The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21
THE END OF A DYNASTY.
BY ALEXANDER BoNSEAu.

! The Oldest Dynasty in the world has Just
been subdued by the arms of The English
Her last removed crowned representive is
judged, in the name of company Of mer-
chants, by some Of its officers, united in a
council Of war. At the very time we are
writing, he is on the painful road to exile
The heir of many Mogol Emperors, the Pa.
tishah of Delhi, an old man OF nearly ninety,
is condemned to go and await death, or rath-
er find it in unhealthy island covered with
forests, and inhabited by hordes Of savages
The Kings of the earth-do they not intend
to put on mourning for this old Monarch, who
is twice as old as their families; will they not
shed tear upon the ashes yet warm Of that
most illustrious race among them all. We,
at least, pay to this out-lawed Emperor, who
descends alive into the tomb, tribute of re.
spect which his supreme misfortunes claim.
What man, what Prince, has not merited,
like Bohadour Shah SAM, thepity which at
taches itself to misfortunei Born on the
steps of throne already tottering; condemn
ed in childhood to fly before the enemies of
his house, and to tremble before his protect.
ors; reduced to the confines of the palace Of
his fathers obliged to live from the parsimo.
nious charity which the stranger condescend-
ed to allow him; he was vilifed by so much
grief, his spirits broken down by humiliation
and all manner of degradation that could be
heaped upon him.
Only recently the blazing torch Of insur.
rection spread its flames from Calcutta to
Delhi; hundred thousand subjects of the
great Mogol. sustained by the will of twenty
millions Of Musselmen and hundred millions
of Hindoos. invited him to remount the throne
of his fathers; he consented. and this was his
crime. Should we not say this was his fault.
Fortune very often conspires against our de.
signs by justice, where nothing more is want
ing to render it lawful of q victory. Forty
or fifty young princes, the hope Of their fahli
lies were soon slaughtered shot, or hung, by
the foreigners, having become masters again
of Delhi, and even Bahadour only owed his
escape from this butchering of kings to the
jmprudent generosity of an English Lieuten.
antsr Of this most gigantic massacre, history
has preserved o record, but of which the
pretext would be found in the atocities
committed at Delhi, under the influence, and
even, it is said, at the instigation of these un-
fortunate princes, too much imbued to prin-
ciples of revenge, admitted by Oriental civil
ization.
Behold. into what streams of blood, and
in what an abyss of misfortunes the great
Monk0ieap Dynasty is swallowed up, whose
ofigff " Burned in darkness of time, and
wh7ch qeaves for mark in the annals of
rnahkind the illustrious names of Gengisk
lfanp 6fr0etai, of Houlagou, of Koublai, of
Tsmerlan, of Babar, ofAcklar, of Djihanguer
and of Aureng Feb.
Had he lived in better times, Bahadour
Shah Sani would have made, without doubt,
the throne, which he possessed only in ap-
pearance, illustrious. He joined to extensive
high intellectual and moral quail.
tiles; and was not satisfied with mere love Of
letters, which he honored, but he cultivated
likewise the arts with great success. Under
the assumed name Of Zafar, which he had
adopted as his signature to his works, he oc.
cupied the FIRST rank, under the modern poets
Of Hindoostan, in double point Of view
originality of ideas and perfection of STYLE
"Zafar," says Mr.. Garieve de Tassy, "has pro-
duced all kind of poetry, and numerous Ga
zales Cults, and thumeris, have become very
popular, and are sung at public assemblies
and by women in the interior Of their dwell
ings."
We have only indicated sketches the most
striking in the life and character Of the last
successor Of Gengiskhan. We have nothing
more to add. His career has terminated; an
English ship transports him to the Island Of
Andaman; another English ship will not fail
to bring us the news Of his death.