New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-28

| Europe. Exchanges sIih every part oi me vera
were 90 greatly in IDsiAs favor, thata rspee, which
will now sell for bu, forty 'our cents, was, 6f'y
years $50, worth SIXTY four cents. The p'odcee
Of the taxation levied By the native governments,
vas al expended Al home, causing bone demand
for Commodities and sevices. The Ess. india
Company, . cor por,t,on OF traders WAS fastened
upon The immense country by force OF arms, Aad
sss1med to be is proprietor, AID dill become lis
ruler The rights not only Of hass and princes
bu. OF al native authorities Of every grade, we'e
swept sway, ard in the hands of the Eoghsh shop
keepers en,hroned in Calcutta WAS centralized the
power 10 determine FOE the cuitvat1rs, the artisans
aid labosers OF India, whs. work they sho1ld do,
and how much of its products they should retain.
Mscaulsy says Of the company rule, tia. it re-
"sembled the government Of evil geDI, rather than
- the government Of human t.rants." The taxa
ton Was direct. One hundred thousand officers
were appointed to gather in the revenue. To these
was given the power 70 remit, as well as 10 collect
They were the civii and criminal magistrates o
their districts-hai the power to impose lines aud
employ torture 10 compel the payment OF tue taxes
They could control the plsce Of residence Of the
l.borng populaiion-were authorized to hold all
the inhabitants Of a county mutually responsible
for the amount of taX, and received il as part o!
their Official policy to make them spies upon each
others industry and earnings, and TO break up the
native society With the jealouses and resentments
which this espionage would create. In settling the
p1e. to be paid by looms, it was repaired Of the
weaver tsat he should report how many children
be had, and what assistance they rendered hin.
The more the family exerted i,sel', the higher
mounted the burden Of ia contributions. Wofk
=. he IN sht the cultiyator found that toe profits OF
bis agriculture were raked into the company's
treasury-an increase Of rent being promptly
claimed of him, whenever he obtained from his land
| an Increase Of products. With policy as savage
as II was insensste these British traders taxed The
oil.mill, taxed the potters Kiln, the solism!th's
tools the sawyer saw, the blacksmith snvil, the
| carpen.er's tools, the cottonbeater's bow, the
| weayer's loom the .melters furnace, and the fish
ermsn's bOat No machinery of any description
| was allowed to escape. To gua'd against the EN-
poyment Of un.aIed lsSor, either in agriculture or
manufactures, large allowances were made to IN
formers, with the view 70 induce those who did not
desire 10 work, TO bccome spies on those who did.
10 COltCI the 'h stO '''Nf
was misdemeanor, punishable BY fine and mptl'-
onment-fo the company had Ensli salt 20 sell,
| and had taken the monopoly of mining and gather.
| ing and selling the native article. To destroy even
the small business OF cleaning RICE the duty I'M
posed in England upon the cleaned article, was
twice IS great a. that upon the rough. The ndus-
try OF India was oyermatched upon every point IN
this UNEQUAL and cruel contest. Acts of Parliament
were in full force prohibiting the expectation from
England of steam engines to pump water OK drive
factories, OF spinning jennies and power looms
laws by which the Hindoos were Completely dsa-
| BLEED from obtaining the services OF skilled macnln'
| ists. miners, smelters and weayers from England,
France, OF Belgium. 1t was IN vain that the ma
tive manufacturers of Bengal humbly protested to
the Brti,h government against the injustice oil ad'
hitting B,itish fabrics into that province free OF
duty, while its manufactured cOttons were charged
| ten per cent duty on entering England, and its man
ufac,ured silks were charged twenty -four per cent
In vain does the growing infertlity Of her soil pro
test-in vain does the steady abandonment of theii
once richest land protest; the cumulating ruin Of
the cOtly works for irrigation-the lessening reye
nues-the increasing poverty of the people-their
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rebellion even, all protest in vain. The battle OF
Plassy, years ago, sealed their destiny That was,
TO raise cotton, sugar, rice and indigo for Grea!
Britain, at cheap rates, and to buy British goods
and use British ships at high rates. Vast heaps
of humanity, fostering in compulsory idleness.
cucumber the soil of India" And they will be
there without the possibility of resurrection. till
England, disguised with the UNI oGtableness of the
country and weary of its care, shall throw it from
her as worthless thing. Most truly did Michelet,
Speaking of the English 10 Ihdis, say " / see you
everywhere on the surface Of the globe, but
firmly rooted nowhere. The reason is that you
{" have been everywhere gathering end sucking the
" substance, Of The Earth, bat implsntng nothing-
neither sympathy nor thought. Having brought
"no moral idea with you, you have founded no.
"where. Your Indis for instance, one ofthe finest
empires that the sun hiss seen-~hst have you
(" done with it II has withered in your hands.
You remain exterior to it; you are parasite
I" body that will be cast of tomorrow. You found
" that marvellous country provided with commerce.
I" and agriculture. What however, except opium,
" now remains to be exported No Englishman
goes to India 10 settle there, and there il no
marriage With the natives. The English will one
80 day depart, lesvng 10 vestige behind them eI-
cept the snnihiation Of Indian trade and indus
"try, and the ruin of its agriculture" And Jet
this the 4" British policy system for eIchsng-
ing one nations manufactures for the raw food and
materials Of anotLer-s system which powerful
Marty in the United States stesdfastly advocates,
and employs all its means to uphOld-a system
which will inevitably ruin the country that adopts il.