New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-05
BRITISH RTE IN INDIA.

SOME EXTRAORDINARY 40 MISSIONS DY JOHN BRIGHT.
(1rae'J'OD' sssa Deferred Jaiy 49, at H'"''' Rooms
WHAT proportion Of the whole revenue does
the whole amy India Custi f. costs, poieye, nearly
&l7,OOOuUO Por dnnu'n. Iht MT sum Is lhihA,
smaller man TIA bH' mere ~" great expenses Tor OAR
rr - wlcn be flIly connected wltn and added to
tio MT expenses 81 tar army, aud lDink u VIII oe
iOuBu Jna When the GoVeun nj hAs extracted mo ast
hing wncI 70 can safely extract rom tho people Oh
I'm ia by direct ttNe-, OK iuoiNe OF Tie opium duty,
when Is nOt dlrect '9A upon lhdia he army whch Is
necessary 10 harrison InId "Apends rahel more tha
aiiD Tonr authority over 200 900 OF people by
misar' expcniture exceeding une-4a o. ali Tue rev,
enue that extracting nom theu, by system OF
taxation which i'l 10 D. Dudehsome 10 lhe lHst ue-
necessary, II lntrc u remedy posi-
b- no escape this Ill emma IL seems 10 me that II
would De almost better 10 surehueI-O conIesS our
failure, and u say mat tue Leh Oh great rh
PIE in Asia 10y persons SEM out as rulers ON ts small
ISLAND in the Atlantic Is impossible ana Ougdt never "
have existed
the opinion OF the people OF india aud of states
have reHccied upon the Affairs OF iHda, tnat IN
reference To h poverty OF the Peep OF Ilda,
taxation reao cd ae hignest p'ssioie pOhtlhdt IN
point Of laet IL has reached position when Is aDsO-
uiry dang the condition OF the country, even
Though the imposedupOD dotle ana uuaIhed
people. II there DC only AIR qnantum OF tiuth IN
wnal have said. may not ask whether there is not
gooC In regard 10 the state OF things IN
frdia Inc educated natives OF India losing
lencc In he Government ~, aud they
coming TO ths Eu1lisH Parliament aud the English pub
c-tarsugh the agency OF meetings such ao tins TO stale
their view. Ihe educ ted nd.Ses OF India ale Oeco-
ing numerous every year, ana there are now a.
many native Indians who redd Shakespeare anu Milton
IS tuere Lugiand. ICheers.l As tie native OF
Indln studies orr language and reads literature. the
teTrOrs ANA tE1 uhIkhees OF hs supefstlohs vanish
lie brosnIes changed man. He Is AWAKENED Nv some
knowledge OF bis public and private lights lie knows
what Tie Cover meHt owes OI flBhL 10 tnOsO WDOn IL
governs, anI he says 10 us, history teils as
that you are our conquerora. but at least Il is
not necessary mat cOhqueIor shVud ne othtI thah
| magnanlmOus, that M should be otherwise thih
Just those over wnofr he rules Heat hedrl Even
at such = time tins, when h3re are ali these grounds
for anxiety have mad Ia lnulh Restless iOrcign
policy aud have been dragged, forced, OF led into
condemned by almost very man VINO had any repuLi-
uDu for WISDOM Judgment IN Indian statesnanshp.
ICheerS OAy Inc Otei Jay tho EIafo costu over QUE
OF TIE greatest and MODEST statesmen lb.I@ LAS ever
had, ana now, when his lips are SLEPT, everybody
speaks praise. Bu sOms months a-O, when ho gave
vse advice 10 is country ana 10 us DoNefnLleht
no ever offered To theIn-hs e"unsels were
dcided, ana all tuat he SAID and URGED was negooed
WI Il seorn and contumo,y. tCheegs.I Now, ut sucu
time ths, And famine has been 50 ne ia lndla
We nave Government "a India or at nome, or the
policy, aud nave involved The country IN war-a war
when u obliged 10 say they nave got out OF as lgno-
mInIOusiy rs. thInk. they Wen could
In 1878 the Government promised that the tax
shouu DE appi,ed Tor 's Gl t h VINO wTte
Than tnrlr understanding more notorious than tie
way IN which tllcf pedbea were OiOkrn. Meu,
yJn Tat not Oue SiNpchee mas Oeth applied Tor
TN purpose for whIrn a. raised The whole OF IL
Las gone that Dott mi PIT " lch l. always Opeued
wnen war is commenced lCheers. ask You rs sons-
lie Euglsnnen and EnglIsnwOmen what DO the ei
III n.tr And 40 no imagine that opinion ~ Ouiv
powerful Ia thI. country Even IN tho most despouc
cuuntTtcaud India a. you know Is despotlcaiiy gov
erned-pubc opinion a matter that must be noticed
b, car by Empress. Ghccrs.l There IA 80 escape
from tnaG ard say men, the eject public opinion
ia dA must &c uiguy unfaYOftDe that 10 must tend
10 destroy the oOnndeGce OF the people Ia te Govern
meni .nd tend @ create 10 tho minds oil the people
contempt for the Government tina. treats t1eni
Hear, hear.
Sow / am here freely aud frankly 10 condemn this
n ,ry as one injustice and OF danger. believe that
ii enormously Increases al tAe dmcuty OF our position
m India; that IL eXHcgerates all the penis winch EUR
round It aud that II hastens that catastrophe Of dis
"A. er ana humiliation winch awaits the statesman
snp whIch r. made up partly 81 folly AMI partly Of
wIcK, dncss lCnrersI History ohrrs s many examples
oi great empires WhcI nave been quit mp ana Oh great
e.rq,s which have fallen. From the time o. eNIuder
I'M. Great the time Of he Cur,can quorOr OF our
own age abundant lessons Offered TO us mat power
may buIt up but taat wisdom ana ustce are neceS-
] sar, To- sustain IT,. iCueers England nas done muoh
b, force Now l. tie time iOr the policy OF wisdom ana
al Justice. II these great qualities are Wauilng-dnd
confess have not disceneu them iatey in our Indian
say IL these great qualities
ing httir hut caiamlty aud humiliation
iu connection vita Indian Empire. Hear. hear.
N English OPINION aud tne Englsn cicnco VIII seize
tnis question DOldy ana deal Win H. ihero may be
remedy II not an my mind the future Uf India and OF
Engu connected wh IL Is iull OI gloom hd iuil OF
/ peril. Loud CneeTa.l