New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-17

TIE FRA passage Of TIE BIZ for tie Government
Of Irdia through the Brit;sa House Of Lords was
stterdet by debate Of good deal Of signifc, ace
upou NO 7ely important sutiects-the position Of
the Christian ;ee.on N iudia and tie strong fee
itc 4 satYatty between the native ard tie resi-
d.It European population, Wt.ch the rebellion suc
lis attendant outrsges asd produced
TIL. cebate, 30 far as the religious question vas
conct ned, pss introduced sy the Archbishop Of
Canterbury. Ee cid rot complain tia. the bill
mace no reference 10 the sutect Of religion. Such
refele1ce Tculd be OF. Cf place, becsuse the bill
vas intended merely to provide Goveininent for
Inda. rot 70 lay dow tie principles on which
that Government Tss to he administered. AT the
some time, he thought /. proper occasion to call
TIE attention Cf tie House AID tie Government 10
q vide spread Opin.on iha. the Indian Government
hitherto hsd faled on the poiot OF religion, 10 come
| I'D to the standard 20 be expected If Chtssian
nation rui:pg over nation Of heathers. Ii was
10. .hst be objected 20 tie principle Of the most
compete tole,a.ior, or .hat he wished the Govern
rnen. IT, engage IN any attempt whether By The use
Of force IT favor 70 overthrow the false systems of
religion pItvaiilg il 1rdis ard 10 establish the true
one n i. plsce. But Ae insisted, and the same idea
| in the course of the debate was more forcib,y put
by tie Is ;hop Ct Oxford. that the Government IF
India ought at east to act as though they them
sel7e. believed n lie Christian religion and
sscribsd scme value and Importance TO II, and
as ,hcush the feelings and sentiments of Christians
were al leas. as much entitled 10 be considered as
those Of the vai.ous Indian cIeeds. TIE policy Of
perfec: neutrality IN matters affecting the religion
Of the people Of India referred to in receu. dis
patch from the Court Of Directors Of tie East Ia.
dia Company to the GoTeTror-General, As the SET
tied and historical policy Of the Company govern
me1t might be carried, and the complaint WAS
made or at least Infatuated that It had been car.
red to the extent Of giving to the Eoglsh Govern
ment in India the character Of entire Indifference ss
to any religion at al, and Of panderipg to heather
prejudices 10 tie sacrifice Of even decent se.fre-
spect In order to make the Iudan people feel that
the glish Government did not Intend, either by
force or fraud b. policy or by violence to inter
fe,e With taer creeds It would BE- sufficient to take
tie ground that the Christian religion taught that
such in.e-fe,erce would be wrong There did not
sssm to be any necessity for conveying 70 the In
dian people, as had been done in times past, the
mprsss.on that tie English people aid tie Engli,h
Government lad themselves no distinct preference
for their own faith, and OF that score alone ab.
stained frcm disseminating it By force 1t was in.
sisted that the Et elish Government in India how.
ever tole,Mt Of other religions and iudulgent to
them, orght 81 least not to appear as if ashamed o
its OWE creed, or afraid in the face of its heather
subjects 70 ayow belief in is truth, and net merely
in lis truth, but IN It's value and Importance
IL this roirt Of view, Ire AIchbiahOp Of Cater.
bury proposed lat, in tie future government! Of
lndis, tie following points should be ob,elyed:
Frst, Tha. 10 distnct;on Of caste should be sry
log ger recognized, SO far as the public service was
coucerred Second, Tat in al ,chools TO which
aid was given By the Government the Bible should
be read, rtt however, fer its doctrines, but IL
facts Taird, That AL connection with the idola
trlus ,,tes ,ni fss.7,,. Of tse Hi,aoos should be