The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-10-22


carefully concealed On the strength of
history, however, we assert, that nothing
has on the present occasion been done bv
the mutinous troops that cannot be par
alleled, if not exceeded, from the history
of England's career in Hindoostan. One
OF the most noted events of the hour, for
its treacherous wickedness, has found a
parallel in England's treatment Of the
Raiah Of Benarnes:
The fort was surrendered on express
stipulation for the safety, and freedom
from search, of the females; but, adds
Mills, the idea suggested by Dir. Hast
ings diffused itself but too perfectly
amongst the soldiery; and when Che prin-
cesses, with their relatives and attend
ants, to the number of three hundred
women, besides children, withdrew from
the castle, the captulation was shameful
/ ly violated. They were plundered Of
their effects, and their persons otherwise
rudely and disgracefully treated by the
licentious people, and followers of the
J camp"
Again, as to modes Of raising money,
Mr.. Patterson, the COmpany's own Com
missioner, addressed them as follows:
Those who could not raise the money
were most cruelty tortured. Cards l0eTe
draaon tight round their fingers nh the flesh
Of The four on each hand ,oas ACTUALLY iacor-
poratea, and became one solid mass. The
fingers 'Cere then separated again by lCeiges
Of iron and rood dg9UsH Ia JstiOeea them I
! Others were tied, two and two, by the
feet, and thrown across a wooden bar,
upon which they hung with their feet
uppermost They were then beat on the
soles of their feet till the toe-nails drop
ped Off They were afterwards beat
about the head till the blood gushed out
at the mouth. nose, and ears. They were
also logged upon the naked body with
bamboo canes, and prickle bushes, and
above all, with some poisonous weeds,
which were Of caustic nature, and
burnt at every touch.
But what of the treatment of females,
as this is the most aggravated feature in
the present instance? Here, too, Mr.. Pat
terson shall answer:
The treatment Of the females could not
be described. Dragged from the inmost
recesses of their houses, which the relig-
ion of the country had made so many
sanctuaries, they were exposed naked to
public view. The virgins were carried to
the Court Of Justice, where they might
naturally have looked for protection, but
they now looked for it in vain, for in the
face of the ministers of Justice, in the
face Of spectators, in the face of the sun,
these tender and modest virgins were
brutally violated. The only difference
between their treatment and that of their
mothers was, that the former were dis
honored in the face of day, the latter in
the gloomy recesses of their dungeon.
Other females had the nipples of their
breasts put in cleft bamboo, and torn
off.
Mr.. William Hewitt, remarking on
these appalling words, truthfully OBJ
serves
What follows is too shocking and in
decent to transcribe 1t is almost i'm |
possible, in reading of these frlghtfnl |
and savage enormities, to believe that we |
are reading of country under the |
British Government, and that these un-
manly deeds were perpetrated by British
agents, and for the purpose of extorting |
the British revenue.
What say the high-priests Of MolOch,
the men Of Vengeance" to these things ?
Let us hear the greatest man Of the
last generation, Edmund Burke:
With regard to Hindoostan, those ma
tives who are unfriendly TO us might Sgih
Justice declare our conduct 10 be more allied 90
Vandalism than ciVihzatian. u
Burke's severe rebuke still holds good
that if the English were driven from
India, they would leave behind them no
worthy of a great and en-
lightened nation; no monument of art,
science, or benefcience no yestige Of
their having occupied and ruled over the
country, EXCEPT SUCH TRACES AS THE vUL-
rURE AND THE TIGER LEAVE BEHIND
rHEM.
Let the editor of the Times, Mr.. Tup-
per, and Mr.. Layard, think on these
things, and pause in their fsnatical and
savage cry Of determination They will
see that the poor HindOOs, after all, have
simply been doing little towards set
ling the account with Britain. But il /
will be said, grievances have been much /
diminished OF late years. IL may be so;
lut abundance still remains 10 goad \ Z
nation TO madness. {
Withdrawing from the Furies, let us I
etire 10 the Temple of Reason. Let as {
ook into the report of the Commission
rs for the Investigation Of Alleged Cases {
t Torture at Madras. These tortures I
we're Of two CLASSES; they were inflicted O
" Government officials TO extort revenue, 4
nd by the police TO extort secrets and c
o realize other objects. The following .
$ given by the Commissioners, touching
violence; Z
On inquiry into how ulcers were caused, 4
e stated that his wrists we're placed be- v
ween two pieces Of wood, which were 4
squeezed together with great
1rce, and that a rough rope charged with d
Owdered chillies and mustard seed, aud o
loisiened with a solQ Of salt, was Il