New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-02

ard the people Of India. Hear, hear.l And DOW I
come 70 Dude The Governor General Of India and
the Directors Of the East India Company were
pleased TO annex Dude to our dominOns. l hold
some peculiar opinions on this mater. {" Hear,
hear" from the Opposton. You do not know
what these 0p'nio.s are, why do you cheer
Laughter The opinions hold are ths. think the
frst mi ustice the least Hear heArl tnst when you
have conquered country you ought 10 annex it at
once, and not create intermediate authrtes aud enter
into treaties with them; but ths. having done So you
are bound by those treaties. Hear, hesr.] Let me
take the instance Of Scinde. There We began unjGs
ly, but stl we conquered Scinde, and we annexed it.
That / think better mode Of proceeding Oh an ne
followed in Dude. We entered into treaties with
Dude far back 1901 and these treaties contained
certain stipuletODs with regard TO the dOmnions Of
Dude. Another treaty was made after that, bu;
thoufh laid the table Of this House. it has been de-
olaIed TO be no treaty at Gil. Hear, hear Ulti-
mstely it declared, the ground OK the treaty,
that because the King of Dude did not behave 10 his
people 90 be ought TO have dOne his kingdom was to
be xed TO our dominiOps. Now, say that was
an injustice which it would have been far better to
avoid by anne king Dude at once. Hear, Hear BE
that az IL msy plessed the Governor General and
The Court Of Directors to ade TO domniOns.
We ought to recollect that the people OF Dude were
accustomed TO their native dominion, aod woen the
annexation took place they expressed strong feelings of
classification, and when the muty OF the army broke
out they joined the mutneers. We warred agsins.
them but will any tell that warred
against the people Of Dude band of mutneers,
and not as nation Hear, hear. 1t was a nation
wsnirg against a nation, and We conquered them.
Now, SOLICIT the attention OF the House 70 what
followed. A w6s enacted tO which the his
tory Of mankind shows NO parallel. Hear, hearl
Annexrg Dude we immediately p,oce ,ded to dis
possesa the landowners Hear. Tia, created discOn-
tent. When the mutDy broke out the people of Dude,
as have ssid, joined ne mutineers, and conquered
them. But before Dude was conquered the present
neral issued proclaIhsbOn by which hs
con6scaed-I the term in English ii written
in Eoglsh-he ooDfscated with the exception Of tina
81 tbai vdanV, arty nFh Ha
/ soy that the history of mankind afford. parallel
TO such case. HEAR | Know that the Normsns in
their day coB6scaed great deal OF the land bat they
did not go the length OF confscating all with the
ceptOn of the property of Fix persons Hear hesr.
But to come to the commencement of the question
now before The Government OF India in
this country receives from India proclamation
that was ordered TO be Issued the fall OF Luck
now; and what did that Government do! L. sees
that q proclamation is about to be issued which,
in that Governments opinion would make the
whole people of Dude rebellious to the very end
OF their lives. (Cheers) And ak gentlemen to
observe that it has been said and believe cannot
be conradicted, that this proclamation, Issued,
so declared, was done IN opposition to the opinions
and WISHES OF Sir Colin Campbell, Sir j. Outtsm and
Sir j. Lawrence. Hear, hear. have seen private
letters London from India, which say that the e4ct
of this proclamation equiv aent 10 a demand for
20 eco troops 10 addition TO those have already IN
Indis. desr. i say then that the Government " ,ch
would passed proclamation of that descrlp
ton in silence would have deserved Impeachment
hear aid believe there would have been zone 20
ready to say 80 the gentlemen that tine Op
positiop) bench. Laughter The President OF the
BoaId Of Control receiving sucs proclamation, vas
bound to express opinion. Whose opinion WHIST
opinion His own. Hear lie was bound, acting Oh
his own undefs andng TO tell Lord Canning whet he
thought Of IT, and he did tell him. Hear, hear.
What other COZ clus;on could he have come - when
he read Of the cODscatOn forever OF the lands OF the
people Of Oude-for is idle to tell this pro lama
lion does not coniscate the whole land OF Odde
Hear, hear. There are come ugly words IN tina.
proclamation, the true OF which the House
not fail TO see, If it will only be guided by ts lig
meIt, instead Of being led Away by party feeling
Hear, heer.l The Governor General IN this proofs
nation it will be observed informs the people OF Dude
that the Government will remunerate those who pre-
their allegiance, and be names Six persons VINO
al to be permitted to retain their properly But he
says furtheI-and mark you, this proclamation
is Addressed to the people OF Dude cheersI, not t.
Dukes Of Bedford cheers and iaHghterl, bu, to the
people Of Dude, with six exceptions, ana TO them he
says that "rhe proprietary rght 10 the soil of the prov
"ince is cOntscsted to the British Government, when
will dispose of this rgbt in such manner as to 1t nay
seem fitting" lCheers. You will recollect that
this written in English lhearl and that words
more complete could not be used 10 signify that the
whole landed property of Dude confscated to the
Government of England. [Hesr. And now l will
make observation, If the House will allow upon
the statement made by the noble lord the member for
the city OF London, the Injustice of publishing
that proclamation and the dspstch OF the noole lOrd
the PRECEDENT of the Board Of Contso Now, let u
hear how it did occur. This intended prcclan.tirn
was sen, home, but the proclamation was issued at
Lucknow after the fall of Lucknow and differed 10 some
respects ifom that proclamation. My hon. friend the
member for Birmingham Mr. Bnght) reed the ac;usi
proclamation as it was published IN TIE Times. IL
put que stion anG IN answer was gwen 10 nun, 70
which, by and by, will refer The answer given was
the answer to this proclanat that have read, aud
he was promised that the answer should be laid on t1e
table. II laid on the table. Could you lay on
the table an that not given T." D." ~
All The GOvernms Mt could do WA to say, We have
"sent answer 10 the intended rocamston, and
"that answer you shall know" You did know IL, and
what was there wrong in that? 1t u very simple
statement, hut very true one. lnereipie, say
that Lord Marlborough bound to give an al.
swer; that, in the second place he was bound ID
give that which in his honest MIND he Intended
to give; and taat TINS answer ives made And now
10 the third question involved. IL mas been
soid that LOra EllenborOugh ought to have mede
ar answer but that ne had no right 81 publish
that dispatch. Therein the gravameu % the
charge maze by the Right Hon. gentleman Mr.. Card
we'll. wOud ask tue House whether there not
certain Questions which compel an answer If -
up to the Secretary Of the India Board sad say.
Would you rob man !' and if the Hon. &c ltlemm
replied. Considerations of public policy prevent my
ansN eliLg the question, the presumption W Juld be
that he would rob him. A .ugb The Hon.
Der for BirDingh ham said: " ! have & proclams-
I" tiOn from the Governor General OF lndia about
" Dude, and want to know If you have heard Of 1t,
" WI ether you have answered it, and the nature Of
" your answer" What occurred The Secre-
tary to the India Board got up and answered
one. half of that question. He said We have an-
." swered that procawston, and you shall see the
answer Upon which nay Hon. friend VINO is
TO be put of, said, hcpe the Government
not satisfied with that answer; am not. ! want
10 know what you said. DID ysu agree with the pro-
clamStion 2" No" said the Chancellor Of the Ex-
cbequer ave did not agree agree with 1t; We differed
from the policy Indicated ia every SENSE Cheers
Now AK the House, men Of common sense, whe-
Their if the right hon. gentleman bad got up ard said
" conside cions Of pubic policy prevent my
ing the quest on, The cOncus m ~ every msn wJui