The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-03-15

have no souls, aud the Elst India Com
Pany had only the devouriug Teeth and
claws of wild beast. The unhappy
subject realm, copquered by rapine,
murder, the LAW of the bandit and pirate,
was ruled 10 corresponding spirit. 1,
is impossible FOR Us. at the present time,
TO give more thar few scattering scraps
of this astounding history. But no one
can read this awful record. without feel
ing that when the English became mas
ters Of India, every preteness OF honor.
mercy, justice. civilization, were laid
aside that the vanquished race we're re-
garded as having no rights Which The
coDquerors were bound 10 respect that
they were oppressed, plundered. outraged.
butcher,d by thousands and Tens. Of
thousands, with rs little conjunction as
when We destroy vermin. Only in the
conquest Of Peru and NJ. xieo By the
/ Spaniards. can We lad modern Paral
/ lei. -a '-- - '4i-
A swarm of clerks, magistrates aud COL
leotors. covered the counlry, and rau riot
in plunder and blood. Enormous taxes
were levied, aud so long rs the collectors
made good their payments to the Com
I pauy, no questions are asked concerning
The extra exsct;ous wrung (or their own
smolument from the oppressed and fam
ish,d people. The whole vast empire was
literally taxed down to the starvation
point. In many cases. extortion over
leaped itself. Indiais country efbound
less natural resources the people are
generally industrious and frugal, and a
very little suffices to sustain. life ; but
even this li;lle the rapacity of their con
querors often denied them The natural
consequences followed. In 1870, more
than three millions of people perished of
starvation in the kingdom Of Bengal. In
1888. and at various other times. similar
desolating calamities have occurred. Du-
ring the past century, probably nine
tenths Ct the entire produce Of British
India has been swept into the Golfers OF
the master race. Famine, pestilsnce,
misery, everywhere f5llowed the track
Of christian England. In seasons oil
plenty, i! was possible to pay the taxis
and YET sustain life. but failure OF dim
inution of crops WAS sigusl for ua7ver
6 sal distress aud starva,ion. aBaGthis wa
not the worst. The British govern
ment, through its sub agents, has infic
ted such fortunes upon land holders sus
pected- of secreliug portions of thei
J. harvests, as modesty and respect for re-
q End sensibiIities utterly foybii Us to de
= scribe in detail, L,t US quote the fol
. l, lowing, from Burks's history of singh
D scene of the expressions of Warren Has
tiugs. .1'a .5" $40 -'-e.. 3.
The country was 10 many parts lsi,
> wholly waste. The peas nts were LEI
IF lille more than their families and thei
!. bodies. The families were soon disposed
- of. II is known observation, hat 'thos
who have the fs west OF all other worldly
y equipments, are the most .tenderly al
L tached to their Children aud wives. Th,
d most tender OF parents sOldtheir childrer
in the market TIE most fondiy ljealou;
of their husbands sold lheir wives The
tyranny OF Mr. Hastings extinguished
e every sentiment of father, son, brother
= and husband! aI.-. t'Es Ao'4 'sA'S 10
Inow come to the la,ese stage Of their
mistress Nothing bat the bodies re
NAMED. A nd here began suCha eeries
Of cruelties and tortures as believe pt
: history has ever presehted'to TIE 4indg
' nation of the world. Mr.. Patterson, tn,
commissioner appointed to inquire init
!, the state 81 the country, makes dfis oWt
apology and mine for opening this scene
Il Of horrors to you in the folowng words
a That the puuishments Inflicted upon tht
e laborers both of Rungpore and Dinage
. pore for non payment, were IN many IN
stances of such ayHatuves that1,I woult
rather wish to draw a veil over than
il than shock your feelings by the detail.
< They began b. winding cords atodh,
n The fingers OF the unhappy freeholdeTs 0
those provinces, until they chung to an,
ware almost Incorporated vi b one an
% other; and theu they hammered wedge
II Of iron between them, until, regardless
al Of the cries o. tie sufferers they 1Iar
;, bruised to pieces and for ever cripple,
. those poor, honest, innocent, Iabjriou
hands, which had never bseu raised {
D. their mouths, but with penatiou5 an,
> scanty proportion Of the fruits of thei
ofJ own soil. To, those benifcent hand
J. that labor for our benefit, tbs return o
4 the British government has been cords
and hammers, and wedges But there /
o a place, where those hands will act agaihs
7. US with resistless power. what is tba
y they will not pull down, VIXEN they III
|. lifted to hsaveRa against their pPpress
ors ?" ra.aas -.5gts o,s~s A. tsu
(! The eloquent NARRATOR goes on wit
Ct his description of IhesS scenes Of cru
= city; of men who were hadg head dow q
% ward. and scou .ged to death by thou
rs sands with. whips Of ihorps, ard rol
dripping with eauslieg poisens; Ofth
q. female laudhOlders. who suffered torture
y too hideousi to describe IN this plac,
re We viii only quote one. more. passag'
"a showing The natural result Of such fesl
IN full oppression; seas % Ls.fiIas :oi
d. "These nonstrous and es(prsssiVe III