New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-28

iouD1Ati0rs OF eOcih Cfuet "c'o "P"'T
civ! .ociety could TO lopger EXIT. All ton honest
Indignation ts. low been practically illustrated.
England BY one stroke of the PEG, has confiscsted
not orly the estates of few noblenep or Of sr'yM
family, bat the ~ho,s length and breadth OF
kingdom nearly as large as lre'aUd. the inher'-
"tance Of whole people, as Lord Ei!enoo'oasn
bimfef terms it.
| Bet LET IA hear wha. preteIts-grounds We can
| not cal, ,hem-Lofd Gaming IN tue name oil tnr
British Government, acts forth for this unheardoi
proceeding: First. 1.-The army is ia possession o.
| Lucknow" S4c0ud, "The resistance, begun ey
ga uu.inous sodiery, has lourd support from the
inhabitants of tie city ard Of the province az
Charge" Third, They have been guilty OF
"great cine, ard have subjected themselves I"
"just retributiop" In plain English: Because the
Birth army hsse got hold OF Lucknow, tho Gov
errns 1T has the Ito cOpscate al the l,ndin Dude
which they have rot yet got hold Of. Because the
native soIo.e,s in British psy have mutinied. the
natives Of Dude, who were subjected to British rule
BY force have not the right to rice for their national
ind, pendencs. In short, the people Of Dude have
r.beed sgarst the legitimate authority OF the Brit
| ish GOselnmebt, and the British Government now
| distinctly declaIes that rebellion is sufficient
| sr,uDd for cOrfscatOn. Leaving. therefore, ouI
| OF the question all the circuu.locution of Lord
| Csnrrg, the whole question tuIns upon tho paint
| that he Assumes the British uIls IN Oude 10 have
been eaiilr ate'y established.
NV, British rue III Dude was established IA
the f,lcairg manner: When in 1850, Lord Da'-
bCuse thought tie moment for seton hsd arrived,
| be concentrated su army at Cawrpore which. tie
Krg e O,de was told VAS 70 serve az corps 1t
observation seaust Nepsal. Tnis army suddenly in
ysded tia country, took pos-eSiion OF Lucknow.
AID took the King prisoner. He was urged to ceie
the county to the British, but 10 vain. He wsstden
carried of t. CslcCtts, ard the country was an
rextl 10 ;ls teritoIie. Of tue East IIdis Company.
THIS teacherous invasion was bssrd upon article
of the treaty Of 1901 Concluded by Lord W Giles
ty This treaty was the natural consequences OF
that concluded in 1893 by Sir j hn Shore Accord
g to the u.us pc'icy followed BY the Anglo Indian
Government IN their intercourse with native
pIincts, this fret treaty Of 1928 was treaty Of
fftmive and defensive alllsnce on Doth sicss. Ii
,ecu.,l 70 the Fast India Company yearly aGbsdy
OF IS lac. OF rupees 50 800 0O0); but b. articles
~ aud 10 the Kirg wss obleedto reduce tue taxa
ton Of the o"uLtD. As a matter OF course, these
two conditions in open contradiction to each otbe',
could moi BE- fulfilled BY tue K'og ct tee same tune.
This result cooked for by the Last lndia Company,
gsye Use 70 iresh complications, resulting IN the
teaty Of lc0I B., which q cessioo u territory had
TO mshe up foo the alleged nffactions OF tie former
tlesty; accession cf Territory which, by the way
was at thu time denounced in Parliament as a
downright r.btery. aud would have brought Lord
Wellesley before Committee of Ioquiry, but for
Inc political Influence then held by his family.
In confederation of this cession of territory, the
Est Incis Company, b article 3, undertook to de-
fepd tie Kings remaining territories ogalnst all
foreign sad domestic elenies; and by article
guaranteed the poss.sscn of these territories to
him ard his hei,s ard successors forever. Bl. this
ssme article cpnaiGed also pit-fd for tho Riog,
VIZ: The King engaged that be would establish such
system Of administration, to be carried into et-
feet by his own officers ss should bs conducive t.
tie prosperity Of his subects AID bo calculated to
secure the lives and property OF tho inhabitants
Now. suppcspg the King of Dude had broken
this treaty: had Tot, by bis government, secured
the lives and property of the inhabitants (s,y by
blowing them fiom the cannon's mouth, and cOnfi.
eating tie " hole of their lanes), what remedy re-
manned to the East India Company The King
was, by the treaty, acknowledged az al Independent
sovereign, Tree agent. oce Of the contracting
parties. The Ess. India Company on declaring
the treaty broken aud thereby annulled, could have
but two modes Of action either By negotiation,
bacaed by pressure, they might have come 10 8
new arrangement, or else they might have declared
war sgairst The King. But ~ Invade HE territory
without declaration Of wa. to take him prisoner
unawsre. Geth-one him AMI annex his territory,
inirsc;ion rot only Of the treaty. but OF
every principle of the law Of pations.
That the ahne RATION of Orde was not sudden
resolution Of the Btitish Government is proved by
a curious fact. No sooner WAS Lord Palmerst0n,
in 1881 Foreign Secretary, than ne sent an order
70 the then Governor General 10 annex Dude. The
subordinate at that time declined to carry out the
suggestion. The affair, bOwever came to the
knowledge Of The King of Dude, who availed him'
.ef of $, Inc preteIt TO send embassy "a London.
Ia epite of oil obstacles, the embassy succeeded IN
acauan.ng William ", who was ignorant Of the
whole proceeding, with the danger which bad men,
seed their country. The result was violent scene
between W illiam " and Pslme'stoD, ending ia
strict Injunction TO TIE latter never to repeat such
corps ftat on pain Of instant dismissal. Ii is i'm.
poytaDt 10 recolect that the actus annexation Of
Dude ard tie confsca.iOn Of al the landed prop