The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-08-16

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specie have usually open policies, and the con
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HeW the By1tiah Subdne RebelNens.
The British presses still harp on the, cruelt,
and ferocity which our loyal commanders are sait
to exhibit In their conduct Of the war. N,
proofs have been or can be given to sustain th,
allegations, which, we Observe, are notrecalled
| even when the fumors On which they have beer
pfofesssdly based have been proved destitute o.
truth These things are only important - show
ing the aninus Of our foreign sccussral And
- put this in clearer light says contsnpora
~, let ~ glance at some Of those well known
pfooeedings Of British armies which have never
received the condemnation Of these British
statssneni and presseA The city Of Bsdsjol
was CALAMITY defended BY the French AGAINST
Lord Wellington's troops, but was at length
captured. The consequence 10 thus relstsd By
Col. Napier: Now commenced the wild and
desperate wickedness which tarnishsd the lsstfs
Of the soldier's heroisna. Shameless rspaeity,
| brutal dntetferenee, savage lust cruelty and
murder, sbsieks and usiamsntatieus, groans,
shouts and imprecations, the Kissing Of 6rea
bursting fion the houses, the crashing Of doora
and windows, the reports Of nuskeo used In
| violence, resounded for two days and NIGHTS in
the streets Of Bsdajoa On the third day, when
the city Was saolsd, when the soldiers were OK
hausted BY their own cxcesses, the tumult
rather subsidtd than was quelled- The wounded
men were then looked to and the dead buried. "
These atrocities, it should bs remembered,
we're perpetrated not on the French, but on the
innocent inhabitants, the allies of those who
captured the city, and ought to have protected
them. And yet, men Who never said Z word in
public about such affairs % this, have pronounc.
ed Gen. Buffers course at New Orleans q s'in-
famous" But Wellington fought many years
ago; and as our English friends insisted, in the
Mason and Slidell case, that the precedents Of
old times we're good for nothing, W win come
down to the present day. Within : few years
England has had to subdue rebellion, Just O.
We are doing now. Let Us see how abe went to
work, and what example she Get ua We have
. sufficient authority in Dr.. Russell, who has, in
part described both wars. A sLT 's4@'9'
In his book, entitled my Diary in India" Dr.
Russell Gays French officer had complained Of
certain violences attributed to some British off,
GERS in cold blood. But hs should know SAYS
the Doctor, THAT there is no cold blood ct the
sight Of Rebel" He then adds: @7 Es
"When Neill marched from Allahabsd bis ex-
ecutions were 90 numerous and indiscriminate,
that one Of the officers attached to bis column
had to demonstrate with him, on the ground that
if be depopulated the country he could get no
supplies for the men," -+...
At Delhi certain house wss held BY the reb.
els with resolute bravery which. Dr. Russell
says, was worthy Of being chanted in national
song But after the house had been completely
perforated by artillery, and entered, and most Of
the few remaining inmates dispatched-the mar.
rative proceeds thus: 'i3 a--I'h
zone Of their number was dragged out to the
sandy plain outside the house 10 was pulled
BY the legs to convenient place, where be was
held down, pricked in the face and body BY the
bayonets Of some Of the soldiers, whilst others
collected fuel for small pyre,a and when Ill
was ready-le man pds roasted alivei There
were Englshmen looking on-more than one Of.
horror of this internal cruelty wss aggravated
cape when half burned to death. By sudden
effort he leaped away, and, with the Aeeh hang
ing from his bones, ran for few yards ore he
was caught, brought buck, put on the fire again
and held there by bayOnets till his remains were
consumed" s5g5niss7 SIC adt ts..i ras p.
Dr. Russell refers to the hanging Of relative
Of Hindoo Prince, "under circumstance Of the
most disgusting indignity, while chaplain stood
BY among the spectators" !" and he adds: Is, {
"AM these kinds Of vindictive, unchristaip,
Indian torture, such % sewing kahommsdans in
pig skins, smearing them with pork fat before
execution, and burning their bodies, and forcing
Hindoos to defle themselves, ere disgrsoeful,
and ultimately recoil on ourselves They ore
spiritual and mental tortures to which We have
no right to resort, and which we dare not per.
petrate in the face of Europe" =
What confession 10 this! But what reader
Of these extracts will not feel that it b too true.
70 proceed, however. Here are two brief ex.
tracts which speak for themselves:
"One Of the civilians Of the station, who vis.
tied me, boasted that he had hanged ffty.four
men in few hours, for plundering . village"
In two days forty.two men were hanged on
the roadside, and batch Of twelve men we're
executed because their faces were turned the
wrong way when they met on the march. al
the villages in his (RenaudS) front were burned
when be halted.n iisa1 wan a9t .#aIe 4., r
Recording visit to particular locality, DR.,
Russell ssys: 81 heard story which astonishsd
me-not the tale 20 much, for I have heard
many of them-as the way it was told.s This
ID II, and We think it will astonished others:
ton certain occasion . place was stropply
occupied by the enemy. Our men carried It
with great gallantry, and bursting in, proceeded
to kill all whom they found inside. The work
vas nearly completed when this officer perceived
number Of Sepoys crouching upol the Hat rooi
Of the enclosure. They had been firing On Our
men, but seeing the terrible fate Of their csn-
rades, they sought to escape notice, and had
taken to this place Of refuge. They made signs
to the officer that they would surrender, audi
ordered them to come down the narrow staircase
leading 70 the roof, and as The first Sepoy ap-
peAred he told the man to take OF his belt and
pouch and lay It with bis musket down upon the
ground. The same thing he did With each nc.
cseding sepoy till he had got them Ill, ffty-
seven In number; upon which he said, Il fell