either of state or benef-
cence, behind him, Were we 10 be driven out
of India this day, nothing would remain, to tell
that it had been possessed, during the inglorous
period Of our dominion, by any thing better than
the ouran-ontang or the Tiger.
There is nothing in the boys we send to India
worse than the boys whom whipping at
school, or that we see trailing pike, or bending
over q desk at home. But as English youth in
India drink the intoxicating draught of authority
and dominion before their heads ;ble to bear
it, and as they are full grown in fortune long he
fore they ripe in principle. neither nature nor
reason Have any opport unity to exert themselves
for remedy Of the excuses of their premature
power. Tile consequences of their conduct,
which in good minds (and many of theirs are pro-
badly such) might produce penitence or amend
mcpt, are unable TO pursue the rapidity OF their
flight. Their prey is lodged in Englsnd and
the cries of India are given to and winds, to
be blown about, in every breaking up Of the mon
soon, over remote and uDhearlng Ocean. In
India, all the vices operate by which sudden for
tune is acquired in England often displayed,
by Tie same persons, tie virtues which dispense
hereditary wealth. Arrived IN Eng land, the
dcstrOytrs Of the nobility and gentry OF ! whole
kingdom, viii find the best company in this natl
on, ut :, board of elegance and hospitality. Here
tie manufacturer and husbandman will bless the
Just and punctual rand that in India has torn the