The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1872-02-03
Cae Gsapelitr.
BRITIsH INDIA,

Nr. James Brooks, of he McV York
E<frs:J, wac spent The las: summer
abroed, wrote a series Of interesting
letters descriptive Of his jourueyings,
ffon cos Of which the following is au
sxtract:
tir6ras is the seat of government of
ttc Madras (British) Presidency, over
wk.eh Lord Napier, some fifteen or
tEer:y years ego the British Minister
r Washington, now reigus. His lord
snip n reported 20 be US great beau
Aerc n 10 was in Warrington, when a
.yoreger ncn--r grea. tavori;e with the
H1sea, aud, CT course, not SO great n
ls>erite with the men. The Govern.
ert House CT Palace, here, and the
bic gardens around, are sumptuously
kXt up; bu. there is nothing IN the
&c to see, except the European resi-.
@snces on the coast. There are quar-.
OF a million of people in the city,
->e4 II ia as hot just now us hot eau be,
the fashionable people have not ye.
c1pe doun from "the hills" to their
FR1rses on tn. coast. This coast, by the
is bad, very bad, and, in this
ionic seasoa, perilous. The road
lcrc 10 all open to the sea, and the
lncs pour in surge and surf that only
o1iss boats, manned by some twenty
teenty five ra.ivo meu, eau manage
- tide over--and this, too, 10 boat, 10,
nllsd, but sewed together, SO that their
a accommodate their motions to
w curfl
tis part of India-the Bay of Ben.
..ae, and the other, the Arabian, or
44olaa sea side--is the Lrst part the
nu<oPeans got hold Of, after the Arabs
kssfered the way from the Red Sea.
tirss came the Portuguese, with their
9stt!anents; then, the Spanish; then,
ee Dutch, French aud English-all the
.hers now being gone, except Pondi.
erEy, (Frenoh,) on this side, and G oa,
ertugrese,) on the other. One asks,
keeps asking, why have the great
tuguese and the yet greater Spanish
g almost extinguished in the East.
-lle Che British aag rules and reisns
there, aud everywhere q? Many
pecause OF the Roman Catholic
c''b.on Nonsense. The Dutch have
~ been Roman Catholics. and thew
eoshing left but Java and Sumatra.
II VI III.
~ Eugilsh here are, in religion, Ro.
Sathollcs, Hindoos, Mahometans.
cenists, Parsees, anything aud every.
. Keep power. They patronize,
| aola and vindicate gods Of all sorts,
ishnu to Buddha, for the sake of
non. The Veda and the Shastras
= good as the Bible to them if as
1ound in gold In my judgment,
sfue secret Of British power here is
egio, saxon inveterate, incurable,
omitable conviction that the wb;te
y the superior Of the red man or
man, and was created BY God TO
neir master. This is not Eye,or
preaching, know, which has been
Ierred to the couveHticles of the
ID States; but it is the conviction
Englshman here, and the CON.
EloN and ACTION on which he gov.
With rod of iron, though yery
able and tender rod, his 200, ,OOO'.
y subjects here. The Portuguese.
me Spanish, aud the Freuch. and
1ateh, to some, though lesser ex.
attempted government in India
'he different principle Of equality
paternity, and consequent amalga.
p, while the EDglishman has pre-
T. MS caste aud his race. Just
Is the story 10 Mexico aud other
sh American States, is the story
half breeds, quarter breeds, ali.
p breeds of Portuguese, Spanish
fcuch, aud hence, consequent dc.