The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-08-15

The REVOLT IN INDIA is already de-
nominated by those who sympathlze
with the oppressed natives, as a war o;
Independence. England, by her RUE,
has introduced into India many material
Improvements, and knowledge of most
Of the arts and discoveries of modern
Europe; in the advancement of these
she has been guided by her own inter-
ests. But with the exception Of the alb
clifton Of few old superstitious rites,
the moral and social condition Of the ma.
tive population has been constantly and |
rapidly declining. Under the grinding
exactions of the East India Company.
no people on the earth have endured
such cruel expressions. The company
a Lord Paramount have claimed the fee
Of all the land. which the cultivators
have bel on such terms as the heartless
conquerors dictated. The exactions for
rent or takes have been SO severe as TO
require the greater share of the product
to pay them, leaving scarcely sufficient
for the sustenance of the poor laborer in
prOducri"e years, and IN en!avorabie sea-
sons reducing HIM to starvation, and ere.
a,;ng those heart rend'ng famines over
large dictricts Of the country Of which
We have heard Of late, but which were
unknown previous to the British con-
quest. SO oppressive and unrelenting
have these taxss become that industry
has abandoned the fields in despair, and
wild wastes and wilderness are cover
Ing districts Of tie country that for
merly bloomed as garden uuder the
minute and careful culture Of the tiller
under the rule of their native princes.
Documents have recently been pub
lished, elected by parliamentary investi-
CATION and debate, which disclose, in re-
voting colors. the fortunes to which the
natives were subjected to exlort frou.
them the oppressive taxes.
A return moved for IN Parliament, BY
Mr.. SeymOre, Of official correspondence,
shows that torture is practiced by the
English police in India upon the natives
though at FIRST denied, it il now gener.
ally Admitted. When it could no longer
be denied, it was asserted that the Gov.
nment was not cOgnizant OF 1t LORI
: Dalhousie, the Governor General, very
: positively denied the practice. to lhe
Government at home, while he ~as him
self endeavor'ng to suppress it in India
He denied that torture had ever beer
used as a means Of extorting the rev
enue, while the record just published
relates an instance in oh severa
weavers were exposed to the sun IN g
5 STOPPING posture, and had their thigh,
J punched. for nOn-pay ment Of the motur
pha or loom-tax. and from the public ant
systematic manner in which these act,
were committed, it seems that they wer,
4 common Ii was alleged at one tim,
that the use Of torture was confined Il
: the Madras Presidency; Lut the CORE
: spondence now made public reveals tn
" existence Of the iniquity in every par
e Of Innia. ev. n IN Calcutta. under the ey,
= Of the Governor General. Several case
o are recorded in which the brutslitie
|. resorted to by the police to ex!ort con
! trssions from suspected persons resulted
e in death. One man had his arms tie
r. tehlnd him. and was suspended from
= tree: he had just recovered from illness
% and had eaten nothing that day; Ia
= hung SIX hours, and was taken dow
z dead. Another was SO severely heater
y that he tainted and died on the way {
Q prison. One unfortunate, after havin
= his fingers and toes horribly torture
o. and boiling oil poured on the palms {
- his hands, was emascuated and died du
m ring the operation. These disclosure
D. authenticated by the authorities the
selves. form fit companion chapter I
i, , the exposure by Mr. Gladstone Of til
Ia barbarities enacted in the prisons Of Ns
III pies; and Mrs. Stowe may reflect o
them with profit preparatory to her ne,
ut visit to England, on ph,lanthropie an
is lion hunting thoughts intent.