The daily union., 1856-03-29
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The English East India Company, which according TO
the continuation of Rapin originally procured Its charter
by brbing the government with loan of ana
the minister with douceu has by degrees and py snser
usurpaton through the instrumentaty OF force and IN
gue succeetedin acquiring absolute dominion over
cient empire of Great Mogu of the most splendid
and powerful of all the East which, at the OF
these usurpaons estimated to contain some TWO or
three hundred millions OF inhabitants In the outset o
this career of usurpaon, the prospective empire OF Hin
dostan was disputed by Great Britain and France neither
of which had any right to foot OF land or an atom
sovereignty there than Engsnd has to the Belize or the
island of Ruaan in Central America The dissensons OF
the commanders OF the French land and naval forces finally
gave the superiority Great Britain which has by an
unwaverng system of force intimidation, and intrigue
at last succeeded in lording it the people and
princes of Hindostan without a rival One after
another the different dynasties have been pulled
down and crushed of existence reduced to absc
subjecton and the only exception to this uniform des-
tiny was the Nabob of Oude who, after having served
the purposes of those who made him instrument in
subectng others to their sway Is now appears about
to meet the fate of all the victims to the nsaate avarce
and sodd ambition of company of traders in partner
ship with the phiaa thropc government of England What
Morning Post the organ of the British Premier of the
2st Of February last which has given rise to the pre-
ceding remarks and which invite the attention OF
our readers The British Is the great modern
Pharisee holding itself up a model to all Others and
pretending be directed all occasions by the prnci
pies OF humanity and justice The article to which we
have reference and which presume reflects the prnc
pies and policy of the government furnishes beautiful il
lusraon of its pretensons to the character it has
sumed and which, verify believe it has almost per-
suaded itself ii merits The article commences with the
following flourish
"The kingdom of Dude with its fertile territory the
valley the Ganges about to conform to the law OF
gra which has evidently established itself among the
kingdoms of Hndostan, and contribute its crop Of three
millions inhabitants and three millions sterling of
nue. the of British supremacy, which slowly but
surely overfowng the empire Of the Mogu Kingdom after
kingdom swallowed up, and the vortex spreads and in
wolves and In its ressteas whl Every
goes out with the most vuous resolves to keep
hands off his neighbours territory but every consul
nevertheless finds himself irresisby by events
which be oesee and agencies which he
troll to add to the gigantic mass"
In the first quarter Of the present century, continues
the Post less than twelve years in the twenty We
witnessed accessons the British territory Nor has the
second been less prolific Burmah Assam Berar Scnde
the Punjaub Moultan, Pegu, and Nagpoor testify
And yet annexaons in the future, until
the whole Of Hindostan is absorbed and then, what
next-and next"
Thus speaks the oracle Of minister who one of the
great champions of equilibrium of power ;" who did
bis utmost to involve all Europe in arrest wha,
he called the encroachmens of Russia in the East and
who pleased from time to time to at the Unsuitable
appetite of the United States for the acquisition Of territory
which he occasionally ntmates his intention to repress
How well this agrees with the language of this unbushing
boaster Kingdom after kingdom is swallowed up and
the vortex spreads and involves and its resist
r .s'r &c &opR sPP The authority al
Shah Alum the of the Mogu emperors and
rightfal superiors and thcnceforh Dude though no,
nominally under British sway, virtually governed
from Calcutta any Of our readers wish to know wha,
shor work in the vocabulary the British scribes
and Pharsec commend them the report of the cele
brated trial Of Warren Hastings and especially the speeches
Of Sheridan and Burke on that occasion.
But let go "The tribute imposed on Il (Oude, in
l7-3l lacs of rupees year-was raised 70 "a l.cs in
1884, and TO so in 1881 That peculiar condition which
has frequently attended Bsh protection now began To
develop itscf in Oude' In plain Engsh-for such are
the facts stated by the historians Of the British empire in
Understandable continual raising of tribute short in
tervas the attempts Of the Court Of Directors obige
the nabob to diminish bis forces that be might the more
easily be subducd both which he Of course
opposed produced succession Of struggles which finally
ended in the occupation Of Lucknow, his capital BY n
British force His army disbanded says the Post
and hencefUrward the nAbob little better than A
pendatory Of the British East India Company and when
In 1906 Shah Alum died at Allahabad where he had
been Pensoned BY that body the empire Of the house
Timor, commonly known the Mogu Empire, may be
considered TO have an end and the East India
Company, after half century Of and conquests sue
oeeded, without a coorabe claimant against to that
magnificent inheritance
lnheritancei An inheritance derived from what From
wanton, unprovoked invasion Of peaceabe inoaensye
people the other side Of the globeom Fifty years Of
devastation oppression, and bloodshed which hs swept
away nearly onehd Of the population OF Hindostan and
bcggared the survivors. This is the foundation OF tha,
magnificent inheritance and in this way has Heverr
colorsble claimant been extermnsted or subdued The
invasion Of Hindosan in the first instance not justified
by any principle Of international law recognised by
Christian goverpmeut Ilndostan was not q new dis
covery, like America 10 wilderness roamed by
savages without any permanent abode or any rights de-
rived from possession, occupation or improvement 1t
occupied by people who in high state of civ
zaton long centuries before Europe emerged from utter
barbsrism-s people versed in science and learning when