Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-04-03
From the Boston Transcript.
The story Of Fanchi, the wnzzesr

naQ existed, ever since hlndOStan Oegan
10 be a nation. That compact was made,
by the fathers Of the existing race. Wise
and good men were they. Wiser and bet
ter were not, among the numerous pro-
geny, that had sprung from their loins.-
But, among the men Of the North, there
arose small clique, that grew from year
to year, until, at the time, when Fanchi
became Wuzzssr, for the second time. il
had become considerable, in point Of num-
bers.
They refused to make good the promise
Of their fathers. They stultiiied their
own progenitors, by asserting, that the
bargain was foolish bargain; and they
dishonored their memories, by affirming,
that it was bargain, not fit to be made.
But the generation Of wise and good men
had not passed away, in the provinces Of
the North. They were for keeping the
faith of their fathers. They had great re-
spect for the wisdom and political integri-
" of Fanchi, who was decidedly in favor
Of performing, to title, all that their ia
theirs had promised.
Nevertheless the party, who made quite
light matter of dishonoring the drafts,
which their ancestors had drawn, in good
faith, on posterity, for time continued to
increase. There was another party, for
whom these men professed political abb
horrence and yet, for the furtherance Of
their own objects, they affected to forget
their animosi,ies, unmindtul Of the truth,
that the ass's hoof is no match, for the
lions paw nor the braying of the one, for
the roaring of the other.
Ever since the hills of Lahora had been,
or the green meadows of Buxadewar had
reioiced in the showers of Heaven, man
had boasted the loudest Of that, whereof he
possessed the least. SO these men OF the
North, who were casting dishonor upon
the promises of their ancestors, talked,
with gravity, that would have stirred
the laughter Of Fakeer, sitting on his
fathers grave, about their conscientious
scruples, and they shook their heads, and
spake with long faces, Of higher law
True it was, their fathers, who made the
compact with the men of the Southern
provinces of Hindostan, were dead. Not
one remained. But he, who witnessed
the deed, was at hand-Bramah BRA
nah lives forever! Is there higher law
than the law Of Bramah Doth not thy
Veda say-The debt of thy father is upon
thee, all the days Of thy tarrying in the
land, and upon thy children's Children
1t is thy debt, and it is theirs!
Blu, there were certain ambitious Bra
Minis Of the North, who were weary of
their caste. They had become tired OF
standing in one position, all the days OF
their lives. They had become heartily
tired of ex planning the wisdom Of the We
da to the people. They painted to be
leaders of men and TO hear their voices
in the councils of the nation; such were
.Palqui, Fowlqui, and Parkqni. The
greatest of these was Palfqui. Parkqui
was a professor OF the higher law; one
of whose fundamental principles he laid
down thus--it is an established rule as
part OF the higher law, that he, who
taketh an oath, and after the manner OF the
Gentoos, called on the great Bramah, TO
strike him dead, if he keepe,h il not, albeit
he swear to decide according TO the laws
of the land, is quite at liberty to keep his
oath or not, regardless of Bramah. Some
thought Parqui was an honest fool others
that he was Il conceited knave-others
were believers in mixture.
Long before FancM was Wuzzeer, his
frmness and integrity were terrible obsta-
cles, in the way Of those, who went for
the higher law and were opposed to the
just performance of their fathers promi-
ses. So long as Fanchi was in the way,
there was lion there. To compass the
destruction of the great Fanchi was the
object of all these friends of the higher
law. They crouched stealthily around
him, as the smaller tenants Of the forest
crouch around the monarch, hoping to
catch him, at disadvantage; and ready to
spring, upon the first convenient opportn-
nifty.
The point Of attack had, long before,
been selected upon different occasion, by
a ferocious, but feeble, man who was
known, throughout Hindoslan, as Jeyreed
Ell Nimshi, or the Evil Eye. Watching
his opportunity, the malicious Jeyreed
boldly charged the great Fanchi, as de-
faulter. The charge was carefully exam
insd, by the Omrahs, before all Hindostan,
and proved to be entirely without any
foundation, ard Jeyreed Ell Nimshi was
ever after considered, as a gumbool, or
one, who dealeth in lies.
Next arose the chief schoolmaster of
Hindostan, swhose name was Moon>hi, or
as it is written, in the Revised Statutes Of
the Hindoes Manshi. Upon one occa-
sion, when addressing the people, Fanchi,
had said, that, among the mountains of
Thibet, where the Ganges begins to flow,
there was, in the days Of old, set OF men,
who were ca,chers of minnows. Upon
this, Moonshi raised great uproar, in
every part Of Hindos,an. Moonshi, who
had been himself, a catcher of minnows,
from his cradle, and had great skill in the
use Of the fee-iee, or pinhook, proclaimed
aloud, that Fanchi was utterly unfit to be
Wuzzeer, or to hold any office, in the
state, since he was entirely ignorant, in
this matter of minnows. He admitted,
that there had been catchers Of minnows,
in ancient Thibet, but he denied, that there
had ever been set OF them. There came
to the assistance Of Moonshi several, who
were cunning in the matter Of minnows
and, among them, one aged Bramin, who
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