Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-11-19
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Merchants trading to the East Indies.
The company was merely trading cor
poration occupying but small portiono
land for VIII cn they paid an annual rel,
and to the company were granted som
Exclusive privileges. For tho first hun
ired years OF Its existence nothing ~
culiar "ok place with the oompaa, ex
sept as is frequent with such ntri
Irizes, it was marked bv a series OF or
n,relal disasters. In the early pal:
charles I'd, its success was rapid Devon,
any former precedent, battling the mos
Smgdlne expectations of the director
themselves, and soon became the eny,
II the merchants OF the metropolis +,
| is vast wealth and UNFOLD resources
rs an evidence of its success. ut on
me fl00 OF its stock could he pu;
nased for ECO. and in 1851 the sam,
amount sold for $500 premium. Blu
ehe company did not long enjoy uninte,.
rupted prosperity. A quarrel broke on
,etween the Agents in India and H.
great Mogn! Chief. On the sea his shil
were seized by the English while
and the settlement of the British We
numbered by the natives and trade vcr
auch retarded.
At home, Is with prosperous corpora
tons generally, the East India Comp.
ny became the en,y of those who ha,
10 share in its profits, and numerous an
intiring efforts were made to annul it
'harter. All, however, proved unayail
ng. William The Third granted them .
new charter, somewhat modified, stipu
ating small annual payment to tn.
Crown. Elated with their success. tn
Company became oyerbearing and Otter
detained ships in port, Which they sup
posed were destined for the East.
Commerce in those early days WASH
| .uiet pursuit, and the merchants OF III
century were from necessity a hclligcren
7acc Of men. So early as lG6l, the IL
liza Company was elevated almost to tn
rank of sovereign power, and author
ized to make peace or war with an
prince or people, not being christians.
There were continual conflicts between
the English, the Portuguese and tn,
Dutch, in the East, in which the English
eventually were everywhere triumphant
The celebrated Lord Glove took con
spicuouS part in these enterprises. IL,
went out to Madras in the civil service,
n the early part of the 18Th century,
Mad as was then the most important set
| Element the companyposseSsed. About
he year l714 the French established a
;rttlcment at pondicherry and enioyed
/ quiet trade for 100 years. AT the time
of Clcve's arrival in India they conceived
the idea of making themselves masters
IF the Empire. They raised fleet land
led ut Madras and compelled the town
and fort to surrender. Duplex, the
French leader, was a wonderful man,
| He possessed Il genius that would have
rendered him iamoos in whatever posi-
ition he might have been placed. BolA.
crafty and msc- npulous; while the Eng
lsh were only busy with invoices, he was
revolving in his mind the project of over
throwing their rule The genius of Cevt
alone rescued the name of his country
from disgrace, and planned Il scheme o,
Operations, which resulted in the dctcat
of the French and the conquest of the
Mogul Empire. His successful defence
OF Arcot one of the English forts againS,
Overwhelming numbers forms one Of
he most Brilliant events i'll military his
to,y. The French power was broken
AMI the English were everywhere trium-
plant. Cleve was obliged from il
health to return to England.
| IL co;IoJ ,,,,;,, g., -, -, 49,.
rendered his name imper.shabe in the
memorable actions by which he won 70
his county the great province Of Ben
gal. Macanlcy says ''no part OF lndi
possesses such natural adyagtagcs, he ;
for agriculture and Commerce. r.,
Ganges rushing through hundred chan
nels to the sea has formed vast plain
of rich mould, which even under trou.
| ical sky, rivals the vprdrrc Of an Eng
fish April. The rice fields yield an in.
crease such as is elsewhere unknown
Spices, sugar and vegetable oils, arc pro
duced with marvellous exuberance.
! The great stream which tcrtilizcs the
soil, is at the same time he chief high.
way of Eastern commerce. On its banks
and on those of its tributary waters,
are the wcalhiest martS, the most spleen
did capitals, and the most sacred shrine.
of India. TIL tyranny # man had fol
ages Struggled in vain against the over
flowing bounty of nature.
/ In syitc Of the MusSulman dcspot, and
of the Maliratta frccbootcr>. Bengal Wa
known through the East, rs the Gardel
of Edeh, as the rich kingdom. Distan,
provinces were nouri>hed from It's over
flowing granaries, and the noble ladies
of London and Paris, were clothed il.
the delicate products OF its looms"
Soon after this, another danger threat
ened the security of the English acqui-
sitions. BY the hand of native sub
ject the great Mogul was held a prison
er at Delhi. His son fed and inimedi-
a,ely raised an army of 10000 men wiz
the design Of oYerthrowiuC the upStar;
whom the English had placed upon the
throne Of Bengal When Cleyc appear
ed with only $50 Europeans ard $500
Scpoys they fed before the terror OF his
name, and since then the annals Of Brit
iSh power have been characterized by
splendid achievements, successful in
trigues, enormous profits, Tor perhaps
shoald say punder) aud the possession
Of populous Empire ofvast extent anG
linexhaustable resou ces.
The cringing natives would lay then
treasures as freely at the feet Of their
conquerers as the religious dcvotet
would seek to propitate the god of jug
gernaut, the seryantof theco:@pany ate
being absen' in India few years woul'
return with immense wealth. My God
said Cleve, when arIaigned before the
House of Commons for accepting some