The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-12-02

the Orleans reign isas I'osably In that
case Comparison would have expressed ctner
and lower ideas. The raler OF Fin nee iniSht nave
been merely q monarch after tkf pa'te;n OF
Vienna or BeriiA. Fifty years OF empin woid htvs
given him place In the continental b otnernood'
al all that Is distinctive in the characterAi ms =
is strong, not only by following the preceisAss, t
by avoiding the faults OF his great predecessor HIS
teacher Is not so much the hero OF Marenyo ADD
Austerlitz as tho ncgotiator OF ills and BayouSe-
the seeker Of an Austrian aance--the truiter In
the faith OF hereditary princes--the elected Empc
ror forgeu OF the true source Of his fame and pow
or. We have now o Bonaparte who has learnt from
adversely So far as we can SEQ, 50 FAR as We have
night to Judge, his ambition is Of kind for which
Europe will be the better. To tranqullize his
Try, 70 develope its powers by Industry and Mate
rial pursuits, ha. been his aim during seven years
OF power. He has now taken the lead ia re-
sisting fee on which the world has gazed spell
bound and powcress for century. The coalitions
OF past days ore renewed. but they are no. now di
rected against Western Emperor raised to q
throne by the most solid Of titles, but passing be-
yond the bounds Of his Legitimate national sway,
they seek to curb depot whose authority il based
on the traditions Of barbarous race. and |, usei
Tor the extension OF thu darkness aud blind obed
ennce BY which he rcigns AS the motive Of the
struggle Is nobler, its results will be nobler also
Ne may trust that the conclusion Of this ,par scW
see We mass Of The people Awakened and ele-
against Napoleon strengthened the power OF the
continental m0narchs let us hope that their sub
jscts sciH benefit by that iohich has no,p comma,esI
The most lasting consequences OF human actions
often those which are unseen and indirect We
may therefore anticipate many things which we
cannot foresee from that alliance which the
exile OF st. Helena wished Tor in his own day.
The y. sigma or England In Intiia-Thc Ktnu.
.om Of Dude and the Hizsm Territory 20 DO
[From the London Times Nov. 1911
In few days we shall send out new Governor
General to India, and, as usual man of the lnost
peaceful intentions. No ono ever doubted that Hir-
dinge and Dalhouse were sincere even to simoci-
ty, in the pacific protestations with which theystlit
ed for the East, and no one now doubts that Lord
Canning would rather leave the Crmea behind him
than find another in the heart of Indian empire
These protestations are evidently meant to tell not
only on the British public, but on the Hindoo. and,
II possible, on destiny itself But destiny HI, not
hitherto been controlled by words Of good omen
and there 10 reason TO beeue that the GJuer
nor-General y India can shape his o'cn career
surely than his predecessors. Every mail from the
East brings new proofs that, If are {, m1intain
oar ground IN India It must be on the usual cond
irons Of empire. Those usual conditions have hitherto
been disregarded to On extent which Is probably lit
tie known, will not say to foreigners, bat even to
the majority Of our own people. For the sake not
only, then, Of jealous rivals and unfriendly cri.
tics, but Of our own lessinf0rmed reader, at
home, it must be explained that. while England
may be said to possess" and directly t. govern tae
greater part OF the seaboard of Hindostan, great
part OF India consists Of States under British pro-
land and a few Of the more populous mercantile
counties on the banks Of the principal rivers while
the descendants of the ancient kings of Ireland still
reigned by misfule, commanded, or were command.
GUS moral scandals, and kept the whole island on
the brink Of Il general commotion. Imagine tho
Mormons powerful military force, not ia the will
derness, but on the river Potomac; imagine NJ. Kos
suth giving laws to Hungary, and Russia studded
with the Independent domiuions OF q score or two OF
lessers czaIs and we have ut once picture OF the
arrangement which something like false mode.ty h q
permitted to survive in the Indian peninsula. The
true account OF the matter Is far from noble
Our indian rule Is pursiy commercial. We Leave
religion loyalty customs, and iatcs much az pos.
sibe undisfur6ed, and haze hitherto only used arms
TO collect rxrenus maintain order and meet the in
cadeT or The rebel in the field dominion OF this
sort, In which so many squares OF the chessboard
we're British possessions. many under British pro-
lection, and SO many others nominally independent,
never yet preserved long its checkered character,
and tie influences tending to political unity arc cor
tainly not fewer or less powerful in India than else
where. a community of religious, Of commerce,
and of arms. pervades, and continually assimilates
all India. The sacred shrines of either faith
visited by pilgrims from all parts the population
follows tr1lde wherever it goes and our armies are
recruited ndilerently from all the three classes Of
States we have enumerated When this Is the case
II is quite impossible that any disorder should con
time to be local. There are no "party walls DC.
tween the States, and coniagratiOn. once lit. is
sure to spread from one to another. Hence there
The two States that press most for this decision
are the kingdom OF Dude and the territory OF the
Man. The former Of thee lies In the great gang
way OF India from Bengal to the northwestern pro-
sinces, in the very track Of our armies and our
trade; the latter commands all the internal comma
nicatons OF southern India. With the character of
the Court OF Dude most Of readers are familiar,
and the knowledge will have prepared them for the
circumstance that Ii u found wholly incapable Of
securing the territory from the outbreaks Of the
most barbarous ianaticism. Mahomed,n and Hin
doc zealots the former with the connvan e Of the
governing powers and the latter with the favor OF
the population, are threatening collision which
might easily and naturally spread through the per
pie and divide orr own armies throughout the whole
OF India. On some question Of the shrine OF "A GER
tam god, and some alleged ordinations aud mlr-
ders,a Mahomcdan fanatic Is marching undist irbed
from city to city, with force quite sufficient 10 be
the nucleus OF the largest army that ever overrin
the peninsula. Should the collision once take place.
IT l. stated that own armies are flied with the
brothers and cousins OF the combatants, who oIld
Immediately take up the quarrel and carry il I, the
same issue. Our p,rseni position, then il the most
ana'os and disaduanfagsous Tint can possibly be
imagined. We see before M n mighty d niger We
see the outbreak Of the fire the bursn If the bank
ard we the threatened victims Of the fire and the
inundaton; but the place itself IL in other hands.
ard those hands utterly incompetent TO response
be position. Even ii the authorities OF Dude have
no idle ambition to be the focus of a grea, Mahomc-
dan reviva.-eycn IL they have forgotten the India
OF former ages In the sensualites and foes Of the
yet IL ~ tucy 90 not, auu per-
naps cannot, stop the mischief, They are suffering
the ruin TO fall heads without even stretching
out finger - stop II, ard from their incompetence
o. conni'ance we are suffering far greater injury
than we ever warded off avenged at the hands or
the most open foe. II the kingdom OF Dude 1, not
our enemy In the field, IL II something much worse
and mole incompatibewth the safety Of orr empire.
The aspect OF the danger Is all the more serious
from the presence OF other disorders in our own
States. Tie Santals, and other tribes occupying the
hills that run from Bengal To the western coast,
have not been reduced TO order, nor Il there any
present likelihood OF tranquility BY their atroci-
ties they have succeeded In striking terror into
our Latve my. while our European troops are but
handful 70 keep the peace OF the immense district
threatened by the insurgents. Such n danger. II Is
evident, must be met bya concentration OF the
troops on which alone we can depend /; bat that
concentration will lie impossible, If we are 10 allow
the Internal disorders OF Dude to come 10 snch a
pass "a to infams the religious snimosities Of all
India, and set the Sepoys Of every regiment In our
fcfvice the one against the other T. per nit this
would lie something wore than suicidal deli ,acy