The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-07-28


fact and how does that fact address itself to the geo.
graphical ideas OF continental neghbors The fact
is growing dissatisfaction and sudden mutiny, long
lurking and eventually breaking out for the length of
thousand miles across the whole peninsula suppressed
with cautious tact and great display of force at Calcutta
and in the Punjab but triumphant far at the ancient
capital of the Mogul empire the prophetic seat of power
This is the state of things in territory where less than
so, 600 Europeans of all kinds hold In subsection seven
times their number Of armed and population of
10 900, 900. The meshes of such fabric cannot he
very close. The stations must be very wide apart the
munications difficult and slow the detnchments
be numerous and small the travellers many, and but
eebly escorted Nothing but prestige, word often
applied TO in Indian affairs to have become orient
alism give strength to fnsy web and lull the
tempest that raised would sweep away every thread
Of it, Think how many French troops necessary in
Algeria scarcely out OF sight of their native shores, and
along thin coast Yet ii the Hndoos not generally
warlike race there still mixed up with them, and
forming the best part of the native army
much stronger and more ambitious. We deal with the
descendants of conqueror with those who still inherit
titles of sovereignty with hardy mountainers; with
recent marauders; with whose very strength and
savageness made it polite to enlist them The scene of
the long soudcrng discomfort and the sudden outbreak
is vast country, much of which is little known, but
where conspiracy Turks in populations created 10y ourselves
and breaks out at the very headquarters OF dominion
Such the hard facts of the case and bysanders who
look at the hard facts must marvel at composure
But after ALL this is not the blind faith in destiny
the rash confidence in that bystander might
suppose We know the danger, and calculate 1t. We
know what the next mail may possibly bring end we
have also estimate When General Arson concen-
ates his forces Delhi which at the last date seemed
only matter of time, and of very short time it is
question whether the insurgents will attempt to hold the
city at the risk of entire destruction follow their
natural tastes we'll the safer course by break
ing up and scattering themselves the country In
the former case without leaders, without artillery
milton stores within wide circle of ancient walls and
with no power of defending any part of the city with
out sacrificing the rest they surrender at dis
CretlOn abide the terrible issue of assault. No
doubt they reckon somewhat the of the city and
the anatcal character of the Mahommean population
They may, too expect that little perseverance may win
support from the neghboring States whose fidelity
not reckon upon in the But this course
only result in which the of the Mo-
gl capital must be determined by military and political
considerations. Should the insurgents anticipate the
siege by fight then, doubt they viii give much
trouble of harassing but less serious character But we
have already how they have been received i'm their
flight by those native chiefs to whose sympathy they APP
pealed in an hour of temporary As fugtiyes
they will nowhere be able to make head against The
example of their dispersion must tell everywhere and
whatever credit has attached to the possession of Delhi
must rebound to the disgrace of their This dsposes
of the two great alternatives before In either case
however must still prepare minds for lamenabe
events at other places than Delhi There is too much
reason to fear that European officers at the smaller sta
tons, or travelling perhaps in ignorance of these events
may be surprised by assasins by excited crowds pos
sbly by the dispersed mutneers The number of such
casualties will partly depcnd the interval allowed to
Therefore it is of the utmost importance that the latter
should be speedy and signal the strength and dspo
ston of the army will allow Every day that leaves
Delhi in the hands of the who have massaced the
British population day that them unpun-
cdwll certainly add to the list of European victims
The Sepoys have not yet stood their ground anywhere
for one minute against much company or a troop
of European soldiers They have only surprised and
murdered officers while addressing them uncon-
scio of danger OF course it is not TO be inferred that
they will stand their ground under resolute officers
or when urged by desperation They may, other semi
barbarians have been before them, be encouraged to
formidable degree of seconfdcnce by the fatal buncrs
unavoidable disasters of the Europeans But this can
only be transient deson and there can be no doubt
the lesson which the Sepoys have already received will be
repeated with increasing force and be the last left
their minds This certainly suggests serious
sdeiaons as to the relations to be observed for the flu
ture between the numbers of the European and the
tive army Long ago, the cessation Of the late wars
experienced British officers strongly in of the
reduction, not of the number of native regiments but of
the strength of each of them 1t would always be pos
sble they say in the of war to bring up the repi-
mcnts to their full complement Now, to what extent it
is possible to raise the number of European soldiers in
India under 0,000 how it may also be possible
to reduce the native army, may be nice and difficult
question But the brief history of This lamentabe out
break shows the strength of small European force and
the danger, well the weakness, Of large Indian
one The selfconfdencc naturally engendered among
large body of armed natives considerably under differed
has certainly contributed much to dsaecton and m,l-
tiny. Other may also have had their share. There
may be too great distance between the native soldier
and the British officer The latter may have allowed the
native officer to ovcrstep his rank There NAV have been
criminal neglect of the native supcrstitions These
causes may have hastcned aggravated and excused the
outbreak But at the bottom of the whole is the sense
OF subection and the reliance numbers to shake it off
This feeling will exist under the best management and
survive when policy has done its best We must there
FORE always be guard against it, and take care to
keep the balance of power in European hands
INSTRUCTIONS IN ITALY.
Turin (Juy 81 Correspondence of the Times
On the opening of the Chamber of Deputies to-day
Count dc Revel again addressed the Minister the nc
or the subject of the arrests at Genoa asking him if
he would make known the of the persons arrested
and the tendency of the late 1.-The session.
said Count de Reve, sis the point of closing the
ribuncs will be mute for months; il is the duty of
the Chamber therefore, to provoke every explanation on
the nature of that movement the number and condi
ton of the arrested
Signor Rattazzi, Minister of the Interior, replied
regret that have not brought with me the list of the
arrested, would have read it; but promise to have
BIRTH and the condition of the persons arrested As to
the tendency of the movement repeat that it was com
mittcd in Mizznan Few however were the per-
who Willingly took part in it, The great the
population and those subject TO the excise law which
been the of much discomfort Genoa were abso-
lutey strangers to these movements / can moreover
the Deputy dc Rcvel and the Chamber that il the
government is determined to maintain the laws il is like
wise inexoraby decided that justice shall have course
and that the punishment which they deserve shall be in
ictcd those who seek TO disturb public tranquility
There is little, in fact to add to the reports already
given of the Genoa affair until the judicial inquiry shall