The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-04-03
pasated for the purposes of the northern confedc.

IS aparadox but ills as easily unravelled, ant
rendered ntelisable, as ANY simple proposition
BY applying 10 II th. touchstone OF facts.
There is a two fold operation in the po.,cy o
Asa, which consists OF a common concurrence in
the plumber, but disputes about the distribution
OF the proceeds. These PRINCIPLES pervade the
whole system ot British power in Asia, and des-
cend through all the minute channels, from the
royal household at st. James, through the board
ofcontrol, and to the lowest corporal in the ROYAL
army M India; and from the Chairman OF the
East India company in Ledenhali street, BY
tie court OF directors, through the whole CT.
vi and military establishment Of the Last India
company.
This rivalship Tor the division Of plumber, and
concurrence in the power b. which IL IS acquired,
is the great moving spring of British policy III
asa Keeping these principles in view, the sys-
tern Is easily understood, and the whole policy, as
well as the recent disturbances and coniic.s, are
accounted for.
The wealth which has been poured into England
from ASA, within sIxts wears, is incalcuiable
within the last thirty years of the reign Of George
III 1T has beena constant oblect of royal soiici-
nae : x struggle has gradually grown out of All
effort made in I734, to place the whole patronage
OF India IN the hands OF tue court, a.d to render
the lndia company the mere accountants of the
British treasury IN in. ala Department
An effort was male by CORVALLIS, while 40.
vernon general OF India, to bring over the par
tcu!'r AMY the company, and place them upon
tae royal establishment. The project failed,
through various causes.
ltis proper that the reader shsu;d know that he
INDIA company raise troops and commission it S
officers, aud direct the whole organization OF
governments, military and civil, in Hind,istar, as
II they We're a'sovereiSu power, independent OF
h.nSiand i,seir army is paid their o Ulcers cnnis
siohed, promoted, or dismissed, without any
other authority or Interference than their own
the devotion Of the company's troops is therefore
,,f
iAihiisr 1-T Com banyS troops, or the cheeset,on-
gers troops in reference to Leadcnhall street
Where the India house stands III london, being
celebrated cheese market.
No army in the universe is so well paid, clad,
or fed, as the army of the East India companv-
ihelr privileges and immumitics, are more ex-
tensive. than, perhaps, any other army ever pos
scssed and the wisdom witch has dictated this
iberality, has been repaid by its effects. No
troops ever fought more bravcly or faithfully, ne.
yer did any system produce officers more brave
more intelligent, or who possessed in so full a
measure the confidence of the soldiers over whom
they were placed, whether European or native
1t may be safely SAID, that private soldier or q
non'commssioned officer in the East India COM
pany's service on the Bengal establishment.
fares more sumptlousiy and lives more comfort.
ably, and saves more money out of his nav allo.y
ances, than the generality of com missioned bat
talon officers, in the British royal army The
Particular, with which arc minutely acqIain-
ted, would occupy too much space
The East India company being virtually severe
reign supreme & independent III HindusLan, the
royal troops sent to that country, appear in fact
only az daSiLiG,ies foreign country. This sim
pie circumstance alone operating upon the trail
tyot human pride, woul i be sufficient to draw
line OF separation between them but there
are many other circumstances which furnish the
means or the pretc&ts for jealousy ---The
royal troops (of course } look upon all others
M III
troops know that they possess superior adya nta
ges, higher pay, less rigid police less cruel or
bsrbarous punlshments ; and az there is no pur
chase OF commissions, that they must at a
certain point OF time reach high rBnk with G.
monuments and that if ill health Obliged them
to retire, that they hsvc pension for life.
The royal troops are enlisted for life.
The company's only for five years
30 that through every graduation, each has.
or thinks he has, cause TO be proud of his su
per'orty over the ether. the royal troops being all
Europeans, are prohibited from association NOT
only with the natives, but with the European
troops OF the conPany's establishment on the
other hand, the company's officers being by ne
cesslty occasionally in the command Of native
troops, whose language they must understand
become acquainted with their manners and pas.
sions, and IN fact, by wise and iudicious ac
commodation.;o their religious and national pre-
JUDGES, where not incompatible with discontinue
they weld an army, whose superiors for yaJDr
and hardihood under every danger, are not Z,
be found on earth
These two ideas of the establishment. of rn;l;,,.
~ force in Hindustsn, are necessary to = due IN
derstanding OF the efforts of Corvallis to which
we above referred. He proposed giving to the
East India comPany's military officers, royal
commissions, so as to bring them ON the British
military establishment This would have peen
to reduce their pay, their allowances and to omen
a door fOf those officers in the ryoyal army who
had purchased or procured commits sions through
court favor, and risen from ensiens 10 colonies
IN Two or three years, to rise over the heads of
men VINO had spent ten or twenty years in an
ardent Citrate, & IN active and essential services
.Cornwals had in fact done this i'm advance
Tor after his perhdiuGs and wanton invasion
OF Mysore IN 1I9l, although all the artillery.
three fourths III the cavalry troops. Cora wal |
ils placed royal officers ofyery little KNOWLEDGE
IN those garriscns which had been conquered. |
marks OF hoRor in ordinary rule. which are |
held 10 be the fair claim of actual merit, capaci
to, intelligence, or effective service thus can |
tains OF four on i've years standing, who knew
nothing OF the languages ormanners of the COIN |
try, or OF that well digestcd system Of conduct |
towards the natives upon which the British
power was established, were appointed, 10 the |
exclusion ofmen OF experience and long and
effective service, for tile military service i'm India
is not at any time, nor at ahy station mere pa
ring OF nails or powdering of hair. II isa svs
TEN at all times requiring the vigilance Of ar ar
my in an epcWys country, and a spirit OF disci.
pine calculated to impress favorable and friendly
ideas rather than otherwise.
The project of CORVALLIS, was prepared r 90,
secretly, and with a ne rid ions