Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-08-07

people for their representative in Parlia-
ment. are among the marked peculiarities
of the time. The war policy is. or was,
everywhere received with shouts of APP
pause in England. The question of the
hour is no longer whether Germany shall
be united. France free or monrrchical, the
papal power restored, Bulgaria avenged,
but whether English arms may pass freely
from Gibraltar o Madras. and the merce-
naIy forces of India find an easy way to
Europe. The Mediterranean is to be made
IN English highway, and over its quiet
waters the Sepoy and his officers are 10
pass freely and unrestrained. Upon this
the English ministry insist. They are
resolved to vindicate against Russia and
all the world their right of way to their
Eastern provinces, and in support of their
claims they point 10 the vast storehouse of
merccnary soldiers that lies open 10 them
in the east, and prove how easy they may
be transferred by rail and water to London
or Gibraltar. Yet it is somewhat startling
to find the chief of commercial and cviliz-
ed races relying for its military strength
not on the valor and numbers of its own
people, but on the black squadrons of
Hindostan. One is ut once reminded of
Car hage, the country to which the acute
and angry French were once in the habit
of likening perlidious Albion" before
they were reconcied to their neighbor.
The parallel is singularly close between
the commercial mistress of antiquity and
its modern rival. Carthage filled up its
armies with dusky Numidians and subject
Africans; they became its best soldiers; !;
under Hamicar and Hannibal they were
almost the conquerors of the world. The
Sepoy, well olicered might perhaps vie
with their fame; the black Squadrons may
contend successfully with the less active
European. Yet the history of the Sepoys
does not tend to convey perfect confidence
in their fidelity, or even their valor, and u
shade Of doubt must always resi- upon the
stability Of an empire 50 extensive or so
divided by distances as to be- forced to
commit its safety 10 the care of hired and
perhaps disoyul suldiers.
The Sepoys, in fact, are only held in
check by he large infusion of Europeans
OF the Indian army Of 1901 men, 64,-
9S5 are white. One-third at least of the
whole force must be European in order TO
secure the loyalty of the rest; and the
memory OF the fearful outbreak of 1857
has never ceased to throw II shadow of
doubt and fear upon the employment OF
lndIas dusky leglons.
Cawhpore, Lucknow, Delhl, still haunt
inc lhhcy OF the Doluest Indian politicians.
Like the revolt OF the mercenarles under
t walls of Carthage, one of the horrible
pictures Of the past, the rising of the Sc
puys was attended by such dreadful cir
cunst ncos as modern warfare can seldom
parallel At Lucknow the Scanty Garrison
OF 7OO men, few brave officers and n
lteble lhrong OF more thtn 5Oo women
and children endured Tor more than eleven
ks lhe 10 rurs OF the siege. The
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tIle l'esiuency-a sliall lhc,osure lmper-
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