The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1858-02-04

journals take such u savage pleasure in rc-
calling the eyes and thu imagination Of their
readers. The correspondents Of these jour.
malls will no longer have occasion To exercise
their descriptive talent in relating the i'm
prcssions caused by the punishment Of a num-
Der Of Scpoyss ssa,iaehed by tho dozen TO the
mu1cs Of gaps, the sight Of their mutilated
bodies blown into the mir, or spread culver
! ing on the earth. II will no morc he writ
ten from Bombay, tha, twenty-four mem.
bers Of the lsoyal family Of Delhi have been
hanged in tho same day and In one body.
God be prau.sl' til. veil will u, last fall
upon this bsrbarous representation tina, has
so long excited the horror and disgust Of the
civilized worb. (3
Delhi istsNcn, Lucknow is delivered bu
the conluer1s must no, forget that they
have but han accomplished tho task imposed
upon them by the Indian rebellion Tho
scpoys ARE conquered India Is rcconqncr~,
or on the cve Of being 40 all is not, howov-
or, finished, for il IL not only necessary that
India shoutI be re conquered, but that II
should also be governed. Our ncighbors
have too much light aud experience
they are too'much people Of business not TO
understand that this second part Of the
task that they have TO fulfil is more grave.
more diiiic,slta and more complIca,'d d than ia
the first The journals that are supposed TO
be in the confidence Of the Ministerial party.
have annoppccd that government has doci.
ded upon this delicate question, and that II
was abou, TO propose Ia Parliament To abol-
iah the government of the Fast India Com
pauy, and 10 place the Indian Empire under
the immediate nnd,sole control OF tho. Brit
i-h government. So government and the
british pafliameni have 10 rcplace 'yssr,n
Of administs alton tia, has been iD operation
for ages by system Of an entirely new and
artificial GRAFTON. What problem Is this
to resolve, taa,t Of improvising plan Of pol.
i,icaI and administrative organization for an
empire of 10 millions Of souls Where IL
the genius sufficiently extended AMI firm to
look with an unnoved coun,enance on the
prospect tint this reform or rather this revo-
luton renders indispensable. to calculate iis
exact bearings, TO appreciate and measure
the influence that il may exercise not only on
the situation end prospect Of tho metropolis,
but on tbs ProgreSs and movement Of its fun
dsmental Institutions
These seem to us 10 be the proper reilsc-
tons for the press and the public beyond
the narrowncss Of present IDEAS. to moderate
the joy caused by late news, TO temper the
emotions Of prido to which the Times
abandoned itself SONS days since. IN giving
,s news ~ IA lesson for the nations that
surround England" The Times wI better
inspired on the 9Th Of last October, when
il said, 10 announcing he news 81 the taking
Of Delhi This !. an event that we can
not take into consideration but with min
pled emotions II is the triumph Of the
Dritish race over Britisl, subjects We do
not so the gates Of u new empire open be-
fore n4, with a new territory fm our
merchants and a new career Of glory for
our soldiers. We only recover that which
wa, lo-, We only snbdae rebels W. only
regain that which Is endangered, ruined and
ies~,ped, not only by hate and sni'nosi,y.
but still more by the manner in which We
recover it, The Iosses Of the enemy are
ours We have lost noble army; We
ought rather - say two the native army
Of Bengal and 40 many Of our brave aud
generous coun,rymcn, victims Of treason.
We have lost edIfios, ar.ensl, work, the
children of ages, and what ia Of grsater
value, W. lo-e many years Of peace and hsp-
py hopes Of fortune" This ia nj ~ one
would IN tempted 10 bclsve, tho day
fasting aud humiliation. whenever the 1,rs
would yield itseIf up 10 melancholy refrc-
tons. We recommend it t. Rad again
and ponder over it's o~n words, for they
have lost nothing in two months Of their
truth and fitness, and it will there find On
answer TO the article that j, has just pub
lished on the taking u Lucknow. These
reflections are extremely wise and perfectly
appropriate TO actual circumstances they
alone are comformable TO the character and
dignity u . great people that ought 10