The Arkansas banner., 1849-04-17
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 - Taa,lth principles. we cannet bat wish to see =. ..,ens:sa of Ehksah porcr In India U is one S sho.s parts ef the world that can bs hsssered oy sI.-- h,aurbt under the Infaeaca of foreign aa- r.-..v An British India hes been elevated since @ '.,lSle of ihe last century; and ws mast sfinh .L., ,be Improvement Is que tO English agencies Tor,aular within itself 10 power oi progress. no >'..ei,v for development, native Indian soclsty S.r sor inc lasi two thousand years been
 ,ls and deficient in all the energies thai elevate ;. fife scale of creation And t is exactly the isaa - snd ivnobe part of the Indian PoPn- ,,a., orsr which Britain has had most influence ', ;. ,b. lndoleai Benga<e and the iDeeeise races h., vsve,a,e In the piains Of ths Gangee which hvs ht-sn easiest subjected aud most enuTeay con ,allst hy foreign masters. he trsoesot tle m9u h. ,,ias have resisted longer the arms ot fhe siea. s-I.sS.rs. and il is from the northern armies that ,b- Eari.h have recently hsd the most serious oP ',,.,,ian. and met with most serious losses
 The Sikbs whom the British have last encenu- ,.,.d are one of lhe bsave.t and berces oi a' me ,.S,.n tribes. Occupying the head waters oi me Indus, and possessing the energy inherent ia tnoan ,via races they have also the eBthusiasm when IS iasuired by new religious faith bealeFeis n N.sac, the Indian Mshcnet, and proiessing pure D,s,, they consider themselves 1ader tAe sPecl&l yroiectiou of God; and have all the b'lho ana eA' fl,,s courage which such faith is likely 10 isnPire ;n,oa xariike people. They free from Inc re- ,,,ints of caste; and hence more capable ot m- nroveuoent than the races bound up in the letters pl Hjutoo institutions They have not Exed the sswlpg waters of humanity or eucircied the Eind ,n the fatal ring that admits of no enlargement; and the future is open 10 them for hope and Tor ad- yaucement. The Sikhs, therefore, stand better chance of maintaining their independence, and arc worhef of il than the sof and enervated races that .ax away sa iagorous life on the borders of the rr.c,.S river Bu, with all their native energy, we csnuo, suppose that they will long be able to resist R,;,i.h armies. or keep themselves free from the ,~rvadiae influences of British civilization. The hattie oa the bank of the Jbermun may, for time impede the progress of English power; but it is no' ,o Indian tribes .ha; to look Ter staying ihs march of British power in the East. Nor to we kpow of anything short of contact with Russia inst Ejll hinder England in the aggrandizemeHt oi her Eastern Empire.
 We cannot regret the inevitable fate that seems ,o hany over all the tribes of India The right of stronger and better race 10 take possession of g eeuntry which its former owners have shown them s,res incapable of cuIiivaag to the fullest extent is. we think, corolIary of the right of the human rsce to all the soil of all the earth. The mere dis coyery and partial occupancy of any part of the earth's surface cannot impsu 10 people the right of preventiBg all others from epcroaching on the appropriated domain Britain IS extending her etn- prs In lndia by the authority and the power which belongs to those who have Inc largest amount oi knowledge and civilization. The native tribes suceunb because their society possesses within itself no principle of yitaliiy-because they can nc longer sabugaie 10 the of their constantly in- crossing population the magnificent natural adyan- iAges with which Providence has surrounded them.
 js in societies constituted after the Hindoo fash iea, that all tine deductions or the Maithnsisu doctrine of population are most clearly phserved We see a geperaiion eTowding upon and euinnm- bering the one that preceded it, yet art and science and industry not keeping pace with the procTeaiire energies, The mass of the people are the point o starvation, while numbers throw themselves into tbe Gsngss more 10 escape the bangs of poverty than to sacrifice themselves 10 their unRstars deiiies. We cannot ceasure any agency thai break up saeh system of society, and gives some chsnc, for an escape from such unmitigsted and wbolesaf' misery. Besides, to permit a nsiion of iders iC hoid one Of the finest regions Of the globe, is i' deprive other people of the right they have to al he products labor may foree from the earth. If HaliQn cannot cultivate the soil on which il ha ssaatsed, Inc land must be taken away and giTen l. saothef people
 There vas time when every feeling maI uoarasd for the snferings Of the Hin6oos. aud re ges,ed ihe er0cltes which British ayarice rrseicel oa the Indian tribes. The day, however, of tn Gives and the Hastings isas long passed; th' Wellesley a aRdi Bsn,inck's $ followed. and hay, earned tHe eternal gratitude Of all lEdia Uaoei ibe present organization of the British government ( Hndostan. there b little or no field for oficia sAtor,ion and proconsdIar rapacity. The EHglist geYergmeat Is, al tbe same tine,S the midest aHS The most efficient u ali the East: and this is why we cannot but be glad al the extension Ol Briiisi POSer ia ladis.-N O. CTeseeai.