The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-07-30

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IN presence OF crowd Of the nobility of Ems
land, and as there is in our language an axiom
tt1te and homcly though it may sound to d
Plomatlc ears, that gentlemen holding high O
neral positions should give utterance TO no Sc,
sment OF The truth Of which they are not full
convinced, let us apply that touchstone to hi
statement. On the map of the continent {
Asa, that land termed ..the cradle of the hu
man race, there is large portion marked a
British India" According to the most reIia
Bile authorities it is magnificent country, con
tanning an immense population British writer
estimate it not less than one hundred million
Of souls This country and its people are rulee
by those to whom the English language is til,
mother ongue-indirectly by the British gov
ernment itself. What has been the history o
that rule? Read it in the massacres committed
| by order of lord Clyve, on helpless men, wo-
men and children, because they dared to think
that they had rights upon their native soil
Read it in the atrocities committed by the an
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feellngly addressed by the American minister;
atrocities which were of 50 revolving nature,
that Burke, when Hastings was arraigned for
his ubiquitous conduct, declared that it was i'm
possible to do more than alIude TO some of those
scenes which were daily enacted in India BY
order of the governor general, and that be dar-
ed not enter into detail of them. All the enor-
mites charged against Hastings were proved,
yet after a seren years mock trial, he was not
only acquitted, but loaded with royal farors. !
Still, according to the statement of the hon. |
James Buchanan, there can be no political
slavery where the English languageis spoken"
1t may be said that those things transpired long
ago, and that severity was necessary, in order
10 prepare the Hindoos for the reception of Brit
sh civilization and manufactures; but that since
hen the rule has been wise and pate,nal. Alas
OF those who think SO. According to the Lon
Ion Times, the following modes are adopted to
persuade the inhabitants of India to pay taxes {
o their civilised English rulers in 1856" t
Making man sit on the soles of his feet, {
nth bTickbats behind his knees. !
Tying the hair of mans head to buff
is or donkey's tail.
Lifting man off the ground by means of t
ring or cord, and holding him aloft
"Sublectlng men to torture BY the kittee-t
N instrument consisting OF two sticks tied to- u
ether at one end, between which the fingers \
re placed and squeezed. a
Soaring the arms and thighs" q
The persons who are thus tortured to nav :,
xes to the British officials, have no voice h
hatevcr in the government; vet the speaker h
formed the partakers ofthe lord mayors feast St
al 'fhere can be no political slavery where in
e English language is spoken Had Mr.. h,
uchanan cast his eyes to an island short dis
nee west of England, he would have seen u
ople groanlng under political Slavery d.
the most despotic kinda people that arc m
ade aliens to their native soil by the acts of &C
British government We must presume er
at Mr. Buchanan. in his anxiety to cater to or
e vanity OF John Bull forgot these things.
Mr. Fi!lmore's speech at Albany, portion CT
which we publish in another column, is re- ia
ewed BY the Washington Union Even that ty
orn opponent to the Americans, and subser- nc
mt official organ of the Pierce administra- s.
n. accustomed to cast censure on all who VEN to
e 10 oppose the dogmas of modern democra- er:
and battling against the election of Fill 1t
re with all the energy and ability at its COM WI
nd, refers to the leading argument of the pr'
ech as follows: fro
Mr. Fillmore has exposed the disunion int
!racter OF the black republican nomination emf
h great clearness and holiness. His argu- dir
Mt is unanswerabe. The PHILADELPHIA con- -,
tIon took the first step in the work of dis r''
on. 1t ignored one entire section of the con- des
nracy, and declared by its action that to be acc
tlzen OF southern State is disqualification pas
president or vice president This is nothing lad
re nor less than undisguished disunion, and 80.
rejoice that Mr.. Fillmore has raised his voice '''s
INST SO dangerous an experiment upon the car
myth OF our confederation TO this portion tina
is speech we invite the earnest attention of to
ry lovef Of his country c;f
iere's a compliment from an unexpected sug
rter. The Courier des Etats- Uns, the Or the
OF the French residents in New York, says: was
We have already expressed our opinon.and !
onal preferences for Mr.. Fillmore. Not TON
standing our profound antipathy for the t~;o
y OF which he is the standard bearer, we Via
more than ever convinced that he is the
whom the United States should, by accla- Ter,
ION, call TO the presidential chair He is hei
only one on whom any reliance can be to
ed for firm moderate and what the coun- cou
most needs, a tranqulising administration. SEM SEM
S the only one about whose political creed Bro
can be no doubt, or suspicious ambiguity, gar
rests not on vague Or illusory formulas, the
upon the practical past The fact also that COM
'annot he reelected after a full term, is sho1
her argli ment in bis favor, over his rivals; wer
I'LL be exempt from the ambitious tempta- ford
and suggestions which are the cause of heal
raj Pierce's policy, and which will SWAY dres
minds Of his competitors" effo'
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