The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-05-12
English Rule In Hindostan.


The New York Sun says; To his fell
low-members of the Geographical Soci-
ETY.. in Chickering Hall, last evening.
ex-MaiOr A. G.. Constable, lately in tho
East India Company's service, spoke II
Hindostaa. IL is, he said, the richest
country "a the world, its exports being
annually 500, OO0,O 900 in excess Of is
imports. Its 2Is,0 00, 900 Of inhabitants
speak 100 distinct dialects, and are gov
erned by the people Of one little island
in the North Atlantic. Sixty millions
are still nominally under the sway II
princes, who have very respectable ar
mics. To control this number cf hu-
man beings England has only 6O,op0
Europeans and 10000 native soldiers.
IL is generally believed that there are
four castles, the Brahmins, the warriors.
the traders, and the working people in
Hindostan, but there are only two.
Brahmins and working people.
Some Brahmins look with contempt
upon other Brahmins, and the working
people are self-divided into about 50 sub
divisions. A goldsmith is conceded TO be
az the head Of the working class, and
he deems himself little inferior 10 the
Brahmins. lie disdains carpenters and
b~lacksmiths. But wherever the iphu-
encc of the Anglo Saxon is the strong
est the lines of demarcation between
the classes are indistinct. A Brahmin,
for instance, often finds that he must
ride in a railway carriage with a work
ing man. The Brahmins are often
poorer than the working people, and
must accept aims from them. Bat the
w~orkingman's shadow even must fan
athwart the Brahmin's.
The rule Of the Englisr has been an
unalloyed blessing 10 Hindostan. The
English have never annexed a mile u
territory that was not essential TO their
safety. The failure Of the English 10
CONQUER Afghanistan was a victory, for
o-day it is a most etiectual barrier
ag,inst the Russians. Russia has been
making a foothold for three hundred
years, beginning with the ~subjugaiion
of Kassam. Yet her achievements dur
ing that period are in no wise compar-
able with those Of England. There she
looks with jealous eyes upon her young
err and more fortunate rival. England's
government Of her conquered subjects
Is essentially civil, but kussia's Is milf
tary, and in the difference between the
two governments lies the secret Of the
far greater success Of the former. There
is not a native prince in India who does
not feel that the British Government j.
for the people.
Whenever the English have gained
new territory they have assigned officers
- as.I fwfsu ffffa ~. th. ma
tive owner Of even the smallest part "
il, aud for every acre Of cultivated land
a LEGAL deed Is held. The burning II
widows and the destruction Of female
children j. asuncommon in India to-day
As i'm New York. The last suffice that
came within the cognizance of the In
lish was performed in 1919. The mag
istrate Of the district was informed that
it would bc done the following morning
unless he should interfere. He rode
hard and fast, attended by suldiery, but
the priests had fastened, and dying em-
bers alone marked the place where the
woman had been burned. The priests
and her nearest relative were tried and
sentenced 10 death, but were transport
ed for life. But the abolition of suffice,
and Of tho destruction Of female chill
dren, was not so much due t. rigorous
laws, As 10 the enlightenment Of the
Brahmin doctors Of the law by Europe
an scholars.
Laborers in India get Sl.JO a month
and find themselves laughter but Il
they can maintain themselves upon half
Of that sum, il is good pay. Carpenters
receive - a month. Yet there : no
poverty in India. Laborers' and car
penters' wives and children wear 4 sur
{ prising number Of gold and silver orna-
ments. Their savings are invested m
them, for they have no banks. II has
been calculated that SJO,OVo,coO worth
Of the precious metals are lost by attri-
ton every year in India.
? As o as the sun goes down, the
days work j. deemed ut an end. The
women shoulder their pitchers and goio
the wells. There they loiter and gossip.
The men engage in games OF checkers,
or gather in the groves, lit by myriacs
Of fire-flies, and listen 10 wonderful tales
about Brahma. The English dare not
, engage i'm the conversion of llindostan.
! III the Hindoos once thought that the
: English intended to force them from
. their religion, the whole land would %
in "A blaze.
The English have built up a vast rail-
way system, established police and eN'
: %cellent prisons, sterniy enforce the laws,
: have introduced irrigation and a won
derful network Of canals. but they car
not openly favor the work Of Christian
missionaries among the Hindoos.
Yesterday As an elderly married