The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-24


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cause they AFRO legitimate profits derived
from increased business, after tho public
interest is first assured.
Hr. Gladstone Charged with Treason.
Only short time ago Mr. GLADSTONE
publicly denounced au article in the our
UtJ RcUi,V as worthy 10 hc burned hy the
common hansnan. Ills language was in
temperate aud manifested too ready n dis
position to Interfere with the liberty of the
press. II was widely criticised by Thought
mi writer's in ENGLAND. and furnished an
cn'cctivc argument To those who Insisted
that his powers as stat man are waning.
Now however, his party opponents have
initiated he's own weakness. Nj. GLADSTONE
has contributed to the last number oi the
| NMei,Oiih JHiiry an article ON the employ
mcnt uf Enst Indian troops IN Europe. lie
prOnounccs the recent action of tine Ministry
| unlawful and unjust. India Is to hc intro
duccd into partnership in European wars.
In this partnership. he says, the ciIuaion ui
blood viii fall largely 60 the Indian share.
But the policy will be ours. The command
ours. Tho reward and promotions ours.
India will be AZ much at the beck Of our
will as the elephants whom perhaps, with
the aid of n little winter clothing, she may
send us We shall use her rs We use steam
engine, and shall consult her just as much:
she will have just rs much control over the
expenditure Of her own blood as tho loco-
motive over the consumption Of fuel. at
least, this alone will Lc her share unless and
until size cNplodes'
The article from which we tato these
words has been brought 10 the attention OF
! the House of Commons 10y Mr. HANBUW;
ut the departure of the latest mails he was
! shortly to move n resolution that its Ian
! guagc was much To bee condemned as calcu-
lated To- create scdition in the Indian En-
! pirc. II is declared to be distinctly scdtious
and to belong to the region Of the treason
ablc by 50 sensible journal ~ the HU MAI
Gds,No and altogether 1t seems 20 have
aroused political tempest quite d-propUr-
Tomato to its Importance
The subject il serious, however, just as
! Mr.. GLADsrOSE's previous dcnunciation of
The (,uti'rlg was serious in the willing
ncss which it oVincos ON the part ui pubhc
men in England t. tribe with the right Of
free speech. The article in the .Nnetraih
CENTURY nowhere ovcrs;cps the p.oper
limits uf political discussion. The Com
servatives say it will create di-cou-
tent among the Scpoys and the pco-
pie Of India and 80 it may, although
It's Influence in this respect II doubtless cx-
ayccrattd; but that does not make Mr..
GLAD9ruSL's utteranccs reasonable or see
dtious. His first duty rs a Piivy Councillor
l. To- advise the Queen wisely, and surely II
Is no, treason TO point cut the evil Of per-
sisting i'm a course which WAS adopted hy
hcr Minister'S without notice TO pariiamcu,
and therefore could not be- criticised before
hand. English history auounds ia prccc-
dents Of similarly vigorous speech 10y Eng
lish statesmen and IN times when treason
and sedtion were moro prominent in men .
minds shan they arc NOW; set the loyalty of
the speakers remained unqpcstioucd
Mr. GLApsroNt'e rarcrlS m"clyal im-
U1s sioncd argument oa one idle Of great
Public question. The Conservatives Should
meet this argument. if they can, instead ~
Iromntiu.s it, circulation ly DlllNc l' trod-
son. while the constitutions right 20 bring
ludlan regiments 10 Malta without the pre-
yiou- consent Of Parliament Us opcn t. til"
grayc-t dyDbt, Nj. CLAu.ru,Is~ lttach on
th" measure. ar one ~ police and apart from
its legality. is not 80 difficult TO meet. lie
imp,,c~ that it involves some novel feature
OF Injustice. and asks. "Nill INDIA be- con
tent Can India be- content; Ought India
to bc content IN distant and t. her chii-
Sron. unycuial climos. in lunds Of usage.
tongue, religion, wholly alien, the flower OF
her youth are to bleed and die for us, and
She will have no part hut to suffer and
obey" Yet Indian troops have many times
marched under British colors into alien
lands perhaps not SO utterly strange I,
them a. Europe, but, nevertheless, foreign in
usage. tongue, and religion and no one has
ever minated that there was any injustic,
in It,
Nor il it correct to assert that they vii
have no part but to suffer and obey. Til,
welfare Of India and her people depend.
upon Englands prosperity and power
without English rule, India would rolaps'
into chaos Of anarchy in single hour
And these Sopoys, every man of whom vol
untccred for this very expedition to Europe
have as much interest in the maintenance o
British power as the choicest English
troops of the Queens Royal Guard.
The Conservatives, however, have haril,
tried to answer Mr.. GLADSTONE. The,
charge him with disloyalty. and may Iu-tl.
say he set them the example in that sort O
party warfare. But there has boon no roa
ground for accusations Of reasonable Ian
guagc against either side, Being withou
, foundation, they indicate weakness ON tin
, part of the accuscrS, and help rather thai
, hurt the accused. Mr.. HANBURY may Law
. realized this, as we have no news of an.
/ vote on his motion; but, whatever its fat,
the readiness to suppress free discussion i
, this great constitutional controversy r.
garding the Indian troops il not pleasan
augury in British politics.
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