The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-04-29
Fl From the Congressional Globe.J
INDIA, BURMAH, &c.Hit 1i

OtlOftudt ChGCCu0 ohN 'PJuS
tice their recen, conduct with respect to
Burmah.s We have already said that the
quarrel with that Power commenced for
a very small sum ofumoney said 70 bo
duo 10 a British subject. A preiex, was
wanted for the invasion of the country,
and that alleged Indebtedness served for
one. An English journal says that the
Governor General, the Marquis Of Dal-
bousie. s'anpounces 10 the world, that
swhcseas the C0uItof Ava has refused
'the redress which the Government Of
I"Calcu:ta demanded, the province Of Pegu
shall be forthwith confscated, inocorn-
pe nsation for the past and for better Sc
'curiiy for the future. And further, .si;tha,
iii lhe Court of Ava is submissive, The
sGoyernor General is willing that hos,ili-
aies shall cease, but if not, then such re-
rribution will SO exacted aswll lead 10
saioial aubverson Of the Burman State" "
The meaning ofthe concluding words
is, that the whole Kingdom shall be con-
| fscated, unless the King Of Ava is con
tent TO resign Pegu, and to thank the
spoiler for his moderation. The GOODNESS
with which all this wrong has been per-
pe,raied is admirable, and proves the
Marquis TO be the very kind Of a Cover
nor General needed 10 carry on and car
ry out the policy Of those he represents,
the British Government and the East In
dia Company. From his name aud iex-
plohs we take him TO be descendant of
lbe famous .eau ~ oa }, ssHr9a.
,"Dalhousie, that great god of war, ..., s.
Lieutenant Colonel to the Earl Of Mar"
Notwithstanding, however, The ease
and rapidity with which,he English con-
quer and s'confsca,e' kingdoms in lndia,,
their Indian system of government, is a,
very insecure and artificial one, and the,
probability is that their mighty eastern
Empire Of one hundred and twenty mil
lions Of inhabitants, so some OF theitl
writer's say, will one day crumble 90
pieces more rapidly than it has been,
formed; for instead of organizing, and
consolidating as they acquire territory,
they seem only TO think Of annexing and
of forcisg revenue from theirmosi rtlucs
tant FAX payers, whom they regard but as
tributaries and value only for the tribute
they pay. The English have no hold
upon The affections Of the native popola-
,ion, and upon nothing but their fears
and a psedominauce based solely upon
fear is ofiena very preca:ious one.
TIE whole Anglo>Indian military foice
amounts in round numbers to three hun
dred thousand, Of which bu, abou, one-
sixth is English. The remaining FIVE
sixtlls ate Sepoys, who have by the sui
cidal policy Of the Company, as il seems
to US, become, if not disaffected, al least
very lukewarm in theiI allegiance. They
are mserably paid, getting about ten
cents daily, oui Of which they furnish
part Of :heir clothing, and have to keep
their arms and accoulremens in order,
and none OF the inducements which in~
fuence men in general are held out 10
them. They can acquire netherarsnk,
nor fame, nor fortune; and where there
is no hope of these, heroes are apt to be
somewhat scarce They are treated
pretty much as though they were jas,ore'
garded as Stood for gunpowder,H and
nothing more. This they begin TO dis
cover, and The discovery has cooled wha
military ardor they had very perceptibly
No native c&n rise TO higher rank thar
major, and but few ever reach that M
plus ultra. A Sepoy cannot become 4
sergeant until after fifteen years service
and after thirty he may become a subal-
tern, with the pay Of one shilling and
four pence per diem. The. average age
at which sepoys are appointed captains is
Gfty-fve majors sx,y-6ve. The pay OF
a captain is Is. 3d.; Of major IS. per
diem .ii'Fhis promotion ia slower then
that which so exaspera'ed Iago: q BIN
''There's no remedy, '.is the curse Of the
service.,' -
The. alpshot vf all this inequality and
injustice will be that whenever the Epg>
lish shall sustain very serious reverse
in India, these ill-paid, ill-treated, and
unpromoied Sepcys will be very ap, TO
,urn ,heirarms against their hard and un>
generous masters. ,sa.f5rsE iii saq.a.s.
Sir Charles Napier, one Of The ables'
military men Of The age, who tistingu-
lshed himselfin India three or -four years
ago, as much or more than the Duke OF
Wellington did on the same theatre, was,
in all his dealings with those he had con-
quered, actuatcd by noble sense ofjus-
lice and humanity. He wished to make
of the native population not only British
subjects and lax payers, but 10 place
them upon the same platform Of equality
in all respects, as regarded bonors, Office,
civil rights, and everything else. He
was disgusted with hthe oppressionthat he
Witnessed, and being "a plain, blunt
man, like Mark Anthony, he spoke out
what he thought, which he is famous for
doing iu The most fofcible kind of Eng
Ilish. Of the East India system ofge-
-vernment he said---"thap sys,em-!-a Iott'.
.cn fabric of expedicnis for the support+
ing of robbery is equally destitute Of