The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-05-23
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[By telegraph to liverpool from London, May 81
The Times publishes despatch of the secret committee
of the court of directors Of the East India Company to the
governor general in council 1t is dated the 18th Of
April and refers proclamation contiscating the soil
of the province Of Dude to the British government
The secret committee do not approve of this course
They think il will throw difficulties almost instrumental
BILE in the way of the re-estabishment Of peace The
committee almost apologize for applying the term rebel
lion to the revolt in Dude 1t bad they say rather the
character of legitimate war than that of rebellion
Therefore the committee observe the people Of Dude
should rather he regarded with indulgent consideration
than made the objects Of penalty exceeding extent
and in severity almost than any which has been
recorded in history inflicted upon subdued nation.
The following paragraphs taken verbatim from the
despach
l. Other conquerors when they have succeeded ia over
coming resistance have excepted few persons AZ still de-
serving of punishment, but have, with generous policy
extended their cemency to the great body OF the people
2. You have acted upon different principle You
have reserved few deserving Of special favor and
you have struck with what they will feel the
of punishment, the Of Inhabitants Of the country
3: We cannot but think that the precedence from which
you have departed will appear to have been conceived in
spirit of WISDOM superior to that which appears the
precedent you have made
4. We desire that you will mitigate in practice the
stringent severity Of the decree of conscaton you have
issued against the lan1holders of Dude.
s. We desire British authority in India rest upon
the willing obedience of contcnted people there cannot
be contentment where there is general confscaton
&. Government cannot long be maintained by any force
in any country where people is rendered hostile bys
sense of wrong.
The Times accuses the ministerial party of design of
making political capital out of the Dude proclamation
Dude, it observes, province OF the Indian empire at
the breaking out of the mutiny The population out
in against us, and the government Of England pro-
claims to these people, who will read the despatch
Sir G. Campbell Lord Canning that they
not rebels but local warriors that their cause is Just
that the confscation which has been just proclaimed
far from being humane polite, is Just valid
and that if they but ordinary they will fight out
their quarrel to the last
The letter Of Lord marlborough is calculated to aggra
vate the of wrong to provoke the foe to de
perate and fanaca resistance to expose our friends
Dude to shame and confusion the objects Of
political contempt, and to protract the war.
Nobody doubt that in the end we shall have to
forfeit the estates of those landowners who do not make
their submission in time and shall certainly grant
their estates subject to the rights of the conqueror The
Dude proclamation, however il rather manifesto adj
dressed to tumultuous and ildened enemy pursuing
certain policy, and moved by various influences than
formal State paper; at least proclamation Of this
sort has been made and withdrawn, qualified accord
ing to its effect.
Tho Daily News regrets that the controversy Dude
should degenerate into party squabbe and refers to that
discussion which has already taken place az practical
demonstration of the perlous consequences that must
from making the personality of the Indian gov
enment dependent the results of the faction fights
the English Paraments
The Star thinks Lord Canning will have no alterus-
tive but to resign he receives Lord Eenbo-
roughs despatch.