New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-13
rup yICERoY Or INDIA.

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younger sons were sent to fstten' ano neeuy
neersauC politicians were doomed to rlcn eAue TOT
their ruined fortunes Fat places were feeF
Ia for -otes by candidates, aud often TOR money
Il ol.ct,d Directors Of the East India Company.
n,rirc ME long reign of Lord Melville as PresI-
ant If he India Board Scotland obtained that
footing which she has so firmly msintained' SUI
many Of her bankrupt families were recruited
and sav,d "iust BIZ bonnie berth from the
GREAT Iundas. There was hardly iairu III
Scotland who had not "wee BIT o oairn
r. someoftbese bonnie berths. Scarce yessei
s,il.d br India which was not crowded Win
tartaps high cheek bones and red hair. An "p'
for -..y.--rt was looked on as Aladdins
cave Wealth acquired there with almost
as marvellous rspidity as in our country, with
| this diftrence-thst what is attained here by
enterprise and industry was in India won by
| plumber. There are many romantic examples
| from the great Give, founder OF the noole and
wealthy house of Lord Fowls, down 70 Sir
James Hogg--in which ragged, adventurous boys
| have in a few years been borne on her
| rich tide to fame and fortune. Some
| times, like the rotten boroughs of England,
| India was the means of giving to the world
mel who in the tie Id of literature have adorned
or benefited their time. In India the good old
sentinel, Joe Hume, acquired that independence
which enabled him to guard with such patient
and unwesryng toll the product of the peoples
sweat In India, as member Of the council, the
salary of which is fifsy thousand dollars a year,
Maeauay amassed that wealth which enables
hin, without those hard struggles with the de-
mon Of poverty which are too often the lot of lit
erary life, TO lend to history the beauty of ro-
malice and enshrne in magnificent periods the
story of his country This peaceful sacking is
now all over. The good old days of plumber are
gone by. Monopoly has been shorn of half her
fat proportions, and fortunes can only be made
in India as elsewhere, with the sweat of brain
or brow. The ignorance of market prices
among the sugar and indigo planters in the
upper and country districts, which made them
the prey IF European merchants, is now en-
tirely removed, and the quotations are as quick
ly conveyed and as knowingly scanned by the
natives as by certain wild AMI mails Of our own
Wsllstrees jungle. The population have many
Of them, too, caught the civilization of their
conquerors, and are contending against them
with then own weapons in the field of law aud
ply sic. There are many native lawyers Of sim
gular ability and some medical practitioners
(surgery is forbidden by caste) of eminent at
tanments.
Much Of this improved tone and extension of
intelligence is due to Young Bengal party
which has recently arisen. They are Brahmin
"Ilibdoos," though Anglo-Soxon in politics and
literature. They are of superior attainments,
r. fned, and ambitions of acquiring kno wle 1ge
and spreading its olesating influence, 5, while
they retain their caste a violation of which
would entail forfeiture Of property and cast
them 90 PaTahs at the feet of their race. They
have strong Christi tendencies speak with
utter contempt Of The bsrbarous national belief, !
ard rejoice at the supprt ssion Of Thuggism self
immolation Of widows, aud such horrid Iites. |
Prominent in his party stands man of large ma
ture and liberal views Raindah Dat, of Ra indah |
and Kalidas Dutt in Calcutta. His connection |
with American trade, his house acting as com.
mercal agents and bansers for Boston houses, /
has made him familiar with cur institutions, Of |
which he is on enthusiastic admirer.
The necessity of meeting the increasing intel
ligence to which the efforts Ofthe "YOung Ben
gals have largely contributed, as well, let us
hope, as wiser and juster views on the part of
the British rulers, has led to some reforms in
that direction both in England and in India. APP
pointmehts are thrown open TO public competi-
tion, instead Of being used as instruments of
corruption. The Board of Directors in Leaden-
ball-street has been to some extent purified aud
liberalized; while in India encouragement has
been given to aspiration by the appointment
from the native population of several judges and
almost all the magistrates in the upper country.
This movement once begun, it would seem that
the blessing granted to all other Colonies of
elec ling those who are to direct their energies
and administer their affairs can scarcely be
refused to India for any great length of time.
To guide and TO control an Empire like this,
Of vast extent and mixed races, with a ripening
public opinion which, in its earlier manifesto
tions, may make some rude bounds, requires
most delicate aud discriminating hand, and one
which can WELD every kind of influence over
he peculiar communities subjected TO it's rule
/ hat India can be regenerated by the magic
gave of any hand is not to be hoped, bnt the
necessity OF improvement is so great and ur.
GENT as r. entail on the man who governs the
country an immense responsibility. This re.
'ponsibility invests the post with great import
lnce, and though the Vce-regal throne of In.
iia-owing to the climate, and the feeling that all
tut of England is exile-has been filed by iufe-