Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-17
HINDOO HATRED
A eRAHMIWs ACCOUNT or ENGLISH
RULE IN INDIA
he Tells How the British systematically
Cypress the Natlves-A Bitter Ha-
tired from the Bottom Of
the Heart.


clerkly hand, and, the reporter having
sent up his card, the Brahmin, Gopal Vim.
ayak Joshee, himself came down and ex-
tended a courteous invitation to come to
his room, which was accepted. In per-
son the Brahmin Is small Of stature, with
small feet, and undoubtedly the tiniest
hand that the reporter has ever seen on q
man. His features are small and regular,
his swarthy cheeks being set of by q thin
and delicate beard, and his upper zip car
rying a minute black mustache. An i'm
mense rolled turban Of n changeable
silk stuff crowned the small head He
wore several coats Of light wooden stuffs,
the outside one long and buttoning up
close 10 the throat.
The reporter found him a remarkably
intelligent man, speaking English flu.
emily and well, and evidently a thinker
and careful observer. While in San
Francisco he deliEered several lectures
on various matteps connected with In.
dla, one of them before the Geographical
Society of California He has been out
from India only eleven months and is
trsvcling-a philosopher without much
OF the worlds goods, ~endeavoring to in
crease his store of knowledge. He form
erly occupied a government position IN
India, being in the postal service at Bonn.
bay. In fact, the civil positions which
the natives are allowed to fill are occu-
pied almost exclusively by the Brahmins,
who are the educated and intelligent class
of the Hindoos
The Brahmins constitute the highest of
the many social castles in India and are
respected by all, occupying q position in
education aud influence similar to that of
the priests In the middle ages. Even the
highest prince is honored ia accepting
food from the hands Of q Brahmin, bui
the Brahmin is not allowed to accept food
from anyone's hands They are vegeta-
rians aud have the utmost adherence fov
the eaters Of flesh There are four stages
in the Brahmin's life. FiRst-CeIibacy,
which is en;oined on him while studying.
During this period he is not allowed q
wash his teeth nor rub his body while
bathing second-Marriage Third
Travelling. He must travel as q mendi.
cant begging from door to door. I'm fact,
the Brahmin's prevailing virtue Is pov-
erty.) Fourth and highest stage-The
suppression of all passions The last
three stages are more or less optional.
The Brahmin loses caste by working for
any IL or by leaving his own country.
But Joshee says that be is not strictly or.
thodox-he inelines to the philosophical,
as do many Of the Brahmins of to-day.
They do not regard these ~observances q
strictly necessary to their religion.
The conversation naturally turned Il
the Anglo Russian difficulty and the feel
Ing in regard thereto. and in expressing
himself upon this subject the feelings O
the Brahmin seemed to be stirred to thei
innermost depths.
He said; Il hate the English from tn
bottom Of my heart for their long AM
cruel oppression OF my country and M
people, and this is the universal feelin!
throughout India. 1t does not show itself
because 1t dare not be shown, but it /
there, gathering strength and rancor will
every new wrong, And the fact that thu
press and people when speaking Of tht
matter must belle their real sentiments
makes the iron sink deeper into the soul.
And should we not hate the English
Have they not destroyed our industries
and trade, and reduced our people prac
tically to the position of serfsY Have
they not closed all the n Of lucra
tive labor to u people and left them tC
starve or accept service in the English
army for o bcggarly pittance? There wa
q time when we had large salt ports, anG
an immense quantity of salt was made
and exported. These were all forcibly
closed and VT are obliged to import oul
salt from Liverpool, and now our pool
nnnnln mnf n handful &c ao1t g. go
whereas they used to get that large basi1
full.
And what industries have not beer
suppressed In this way have been grounC
out of existence by excessive taxation.
There used to be. in every town in India
hundreds of native looms weaving thu
cloth which was used throughout oul
land. But excessive taxation and the pc
culiar advantages conceded to English
manufacturers have rendered all those
looms Idle, and now we are forced to weai
exclusively goods made in Manchester
The opium trade, from which the Eas'
Indian company, under government sane
ton, derives a princely income, makes NJ
money for the hard working cultivate,
who raises the opium on his own land, fol
he Is so heavily taxed that he barely get.
a living. Every day the necessaries Of
life become dearer in India, while the Cd
portunities for the poor Hindoo earning
an honest livelihood are lessened. II
consequence, many of the poorer class are
driven by starvation to enter the English
army as volunteers, where they get barely
enough to sustainslife.
"The English soldier In India, in add.
ton to clothing and %rations, gets about
$l5 per month as pocket money. The
poor Hindoo, for the same work, is paid
S3 per month, and out of that beggarly
pittance must supply himself with every.
thing he eats and wears, and, besides,
support his wife and children If he has
them. The Hindoo Is never allowed tc
rise from the ranks. In ffty.six years
not a single one has been promoted to {
corporakhip, and. although the ma
tive troops often fight bravely
they never receive even thu
credit for dying for their op
pressors. The native regiments are thu
constantly recruited from the number o.
those who must either enlist or starve
and who are reduced to such extremity
BY the systematic oppression of the Eng
lish Is it any wonder we hate themY
And then they are so insolent, these
English Even our rajahs and mahara
lahs they treat as slaves, and the pool
Brahmin who commands respect and rev
erence from high and low among his own
people. Is despised and spat upon by those
English who are usually less intelligent
and educated than be. The two grcal
classes in India, the Mahomedans and
the Hindoos, are unanimous in their de
testation Of the English