The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1839-05-11

IA discover how these assertions are compa-
tible with each other Ia this position of af-
fairs the British envoy to.k his departure
from our court, abandoning all hopes OF
being able to induce us to sacrifice our just
rights and be traitors to our country.
II is here necessary to revert to the siege
Of Hcrat, as the sophistry Of the Simlah cab
met endeavors to connect that uniusti6able
and cruel aggression OH the part Of Persia |
with the policy of Afghanistan We have |
devoted our energies, our properties, and our
Ives, to the expulsion Of the invaders, who
are our natural enemies, and whose inter-
ests, manners. language and religion are SO
PARTICULARLY different from our own. Were
these all powerful considerations INSULT |
cient, the injuries which we have received
from the Persians during series of ages up
to the present hour would obviate all posi-
bility Of our cordial cooperation If, there
fore, the British government has received
insult and injury from the Shah Of Persia, a
subject on which it is unnecessary for us to
express an opinion, we have, and shall offer
no opposition to its inst demands-all that we
demand is 10 be allowed to preserve strict
neutrality between the belligerent parties.
To this policy, and to this policy alone, do
we, the rulers of the United States of Aft.
ghanistan, declare our adherence, nor can
We in justice be made answerable for the
factious acts of a few inhabitants of these
provinces, who, in opposition to our express
and reiterated commands, have disgraced
the Affghanistan name, and forfeited their
allegiance by siding with the Persian inva-
ders.
1t is, however, policy which, though Just
in itself, does not suit the Machiavelan po-
liticians OF Calcutta, who, in defiance of in.
ternational law, have set ur creature OF
their own, and that creature Sooio-ool-
nook, who is ready to sacrifice all the inter
ests OF his country for his own aggrandize.
ment, and who, since he became an outlaw
and beggar. has lived on the degrading
charity of the British government.
With 80 contemplate an instrument a:
this does the British government combine t.
destroy the legitimate power of Affghanistar
"a power founded on the love and willing
obedience of our subjects. 1t taunts us will
our disunion and unpopularity While ever,
other Eastern power has been shaken or dis
tracted, we have preserved our power an,
the national independence inviolate, wthou
A"'Po' S''S"'i'e, "ho oPPiCsSiiS our people ID.
standing armies and grinding revenue off
GERS. If these are proofs of our dsunio
and unpopuarity, then, and then only, wi
we plead guilty to the charge.
The onus proJandi lies with our adverse
ries, and what proof have they brought
But we will join issue on their own grount
1t is notorious that the two best British a,
thorities on Affghanistan have commente
on our rule in terms of the highest CONNER
dation. Om real crime, however, lies in OF
determination not to allow our country
become subsidiary province of the India
empire, and it is for this that we are seecte
to make room for stipendiary refugee.
is for this that the Simlah politicians eagr
with our inveterate enemy, Runeet Sin
and our rebeliious subjects of Scinde, to di
member the kingdom and partition its pr
vinces.
We warn them, however, to pause viii
it is yet time. Letno Soojo ool-moolk ent
Afghan;stan supported by foreign bayone
kst another and another flight should CO
sign his name to the lowest pit of infamy.-
Let not the Governor General mock us
pretending to establish the integrity of A
ghanistan by an allied army. We appeal
the honor of the British nation but shou
that appeal be vain, we will submit ourselv
to the fortune of war and our good swort
and in support of this declaration we will,
the language, and, We trust, with the succe
of the American people, mutually pied
to e.ch o;her our lives, our fortunes, and Q
sacred honorr'
By order Of the Rulers of the
United States of CABooL, CAN
DAHAR AND HERAT.
October II.