The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-07

bly, rewarded for their confidence In English
honor. One by one their territories were taken
from them their wives, children, subjects,
murdered before their eyes. For the last CEN
tury the British bayonet has never ceased to
slaughtered, that the cause of true religion
might be advanced and the dividends Of the
company swelled Of fifty governments in
nindostaa, only four maintain even a nominal
independence, and that is only secured for the
time being, by the payment of heavy tribute.
Englsnd's absorption of Hindostan has been
gradual, but none the less secure. She OBJ
tanned in 1851, "a pergunnahs from the Nabob
of Bengal; 1853, Masulipatam, from the Nj
zam; 1760, Burdwan and Chittagong, from the
Nabob of Bengal; l765, Bengal, Bahar and
Orissa from the Emperor Of Delhi, and Jaghfe,
of Madras, from the Nabob of Arcot; ITS,
Zemindary, of Benares, from the Vizier Of
Dude; l776, island of Sslsette, from the Mahsr
rattas; ITS, town and fort Of Nagore, from the
Rajah of TaDjore, and Guntur Circar, from the
Nizam; l7s6, Pulo Penang from the King OF
Queda; 1892, Malabar, from Tippoo Sultan;
1899, Canara, Coimbatur, from Tippoo Sultan,
and TaDjore, from the Rajah Of Tanjore; 1900.
Mysorean Provinces, from the Nizam; 1901,
the Carnatic, from the Nabob of Carnatic, and
Guruckpur, Bareilly, from the Vizier of Dude;
1902, Bundelcand, from the Peishwah; 1903,
Kuttuck and Ballasore, from the Rajah of Be-
rar, and the territory of Delhi, from Scindiah;
1905, part of Gujerat, from Guicowar; 1918,
Kandeish, from Holkar; Ajmere, from Scindiah,
Poonah and the Mahratta country, from the
Peishwah and districts on the Nerbudda, from
the Rajah of Berar; 1924, Singapore, from the
Rajah of Johore; 1925, Malacca, &c, from the
King of Holland; 1926, Assam, Arracan and
Tennesserim, from the King of Ava; 1884,
Koorg, from the Rajah Of Koorg; lS4l, Scinde,
from the Ameers of Scinde; 1s4s, Pupiab, from
the Slkhs; 1853, Pegu, from the King Of Ava
the whole making an immense territory, with
an area Of six hundred thousand square miles
and population of one hundred millions. Al
this was gained by robbery, and is kept by
tyranny and murder. The English merchant,
when he hears that . regiment of Bombay In
fantry has put whole people to fire and the
sword for defending their own homes, rubs his
British flag; but he is justly and virtuously in
dignant when he hears that a number of North
Americans have made descent upon Cuba.
We opine, however that if the Governor Gene
raj Of India did not happen to be in the majo.
rity, and to be very rich and respectable per-
son, he would be considered as no more than
what the English press calls General Walker,
or Narciso Lopez--"a robber pirate and .
filibuster." 1t would take too much time to
tell how the British government obtained its
poeseeeiopS Ia Inaia T1Uavh1iy, hypUUIisy,
piracy, robbery, murder and the most revolt
ing barbarity, were resorted to, until England
is now mistress of all the territory Of Hindos-
tan, with the exception of Bhootan and Nepaul.
Not long ago England wanted port, and
she robbed China out of Hong Kong What
possible right has she there? She picked q
quarrel with the Chinese simply to get an OPP
portunity to steal that port. In the same man
ner she robbed Borneo Of Labuan and Sara
wax. In the same manner che acquired Toba-
60, Dominica, St. Vincent, st. Lucia, Maui
ritius, and the Seychelles, from France;
Trinidad, Essequibo, Demerara, Berbice, the
Cape OF Good Hope, and Ceylon, from the
Dutch.
Fifty years ago Denmark had remarkable
-Heligoland-rising up in the Nor. h
Sea. It's area is only about five square miles,
and it is solid rock rising to the height OF
about two hundred feet from the level Of the
rivers flowing through Germany, the Eibe, the
Weser and the Ems. Foreseeing that this
island would be important in case of war
in Central Europe, England seized it. Some
twenty years ago, the Notifications were
allowed to go to ruin, but they are now to be
renewed upon grand scale. England always
manages to keep come kind Of foothold every
where, and IN the event Of war with this
country she would have several Heligolands
on our southern border.
England has also acquired the Australian
continent, which she will soon lose. She has
ilibustered two settlements in Africa-Sierra
Leone and Cape Town-and has stolen st. II 3
lena and several other small islands Of no
great value. But the seizure of Alden re
cent transaction-was pure, unadulterated, ont
and out stealing. Alden Is port in South
Arabia, on the Indian ocean. 1t commands
the Straits Of Bab-el-Mandeb, which unite the
Indian ocean and the Red Sea. 1t is the coal
ing and provisioning depot of the East India
Company's steamers, and through it is carried
the treasures of the East e., route for the West
When the proposed canal is cut through the
Isthmus of Suez, Alden will be still more i'm
portant, and will become one of the greatest
commercial cities in the world. All the coffee
trade of Arabia can be done there and the geo
graphical situation Of the place is such that
when it is once occupied and decently forti-
fed, it can defy attacks from the land side.
This bonnie bouche for the great flibuster could
not be lost But how was it to be gained? 1t
was not easy to get up war with the Bedouin.;
who do not practice diplomacy, and could not
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