Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-09-17
BRITISH INDIA.


bugle the Prince OF Wales. heir appar-
emit, will soon land on the soil OF British
India. What country and what his
tory. The country at one time unrivalled
on the face of the earth for the beauty
and variety of its productions, now
sterile desert; the history at one time
the brightest in the annals Of barbaric
monarchy, now blasted record Of wrong,
fraud, tyrrany and peculation. In an
cient times the fertile plans Of Hindostan
were unequalled for their productiveness
and richness. The beauty, softness and
rich quality of the Indian silk could not
be equaled on earth. They were nur-
tured under the rule Of the Moguls,
throughout the varying vicissitudes OF
fortune they aourished until British
power became dominant in Hindostan,
and then they vanished. The manufac-
ture Of calico was one OF midas boasts
and specialties. This manufacture was
their pride for three thousand years. but
at the advent Of the English It fell life
less, the weavers died by the way Of star
walton and the manufacture was trans
ferred to Manchester. The soil Of
Hindostan. without irrigation, is most
barren. "The earth is iron and the
skies are BRASS" Most magnificent and
commodious reservoirs had been built by
native rulers, and fertility diffused
throughout the provinces. But all these
are decsyed and dried up. The culpable
cupidity of the British Government has
neglected to repair them. and the ones
fertile country is a desert. Then a cry
Of wonder goes up from civilized Europe
that famine should occur ia that favored
land blessed by English rule. Subju
gated by the sword, starved by perfidous
meanness, the Hindoo falls PROSTATE be-
fore the idol that is cast In Birmingham
for him to worship, and sent out in tn
same ship with missionaries and hymn
books to convert him from the error of hi
ways. The wrongs of India are manifold
and treasured deep in the native heart
Eighteen years ago it blazed forth i
fierce rebellion against the tyrannica
usurpers. but the wretchsd Sepoys wer
blown from the mouths OF cannons b
Her Christian Majesty's officers an
peace once more smiled over that ur
fortunate land. The step of the BIRTHS
soldier through India has been marke
with blood throughout. The transfo
nation has been thorough and complet
From Warren Hastings to Give it's Il
same record of crushing tyranny al
most terrible subsection. The Engli
are hated in India. From the haugh
est Brahmin to the humblest Pari
there is deep seated resentment a
catalogue of wrong treasured up
future engagement. When the day
reckoning does come the wild retril
tive justice of the native will be terri
in the vindictiveness OF it's furic
strength. India has been given
chance. The devouring greed of Brits
has sucked that country dry and made
the desert land il now is. Before Britt
rule it was self-supporting and pr
porous country. rich in manufactur
agriculture and natural resources. N,
il is . desert. Yet the New York Wo
"a journal that ought to have sol
sense--tells us that British rule in
dia is sminentIy profitable to the
dams; that they were rescued by
paternal kindness OF England from
horrors OF famine which originated
deficient rice crop. How adval
geous it was to those people,. exclai
the New York World, that they had
empire 30 opulent a. the English to 8
ply necessities which were national II
resources which were imperial and In
haustible.'" II the World was discr
ing the reason Of the failure Of the b
Of California such ignorance might
ssxeusabls OF admissible. but the scribt