The daily union., 1856-11-06
Pnm ths Friend Of lua,,
PROGRESS OF THE ENGLISH IN INDIA.

PROGRESS OF THE ENGLISH in INDIA. 4. .3
The 2Oh of June was the centenary ofthe Of
the Black Hole II the goth Of June, 1856 that
Sura God DoWah after triumphant entry into Calcutta
permitted shat great crime, memorable for its singular
atrocity memorable for the tremendous retrbuon BY
which II was followed
From that day forward unbroken has been the course
Of British conquest Increasingly the growth Of British
power that its have passed not only from rcco
on but almost from belief The Imagination refuses 10
realize the picture OF governor Of Fort William sinking
10 his boat and every European in Calcutta trembling for
bis life the advance Of Huwah Of Moosheoabad at tho
head Ct bbe Of Bengalees There is no hope 81 donih
ion however wide dream OF progress however ssaoa'
,, h,eh ia not justified BY the history Of this one bun
aes % we were even predict that in 1856
- Saxon governor-genersl :. .i'u@ "0uu '0is
evres at Pesin that Cafnbodia wouia 20 nnsSoner-
ship, and japan province valued chiefly for its fertility
and s revenue, should be accused justly of IN.
practical speculation. Yet that dream would be less mar
veous than the accomplished fact There native lady
yet fgh,ing lawsuits in Calcutta whose husband must
have watched perhaps shared in the triumph Of Sua
Doshb. All that we have accomplished-the subjugs.iou
empire larger and populous than that Of Rome
the organization Of government for eighth of the hu
race-is comprehended withn the span OF those two
lives 1t has been accomplished too, by force which h
yet bsea equal clear tenth of the population
Fe II Il k f. # Is 4 s
There is nothing in eli history to compare with IL.
achievement Russia rules wider territory, but onehal
1T fell to her by accident aud three hundred yeass have
elapsed since Ivan l. reed his country from the Tartan
himself from The arisocracy The Romans conquered
brave, and countries perhaps far advan ed in
civil zaon hut they spent hundred years In The m
uon of tbe task. Alexander subdued territories AL
broad ia far less time but his work upheld only br
the rigor of his single mind, and perished with himself
he mi m Ia tha only whi
for moment bear comparison with that of the Eng
sh 10 India and the whole population Of those ter
riories would not be missed from an Indian census.
Ia these days Of political eemnacy when the oo1ques
of African island is gigantic undertaking O,
Great Britain, and the press screams because more
Musuman kinget is pushed out of the path, it is WE'LL
occasionally recall the great deeds have already per
formed But il Is not indulge in any feeling Of natural
pride that wish to recall this anniversary It may
better purpose in encouraging the tass
which yet remains 10 be accomplished The century d
conquest may be considered complete Is the century d
civilization to commeneef for YET fully recoguia
the achievement already performed admit that ha
founded nothing-estabshed one institution whds
would endure if the external pressure were withdraw
We bave conquered the bodies of this great population
but their minds still much exempt from our su
thorty The rhy med of Sadi have still create
influence in India than all the philosophy of the West
We have placed India under one government but iaf
component kingdoms still without the slightest co
sion, desire 10 cohere The provinces Of Rome called
their from the empire the greatest of caam
We have created army powerful and better discb
lined than the army of the Mogu but system still de-
pends wholly ourselves. The military system of AeI-
ander endured for centuries after his death We hsr
passed laws wiser than those of Monoo but We have in
planted no theory Of sound legislation Rome pershe
but daily life in Europe is still regulated by the precepts
Justnian We have founded colleges by the dozen but
the peope-these hundred and fifty million Of whom
talk muchare barbarous as their forela,hery
three hundred years of the savage rule had
the human education from the municipalities OF au
We have created judiciary free least from corrupdO
but the native idea of justice remains unchanged va
have restrained the enomiies of Hlndooism but we hA
given the people faith to replace the old. Va
have foslered or permitted gigantic trade and there
not sound principle Of yet rooted in the na
tive mind. The task remaining to be accomplished seem
10 the deepest thinkers almost hopeless. II is ssoRu
fssr the conquest Of India would also have been
cowards But If we bring TO it the energy and the
age, the hrmness and the contempt for the impossible
which have brought military task the histor
of the next century may yet chronicle results magn
cent and infinitely more enduring