Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1857-10-27

rrit,en bV the hand Of the ,secfioner Bourre ia or
der TO 9re tr, idea Of the trdnsaeoRi Hheh took place
IA that country daring the three four last eat1ries
Had vclt.e read rstion OF the horrors perpetrs
ted in Indis. pretty certain that he would have
been utterly unable to find In the French vocabulary
expression characterize these atrocities. 1t be
said that Of the crurles hear Of committed
by the natives but these horrid deeds anything
retaliation OF the sungs OF the Indians at the hand.
OF the British during many year., and which have
been described by Engsh writer's themseves principal
ly the celebrated Burker All the atrocities meet
Nth in the conquest OF India the Biish and OF whch
e insnrrecton national coma quence had
but object in view. that object which is the dis
nciive feature of the British character encgctcay de-
hned by the latin expression drri fdmessacrcd
hunger after gold In vain will England proclaim that
her conquest made With view to chrsti.nize India
this assertion Is SO ridiculous so absurd that is not
worth discussing. The religion that commands to the
British thcse bloody deeds is that which all times
and in every country filed their mnd their hearts their
souis-the Worship of gold Each animal in creation,
every society, every nation, has peculiar instinct
peculiar avocaon inherent virtues or vices the
fox deccitiu the tiger c-ue the abotonist SANDERS
the Eng-h feed upon the Aesh blood and bones Of the
tons they conquer. And called upon by some
people 70 svmpshize with the British account OF the
marder enacted BY the people of Asia the Europeans
we are far very far from approving OF such MURDERS
they would never have taken place had the English
set the example. As to sympathy in E. gland which
ton in Europe have anv? l. u Russia .te
enemy Denmark, whose feet burnt in time OF peace
10y Nelson Holland, the greatest rival OF England in the
East India trade is ofthe Catholic nations OF South
ern Eirope-ltsy, Portugal Spain perchsnce France
idol died the rock Helena Indeed
hard To believe that individual could found on the
continent Of Europe that feels the sympathy En-.
gland except those whs interested in the India trade;
for Is well kuown that merchants fret thought is his
money, which made the 6rt Napoleon saw "ess neoo.
Giants mont point dc pdtIe-Merchants have no native
county.
Voltaire was, perhaps, the warmcst admirer Eng
land ever had on the Continent. He praised her
constitution, applauded the fine spirit of her sons
and rejoiced in her victories even over his own
countrymen. The "threc centuries" alluded to- sup
posing them to have terminated little more than
century ago. included the Wars of the Roses when
the greater part of the ancient nobility persisted in
the field or on the scaiFJd-the reign OF Henry VIII
during which there said to have been 40 900
executions for political religious and other offences
Protestahts and Catholics suffering in about equal
proportions persecution of Bloody Mary-the
reign of Elizabeth, during which many persisted for
political offences in Babingtons conspiracy and
others-tho Great Civil war-tho prosecutions Of
CHARLES Ii and James 1.-THE invasion of Ireland
by William III-the Rebellion of l7I5 and that OF
l745. These were periods OF great bloodshed, it is
true. They constituted the fiery furnace through
which the nation obliged to pass in pursuit of
That freedom which Voltaire so mucn anmirxA,->aAl
that she did pass through them in safety is the
highest praise which could possibly be bestowed
Had she succumbed to Stafford France succumb.
cd to Richelieu, she would have been in Voltalres
day what France was at the same time, and like
France, she would have required another revolution
to set her right Its very certain that the language
in which Voltaire wrote does not contain terms sui
cieny strong to denote the horrors of the late ma
sacre in India. We read the other day. in the Lon
don Times, a list of the ladies murdered, at lone
fell swooP," by Nena Slhib, and when we find a
manin this country expressing Indignation at our
being called upon to express sympathy for these un.
happy people, we confess it makes our blood run
cold. Butwe ought not to sympathise with the suf
ferers 1t is hardly just retaliation Eighty wears
ago. that is to say, ty years before this Nena Sahb
was born, Warning Hastings lent the English army
to native Prince, the ancestor or predecessor of
this very King of Dude whose country has been
lately annexed, to conquer the Rohllas The Fnp
lsh troops beat the Rohillas in the field and the
troops of the Indian Prince exercised upon the van
pushed all the atrocities to Indian warfare
The same Warren Hastings hung, rather IRREGULAR.
ly, we confess, high Caste Hindoo who was trving
to get the better Of him in the government Suisse
quently, he plundered the Begums Of Dude For
these and other enormities, ne was called home and
tried, and these were the excesses of which Burko
drew such an eloquent picture as alluded to by the
writer The speech itself in which this picture was
drawn was delivered in the Spring Of 1887. los,
seventy years ago last Spring. How then stands
the argument! Indian soldiers (aot English eighty
years ago. committed great excuses, with the asss
lance Of British Governor General For this offence
the Governor-General 10 question was inpencbedby
the E1ghsh House Of Commons at the time. and e,r
this offence, the greatgrand children. not n The
murdered Rohis, but OF the soldiers who rnurdarod
them, arejustiiied now in numbering women. dash
inc - fie all 4
as may not be able to resist all the to, lures which
savage cruelty invent
We need scarcely call attention to the i'm ,oten,
raving with which this paragraph is loaded w,
will only suggest that the writer must have been
reading the conquest Of Peru by Pzlrro. and the
conquest Of Mexico by Cortez, and that he mis,ook
those flibusters for Euglishmen, when be gave the
reins to his mised fancy. II was Catholic Spain. not
Protestant England, that fei upon the bones and
blood Of the miserable natives of these unbappv
countries. II was she, not England who stretched
an unhappy native Prince upon a gridron and
roasted him by q slow fire 10 make him reveal I'm,
spot IN which he had concealed his treasures /,
is Catholic Spain, not Protestant England whom tbe
vengeance % God has ovcrtaken fJr her oruelt;.s
and whon holds but one Of the provinces ACQUIRED
10y acts at which humanity shuddors England Il,
seems, has no sympathisers on the continent prps
STA WHOM her money enabled, with some assistsnc.
from the frost and snow" to rcpel the invasion n
Napoleon, has forgotten the obligation. PORTUGAL
whom she rescued from the armies Of the Great
C'nquoror, AFTER they had actually subdued her and
were taking their case in her capital, Is not grateful
f'r the service. Even Spain, IN whose defence an.
fought nineteen pitched battles and cx pended untold
millions Of her money, is totally devoid OF gratitude
We can well believe al this. Tacitus. who was go.
we're, but correct Judge Of human nature tellsus
The obligation conferred exceeds the capacity or ~
payment the recipient is apt to hate the bepefc,o,
i"'t.ad 81 being grateful Tor the favor (a5f gyyt,
"afef6ai'|, Progratia rcidHar odiunJ Il isv.,,
"'rtain that Spain aud Portugal will never he ALI.
e. repay England Tor the services she rendered them
90 the P'ussan war Enslanl will never be ovsrr,,,
by ~ usorper as Napoleon oyorran Spain and Pos.
tugtl VI she should ever be s., unforton,,.
neither SSain nor Portugal has such General =.
Wellington. and such forces a. the British army 70
send 10 her assistance.
LF Ne look alttlc more closely into matters. and