Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-05-08

In the body pohtir ~ the physical constitution
'''- Is nothing more dangerous than ang 18th local
symptoms Sith0ut reference .. general - stem IL i
practice ~lch j. that ,ff.r- an Irresistible.
temptation to qusckcry and almost delud~- the patient
'" Drhe' that he i cured OF d-s-- sheu. in fact
he u only eased of his pain. Evrrsdsy .ID.rie,,e.
"ach"- ~ that lev i-ca-.- ,it-r r,.tt,ci.d In IA.
Oral hn't- Of tl-ir morbid -vtnpO,n- or rs lie Cured
~ihou cowprrvnsve "i the general health
lhe Pn'irr V' torture ia Indian po-.e-sions i
bui and sct,dal upon ti. master. of ,n .,,tuoa
ehPlfr u = blot ~hic hound q -xpungp aud
s'7ii'dHl ~heh bound efic, bot We cannot
ueat a. simple di-'7-e IL i the symptom Ot maA-
ty-uo' The m,ty itf and great care ~il b., r,onir-
eu !" "lpH ruch irmedi will nirt the general dis.
""s. 81 sileh II - but one. Ihuagh tae no-t
evidence IL l. ct no use tu tive question int,
coriov'rsy whether tr cruel d iis,n.tig tu,tur. c;
ted 10y l@td Alb'marle -Eict,d With OF without the
pnuty OF English officials ear s. ii.continu-d by
,h''i Hihonty Perhaps ON inis puiI sht be we'll
to Adm-~hat shall b- told by niny man conv.rs.ut
With lnia aud Hindu--thst neither taxes nor debt.
n'f Information, nor detectinn Of c- be ex.ort-S
frorfhstrace without ,,.r,snI Ia !.
p" Hhy not Tar from true at " the exs ing stat. of
,mngs the lindoo will hos h head in the dust before the
european Sahih will ks his feet will gu through al th.
i""mhg iNntonhme OF spaniel! but Yet will lie re-o-
in'.y "gfin-t the most convincing evidence Or re-
nam mute ~ spite Of the most authoritative commands
to speak; and that the sole Of coid uering his
obdurscy compelling hi- testimony il that
which Il practised him by his oun fellows and
hlr own race This may Toe far from the truth
IL may result IN part from combination of yarious cir
cun-ai ees-rUm the hereditary scryiv of tbs. IIindoo
stock ON the habits OF de-puc in-uece in,lr.d i'm y
pAt rn;h Mn-eunsn caste which burst upon the plains
{" lhia nom the mountains Of the North. II may result
~ part from the readiness With which the official pai.
sle- OF dominant class ~ earn the gratitude of their
employers by sevey to~n> their own fellow subjects
n! these may each partly explain causes Of the pain
ul disclosures which hIve been 80 recently made in the
House OF Lords But willie they explain them thry also
show that viii not be- sufficient one symptom
OF the useAse Many remedies be- tried before that
which the most revolving indication of its eAstence can
be eItirptted.
The TACT - the Indian empire i momcntou problem
| : nn h aNTa 50 ..T--.
popu atom, nor the hetert elements which com.
pose ~ uor the diversity OF caS il not any one of
these TIM e which constitutes it, II il all
hese tnns put together IL i the combination enor-
nous physical Effort with recognition OF a high moral
standard in England. There i. the one hand the
nrgioe sensible practical difficulty it subordnaing t.,
some lNn or ,JOh European liyuen the civil admin,
isiraiion OF ll",o"uouo sf men, Hndoos and MussuI
mans, each with habits and opinions antagoni.te
indeed To the other, but still autigonstc
10 w. 81 dong this under CONDITIONS OF climate which ret
der outdoor cNerton almost impossibity for tIe
greater part OF every day; OF administering this authority
With the slightest possible demonstration Of military me-
race and ~ least itqucnt po, sbe rcouIse TO nar,
spccour But this l. not all There dav when the pro
hem might hsve been worked out with toIrsiIe ease to
IT. eSPoheis not to its subjects There was time
when neNs ami letters took siX months passing TO and
from Calcutta instead OF merely i've weeks A. now
~hen much Of that which happened there was not reno
Tel al home aud but little oi that which thought here
was recorded considered there Ia thos. dsys the
-ervants Of the Grown ad the Company would not snr
themselves 10 be- painfully embarrassed bv too iastidus
-cfupuousic-S the Instruments th.;r
p"heH and whatever might be the extravaganc or cru
ey OF subordinate officers il almost awavs sure t
escape observation at home All this l. nov; changed
India nearer than northern Scotch or remote I,h
county was in l79" ErGli>hmen feel greater curiosity
regarding II than they dit about Ireland or Scotland s
years ago But this constitutes difficulty of the Eng
h'h administration ia ludia An Indian civilian NAV be
prling IN the tSOOld office Of Judge and collector ovr
district equal in size 10 three large English counti. he
i responsible for the preservation of the no ca h. i %
spoible for the collection OF cettain revenue IL T.
tuil in tfa I HE.4ta hi,
ing till late in tile att moon. with thc ometer at 95
sud il Is with sgl exerton that be gets through the
days work by the days TO begin the day. abours
Without afirss ALt Of Cuune l. necessarily devov ed
upon his clerks of deece his peons and that
motley tribe Of parasite who flourish about the European
depo,toes Of power Much, tHat routine of
his otic,-much that l. known to him not repotted
io him, perhaps stu, isy concealed from him per.
formed BY hidden spr and unseen machinery for the
The attainment OF osev which committed his care
Al OF sudden the ctive and iudrtatig able ryant
lind himself and lis vce the pet topic OF the House of
Lords and the Auatheu.H OF Great Britain Alarmed and
but half Coincidence Of the atrocities which are cateogued
IN r gland the proof Indian official iuouity h. sets
about rrpreSsug sysi which has generations been
iuanuealed into the Eat,rn mind and grown M with the
Eastern idea oi admiu- iatou Eudeavouriu to mitigate
- cruelty or correct Injustice of the system he finds
tat lie running the cal reputation OF bis treasury and
gvug loose rein 10 ali the deiaultes and plunderers OF
his district.
Before the horrible practice OF torture can be eradcated
or While II i IN proct ui eradication other evils must be
checked. The increase torture has been attrbbted u,
tue eAttons OF The h>ca uctOnariys. these the de-
creasng revenues OF IT, provinces n other words In
INDIA as elsewhere the iverty OF the people leads To
evasion, and evasion in turn, leads oppression The
real remedy the multi alton OF the means OF employ
ment and developement the sources Of wealth What
ever tends TO open out & of India to exercise
te industry OF It's inhabitants Increase their produc
uonS, to bring them u great Warket- give them Sc
cutiy 90 the enOymet II their property hatever os
these things-be g. tIe construction OF RAILWAYS or
canals or the cultivation OF cOtOu-w also contribute
To increase the comforts nnd the wealth Of the poorer In
htn~a matte TI.E a.
aiuper means OF employ ent for the people When this
Is uohe the next important step will be diminish the
number OF those veua tive subOrdates which in every
province u uia poison he stream OF Justice and polute
the atmosphere oi authority. Nor when recollct the
numbers OF active. enterpfsiug and sufficiently educated
Eighshmeu at We have at home capable Of undertaking
duties which, though subordinate, are not uuimportant
and the great number whom the OF the Ctimean
troops will aid 70 this list ought either TO despair
o seeing one tai corruption aud cruelty superseded hy
European iuisty or TO grudge the OF necessary
a SUPPRESSION.