New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-08
GREAT BRITAIN.
The Future ResuIts of British Rule in India

The Future ResuIts of British Rule in India.
co,re.,.udeuee If Tie y !. Tribune.
LONDON Friday July = 1888
propose in ths letter to conclude my observations
On India.
How came il that English supremacy established
in Inoai The paramount power Of the Great M0g
was broken b. the IlOgul Yceroys The power Of the
Viceroys was broken by the Mahrattas The pOEer Of
the Mahratfas broken by the Ahghans and while all
were struggling against a the Bnton rushed IN and was
enabled to .ubdue chem all country not only divided
between 4lahommedan and Hlndoo, but between tribe
and tribe between caste and caste; 4 society whose
framework was based a sort OF equilibrium resulting
folu general repulson and constitutional exclusive
nes bat,-eep al its members Such a country and slch
society werethey NOT The prederined prey Of conquest
five knew nothing Of the past history u lln iostan
would there NOT be the great and incOntes'ibe fact
thar even At THIS moment India is held in English thra
dom by an Indian army maintained az the eos, If India
India then could not escape iie OF being conquered
and the whole Of her pas history tb any thing IS the
history of the successive cVnquess she has undergone
Indian society has no history 1T al, at least known
history What call It's history, i but the history OF
The successive intlu3es who founded heir empires on
the Massive basis If that unrrsstng and uuchangng
cietv he question therefore, s not whether the Eng
Usb had rioh 10 conquer India but whether We are %
prefer India conquered by the Turk By the Persian b.
he Rnssian 10 India conquered BY the BitOG
Frgrand has D fulfil double mission 10 India; one
destructive, the other regenerang-the aDmhiiarOn Of
Oh Asatic society and the laying the material olnii
tlcns Of Western society 10 Asia
Arabs Turks Tartars, MOgus. Who had successiye'y
overrin India soon became Hird00i-ed the barbarian
couquerers being by eternal law Of history conquered
Themselves BY the superior civilization Of their ecs
The British we're the frs. conquerors superior, and
therefore inaccessible % HindoO civilization They
DESTROYED il By breaking up the native communities by
uUroOtng the natiVe industry and By eTeii0g all that
was great and elevated In the native society The hs-
to pages Of their rule in India report hardly anything
ifyond that destruction The work Of regeneration
ia.fv transfires through leap Of rlinl Nege.the-
les i Us begun
me political unry Of India more consolidated, aad
e1reuditg f.rer than r I'D under the Great No
ois vas tie first condition u is regeneration That
uDirv imYo.ed BY the British sword vi nog b. strength
erei and perpetuared by be electric telegraph The ua-
i've army Organized and trained BIZ the British drill
sergeant vas the sine qEd OF Indian 5eiemincps-
ros aud Of India ceaDg be the prey Of the iirstorsga
n-uder The free press Introduced for the hfst time
ITO As.alic soeiety, and managed pnncpaly ~ tae
COZ men offspring II HindOcs aud European Is new
ard powerful agent Of reconstruction Ihs LetAihdf
and RlorWar hemsf abomDabe as they are, inVoFe
two distinct I'll. Of private properly ID ana -tAe goa
desile. atom II Asiate sOciery. FroI re Indin
natives reluctantly and sparingiy educa. 81 ~ al
curia uude- English sUpefLnieDdence' Ifesn class
i springIg up, endowed Win me requirements
Tor gOFerEmelt and im0ura WIN European sci
eres SIN Ia. brought India into regular AMI
rs,J commnnieation WITH Europe, has connected it,
chief por With those OF the whole southeastern ocean,
ard b. reyivdicated il from the isolated position which
he prime law Of It's stagnatOn The day IS not far
distant when by combination Of railways and
Vesses tie distance between England and India
red by time will be shortened 20 eight days. sad when
that once fabulous country viii thus be actually annexed
to the Western world