The Princeton union., 1882-04-06
LUCKNOW WAR MEMDRIESs

"kal!L>0+A. GAtcSA, WciLL ~ 1-I> SEtt- kLIl u
years an1 h7co-s, with dis .iss's saus5s
5lndimuei ty tbs slightest shade oe tha:
:yieao7lF ior-ov which iar aeaeJ the sa.f-
z1dicSo65 death o. bis old conzada Clvs
No visions Of renowned bcalnln states-
me1 hanged Lks dogs Oh Al III Just charge,
1oola Afghan tribes butcass7d wholesale to
eA-1 the D~-l5S o. q CQwasit7 ClSS g0s. ROYAL
lal-ss pisluirsd s1i iIs1ited, aged ana in
dr1l men tortured IL midnight dulga7 IS,
haunted the peaceful daatab8d Of tbs o.
prssso. os Asia. But the evil that he lid
lived after hin. aui upon these 81 ot-torn
walls and couns.ass graves tina hand Of
God has written ,aeEfaeeabIv: Know that
for Ill these things God shall or:1y case
INTO judgment, All yet, could n scs
courage atone fo- any nisia5i, tla blood
Of those who lis here might vel purge tEa
Sins o. their sashazs.
''I1sse we're not stirred by DaasIJu,
Nor yet Ov WIla made bod
Twas not ra1ow? that rlov5d s:lecu.
Nor did they looS Tor gold:
u them their leaders s5la-
Was as the voice o. G od
Uaswerying, unconl3 3,ai2iay
The Way OF DEATH they .-3d,n
AayAr Was a. bad cause oeGsa- defended.
| V1a can almost forget tho biacknses Of
GngAna's national crlms in the heroic con-
ssauGT With which the punishment Of thai
eClIl3 WIS met a.li Sd ilrei by those whu5e
ra~a- lot ir Wa3 - a1ptata TIA slIs o. tas.r
easl8-s. Slowlv but surely accoss Flse glow
G hlalratta conc la3ts, PucI.l1 victories,
Afghan ccusA5es, Ouis ann=k.tious, crept
onward the deepening shadow Of the aysng-
:1g whirlwind. But when :ia storm bsoas,
and the shepherds VINO had 6avou-ei tho
dock which heaTea appointed thsm to
! TeeI md guide cahelt tLe remnant start
! up around cham as Taveang wolves what
! lid tue 0euoun Gers Of British tyranny
! s5aStl5m? The saeruest Of shana all were
alsaal into admi-lng Wou5ar as shsy looked
| 1ew2 Into the GoLgotha evhsra 4 handful %
hagsgard G.om want Of sleep, grimsd with
dust AID Oowder, with the blood Dropping
Erom their unDandased wounds, anG the
derce hea5 Of India sco-chLng up taei-
strength aoc Life. were standing griniy as
! Gag :ago12sis& -naay 3 wear wee1 agatus. 3
= = - =" 80 1.%~J Fo--"J -.:4G ~ ~.i..t
10 Save ii7e7 iaarer than thair Own from
tbs dsn1s who were still ret with eae huech
cry Of Cawnpore.
The Greeks have Taernopy'e, tas
Aagi 10 -SaXouB haTo Lucknow A few small
buildings Of Inalaa brick, q tiny u,osque> 8
tower 10 bigger th.aei 3 tight-n0u.3e o. low
! guns behind it every here an1 ta3fe- such
, were the dessnees which B han tful OF
t1glshnen and 8 few hundred Sikhs.
! Eng g!aaa's bravest eaeni3.5 in to45 aud he,
5salcrest allies in 1867, nada good agaiu5;
~, UJD ,uurIera-s. Just outside the Bale5
Guard gate, poCk- marked from base to key
stone by the iron hall that beat against it SO
long. slender pillar stands to bear witness
to The va-or Of tha loyal native soldiers
while upon high mound within the in
s-erchmeot, close to tho rains Of the cen
tral lower, tall cross Of stone rises to com
lnsnorate the deeds o. their English CON
caies. But such men need no monument
Ihere IS neither speech NOE language whssG
their voice is not heard; their sound is gone
out into all lands, and tasir words unto to;
and Of the world.
The story Of thai famous s:ega has beer
often written as it deserves TO be. The
men who do thess taiags are not tho meg
who talk about them; and such q tale can.
0ot be told With t5chu;cat phrases aud nil
ltarv diagrams. Bc. .ae any ma1 with blood
| IL his veins go a. slurtJe to tia Iuins O.
| the Rasidency and walk through thosf
silent rooms and shattered walls in the
stiffness Of early moruiag, and he will need
10 historian to set the great struggle be-
fore him in ali its sull1ess Hece, close by
tae shot-torn gate, stood Aitlsn's Battery
| where its sturdy godfather might be seer
day after day st-idiog to and fro amid tht
taiekest Of the fire as coolly as il tha iift
shat be exposed 80 freely were ch ar.neG
against all peril. This Large building behint
it. hacked through and through by shot, !,
as NEAT inscription tslls you, the Old
banquenng- hall used as q hosp:tal:" and
hare, under these arches which once re
sounded with rsvel-7 and laughter, strons
men gasped ont there lives in mortal agon7
and ever-stricken Lads yaa-nsI vajnly foi
fresh, cool breezes of the far-of Engl;st
| home which they were never to See again
That crumbling, fire -b!acke1d she'll to the
left was once Dr.. Fayrer's house, whars
brave Sir Henry Lawrence, a commando.
worthy Of such q garrison. sank to rise nc
moro. Beyond It guaat and ghastely
skeleton, with its stately dome defaced b7
countless scars, and one Of its tall minarets
cot half through By a shot, rises the sacred
Begun Koh." Half seen in the shadow
Of the clustering trees appears the line OF
Grants Bastion, aad at the furthess ex.
trenity of the intreachment- the hot
sest corner CT al, as Its gallant defenders
1sed TO say WITH grim azulsaton-Uss tns
cruubllng mound which was ones ths ia
NOUS "Cawnpors Battery"
us not always the greatest hssoss tha
are the most heard Of. Who remembers
the nanie OF that gallant sspoy, one OF the
few that were still faithful, who, strucl
| down in mistake by sn English comrade
| ami3 the internal hurry bury Of night at.
taca, said WITH his last breath to bis re.
| no-saful slayer, Don't grieva, friend, it's
all Tor the good cause?7 What history has
/ preserved the memory Of that unknowz
| hero VINO. wounded TO the death
| IN the van OF Hayeiock's ravieling column
cried to his comrade: Take me on your
| back. Tom, and let ms sse our Wonans
bonnie white faces before ! die; my body
i viii cover you from the shos:' But the
eYef-rising sea Of oblivion has spaced one
name among these humble supernumera-
| ries on the stage Of Englands greatest TRACE
dy- the name Of = Highland lassie who
! started mp from among the suffering Wo-