Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-08-26
How the British Put Down
RebeilioL.G.

Inc DTitish presses still harp on the cru.
city and ferOeity which our loyal com.
manders are said to exhibit in their con-,
duct Of the war. No proofs have been or
can be given to sustain the allegations.
which, We observe are not recalled. even
when the rumors on which thew have been
proiesssdly based have been proved desti-
tute Of truth. These things are only inn
rOrtaDt as showing the dRimus If our for
eign accusors. And to put this 10 4 clear.
er light, let Ne glance at some Of those we'll
known proceedings Of the British armies
which have never received the Condemns
ton Of these British statesmen and PRESS
Is.
In his book entitled "My Diary 10 To-
diA." DR.. Russell says a French officer had
complained Of certain violence attributed
t. come British officers in cold blood. Bat
he should krOw,p Gays the Doctor, "tbat
there is no cold blood at the sight Of reb-
el." lie then adds:
well Neil marched Com AI!ahada5-
his executions were SOC numerous and in
Discriminate, that one Of the officers ats;
tached to his column. bad to demonstrate
with him on the ground that IL he depopu-
lated the country he could ge. no supplies
for the men,"
At Delhi a certain house was held BY
the rebels with resolute bravery, which
DR.. Russell says. was worthy OF being
chauted in national song. But after the
house had been completely perforated BY
artillery, and entered, and most of the few
remaining inmates dispatched-the MARIA
tive ran thus:
"One of their number was dragged out
to the sandy plain outside the house he
was palled by the legs to a convenient
place, where he was held down. pricked in
the face and body by the bsyooets Of some
# the soldiery, whilst other collected fuel
for n small pyre. and when all was ready
-Me man irds roasted 0lire! There were
Engiishmen looking Cn-more than one
officer saw it. No one offered TO interfere
The horror Of this internal cruelty was ag.
gravated by an attempt Of the miserable
wretch to escape when half burned TO
death. By sudden effort he leeped away
and with the flesh hanging from his bones,
ran for a few yards ere he was caught.
brought back, put On the FIRE again, and
held there by bayonets till his remains
were consumed"
DR.. Russell refers to tie hanging of a rel
alive Of HindOo prince, under circum'
staucee of most disgusting indignity, while
q chaplain stood BY among the spectators"
and he adds ::
"All these kinds Of vindictive unchris-
tan Indian torture, such as sewing Ma
homedans in pig skins, smearing them
with pork fat before execution, and turn-
ing their bodies, aud forcing Hindcos to
defle themselves, are disgraceful, and ul.
timately recoil on ourselves. They are
spiritual and mental tortures to which we
have no right to resort, and which se dare
not perpetrate in the face Of Europe.
What a confession ia this But what
reader Of these extracts will not feel that
| it is too true? To proceed, however.
! Here are two brief extracts which speak
| for themselves
"Ons Of the civilians Of that Station,
/ who visited me, boasted that be had bang
! ed 81 men in a few hours for plundering
! village"
"In two days forty two men were hang
ed on the roadside. and batch Of twelve
men were executed because their faces
! were turned the wrong way" when they
met on the march. All the villages in his
/ (Re'aud'sl frUnt were burned when be
! halted 4"
Rec riding a visit to = particular locality
| DR.. Russell says:
Il heard a story which ast1nished me
-Ipi the tale so much, for have heard
many Of them as the way u wac told."-
This is it, and we think il will astonIsh
others:
On a certain occasion q Place was
strongly occupied by the enemy. Our men
carried it with great gsllantry, and burst
ing in proceeding to kill ali whom they
Sound inside. The work Vas nearly COM
pleted, when this officer perceived a num-
Der of Sepoys crouching upon the fat roof
Of the Enclosure. They had been firing
on our men, but seeing the terrible fate Of
their ccmiades they thought 70 escape no.
tee, and bad taken 10 this place Of refuge
They made signs to surrender, and he or
dered them to come down the narrow stair
ease leading from the roof. aud ss the frst
Sepoy pTeared be told the man to take
Of has belt aud pouch aud lay it with hip
musket down upon the ground. The same
thing he did with each succeeding Sspoy
till he had got them all. ffiy-seren in
number; upon which, be said:
81 fell them iG against the wall and
soli some Sikbs who we're handy to polish
them of! This they did immediately,
shooting ard bayoneting them. so that al.
together. they were disposed Of in a couple
OF minutes."
Il not this enough. 10 all conscience p
And yet this is fraction Of the list, pub.
lished ard unpublished, Of the atrocities
perpetrated by the English in suppressing
the rebellion in India. They are az OBJ
posite to the course Of our government in
the present war as the blacklist darkness is
to sunlight. We know they are condemn.
! ed by the great mass Of the English PEG.
pie. But while they are freshly on record
before the eyes of the world, can any Eng
lish statesman or press, with the least re-
; gard to justice or prOpriety. attempt to
direct public Indignation against our gov.
eminent. There can be bui one answer TO
such a question.