Weekly national intelligencer., 1857-10-17
THE REVOLUTION IN INDIA.
FROM THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.

FROM THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
The latest from India still tells of the most in
human atrocities perpetrated by the Sepoys upon the
English ladies who fall into their hands, of mutt
mics, reachery, and of the fortune of the Bri
tish troops engaged in the good work of subugation
Delhi the strongest of the stronghods of the revolution
sts had not yet been taken by the besiegrs The body
guard of the GovernorGeneral had been suspected of
disafection and disarmed The mutiny had extended
into the Bombay Presidency. And, than all the
Asatc cholera had attacked that portion of the British
army under the command of Gen. HAvELocK,
who has been proving himself not only master of the
art of war, but man of Wellington win and indomit-
able energy His splendid series of is nspr
ing confidence and his reputation will reflect honor
upon the escutcheon of England with all her his
tories of heroes 1t would from late Developments
that the British authorities in India warned of the
impending danger before it burst upon them. 1t is
stated that letters addressed them from two
psrate ntimatng them the contemplated rising
of the Sepoys against the Government and that they
did not deign to notice either If this be true,
their fatal of security by deprivng them of all
precautionary prudence, has proved terrible in its
sequences upon that blood -drenched country.
1t is evident that England must be taxed her utmost
capacity enable her subdue the dominions the
dadem but that she will succeed is that civil
zation is superior to savageism The infuriated Sc
poys may muster their myrads and the cholera coming
to their aid may claim its hecatombs of British soldiers
but nevertheless England viii reconquer India depo-
puate and impoversh her kingdom in the attempt With
Lords Canning and Egn in council and such leaders
Havelock in the field the nfuriated ends must
or later be brought to subjecton.
Il may be that there crowned heads in Europe
looking anxously upon the revolution in India and cher
ishng the hope that England may be ultimately obliged
to retire in despair and abandon her domnions in the
East to the barbarism of the natives 1t may be that
they wishing for the prestige Of British to be
impaired and the richest of their to be torn
that like the envious vuture they may then pounce
upon the prey Such may be the feelings with which
monarchs are observing the tragedy. But, wherever
there is Christian sentiment spark of that spirit
which makes eager to avenge outrages upon inno
cence the heart of the people is enlisted in the British
1t is true the record of British rule in India
far from spotless the footsteps of tyranny plainly
raceable in the progress of the march of British power
but Hastings and Give angels of grace and minis
ters of mercy in comparison with the Sepoy leaders.
England is endeavorng to support the pillars of civil
zaon in India and unless she succeeds the efce which
trembles with the throes of the revolution must fall
the darkness Of Erebus snrelop and shut out from
view the cheering light Of that and brighter day
that has been davning slowly but surely in the East