The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-09-13

The English I'm India and China.
The late news from Europe advised our read
ers Of formidable and very unexpected insur-
rection in the very heart of Bengal. The in
surgents are represented to be an active,
hardy race Of mountain men, full Of fire and
resolution, and number near fifty thousand.
They already occupy large district of coun-
try, having signalized their progress so far by
the destruction of everything foreign. The
ceipt of the news of the reported insurrection,
in an elaborate article ostensibly on the sub
ject of the Queens visit to Paris, but really
designed to express to all the world the chief
points of concurrence between the Cabinets of
London and Paris, said:-"We have quarrelled
for colonies, and now we have discovered that
colonies are no accession of power or Of
wealth to country, but rather burden, a
risk, and an expense; in fact, that the best
course is to leave them as much as possible to
themselves" We shall now have an opportu-
nifty to test the truth of this declaration, in the
course that shall be taken in the present in
surrection in India. England collects from
her East India possessions, including the Ben
gal country, twenty-nine millions of pounds
sterling yearly.
We have frequently called attention
to the present policy of Great Britain in
connection with her government in the
East, as essentially sustaining the in
stitution of slavery; and the British people
in estimating their present prosperity must al
ways consider the great fact That an amount
nearly double the current revenues of the
United States is derived from the involuntary
service Of their East India possessions. The
consideration Of these facts we put against the
Tines statement that England has come to re-
gard her colonial possessions "as burden, a
risk and an expense" Misfortunes seldom
come singly. &c. now, in addition to the in
estimable trials of the Crimea, and the tolera-
bly, strong prospect of depreciating our cou-
sins before France and all the world in that
field, this formidable India trouble is forced
upon the British Cabinet
We should regard the overthrow of Great
Britain in India as great misfortune for CT
vilization. Whatever may have been the exac-
tions of that government and its officials
amongst that savage people, it was their des-
tiny that they should be put in subsection to
some of the civilized States Of the West. We
must recognize the existence of some general
laws of progress. Under these England has
operated in India as Anglo-Americans have
operated upon the aborigines of this country.
1t is the province and the duty of civilization
thus to perform its work, and in doing SO it
ought to have its expenses paid. Let us see
what will be the course and the result Of the
present insurrection. We would not be under
stood as saying that England stands justified
in her India government 1t is impossible not
to see that she has practsed and still prac-
tises vast extortions and cruelties upon the
natives 1t is a remarkable coincident fact
that the present instruction in Bengal is
moved by the same fanatical spirit which is
now sonvulsing the Chinese Empire. 1t is a
troublesome thing to handle, and will require
all the spare resources Of England to crush out
the movement