The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-12-18

handed tricks which the malcontents resort TO
cannot but keep the country in perpetual agita.
tiOn, and render the presence OF large armed
force over a certain proportion Of the kingdom
a disagreeable necessity.
The other great drawback under which Great
Britain is laboring at the present time is the
expedition to Abyssinia. Our Government ex-
pends millions every year for the support of
large army at home as well as in our East Innia
possessions. These colonies are garrlsoned by
a force twice as numerous as the one employed
in Europe and the rest of the widely scattered
British possessions and it is but fair to suppose
that in any war TO be carried on in that region,
in such parts of the globe as are most accessi-
bic from India the same army, or pant OF it,
should be employed, without an additional call
for men or money on the Home Government
Nevertheless, such is the case, and the country
will soon be burdened with an additional debt,
arising from the enormous expenses connected
with this expedition. That our Government is
fully justified IN waging war against half
savage prince, who has the audacty of keeping
some of our people in close confinement, with4.
out the slightest provocation, and contrary to
the law of nations, nobody will deny; and the
British arms may thus be ultimately destined
to carry the blessing of civilization into
country hitherto known but TO a small minority
of Europeans. If 50, the lives lost and the
money spent IN this enterprise may serve to a
higher end than we can ioresee at the present
time; but if the expedition should end dis
astrously, and prove to be failure, what would
the consequences be?
Another insurrection in India is the almost
inevitable result of such a calamity and the
Government therefore, acts wisely in taking
every IrecautiOn, and in preparing themselves
for any emergency TO insure success to the
enterprise in which the country is engaged.
The peculiar relations of the native tribes of
India TO the British Government explain the
above assertion. 1t is a fact well known to all
those who have ever taken an interest in Indian
matters, and have watched the policy of the
British Governors Of those remote colonies, that
the military and civil representatives of the
Home Government, and those who are in charge
of the immediate direction of internal matters
in the East, are, by no means, as we'll acquainted
with the character of the natives as their posi-
tions render necessary.
The careful observer who has travelled in
India will tell you that no sympathy whatever
exists between the British and the native, from
the prince and nabob down to the water
carrier. The representatives of the Govern
ment do not even make an effort to adapt them
selves to the character of the aborigines, nor do
they make due allowance for their tastes habits,
and deeply-rooted principle of independence
from foreign rule. The relation is, therefore,
with the exception of few tribes, that of the
conqueredS to the corqueror; and any reverse
TO the British arms in Abyssinia. where more
Indian than British troops have been sent, from
the fact of the former being used to the cll-
mate, would seriously affect the prestige of supe
riority which the British enjoy atpresent among
the natives of India, and raise the hopes of the
latter for independence from British rule. Our
Government is fully aware of this danger, and
the country has, therefore, reason to look with
jealous eye TO what is at present going on in
the northeast part of Africa.