Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-11-23

three races of men, whom she hal gricTonSiF
wronced, and whose future she scanned incapa
bio Of directing for good. She had dragged
the African from his home Of TROPICAL ease into
bondage and rigorous seryitude IN The cold Gil
mate, and on the exacting soil of Sorth Ame'
RIGA, She had infatuated the IRISH Ccit by
military occupation of his soil AID political
prescription Of bis race. She hal shed luxe
water the blood Of swart1y Indians whom
Give and Hastings had compelled 10 swear 81
l~egiancc TO her power, but whose G0somS still
burned with inextinguishable hatre! against
their spoilers and opprcssorS. liercthen WeE$
three great p%erplexities for The statesmen anc
philanthropists Of Great Britain. We have
since that time relieved her Of two II them
She has Us yet failed TO relieve herself OF the
third.
We say that We have relieved Great Britain
of tuO of the above named pcrpleSiiics. We
took to our W account. in lT7G, tic colonies
on which she had foisted African slaves, con
trary to our desires, our views CT right, nuT
Judgment Of what was for olSr own good. ia;
we have had time, since 1916, and Divine Prov
idencc has indicated ia. us ways Of making NC
African a blessing, not only TO the lantin winch
he is comfortably domicilcd, but TO Treat hrI-
tain herself. For what said Mr.. Beccl'er Stowe
ut Manchester. or some such cotton spinning
Mace; immediately after Mrs. Stoves triunI'
uhant landing in England: Il see around mr
treat prosperity; but. unhappily, that prosper.
ftv ! to u'lueat extent based upon cott9" and
il Is demanl for c0tE0n that makes the value ol
tho slave il; the United States, fifteen hundred
dollars" Good friend, that high price Of the
slave. which so greatly afflicted the heart 81
Mrs, Stoves husband, il. the best possible cyl
dence, TO 4 well.ordered mind, not only; Of The
productive power, but of the domestic comfort
also of the poor African. Slaves are pcsSiIa.
bile property; and he who pays fifteen hundred
dollars ahead for them, cannot aiiord 10 mai
treat Them. 1t is only in Cuba, where fresh
imnorta,ions from Africa are cheap, indrr
Great Britain's lax Interpretation and non.
enforcement, of her stringent treaties with
Spain about tho slave trade. ':'"t S'''eH "
worked 10 death. 49,,
So much for one Of the pcrplexi;ics Of which
We have relieved Great Britain. The Other
nornleyitv of which. We claim to have relieved
hcr-bc no, amazed, British brotEler-is Ire
land. What would have been the population
what would not have been the misery Of Ire
land at tho present day, if the United States
had not been open during Two generations TO
| nnlU11lOuS, NllQ lul1 vi ~
Consider, and admire, ard rejoice IN our
smoothly flowing canals and our EoISy rail-
WAYS, oh Briton! whatsoever thou art: 1hey are
the monuments of the enterprise Of tlIy brother
Jonathan, and the security OF certain shares
and bonds, on which thou liayest no income
tax to thine own government. Bn' more ina'i
all, they are the work of hundreds OF ttl'nS-
ands Of Celtic hands which longed to grasp
the insurrectionary pike in Ireland but Which
have gladly taken up the peaceful space IN
America. Have we not greatly relieved 1hrc
of perplcxity in the matter Of rehe'ti"''i Ire
land?
And how far hast thou relieved Or acquitted
thvsclf in respect TO the poor Indian: IT IS
not long since the press OF the civiiiIeH word
was tecminc with the fresh horrors ol n Scpny
insurrection. 1t seemed as though the sons OF
Shcm had risen in their might, and were about
to tramplc down, in their fury, the small band
of Enclishmen who, in the name OF tie bold
race of Japhet, were cndearorlns 10 MAINTAIN
such extensive Eastern Dominlons. The sirug'
clio of the conflicting races was fearful, and the
warfare between them was mercilcss on either
side. Close upon the heather atrocities Of the
Sepov insurrection camc the Christian atrocl-
ties of British revenge. We TO not speak,
here, of the general refusal Of customary quar-
ter to "the niggcrs," rs the English soldicry free.
" called them. War is deInonizing trade,
and we can read with SOME allowance tic re-
cords of the passionate and unSparinG re-
yepce Of the common soldier, or even OF
the officer Of ordinary rank. Hnt we
cannot make, and VIC do not wish 10 learn
to make allowance for barbarons, coid-hluodcd
executions OF Scpoys by high military authori-
ty. We were Mortified to read, and we are still
Mortified to remember, that convicted rebels
were blown away at The lannon's north, i'll or.
der to impress with salutary their country
men, who were compelled to witness their exc.
%cu,ions, and whose tawny skins arc said 10 have
become livid with terror at the sickening sight.
British brother. go to Exeter Hall, and tel Your
| coun;rylncn, plainly, that if such atrocities
prove 10 Indian minds that your government is
strong, they also prove to the same minds that
your religion is not ''pcacc oil earth, good VIII
towards men,"
"That was the cause of that Scpoy insur.
rection?'' IAN iniudicious military order"
you will reply, Involving a queSlio" Of con-
science about grease." Do you believe such
nonsense, although it be soLcrly endorsed by
the dignitarics and high functionarics Of British
India? Did you ever read certain lnrcstIga.
| tions about the collection Of revenue in British
| India: Those investigations were made b!T order
| of Parliament spmc years before the breaking
out Of the insurrcction, and were epito'n!Zefl
in British newspapers which have considerable
circulation in the United States. On the teSti-
mony therein set forth, we learned that certain
capitalists Of Indian race were extensive farmers
of the revenue, and that one Of those who thus
collected revenue in the nam and by tie
authority of the East India Company, that is
to say OF Great Britain herself, had a huge pair
of boots, in which he kept sundry wild CATS
"For what pnrposc!" you will enquire. Simply
to aflict the legs of his fellow Indians, which
were thrust thcrcinto whenever they could rot
or would not pay taxes. Another o! those
Indian agents Of the British government; went
literally 10 the opposite extreme with his rccu-
SAINT countryuen, and tied themnp by the hair
of the head. Now, we sirnple.mindcd Amcri-
cans, consider an Indian insurrection TO have
bccn the natural result Of such !rightfii
rnisgovcrnmcnt. We are even disposed 10
think that Your way of taking unOn your
selves an Indian Empire, about a century ago,
has never, as yet. been completely justified 10
Indinn minds. We have no doubt that you
have told them repeatedly, that Lord Give was
called to account in the House Of Lords, on the
score ofhis private ~rapacity, and that !yoa caused
Warren Hastings to be impeached for his cruel.
t. BY the greatest orators ofthe eighteenth cen.
turv. But inasmuch rs you did rot really pm
ish either Of those u~nscrupulous great men, and
inasmuch as you have lucrativcly occupied all
the conquests which they made, and have even
greatly added, during the nincteetli century, in
Tue same rcpacious way 10 your Indian Empire,
it may reasonably be presumed that the Indian
mind is very much perplcScd 10 understand the
heights and depths of the morality Of The
British Government. Good friend, do you
think that Great Britain has done As mach
since the days Of 1T16, to heal the wounds Of
India, as We have done to repair the wrongs Of
the African race? Go 10 the South. Secthosc
sunny black faces. Listen to those musical
negro voices chanting the praises CT our God
and Saviour, whom they worship in great con.
o-orot;oue Tnnl; unon that dark skinned