The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-07-09
Tas Nauoy la tLs Esss iadia SesnpAny's
Army.
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The outbreak o. ma,sny auloug the ma.
iIye troops q lie last INDIA Company 3
army, In Bengal which led TO the dSband
meat II osc regiment. and the severe pan-
.shnco, of sern,l soldiers in Que OF two
Others. is represented by the last overland
mad 10 bc spreading threagh tbo country,
and is rrgar,li with CONSIDERABLE alarm
both ia Inj,a aI.d 10 h.ngianj. The move
meat IS altogether couand 10 Tie li!ndoes.
Che Aohamn,,dan soldiers isains No I,sgt ID
IL, The FIRST ca0Sa oi The iusatsorifnstiap
WAS the nature Of the grease sned out 10
the trooIr 70 MAXI ,hcr Cartridges shp
easily down ihe b4rIu.s ol the po~ Eahosd
riil,~, With Which s'sy aFc armed, IL place
uf the Old ma,ket |. appears that, COO
irsry 20 the gOvcrnmeDt oIdsf, Which pir
scTihes mutton "a, to bC employed 10 gr,asc
thR cartridge, the contractors used pigs
ani bulirks lat, lscause il was cheapcr
and more easily procured, and that WHEN
this ,Scglmc known Il cfr.tei thu most in
tens ,llleling, both Among tho Mohammc
darS who have a uligious horr,r o. the
PIX ani consider contact with 1t. ia ,sny
shape, ~ pcllulion--oi the liindoo~, who
rrycrenc, the bullock aud cpusstr nr pro
fam use -, ia boly a. The greatest pos4lbe
saenicge. The Mohsmmc,laas wrru ,aslly
quieied but the Ilindoos werr not - be
appea@d They consplrd together for The
seisurc of the drIensS u Calcutta anil the
tnasun which is tspositod there. and
sirove 10 aronsc The religious fanaticiEa OF
the Brahmin pcpuiatIou. by telling them
that beliocks iat was used by express or
der oi the Eagiish, for The purpose Of
MAJ them lo@ caste for having 'ouched
u, aai then compelling them 60 become con
ycrs Ia Christianity.
Although the lns,an government issnoj
an order to dlseontanut the use Of the ohloc.
i,onable grease. and ordering III, sube,ita.
ton Of some Other compound wblch eould
mol o1rod any lIindoo or Mohammelsn
scruplc, the ScpoSs were not saiish,d, They
,hcn refused 10 touch the cartridges; because
they believed The paper Of which they were
iuah contained tho animal matter, Al
Barrskporc, Nctrut Lucknow. and Tn
balla. the soldiers refused To obey the orders
Of their officers, sud IN some instances even
went ~ far as 10 assanlt them on parade !,
and by the 'ast accounts the spirit oi disaf
leotioo was extending "likc an epidemic
norihwnrls demoraiiziog more or l'~Vs every
garrison N india" 1'be most cwrrstie end
severe measures are lcing taken ny the gov
cfnment 10 arrest thu movement and pun sh
the rlngleshers but Il 10 feared that the
cartridge ia tho preiext, and not the cause.
Of the nlnloo d,saaatioa Tie s,ep, which
have been taken BY ordcr oi tic t..s, lpiia
Company 10 do away With the inmoiat on
Of widows BY tue sut,ee. the slaughter oi
female in'sn's. and other crael relgious
nsits Of tho Hndoos 70 wbich they attach
u sapeis,i,ion importance, anil the growth
Of European Improvements and civilization
throughout the cooytr.., eass.as the gradual
extinction of H,rfoo pwtid'oes are sDppoT~t
TO have aroosed the ispstlcn smong the Sc.
poys 70 attempt to resst or re,srd sys
iem Of national aud social improvements
whea they are cuuuiny enoagh to se must
ultimately prevail over Their igporaDca aud
idelaIy.
In a country .ke iaiia, ~Lsre ths dom.
uant race "a bat mere Labdiul of Ioen eoal,
pared 10 the mliiions ot the native popula
tiop, anil where the maI1 support of tbs fule
VI the i0rcgu minUr.ty IS tle sJldiefy taken
from the native majority, The oonsqoeacc
of diaaFetloa and rcyol, amobg tlosn SOD
diers mat nrccsp,rily tc eytTtrIy dangers
Hitherto, Vleucver 3iscon,ent VI rebellion
sloari tsrlf in The -etss ~ u" Fa., lndia
tompsny. army, u has bs5n eash, suppr'v..