The New York herald., 1870-01-02
NEW YORK HERALD SUNDAY JANUARY q 187o-rRpLE SHEET

his tho entire Inhabitants or two villages. one Of
winch had furnished roDe to the army oi tn
Nogul were slaughtered ana, In Imitation or The
SAID THAT hundred thousand natives were slain In
the year tha followed the suppression oil the mutiny
Tne mind OF the nativo is nueliDy impressed wth
eratons hence tha terrible cruelty or tne 'SahlDa''
wiz iorin as now iayorite topic oil native coayer
Hation Inc worst OF the Matter ~ that II rising
should ever take place again G VIII probably be Q
general one Men VINO woud prefer TO stand neu-
srai VIII throw IN their lot with the rebels, hoping to
maze the revolt success, aud tearing that " ~ be
failure they Will be punished whether innocent or
gIiity. Innocent men were Killed VI thousands ana
scores OF thousands IN tne last revolt ana 50, argue
the natives they wlll De axaln.
Upon this subsratan or tne general dislike OF the
natives For any European governnent tue UNIVERSAL
haired ana dislike existsng between the Two races
and tho memory Of tne horrible atrocities Of tho
government aiter the mutiny various special weeds
OF disconent nourish various parts OF the coul
Try ana III various ranks OF society. The rich and
the educated classes or Hindoos are Disconnected
because the oniy career before them ~ money
making. Here and there native has become
Judge or nign oiicai Dut sncn cases are rare OK
ceptiOnS. Ine poor are dlsconiented because tney
are miserable; because faIunes OF more or less
severity are frequent; because tie taxes Oh salt and
opium are heavier tlian tley can pay. la ous pro-
vince OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES are "a. .0o0 ,nen VINO
have been deprived of Sunlttac. or pensions, which
the Old governments allowed them and which the
present one formally recognized. But special grley-
Ices or this Character TOO numerous to be cited
Governilent can scarcely avoia uoing injustice III
exceptional cases. all tnat can no Saiu ~ that these
exceptiohal cases seem more numerous IN lndiA
than IN most other countries
But u TINS dlscontent. 50 widespread and 40 deeply
rOotou AKely " lead W ANY actual resuLY ii the
ives were only able to unite Sogetncr they could, 40
doubt. drive out every european Ia The country.
But exactly the great laing il indian Character
Is inability " c0lnblne-alslrust OF one another.
The Hlndoo and tho uOonl sslspecI each other
OF ali sorts VI evil designs; and though they stood
Slae W sae III the great mutiny they had already
gaareiied heore the rebel ION Was over. rus recent
NlhhaDee conspiracy was confined exclusively 10
Mosic,AS. LooAin. III tho perfect military arrange
ments u the empire ana tae large numeer OF Euro
pean troops s-1O,ulU-constantiy stationed ia lnuia,
there can be but little fear vi successful insurrec
ton. None OF tho natives are armed, except The
Sepoy troops, oil whom there are still l2v 0uo aud
these latter are furnished only wtn the old rae,
wne the wnits troops nave needle guns. And It
must be remembered tnat the natives OF india, with
the exception OF those OF RaJpootana and Beioo-
cnLstan, are destitute Of courage spirit ONLY
Gently tno Bengalees, in . petition 70 the go,ern-
meat descilDsu themselves 40 wei KNOWN
cowaraly race.n II Is not too much TO say that
there swill never be much trouble from within so
loug as England Is al peace with the world.
Bat the natives are colsia--1y looking outside tho
limits oI the empire lor = uoiierer. They are eer-
talnly somewhat uoubliu. as yet IN wnaG alrecton
Jnat delyerer i8 10 be found. Spread all over the
country there arc an unknown number OF men who
are agents Of the Russian government, and VINO are
acDiveii employed Ia dcsclib a. the many vltues
ana excessive oengnity oil Inc Gar The presence OF
tnese men Is sometimes DOUBTED: but ii they
absent how IL 1t that the natives get such accurate
news from 81. Petersburg frequently week before
ltreaches Calcutta through The ordinary cnanues
Thanks 10 the efforts oI tResa agents tue natives are
already beginning 10 iook towards the Norm: bat
they are certainly scarceiy yet prepared To go any
great length to place themselves under the Kaiser OF
all the ku,siaS. greatly amused the 0tner day
by u native anxiousIY asalIg me II l Thought the
United states goverpnenE would send troops 10
nda In the eyelt OF lAeir go!ng TO wir via Great
Britain.
Iho only great Power suspected OF designs pom
India Is Oh course, Russia. she Is constantly near.
Ing the indian frontier, and Few more ears VIII
bring her ouIpoSts on the side oI Chinese Ialtary,
not also on the side Of Afgaanistan, face " ace
with the Ea.llsh troops linen Persia, VINO ~ lite
better than the nand OF Russia Is also gradually ad
vancing towards the indian border, ana sne VIII
very probably soon MAKE second attempt 70 pos
herself OF Herat But II the extreme difficulty
| CT reaching India from the Hmaiayas be iuliy
weighed, together with tne large English force than
could be concentrated IN less Than week to oppose
the nvaders 1t VIA be seen that there Is little ime
| date danger Of RUSSIAN aggression. But every
probability points 10 The occurrence OF that Inyasl on
at some uturc day. IL can hardly be creuitGd tnai
| the Car has expended men ana money IKE walel
i Tor tue past twenty years with tue simple aim OF
planning his eagles Ia the eartOi the central Asatlc
/ deserts. And SO ar ne has even iaied ia suodd-
ing the Wild tribes wno roam over those barren
| wastes, though there are men VINO whisyer
| that he IL not anxious TO tame them
tuofoushy Just yet, ali that nc desires
them 70 remain fierce and lawiess unill some
convenient Gag Ia the iutnre Wllen nc cah Induce
them 10 JON with ni.l IN repeating wnat their IatAers
successfully attempted unoer lanerlane and Chem ia
| knan--tne looting or iniia III would DC somew ua
startling cerminIy 10 that respe ol I5J
years India should again be plundered ~ these un.
tanabie cniren OF Inc iartarJ deserts, ana ea by
| Bus tnere is little danger tnat India VIII enjoy
| change or government Tor q good wnhe 10 come.
iHSiC ndy Oo Outuicuns, pcl,laI5, dDoAS tne HiUIc
many sections oI tae population, Duo alless these
bnouid occur at o very announcement season they viii
be promptly Suppressed. And 4 Russian INVASION ci
India either as an ail TO native rebellion or
cOhqueilly lOfGe, ls not very probable feature oil
tho near luLure. Inat II VIII come some day 4;
almost inevitabie but the time has not yet arrived
IL oasnt w be kept In view, however, tnat tne Brit
ish RUE IA india IS by no means Tie popular tAina
VITA IT'S subjects AZ h represented 10 DC IA Europe,
ana that despite tae general justice oi Its ubstiac
framework, IL IS frequently Ia lts adinlstrato on un
just; Whe, US Is PROBABLY tue case with every other
| 5oycrniuelt VI oae race by another, lt3 officials
trampie recheSsy upon the most sensitive feelings
oil It's subjects. unuer these circumstances poilt
ca cloud no Digger tnan 4 nuns nanu nignL result
! in Lerrioe icnpcs; destructive ailc 10 t..e gov
clAlaclS anQ the governed,