The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-24
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER "a, 1856


The LAse Insurrect,on In India--Ciosin
h.Scturc by DIR. scusitlcr.
u,s Gh and lI& lecture Of very Interesting course
,sc,ures ich the Rev. Dr. scudder has been dclveri
on india was Tuesday evening In the Cooper lnsttu
AT least half an hon before the tine appointed the lar
hall was fIled with ye " intelligent ad respectable
dience Indeed this course OF lectures h.s attract
larger audiences than any Of t. intellectual .erta
ments given this season The wor. divide reputasioA
the lecturer, both as respects erudoH and oratorc
ability, coupled with the fact that the subje matter
the lectures was the result Of his own experseh>e a
having been born in Inda), brought together thcosec
Of our most intelligent citizens who are not in the habit
paraking Of the hashes prepared by the professsoha
lecturer.
Precisely At eight O'Clock Dr. SCuDDRR made his appear
ance and proceeded to say that the subject which
would treat on that occasion respecting whic
opinions were widely different He thought his own Wow
were rignt ana he would advance them firmly. Most
nm ie nha Dcen spent IN India and 70 he had given thu
very sap and strength Of his existence He FIRST called at
magnificent sway Of The srs 70 ana ~
y should be remembered that Oriental nations worl
finder boxes The Oriental irascble and Preacher
erous, ana either The Anglc-Saxon would have 10 run
away or his word become the law Of the land
At ono time tho English were worsted, and then
victorious; but IN the midst Of defeat hcy pressed
stesdiy ana necessarily 10 universal conquest.
The speaker then proceeded TO speak Of the govern.
ncns IN India and showed, by comparison between the
much more prosperous under English rule than il othor
wise would be. He admitted that the covernnent had
done SEINE wrong things but be asked not the pro-
habitants now sat under tho shade Of their
own vne the pirates had been chased away, and the
vast horde Of cavalry banditu that somctnes swent
seventy villages out Of existence In single day was
extinct Hindoo widows were not allowed 10 iIe in mn
usssss0ie sagony and nantcide and slavery abo
tons had been established, and he fargued that
all these things evidences Of the beneficial effects
o. Eog ns rule u India The lecturer proceeded
government, observing that at the present time
the agricultural population too fully taxed although
not 20 unreasoDa0y as some supposed The greatest evil
in their administration was that they were Obliged to en-
poy an immense corps Of native subjects Those were
the harpes that preyed upon the people and vigilance
on Their part could entirely avert that great evil The
love Of money and lust for power exhibited by the East
India Company had blinded their judgments and hardened
their hearts, for they pandered 70 Hindoos and Maho
mechanism The Bible was excluded from the schools and
their whole conduct showed that their were
like India rubber The English officers Influenced
by CASTE Dr. Scudder then glanced critical periods In
the history Of British empire in India and in the course
OF his remarks mentioned pun which Lord Napier per
petIated was said of him that when he took scnde
he sent OIL despatch containing single word, "Pecca
viz the meaning OF the word being ~ have sinned p
Two great crises occurred In India the first of which took
place In 1916 The Skhs invaded the territories like bees
but the English troops under the command Of Lord
Cough and Sir Henry Hardinge, defeated them In
lS49 they renewed the conflict The Skhs conquered
The second crisis was the late great rebellion There
were lin India more than thirty millions Of Mussulmen
They were restless population and by hereditary ten
dcncy religion and education they were ferocous race
they hated all Christians and regarded them uncean
dogs. He DR. Scudder) in India while the great re-
bellion was in progress came up suddenly and fear.
fully and was the offspring Of great precOnccrted
PLAN The signal given by the distribution Of cake
which distributed with inconceivable rapidity What
was the nature Of this muny? he did not believe that
it was in any uprising Of the people He had
studied the subject carefully and he affirmed that ID was
not popular instruction. II political movement
set ON foot by the Mahommedans for they thrsted for
supremacy In India They cast their eye upon the Bengal
native army, for in il muittudes of Mahommedans
that were ready to throw of the British yoke But what
should be done 10 secure the cooperation Of the Hndoo
portion of that armyp Many Of them being men Of the
highest caste, the MahommedaHs took advantage of
this fact and said to them" The Company will
deprive you Of your caste; but il you join
will erect union dynasty He thought the occa
sion OF the mutiny threeiod FIRST, want Of discipline
the Bengal army second want of faith the East India
Company and third the scarcity OF troops i'd the country
The lecturer then enumerated some Of the atrocities Of
the rebellion stating that although the of these
deeds OF dabocal atrocy well by heroic acts Of
heroism. He paid glowing tribute to the memory Of
HoveloeS and painted IN vivid and eloquent manner the
courage evnced by females during the progress OF the
rebellion.
In conclusion he spoke of the destiny of India He be-
lieved that that country would be wrcsted from
Britain by any other Power. 1t said that England
would be forced to abandon India because native armies
could not be trusted and that she would be unable
TO supply the requisite force to maintain her position
but If regiments were formed on anti caste princi
pies he (the ecturer) thought there would nc
danger Of revolt. Some said India would have 10
be forsalen because it did not pay. But 1t could be
made to il the right policy pursued and he Or
81 thought that the present discussion In England of this
question wholesome one, and would lead TO the
adoption OF which would benefit India England
could orsakc that land for she has tens thousands
Of loyal Christian natives who looked up to her for pro
lection. The Eastern Empire could not be made loyal to
Brsh rule by ENGRAVING her higher forms OF civilization
upon the semi civilization Of the Hndoo. England had tried
that experiment and the great rebellion the story of
guage Of the London Times If wish to keep India
must Christianize it," The natives bad presentiment
that Christianity would superSede their doatrous customs
and the which the missionaries made that such would
DC the result Of their efforts, would he fulfilled.
Al the close OF the lecture series OF resolutions
unanimously adopted expressive OF the qualification expo
feneed BIZ the audience in listening TO Dr. Scudder, and
requesting repetition of the lectures at early day
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