Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1857-09-17
Russian Intrisu, In Ind,,.

Il appears he the belief ia Eussnd that the upu,ip,
In India i. owing in great part the ni.ues OF Rus
sa Aud such indeed would seem to be the fact from
circumstances uarrsed in the Euglish journal.-
Russ.s general character for masterpieces and
faithlessness treaty obligations veil known and Thu.
in; <Stton ssr uady,ng AaYed of Ensi.nd, IA enough
10 Ssnnrm IL charge OF Der tecret intersrsnc. ,b RI;
tish rule in India We append the folio wing on this sub
ject from the Paris Debofs:
lt IL unjust attribute the of the n,..a,
evils to the officers of the Indsn army the responsbi
~ must DO placed AT Tar higher door These oeeer.
who arc nov suffering the terrible Of s,u
a,on they had not created certainly merit sympa
thv. They paying sth their lives with the lives al
their wives and children, for faults not committed nv
them considerable number have been assassiusted
have their wives after enduring the wheat
treatment, and have their children perish the
horrible torture Even had these furnished
matter toe criticism the present would be cruel
one 10 condemn them aud eve the moro abstain
from doing, since in conviction there exists no
grounds of complaint Never believe has the sts of
the Anglo Indian army which has produced % many men
OF rare merit-ve may say without exzggeration %
ny heroesoeen better composed than the present
ment In the two three columns OF letters from Iud.
published daily by the English journals these letters writ.
ten In the midst Of the most appalling scenes on the yery
spot where the abominal oarbares are being COM
mitted, not movement OF weakness not boastiul eI-
preston 10 betrayed Many OF these ocess have been
put TO death under circumstances where the victims re-
qured lar different courage from that Of the soldier in.
toxicatsd by the hope Of glory. Aud has q single man
died otherwise than hero striving perform his duty
up 70 his last gasps Perhaps TAIL TO take into
here IN Europe the extraordinary energy developed in
these men BY the sentiment Of their moral superiority
over the dsbssed population which surreuads them In
India amidst those babarians, the motto Ne6ie<ee
ob9e stamped IN the hearts OF Europeans The sue
cessos OF Give and Malcolm worthy OF those who pre-
ceeded them, TACT which 10 proved by number OF dis
ungushcd men who have issued from their ranks within
late Years Who were the two pottenger Colonel Burns
aud BHgsder Nsynes Who are Major Edwards the two
lA"rences Brgadier Ohamberlayns. Colonel Jacob and
Gen ouran, who sklluy conducted the Persian war
Are not all these eminent men, and many others whose
pames csnpot be expected show officers or former
officers OF the Eat India Company .ervieo'
train OF powder which bas exploded under the feet OF the
British Al Tehersn, Delhi and Canton proceeds from a
concerted plan prepared by Russia during late war;
and not abandoned BY her after the conclusion of
IL India sincere belief resns With respect 10 the power
OF intrigue and the diplomatic sk OF Russia
ding the events OF the last lev years ought proved
70 the most preuticed that this sk has vastly
sggersted and that the power of intrigue chiefly exists In
the creduity OF the pubic Did not n fact vitness
during che late IN. inpoisAay pro.
ducs explosion Ia eosntEes undermined by her iuu-
ence such Bulgaria Servis and MontsnegroY Bot If
In Europe OF the reality people India are
not tar advanced That Russia possesses agents in
Central Ass matter OF certainty and doubtless their
mission ia to rase enemies to Eugland. some of there
agents, and especially the unhappy vcowch who dsap.
pcared suddenly With his papers ST. Petsrsburg
have created much noise 10 the world 10 permit spy
dosb with regard 70 their existence but rot 90 cor
tain that these agents penetrate into Brsh India The
preeencs there OF European is difficult 10 conceal and il
would be almost impossible for stranger to mix among
populations speaking an inny Of Languages and dialects
without being detected and denounced BY the police IL
be retoted that u Russian policy does not posses
direct agents In India employs host OF em,arie re-
cruiting among the traders, travelling aks dr
&c, OF Asia. Nor the slightest kno Wedge Of the
East teaches ths. nothing serious could be obtained from
such instruments, even II they employed for Aaa
les placed between two christian Powers would betrsy
both. Nov Eu1 gland better and more vlin gly
Russia consequently any intgues of the latter would DO
speedily disclosed 70 the British authorities In reality
the theatre Of that struggle between the countries Is
sill; confined 20 Central Asia sud should be very much
surprised 10 learn that tho ntgues OF Russia in India
tend beyond tbs less authentic communics lions
she receive with regard 10 the finances the army
an merchants established at Calcutta or Bombay
IL is therefore neither in foreign Inrgues nor 10 the
faults Of the officers OF the Bengal army that must be
sough. the caHses OF the causes Of the Sepoy revolt