Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-28
BRITISH MISCEGENATION
Marriage of Beautiful English Lady to
HinlOO Prince.

Marriage of a Beautiful English Lady to Il
Hindoo Prince.
III. D. Conway writes as follows from
London to the Cincinnati Commercial:
"The Langalibalele affair has once
more shown that it is almost impossible
for the Anglo-Saxon to live on terms of
equality with negroes, or indeed, for
that matter, with any race of dark COM
plexion. News arrived here from India
this week that young Oxonian scholar,
who, from q highly creditable examina-
ton for the civil service, had passed to
the prospect of q brilliant career in In
dia, has been shot by his servant and
killed. It is Malcolm Reade, brother to
the distinguished traveller aud author,
Winwood Reade. The friends of this
young man are inconsolable, and they
have universal sympathy, and yet the
incident which led to this tragedy is
significant of the deplorable condition
of Anglo-Indian Society. The young
man had administered corporal chas
tisement to his servant, and while he
was asleep the servant killed him. [
suppose that Malcolm Reade, known to
have been amiable and good tempered,
might have resided in England to the
itv of striking any one of his
servants. Not the lowest and coarsest
Irishman would ever have received
a blow from him. The more amiable
we know him to be the more apparent
is it that the Englishman instinctively
treats the cOlored man as his slave.
This social condition of India has
caused a good deal of excitement in re-
lation to marriage which is to occur
here in London within the next few
days. An eminent Hindoo is to marry
a London beauty. The gentleman in
this case is Mutu Coomara, Swamy.
Swamy is title, and literally means
God As it is not usual to designate
mortals with such high title as that
Though his bride would pass pretty
fairly as a "goddess'') this gentleman i
designated by that which Queen Vic
toria has given him, Sir Mutu Coomara,
for he is an eminent member of his
majesty's council in Ceylon, and be-
sides this he has written some Oriental
books of high value. The lady is a
Miss Lily Becky, lady distinguished
in her circle as an artist, but also as
being more beautiful than any picture
she ever painted. One wonder is that
bee utiful young lady should be found
ready to we'd pagan. The Hindoo
first met the young lady In company
Of English people who have long repu-
dated Christianity, and he being no
adherent of any special eastern sect,
they found basis of religious har-
mony in simple Theism. But the most
serious matter of speculation is the re-
ception which the two will meet with in
the east, for which they will soon
depart. No case of inter-mar-
riage between a Hindoo anil person
of the English race seems to have ever
been known before. Old residents of
India have informed me that it is abso-
lutely unprecedented, and that if Sir
Mulu were to take his bride to any part
of India, both of them would be treated
by the whites as pariahs. They all agree
that in Ceylon the prejudice against
'miscegenation" will probably be less,
and that the Hindoo's very high rank
Che would be king of Ceylon if Queen
Victoria should resi- gn the island) and
official position would enable them to
tide over the first Indignation. But the
agitation the coming marriage has caus-
ed In s'Oriental circles" in London,
proves that anything like an amalgama-
ton Of races in India is not to be con-
templated. At the same time Indians
are received in the highest society in
London on terms of perfect equality;
young ladies dance and firt with them
as industriously as with others; and it
requires the atmosphere of India to
bring about the singular evaporation of
este feeling to which have referred.
The sooner the English people can stop
subiugating to the Queen races they al e
unable to treat as fellow subjects, the
more speedily will certain ugly clouds
vanish from their horizon.