Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-05-18
e British India and South America.
IN THREE cHAPTERs-BY vERITAs. chepter the 2d-British Mdia.

Chopter the 2d-Britlsh India
 r,. Hindoos are usually considered as be-
 ;oo to the Caucasian race; but are Cauca-
 n tbe same sense that Mexicans are of Eu-
 .or origin They are compound consisting
 I'd bwest species of the Caucasian family,
 ,orap and Malay. There is among them
 shade of color from white to the deepest Il x.t-every character of feature from the ob Il .s7ed--fat- nosed--high cheek boned Mon
 I,u to the handsomer physiognomy of the
 .oosan and, with the exception of some
 .,onedanism that has got footing there, it is that their religion, manners, customs, build-
 manufacturing and agricultural impliments 70 4 few years since, precisely the same that
 .r.nder's soldiers beheld two thousand years They seem to have attained, many ages
 70 tbe highest point of their capacity, and to commenced retrogressive movement
 pbysical organization of the Hindoo is ex- melv feebIe-his pursuits are sedentary--his
 Ovenents are lapguid; and during many ages . has been trampled upon by men of bolder Id bardier breeds. Courage, independence, .raeitv are qualities to which his constitution Extremely unfavorable among them; bloody kmestic feuds between rival princes were for . ar on foot Fierce mountain tribes were con- kualy pouring down in arms upon the cult- ted plains, carrying of whatever booty they bud lay their hands upon, sometims laying <boe districts waste and reducing cities to ru-
 Itwas in the midst of this progress of de- Sy and destruction that, about the middle of
 seventeenth century company of English
 erchants obtained from the British govern 2 $ent charter granting them the exclusive fvlege of trading with the people of Hindos- an and in fact, for upwards of century, they vsre purely trading corporation. They had rst such charter, that the State of Mississippi, buth Carolina or any other State may grant to company to trade and traffic, say, for example, ith the people of Peru, Bolivia and Eucador up- the Amizonian region of those countries. The mpaDy's territory consisted of but few square l les for which they paid rent to the native Femments. They had two or three small, nghly built forts to protect the warehouses lese forts were manned by two hundred Eng lmen and about double that number of na- es, whose arms were swords and shields with he bows and arrows. The duties of the ser hts or employees of the company consisted tanieg stock, in making advances to silk wea- E, in shipping cargoes and in keeping a sharp Ikout for private traders who might venture infringe the monopoly. There was also on coast farther south at Pondecheny, a knch company at the head of which was one fplex-a man of great capacity and shrewd- kS These and the native governments, torn |peices by internal factions and external free bters, were the parties by whom the forthcom- drama was to be so novelty played out he man who first took comprehensive view Ahe condition of lEdia and saw how easily it hd be Subdued and governed by the Euro { sns was the above named Duplex; and while English company were employed only about Toces and bills of lading he matured his lrs for carrying his scheme into effect. The peipIe point of his policy was to watch the Eements of the contending factions and play p part between them-taking sides or oth- Tise-as most favored the accomplishment of |own sinister object. His first adventure was I y of Miozapha Jung and Chund Sahibuho, med the governments of the Deccan and the fatie, in which he employed four hundred nch and two thousand Sepoys. He and his es completely y triumphed and in celebrating
 victory Duplex was dressed like a native of highest rank, and, in the pageant took pre- ence of the royal court. He was declared |ernor of considerable portion of India-got Dillon of dollars, anfruled thirty millions of lyes with absolute power He pursued this Icy until he became the most powerful man the country. The fate of the English com by appeared to be inevitable. Tbe French their Hindoo allies marched upon the coun- lin the vicinity of the English (Madrass) tory In this critical condition of things the glsh were without an officer so high as a Ptan to command them; this task, however, Of the clerks, oung man by the name of ge, volunteered undertake. He laid a of operations before his superors, of len they approved, and placed the execu-
 of itin his hands. At the head of two dre English and four hundred Sepoys he It to work. Victory crowned his efforts rywhere The natives rallied to his stan l, and, in few months, he dspossessed the nch of all their brilliant conquests. While
 servants of the company at Madras were en to become soldiers and rulers of millions of the factory in Bengal were
 pursuing the peaceful calling of traders Ter some pretence or other Surajah Dowla, vice roy of this province, sent an army to lolish the English establishment, and upon approach the governor and most of his peo- took refuge on board the ships. The Eng
 who fell into the hands of the nabob were Bed into what has since been known as the aek hole of Calcutta" where most of them Shed from suffocation. News of the event fng reached Madras-Clive marched to their ef-when, shortly after his arrival, at the tle of Plaissey--he, with one thousand Eng A and two thousand natives defeated Surajah Wa at the head of forty thousand infantry fifteen thousand cavalry. This battle de- hd the fate of India. Give, however, fought eral great battles afterwards with the same ress From traders and traffickers in silks spices the company soon became transform nto soldiers, politicians and intriguers be- en the nabobs-putting one down and rais- another up as best suited their purposes excuse was wanting for any policy they ht think proper to pursue as precedents for
 thing may be found in Hindoo practices,
 the nabobs themselves were the most un- pnlous, villainous tyiants the world ever
 The wealth that flowed into the company's PTS by the new order of things threw trad operations into the shade. One of the most 'd of these financial transactions constituted