The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-07-04

AN u-sOvEsNoR 0HNIRAL's OPINION.
Ins Earl Of Ellenbofough rose IN the ho1ss s -
.iss Of troops in the Indian army. a..
Ne could hardly help thinking ct nrss thst tnere
must be some exageeration In the accounts; but ne
I'D looked most carefully INTO a. tne scCouh~ %
oluson than that the source OF al these mutinies
was the existence Of an apprehension on the part Of
he natives that the government intended to inter
6ers with the religion o. tne people y was imRos
What the Governor General had done to remove that
apprehension? When the 18th regiment were dis.
handed ct Barackp0re, no doobt there was passage
me long Ss Sss s Sz Ss
fnnded 10 interfere with the religion Of the people,
but he could not find there had been any notification
q general determination Of the government COM
toss Of every regiment, and throughout the whole
country, of the determine ion OF the government to
Beepect the religious feelings and prejudces Of the
natives. He could see no trace Of any general
nsat was disbanded at Barrackpore, Gen. Hear
soy addressed that regiment IN terms which it
was impossble to surpess. (Hear.) He afterwards
addressed the whole native infantry ct that sta
reading IN ali history any orason more thoroughly
pleasing, or more completely eloquent and cOuvinc-
isg than that spee,h. (Hear, hear) The government
should have made public and cordially endorsed
Che government had pursued that course they would
Dever have heard Of the incendiary fires at Umbalah
81 the open mutiny at Meerut. He read yesterday
IN newspaper OF six or eight persons holding high
Office In India, all of whom were connected with
missionary operations; and to his establishment he
read that the Governor General himself, Lord Can
ming, largely subscribed to every mission which had
Tor its object the conversion Of India The Governor
General could do nothing in his individual capacity.
he could not separate himself from his publ, cha
racter-he was essentially the government It was
not in India aone-but 1t was more especially in
India-that it was generally understood II
nestly desired to carry out anything he could
effect his purpose. He considered that fact of the
subscription Of the Governor General Of India to be,
it be true one Of tho most dangerous things that
could have happened to the security of our govern
ment in India. If persons high in office in India
were permitted to act on their personal fee ings in
such cases, however conscientious they might be,
but which would offend the religious prejudces Of
Ae people, they would see the most bloody revolu-
ton that ever occurred. The English would be
expelled from India and they would not leave a
dozen sincere converts behind them. The question
he wished to put was. whether instructions had
been sent to India directing the several governors at
every station of the army In the country, that the
government would for the future, in times past,
protect the native subjects of India In the exercise
Of their religion?
srIRauP LEATHER AN tx RESIDENTS RENE DY.
To THE kDrroR OF THE MORNING HERALD
SRI can confirm from my own experience your
article on the bad effects Of nursing the peculiar
/ could give you many instances, within my own
personal experier &c, how heartily glad the natives
themselves would be TO get rid Of caste altogether.
One instance s fresh in my memory where the caste
Of native had been accidentally broken by myself
ln administering some medicine, which / carried
about with me in case Of any trfing sickness taking
place in my camp. Some Of the other natives had
noticed my touching the lo.a, vessel and spread
abroad q rumor that the mans "pipe was put out"
(caste broken) Ny remedy was soon taken against
this by infictpg fine on every man who had cir
culated the report, and handing 1t over TO the
whose caste had been broken, which enabled him
70 q priest. On his return from the priest t'f
Inquired what good he had done himself;
but he was silent on the head, only exclaimng
that the country would never be right until caste
was broken up altogether. This man was Of the
highest caste IN the country, and believe that the
whole fabric is at present totterng its last legs
! can also confirm from experience the good effect
q The occasional o use Of the whip when judiciousy
When / first went out to India as grit one of
my native servants took the liberty of pilferng, and
being in the jungles i took the iac INTO my o,cn
hsnds and pSnished him on the spot rith a lash Of
tie sfsyrup-leather, and then dismissed him. The
eject of this on my men (and had so netimes 400
- 500 with me) was that l never had any trouble
vhh them afterwards, nor had any occasion during
eAe several years was there ever again to use tae
senup-eather. The effect was most salutary on
Ghen and saved me . world of trouble. had al
ways the hest servants, and the best workmen when
wanted them, and never gave myself any trouble
A FORMER RESIDENT IN INDIA.
vhs Next Anti. Slavery. Convention In Eng
land.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE LONDON STAR.
A an Anti Slavery Convention Is to assemble in
London to deliberate upon the means OF impressing
an antislavery character upon the American
churches, the balwsrks OF slavery, II may be need
ful TO make few suggestions, which may possibly
N some degree facilitate the object Of the proposed
meeting.
party sought allies. 80 Is each party doing In the
great anti-slavery struggle now going on In the
United States-a war, however, not OF military
force, but Of public ooiaion Each party strives to
commit the religious bodies OF England to its own
side in the contest. The friends OF Christianity in
England sincerely believe their influence TO be vir-
tually arrayed against the slavehoding churches.
They have protested against them. The Anne
ricans have read these protests, but they
have read also epistles OF q different order :
living epstles, the populations from the Eng.
lsh bodies. With but fey exceptions their
example has coDtradicted the language OF the writ
ten protests, and the Americans have considered the
Populations TO reflect correctly the prevailing seri-
nent Of the denominations they respectively repre-
sented. Had they been az earnest for eman cipaton
a. the American populations have been In England
in defence Of slavery, its strongholds would have
beeu overthrow.
lhe following facts which have led TO this conclu.
zion may assist others In forming an opinion on 30
known, because any protest against slavery is
poweress unless sustained by consistent example.
IN examining the conduct Of the Populations OF the
Engsh religious bodies, let rs commence with the
Wesleyans, as the Wesleyan body has taken prece.
depce In the number Of its delegations The Amer-
can Methodist Episcopal churches have 5000 minis
ters, 900 members; 2l9,563 slaves In 1885, d.
Wilb II Flax was laboring in England as delegate
from the American Methodists- He was foe TO eman
cipstion and defender Of slavery, and was kindly
received by the body In England. In 1886 the Rev
Mr.. Lord, the delegate Of Esglish weseyans, was
present at the American Methodist Conference
That body refused TO publish the letter he bore from
England, because IL censured slavery, and proceed
cd 70 establish rule forbiddng its msmbers even
In the free States TO aid promoting the abolition
Of slavery. Against this outrageous conduct no pro
sess was ever made either by Mr.. Lord or the body
sending him. In 1910 DIR. Newton was the delegate
70 America. He treated Shareholders and their
abettor IA devoted Christians. He did not attend
one anti-slavery meeting In America, and publicly
proposed that Bishop 5oule-a defender Of slavery
should be the delegate 10 England. During the
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