Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-09-15
THE REVOLUTION IN INDIA.

snoecb that all men may understand the true position
of Col. Yancey.
| THE REVOLUTION IN INDIA.
The next news from India is awaited with eager in
.or.0, throughout the civilized world. The latest ad-
vices are of character far from gratifying to those
whose sympathies are enlisted in the cause OF Chrs
,;an;ty and of civilization Delhi still successfully
resisted the assaults of the besiegers the nsurrecon'
or ratber the revolution had not any where aoated IN
tina least The most inhumsn atrocities, perhaps I'll
norssed in tho annals of cruelty and torture, were
s,i,, nerpetrated not only upon the British soldiers,
but upon women and children. The wives and
daughters of English officers and Others wheh cap
ured by the insurgents, are subjected 10 the most re-
voting outrages and are butchered like dogs. Ihey
are msimed end mutilaed, in many instances, oy
means of ingenious devices Of cruelty, which render
death at the hands of Sepoy more horrible than IN
the embrace of an anaconda, or in the jaws OF tiger
| from the iungles of that accursed country.
7, could scarcely be considered profane to wish
that for the souls of those Sepoys who have been and
are still engaged in this bloody work. some ne" anu
more terrible torture may be invented in the regions
of ths damned British rule in India,we are aware has
not been characterized by any extraordinary degree
of generosity or benevoence, but the iron rlgor oil
Hastings or Give was patriarchal benignity in
comparison with the indescribable brutality OF the
natives towards those who fall into their hands The
Rrt,h nation is aroused, and determined not only 10
.ubdue the rebels but to avenge the enormities that
have been perpetrsted. The London "Times' demands
the demolition of Delhi. Not one stone, it says,
,boud be left standing upon another, and "for the
Future it should only be known in history as Sodom
and Gomorrah, so that its place shall not be known
The British army has terrible task before 1t. Thou
sands upon thousands of lives must be sacrificed in
this second subugation Of India. 1t possible indeed
that Great Britain may be obliged to abandon the
hope Of reducing the Sepoys to subsection again. If
80, ga long farewell to all her greatness"
We trust however, that she may succeed. The
cause demands it. And the civilized world will cry
aloud of Christianity for vengeance until the Sepoys
are suodued.
THE NEW YORK DEMOCRATIC STATE CON-
VENTION-EXCELLENT SPEECHES.
We Law before our readers this morning synopsis
of the admirable oddrocs Of tho President OF the
New York Democratic State Convention, lately held
at Syracuse, aud also an outline OF the patriotic re-
marks of the gallant Daniel 8. Dickinson, on the
name occasion. They should be read by every Dem
| ocrat in the country:
DR.. TAYLOR, on taking the chair, made the follow
! ing address =
| Gentlemen of TIE Convention:
For the expression Of your confidence in selecting
me 10 preside over your deliberations be pleased TO
accept my thanks. Gentlemen. the first assembling
in Convention of tho Democratic party OF this State,
aimee the highly excited and bitter political contest
which resulted in placing in the executive chair of
the nation, the able, experienced, and accomplished
| statesman, James Buchanan, presents tit occasion
for the expression of our mutual congratuaton on 80
suspicous result to the preservation OF the Union,
the peace and the general welfare of the nation. We
have also occasion for congratuiaon in the hrm de-
termination of the President to secure to the people
of the territories the right unobsructed OF determin-
ing for themselves the question which has given rise
to 80 much agitation aud excitement throughout the
entire country and the voice OF the majority legally
and fairly expressed must of necessity aay excite
,nst and strife in the territories and will ought to
| be quietly acquiesced in by all other localities;
and we doubt not the administration will be conduct
ed in all other respects in manner calculated to pro-
mote the great objects Of our national government,
the peace and general welfare of our common couh-
try and the honor and the influence to which 1t 10
| entitled among the nations OF the world
The election OF President naturally dverts public
attention from State affairs. Such emphstcally
the case at the late Presidential election but as the
approaching election will be confined to State and
county officers, may expect the people will give
their attention directly to the affairs OF our own
State directly affecting their interests and their wei
fare And, gentlemen, they will find much that de-
mauds their most serious consideration. We will
find that the financial policy naugurated by the lead
| ers of the Wing party, pursued by that party with
spendthrift prodgality, and which appears to be
reaching its perfect contamination under the
new party Of republican, has-8s was predicted
by Democratic statesmen entertaining different and
more sound views of finance-resulted in enor-
NOUS and accommodating State debt, an empty treasu
ahalr yOrka md
unequalled burdensome taxation. But, gentlemen, l
will net detain you by dwelling upon the many in
stances Of the bad manae OF our political oppo.
nents. Let however, bear in mind that the unior.
tunate divisions which have exstedin the Democrat
| 10 party have been the means of placing in their
hands the political power OF the State, and they have
| used the power in too many instances in manner
that merits and will receive popular condemnation
Let us then profit by the experience of the past, and
by union Of the Democratic party and harmony in
our couusels, we shall present ticket to the people
worthy of public confdence-a ticket composed Of
men of Democratic prnciples-men of honest pur
poses aud uflsxble integrty-and with such ticket
we may anticipate favorable and successful result.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Just prior to the organization in the afternoon
Daniel s. Dickinson entered the hail and was recelv
ed with applause. The chairman not having arrived,
calls were made for dickinson" to which hep prompt
SPEECH OF MIR. DICKINSON.
Mr. Dickinson said there was statute in the State
against disturbing religious meeting, and he would
not perhaps have disturbed this one had he not come
in to see how the delegates looked when assembled
together, and to see friend. 1t would not be right
for him to interfere with matters here but as the
Chairman had not yet taken his seat he might be ex-
cused for saying few words in return for the kind.
ness of his friends. He congratulated the Conven
ton ON the harmony preserved thus far and trusted
it would be continued, and would lead to the nomi
nation of the ticket that would be triumphant in the
State. They were all interested in tbrusting from
power the party miscaed republican, with its sec
tionslism and fana;icsm. He alluded to the Presi-
dents reply to Professor Silman and the fortytwo
other gentlemen of Connecticut, and declared it the
greatest paper submitted to the people OF State
since the days Of Jefferson 1t was rebuke to
doctrine that had dous more mischief than any other
doctrine on earth. They who had addressed the
President through the Silliman letter had received
reply calm and dignfed, but penetrating to the very
bones and marrow of fansticism. The President
would be sustained by the voice Of the country. He
had given an answer which rebuked, with whitening
force, not only those who initiated the act, but all
who sought by the false cry of philanthropy to un
dermine the rights of the people of all the States in
the regulation OF their affairs. He called upon the
Democratic party 10 emulate the example of the Pre-
sideut, and pluck down that power which observed
no rights and sought by false preensions of philan.
thropy to cover up the acts OF their opposition Ii
wa. we'll known that New York was once a slnye
State, and that they had sbOshed the institution
here without interference i;eI abroad. He denied
hgA II.