The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-19

will probably never be heard Of again. But If
the band Of . just God does not punrb him for
his bsse coSa,dice ne should be met with the
scorn and contempt Of every decent man and
woman in The lard More than that the ia moral
y responsible, in part, for the loss of life and
snoulo be suitably punished for his crimes There
are some cases In which Lynch Law is excusable,
and his is one Of them.
We may expect the Empire City today or to-
morrow afternoon with sone of the rescued pas.
sergerr. We shall then be able to give full de-
tails of this awful calamity. For complete list
Of passengers we shail probably b. Obliged to
wait till the arrival Of the next steamer, which
will be due in about week-to many week of
suspense too awful for description.
The Causes OF tho Ressllion In India-E Exeter
HALL and the American People.
A few radical refugees from Ireland have
lately called meeting in this city, and issued
an ADDRESS TO the British subjects in this country,
sympathisipg with the rebellious sepoys of India.
But these escaped rebels from Ireland entirely
mistake the feelings of the American people.
and DO not at all understand the true coBdition
of the public mind in Great Britain. A portion
of the British press has begun to recognise, in
philosophical and true spirit, the which lie
at the root Of the disasters in India; aud DOW
that they have acknowledged them, there is
reason to hope that they will apply their energies
to bring about the remedy. But surrounded as
they are by the demands for immediate assistance
to the scattered garrisons that are endeayoring
to stem the torrent of rebellion 10 the East. they
limit their view of the effects of these causes to
the scenes of India, and do not rise to that COM
prebensive view that would show them elsewhere
parallel, though Less bloody disasters, that
spring from the same great root of evil.
Notwithstanding the great and generally sue
cessful efforts made by the East India Company
to hide the tue condition of affairs there; not
withstandipg the muzzle tina. is put upon the
press in India; notwithstanding the connivancs
of the government at home and ministers in Par
lament in the attempts to deceive the world,
the evidence is conclusive that for long
! time past the fear has existed in Ben
gal, and probably In the other Presiden-
cies also, that some compulsory change Of
religious belief was intended. The Earl of Ellen
borough declared sometime since on the floor of
Parliament, while commenting on the fact that
Lord Canning the Governor General in India in
subscribing his name, as be had done, to certain
missionary subscriptions, had given an official
sanction to this belief; for no Hndso or Ma.
hometan would or could separate in his own
mind the private man from the public officer
When a late inquiry was Instituted into the
causes of the first symptoms Of mutiny at Bar
rackpore, the colonel of one of the regiments
confessed that he had been in the habit Of circu-
lahng tracts and addressing the men, both of his
own and other native corps, with the declared
object Of converting them to the Christian reli-
gon; and he further acknowledged. that in con-
sequence of this, if his regiment were ordered
on field service he could not place himself at
their head in full reliance upon their loyalty and
good conduct He was declared by the Gov
ernor General in council unfit for regimental
command and court martialed for his conduct
Even Mr.. Vernon Smith, one OF the present
Cabinet Council in Eogland, in opposing q petit
ton to the House of Commons of certain mis-
fionaries in Bengal, said that ii could not be dis
gused that the present disaffecton in India arose
from prevalent notion that compulsory con-
version Of the natives was intended Even
Lord Canning was forced to issue proclama-
ton recently, in the Eng)ish and native Ian
guages, denying most emphatically that the
government had any desire to interfere with re.
ligion or caste, and declaring that it would never
cease to treat them with respect.
Thaaa ara tha lrnauvlad,,oJ oov,ao, - e. 81.
they regard India, and ii il evident at glance
from whence they spring. The long continued
and persistent efforts of class of short sighted
enthusiasts, who congregate in and around Exeter
Hall, to impress upon the policy Of the British
government q moral and social propagandism
throughout the world, have brought destruction TO
more than one Of the material interests Of Eng.
land. Eastern India Is not alone the seat Of
social disorder caused by them. The condition
Of the British colonies ia the West Indies is sad
evidence Of disasters that flow from their teach
ings and their policy when adopted by the govern
ment. The destruction Of the former social or
eanization existing there carried with 1t the de-
basing Of the negro, the decay of the schools and
churches, the decline Of agriculture and com.
merce, the degeneration Of the white race there,
and the loss Of the products which those colonies
contributed to the tide of civilization.
These same Exeter Hall enthusiasts have car
ried on for long series of years bitter war
against the social status Of a portion of this
Union They have preached against u.s. and they
have prayed against Us They have taken up con-
trlbutions and sent their gold here to build up
among our puritans school OF the same fire
brand character. They have sent us lecturers
and agitators of every sex and color. Their
Counesses Of Sutherland have embraced our ic-
titious Uncle Toms, and their George Thompsons
bave found here visionary enthusiasts equally
ready to join in the crusade against everybody
who did not come square up 10 their moral stand