The Democratic Whig., 1843-10-05

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HYDER ALI.
I, The downfall ofahe French powe
| ln India FIRST brought the English int
contract with still more fornidabl,
enemy than the ambitious rivals VIII,
| bad SO long disputed with the palm
| of European acendency. On tht
Thigh table land Of Mysore, eleyatet
three or four thousand feet above th.
| level Of Madrss, are TO be found /;
Trace Of men very different from the
Inhabitants of the level plains of India
breathing purer air, hardening BY
a cooler temperature, Injured to more
manly occupations. roy
The inhabitants Of Mysore are bold,
restless and impethous, rowing in dis
position, predatory in habit, warlike
in characte..,w whose fierce proyerty had
for ages 'insulted the plenty of wales
beneath" HYDER ALI was original
ly private soldier in the army ofthe
rajah of this district and he received
the command of three hundred men,
in consequence of his gallantry at a
siege of one of the hill forts of a
neighboring rajah.-He was one of
those domineering characters whose
nature appears to have been formed to
command, and who in troubled times
SO often make their way, despite Of
every obstacle, TO the head of affails
So illiterate as to be Unable either TO
read or write, he was yet possessed
Of the ambition to desire, the daring
to seize, and the capacity to WELD su-
preme power and the natural saga.
city Of bis mind more than supplied
what in others is the fruit of lenthened
study, or the dearbeught result Of the
experience of the woTld.-Active, in
defatagable and intrepid he fearlessly
incurred danger and underwent fatigue
in pursuit of ambition liber; Of mon
ey, affable in manner, discerning in
character he soon won the affections
of his followers, and attracted to his
standards that host of adventures who
in the East, are ever ready to swell
the trains of conquest; faithless in dis
position, regardless of oath, unscrupu-
lous in action, he was distinguished by
that singular mixture of great and
wickcd qualities which in every age,
from the days of Cesar TO those Of
Napoieon, has r1urked the cEiafacleFs1
OF those who raised themselves amid
blood and tumult from private sta
ton TO the command oftheir country.
He appeared at that era, ever so fav-
orable to usuTpers, when the establish.
ed government is falling to pieces
from the weakness and vices of its
possessors, aud the experienced evils
OF anarchy at once prepare the throne
for an audacious soldier, and induce
men TO range themselves in willing
multitude under his banners. His ca
reer began as subaltern at the head
OF two hundred foot and fifty horse !:
but he was soon vested with the COM
man OF the impertantfonress of Dindi- |
gui and rapidly attracted numbers to |
his standard, by the success of his op-
perations and the boundless license
which he permitted TO his followess in
plundering the adjacent territories.
He experienced many reverses, and
went from one acquisition to another
I'LL he had entirely subverted the an
cient government seized the great COM
nercial city Of Bednere, with its treas
ures estimated at twelve millions ster-
ling, placed himself on the throne Of
Seringapatatn, and nd-established his au-
thority over almost the whole of the
southern parts ofthe Indian Peninsu-
la.
FHYDER ALI died Dec. Sd. 1761,
At Chitore at the advanced age ofeigh-
ty-two, whilst engaged in the most ac-
i've operations against the British. he
was succeeded in his power and au-
thority by his son TIPPoo SAlB]
DUKE OF WELLINGTON. |
The name Of no command in the |
long array Of British greatness will |
occupy so large space in The annals
Of the world as that of w ellington and
vet there are few whose public life
possesses with SO MANY excellencies,
50 simple and unblemished q COM
Dlexion. II is to the purity and eIeya-
ion OF his principles, in every public
that this eaViable distinction
s 10 be ascribed.- d.-1ntrusted in early /
life id high command, and subjected
rom The firstto serious responsibility,
ne possessed thar singieness Of heart, /
~ ;n,4oritv of purpose which, even