The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-08-19
The Eastern Difficulties.

Between the Chinese aud the Sepoys Great Bri
tain seems TO have her hands full in the Fast. !
IL most fortunate for her that she has no Europea,
war on her hands at this time. The consequence
might prove disastrous. Her colonial power !
enormous She owns about oneseventh OF III
earth's surface, aud some three hundred million
of its people acknowledge allegiance to her seeptre
The little island of Great Britain is the nucleus
an enormous amount Of colonial tall and il Is thi
which gives the comet its magnificent proportions
shorn OF Its tail, the British comet would be abou
a seventh rate star. A successful Fast India rs
volt would be ponderous blow upon the rowe.
and prosperity of Great Britain-her colonial sy,
TEN would be shivered into fragments. and tn
pearls which make up the gorgeous necklace woul,
be scattered to the four corners Of the earth.
Itisweil therefore for Great Britain, that she ha,
no one to deal with in Bengal bat the slayish an,
encminate Hindoos themselves, who, refractory an,
rebellious as they now are, have a most profoun,
and edifying conviction Of the superiority of then
white masters. Ten British soldiers are at any
time match for hundred ScpOys. Great Britain
may have to re-conquer Bengal, and if the disaf
lection spread, the other presidencies but unIes,
European war arise to disturb her energies-o
which there seems no likelhood-she will
once more subjugate the whole country no matte,
at what cost, and In such complete and thorouo
manner that successful revolt will be herea II o.
impossible. She viii not leave her colonial poue
again at the mercy Of accident. As soon ~ 1uie
is restored in India there will be thorough revi
sion of East Indian affairs. the ,yernment of tha
country placed upon a basis which will ensure eff
cheney, justice and the general welfare whilst tn
army will, in all probability, be remodeled so r
20 give 1t a greater infusion Of the European Gle
ment. Al present, the Indian establishment con
sists Of about twenty-five thousand Europeans Z
some three hundred thousand native soldiers -
Lord John Russell proposes that the army shall b
reduced to Que hundred and fifty thousand, bu
that tho English portion Of it shall be fifty thou
SAID, instead of twenty-five thousand at present.
We may depend upon it that, upon the re.subiugs
flon Of the Indian empire, the foundations Of Br
fish rule will be laid deep and strong that Fl
ture 'ebellion in India will have about as muc
likelihood of success in the fast anchored isle
under the very ewes of the Parliament house.
The war in China will not perhaps, be conduct
ed with much rigor till the mutiny in India
queiled Whilst in the late actions with the junk
the Chinese have exhibited unwonted frmness
the British navy.on the other hand, has maiutaine
It's Evolutionary character for efficiency aud pluck
If the navy gained no laurels in the war with Rus
ei'r u was DeVi.use IL hte 1t" chthte I" give III
world r taste OF its quality We believe it will b.
found that if the military prow"ss of England Ina
at all declined Of which there is no evidence. tn'
navy is more formidable than it ever was at any
former period. On the whole, the civilized worl'
Will look without regret upon the spread Of Bri
fish empire in the Fast. If it fiibusters, it ais
civilizes and the Hindo0s and Chinese mus
have master it is better for the interests of hu
manity, that they should be under the tutelage o
wise and free government like that Of Great Bri
tain, than under their own barbarian princes Of
the military despotisms Of Europe