The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-07

Let us Degn with India Little more than a century
SINCE few English traders landed at Calcutta and at
one two of the other great cities of India. From
the princes of the country they obtained permission to
erect warehouses The next step was to quarrel with
the native population, which they very easily did by
cheating and insulting them. Then these English
chapmen proceeded to take higher step. They defed
the authorities Of the country These, as matter OF
course asserted their power and punished the insolent
foreign upstairs In instance, renowned as the
Black Hole of Calcutta affair." several Of these English
traders barbarousy treated. This afforded the
excuse for armed interference for which the English
Government longing, and which beforehand it had
carefully plotted and prepared
They at once invaded the land with fire and sword
deposed its sovereign, slaughtered his subjects and
took permanent possession of country and capital
palaces and ceis, which they held from that day to
this That much accomplished, by devilish Devices
which space will not here permit us to describe they
stirred up strife between themselves and the native
prince State which happened the misfortune Of the
latter, to be their next neighbor lie was deposed as
matter of course and has country seized The process
repeated hundreds of times over, till now England
rules in India from Ceyon to Cashmere over than
one hundred and fifty millions of human beings. The
blessings" which British rule has conferred the Orissa
famine, in which, during the past year, three of these
millions of human beings died of hunger can most
efectualy describe. But what of that Has not the
English Queen yearly income of more than two
hundred millions of dollars Have not English dukes
and lords been aggrandzed? And is there not in india
endless plumber and fattenng ground for the pauper
branches of the English arstocracy?
Two hundred years ago. Spain was the greatest of
nations Her scepter swayed lmitless regions in
the new world and the wealth of and nations
poured out her feet England and enved this and
resolved to ruin it, By the revolt of the Portuguese,
and the acknowledgment of their national independence
the way of Spain had been all but closed to the Atlantic
ocean. She left but outlet the straits Of Glib
ratar. These dominated by barren rock. Eng
land seized that rock erected it one of the most
powerful orresses that exists on earth and holds it
this hour. What has been the result Why, that Spain
has sunk to sixth rate power, which, owing to her
blind and stupid bigotry is hardly worthy to be called
power at all and England reves in all the untold wealth
of which the fallen Iberians have been deprived
The wealth of the East-the gold wrung out of the
toll and blood of the muttudinous millions of the
ensaved and ignorant serfs who people these prolific
regions things have long constituted prize for
which the conquerors of the world have longed and
contended It was SO with Alexander of Macedon,
who partly realized his ambitious dream. But it
not SO with greater man, Napoleon the Corscan who
on his way to the gorgeous East, was SO efectuay
baed in Egypt that he obliged to resign the enter
prise and to return to France To this point the
bition of Russia has long been directed But mark this
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the conquerors have vainy strlVen to secure
STILL she fears France and would have good reason to
do SO were not ruled by bastard Buonaparte, who
secure his seat the throne shares in her niquty
STILL she fears him, especially since his agent, NJ De