Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-09-22

Of decay u has disappeared -~-|
$50 Md smoke and thunder.
Shot and steel and ssOrching aans /"
Two hundred thousand traitors rose upOn it, sndWith
handful Of The faithful itturned and crushed them,
and then disappears from the scene, while the APP
Plause Of the world is sim ringing In its ears.
There is one Circumstance connected with this
company which, probably more than ali others, en-
deared it to the EDglieh people. The company was
essentially 9 middle class power. Its cOnguests
were the cOnqussts Of the bouFgsOiss It's officers
The Of traders, of lawyers and Of clergy
men. Even the Queens regiments, when they went
to India, assumed a democratic character The
sprgs Of arstooraey did not relish the prospect Of
fighting in an atmosphere Of 1909, Of painting on
bed al day and marching ali night; Of jungle fever
and enlarged spleen. As soon as the turn Of their
regiment came to serve in India, they exchanged
into others, remaining nearer home, and hundreds
Of poorer and more lOWlybOrn aspirants, greedy OF
high pay, prizs-money and glory, marched eagerly
into their places Indian victories and Indian ca
lamities therefore made themselves felt in English
homes, in way no other triumphs or reverses ever
did. The supper classes" revenged themselves by
sneerine at the Company and consigning its officers
to position of inferiority but They did not sneer
when it came to hard fighting, and sold Indians"
were found to be the only men vac thoroughly
derstood their work
The successful resalt Of the siege Of Silsiria,
which gave the allies time to organize, and probably
saved them in the last from disastrous action
near Vana and a rapid advance Of the enemy on
Constantinople, was the work Of two officers of the
Companyss troops the artillery which did most to
stem the hostile tide at Inkermann was worked by
man who had learnt his trade on the banks Of the
sutlej; and Williams was almost enabled to save
Kars by the cooperation of a staff which belonged
10 the Indian service.
AS civil ruler the Company had its faults, Of
course, and their name was legion. But its govern
msnt of its distant possessions may well compare
with that of the ministry at home Of theirs During
the very same period that the former has taken to
conquer Rindostan, the latter has lost the United
States, and had to suppress instruction in Can
ada. It's main difficulty, and in fact its main de-
feet in dealing with the native princes and its own
subjects, were that neither they it forgot
its origin. 1t was still trader in language and
manner, though a large empire acknowledged its
rule. In India, where form has so much influence,
these base antecedents we're a serious misfortune.
| Down to the very day on which the late mutiny
broke out, the English Captain of the Guard in the
| palace of the Great Mogul, when summoned TO his
Msjesty's presence, was allowed to cross the
threshold without marching over the courtyard
without canopy umbrella, under the full blaze of
the sun, humiliation to which the pettiest officer
1 of the household was not subjected. spectacle
of this sort worth an army to the old dynasty,
but it was one which Queens officer would not
have consented to offer, and which no royal con-
queror would have allowed. Now that the whole
territory has passed into the hands Of the Grown,
the shadow as well as the substance Of power will
pass into the hands of the eOnquering race and the
result will in al probability be the increased stabi
ity of their power, and, would fairly believe,
deeper sense of responsibility. ss.gF1E