The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-27
The Troubles in India.

The Troubles In India.
WHY rHA INDIAN EuERSBNCY WAS UNeR0vIDRD FOB.
iron NE London Times, August 10
Tho bindress Of The lndsn to ne sy mutoms
event but experience sbows that great 90
curing Tor the nrst time Ia history are never foreseon
For three quarters Of century historians and politicians
have been In discussing the French
revoutn but tho actors well in that
wonderfu drama we're altogether taken by orss Az
the circumsono0 which sndscdted the dscfeson Of s
Bn0al xfoyy Iiy observed and conss l,od The
OF the soldier iom the officer the Isolated so,s
of nHuborc nation as different stations the mv,te-
rious circulation Of cakes throughout Upper India
attracted nsriied notice and comment The rOhu.
cal snd military authorities perceived from time 10
time that there danger, but they unable 10
Imagine the In viii. deatinsd 10 display Itself
Il was in vain that waning fouowe cd upon warning No
Ger Of the oath, eak and gene, nations OF danger
failed suggest the urgency OF immediae and vigorous
from the time Of ss C. Napiers last command in India
the uDsound constitution Of the Bengal army ought 70 have
fsly Understood en- at an earlier period s well
known Lord Hardinges confidential communications
were utterly inconsistent with the official praises which
be thought ht to bestow on the native troops. FIVE
years iipce Genea Tucker, who had besn Ad-
lion, In canvassing letter circulated among
the proprietors OF East India STOCK to the danger
which had been adopted in the hope raising condi
ton Of the sepoy. Lora Dshouse In his farewell proca
mson seciaIed with truth tina. the native soldier had
nothing 70 wish for but pampered and favored armies
have been moet 10 the temptation OF dis
loyalty whseve ny be the cause Of tue want Of fore
sign, which hAa beer display ed elees TO too
an error which has been shares by oil the abest
Il mu be admitted that the unexpected alarm has been
met with unf!nchlfg nrmness. With two doubtful
exceptions every high fanconary appears to have been
cool and resoute the revolt Of the army had been
ordinary and probable occurrence. The confidence
which was placed In some Of the native regi,
ments after the commencement OF tbs muany
WA undoubtedly The resa Of policy rather than Of gu
lily; bat instances the aectauop OF ddence has
been carried 10 verge OF The troops 81 Bar
Tackpo lot darmed III the Of Their meditaed
outbreak. At earlier period General Rearsey's report
Of extensive plot among the soldery allowed TO
pss without any immediate dissolution Of tho Offending
eimen According to the last aocoun the Governor &c
al still persisted In dispensipg with European body
guard The result alone will show whether the Authorities
have been uaned In ten izing with troops of do stfu
adhesion the revolt three four months will proba
bly, TO s allegiance in earnest the arrival Of the
Epgeh reinfoIcx ments.
One reason which Induced military officers to disregard
all warnings OF future danger consisted in their profession
al ad rson Of the external qualities OF the Bengal sepoy
races Of nonk,nd l. IL said that he average height OF
the er by two inches than that OF the Fog
sh line and in many Of the secondary ,uae, Of soseT
their superiority equally indDpitaole Incapable Of
d,tnkenne sndisposed 10 riot refined in manYer, and
courteous demeoNor, the high caste sepy naturally at
on parade. A similar exterior would indicate many
genuine virtues In the case u European, but The
E0sn recruit honestly from sa the p1.sS
which utterly unknown to the well bred Oriental IL
Ii raid that the desire OF regmenta officers kee up the
snowy appear OF their regiments has tn wsrted the
prudent deter mir at of The higher authorities To break
the Brahmn MOI opoly OF aervice. An aomixurs OF
Shhs In the ranks might have rendered the
either impossible or innocuous
There no reason to doubt that tbs religious preexts
alleged for the motpy among the principal causes OF
many English ladies cosarsa 0s suspicious ~hicS weye
sed,ousy dGused BY the na,ce journals. To minds pre-
M
would have tolerated the existence In its capital OF
society for the protection Of the indigenous faith against
official encroachmens but tho BahmnicA ayitators took
not remind their dupes that the license with which
they spoke disproved their own allegations The III omen
ed cartridges conceded with Oriental notion Of
chaniesl and involuntary process conversion but the
conviction that the sodiery had leg innate or dis
en would not Of itself have been sucien' OF
rebellion The true explain stion OF great military revolt
always TO be found In In possibility Tho msslo aary
efforts Of Individual officers and the Suspicious grease
away II the conspiracy had involved moro obvious and
imminent rfk OF faurs part Of each regiment had
been . ready to stand By The oaloen II The native
the population, there would probably have been no
general attempt al revolt An English garrison a Delhi
would have deprived The mAlconenA Of rally Ing place,
and auuc pased necessity Of struggle on which the
safety OF The empire depends.
The only serious charge against the Indian
The complaints Of Enesh oenso and Of foreign magners
udcrousy inapphcable 10 the unexpected catastrophe
which has occurred. mo alleged tyranis Of the
troops into disanection, and they arc accused OF
having given ground for . suspicion Of desire
Brshmns little th In their own rsoe and religion
that they have been compelled 70 proclaim the cssb
Ysnoes refer chiefly 70 the s2iy q tue sovernmen and
70 m supposed encouragement OF phiianihropic projso
Continental politicians wi read with establishment the
apologize speech Of the Governor General In establishing
accrsorship OF the press The policy OF the measure
may be questioned far relates 10 the Anglo Indian
time Of civil war there ooue be any hestsuon in suspect
ing the native organs Of sediuon The CT cation Of
nseu1 free prees In India, and the long suffering with
which lis abuses hare been permitted are emlnently
eharsc'trissc OF the WEAKNESS and the strength OF
the English character OF national confidence IN elves
Amer Termination Of The present difficulties may be
presumed that some restraints will be maintained the
Ssrs.m again demand. tSs snmed oonsSsncs mo
be placed In the loyalty OF our Eastern suhjects H.
indeed more Improbable thai popular clamor viii take
possible ha conf icnoe Be restored any part Of india
but there little doubt that the supremacy OF the govern
tho approaching cold The future history Of the
empire will depend the judgment which then exhibit
ted In be Reorganization Of the native army.
[Frcm The London Times, August III
The discrimination expressed by Lord Ps'mers,on will
ind echo in every BhlAh soul We oil kuoD voc are
are asarc Tao, Is no tyfl az M saw DIM % main.ain
place in ne first ronk Of EwTean ndsson,, 20 sAop
SIR American ysytLl % keep Al bay The savage is,bes
OF uths Africa guard the entrance OF the hedierra
ncsu, and 70 bold all over the world the long list OF mill
ary stations harbors, and othev dependencies t give
scope or safety 70 our vade There 10
piie various and wide spread ~ ours; no army
90 taxed. But who are the mon whom We have
70 depend for sanding, or even advancing, on
every shore, under oveyy cline, In the nee Of
oil the tribes Of mank'nd' They not trained warriors,
taught from their childhood No. The whom NO
have 70 carry further Than Cesars leeops Aexander
phapx, and with whom, besides hundred o,hcr works
have 10 subdue spoi and maddeped so6iery IN Cen
wsl Hndostsp, lads stu lingering In the hatveh
Geld FOR the few shnss more TO be got there. They are
simple honest and harmless race, unused 10 violence
fraud strangely igperant Of everything beyond their
tive fields, end but sow 70 learn Such the Normars
Of the nineteenth century, vho In these days
pauy strait, but the whole world VINO hold with
Iron grnsp, not city Rhodes, but oil india and ths
only ~ one part OF their ordinary vocation.
30 far from there being any general mssvins ~ TO the
adequacy OF resources real danger lies on the
side of security We expect 10 do everything rather
that everything viii do self naturally and the unforu
B'itsh officers In India could not connde bndy
In seroy fidelity than the Brsh bic doet IN the genius
the destiny OF the nation For part yield 10
none In confidence; yet confidence and supincness
very differs nthnss and whatever the risk Of EXPOSURE,