The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-04-03


Not so Various small tribes nhsblt n nsn, n'n d,
OF Inc Indus. dlsunitrd amsne thrmselv. uu a
disposed to be friendly and to euter'a,a T.
with u.s. So found It In Scinde: all those ~" ,'
westward eagerly cultivated our fr-odsh'p exc =,
the p'under,ng tribes of the Cutchse-hils, ana
nose we conquered. In short, there woull be no
union among the tribes west oi The Indus aud we
should command all the passes 10 our front. There
are ~ or IL OF these passes through the cham OF
mountains which run nearly parallel tn the right
bank of the Indus, from Peshawur IN Kurrachee.
through some OF these great defles an army
invading India must COM, win al The s'i'-
Plies for its wants. Such invasion OF Iadia
must be met upon the Indus, not on the
Sutlej. There would b. NO King Porus to defend
the PunJaub ter US. The email tribes bet ween the
mountains and the right bank Of the Indus are con-
ienpnbIe, and would find enemies 90 the left. or
PuDJsub bank, il they dared to cross the river for
plsnder; but this would not happen uoder our rule
il well administered. The inhabitants ct the left
bank would become rich and more than ever
inimical to those on the right bank Unlike the
plains on each bank of the Suirj (,nh abted by
Britlsh), those nations on the Indus would b..
friendly TO us as our SUBJECTS but they must be
well treated, for all depends upon the way in which
they are governed. l speak of tn. poor. for
no SIrdars, or mobiles, are, or ever will be- favor
able to us. IL is impossible. In short, our posi-
ton defending the left bank OF the Sutlej, and our
position defending the lett bank OF the indm-, are
as different as black and white The first ia
scarcely POSSIBLE the last is mater Of no Cd da.
Guilty. The fret will demand large army and be
vast unmltigated expense; the last a small army
and no expense at all. The enormous revenues ef
the PuDjaub will farmore than the expense Of
Its conquest and occupation. know this asser.
ton to be true. The revenues of Sclude would
have covered all its expenses, It not tor the
ne cessity OF keeping large force In that province
because OF the threatening state of the p lal,ub
When the PuDjaub Is ours Scinde will more than
cover the expense of Its own government re-
peat that both Scnde and the Punjaub will 10
reasonable time more than cover the necessary ex.
those countries be properly administered
Finally, sir. let me explain why said that the
Puu)aub would be more troublesome than ever after
the conquest, If troops be not kept ready to move
rapidly My reasons are these. thai no hostile ma
TORS can be subdued at once. They are fret taught
oteel that heir conquerOs are their mast rs GA the
field of battle; and then that these strangers are
just, kind hearted, and fithful In all their deal
ings- making NO distinction between the con-
querors and The conquered, as tn justice bet yeen
nan and man; and, thirdly, that they take fewer
taxes from The conquered than the previous 90
vernment took. These concilIatory measures
place the people IN state of transit between bar
barlsm and civilization and II must be ex.
pected that, during this state, there will he rest
less men, and accidents that will produce ols.
content and risngs anc difficulties. These diff.
culties must be at once suppressed by arms. mob
IN the PuDJaub could not be dealt with by the cOa.
stables staff and as to specials Shere Singh aud
GhoIab Singh ard Moolral were all at first en-.
plOyed as especial constabl-s" What mean ia
ths that for the first few years of occupat on of
the Pupjaub there must be small move able columns,
well equipped and ready to march RAPIDLY upon any
hostile body that may assemble and be toa strong
TOR the civil power-namely, the collectors and
their assistants, who must be supported in the ex.
erclse OF their fuactions by powerful wei, armed
police, such as formed in Scnde and which Tor AK
years has acted perfectly SO we'll that do not re-
collect a single instance in which the military
were ever called IN, and the police have always
been assisted by the peasantry.
Whether the public will hold the opinion that 1t
is necessary to conquer the PuDjaub, or, on the
contrary, think that we should allow our arms 20
be d,shonored by the insults have there suffered
from the S'khs, l cannot tell. have nothing
more to do with India, and the only apology have
to offer for lntrudng this long letter on the public
is, that believe our retreat from the Puniaub
would now be disastrous in the extreme to Eng-
land, and blot upon those arms TO snsta,i the
honor OF which so many of our best soldiers have
lately shed their blood In that country. That th,s
blood may not have been spit In vain Is the hope
OF, sir, your obedIent, G NAPIER,
Cheltenham, Feb 20. Lieutenant General