The Brookhaven leader., 1885-09-10
HINDOO HATRED.
A eRAHMlN's ACCOUNT OF ENGLISH
RULE IN INDIA.
He Tells How the British System sticalIy
Opprcss the Natives-A Bitter Hs-
tired from the Bottom Of
the Heart.
Isncrnmento Bee Interview. !

&C. '. oshee written in small,
clerkly hand. and, the reporter having
sent up his card. the Brahmin, opal ln-
ayak .ioshce. himself came down and ex-
tended q courteous in vitation to come to
his room. which was aCce. ted. In per
son the Brshmin is small of stature with
small feet. and undoubtedly the tinicst
hand that the reporter has ever seen on a
nan His features are small and .gular
MS swarthy cheeks being SCI o by thin
ard delicate beard aud his upper ip car
rying & minute bIa k mustache. IN i'm.
mCnse rolled turhan Of SOME ChsngCable
silk stu crowned the small head he
wore several coats of light wooden stuils.
the outside one long and but.un,ng up
close 10 the throat.
The reporter found him a remarkably
intelligent man, speaking Ei.glish Hu-
emily and well and evidently 4 thinker
and careful observer. White in San
Francisco he delivered several lectures
on various mat ers connected with In
dia, one of them before the Geographical
Society of Caliiorn Il lie has leen out
from India only eleven months and i
traveling-a philosopher without much
of the worlds goods. endeavOring to in.
crease his store OF knowledge lie form
erly occupied Il government position in
India. being iu the postal scrvi, at Bom.
lay. H. TACT, the civil pos tons which
the natives are allowed to fill are occu-
ped almost exc usively by the Brahm.ns
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 u position in
education and influence similar to that If
ha in ho Il .,
highest pri ice il honorcd il accepting
food from the hands of Rrahmin but
the Brnhmin is not allowed to accept food
from anyones hands They are vegeta
rians and haze the utmost abhurrcuce for
the eaters of flesh There are four stages
in the BrahminS y life First elibacy
which is en- oined on him while stud wing
During this period he is not allowed to
wash his teeth nor rub his body while
bathing. Second Marriage Third
Travelling. fie must travel as a mendi-
cant begging from door TO door In fact
the iraLinins prevailing virtue is poy.
erty.) iourth and highest stage The
suppression of al passions, The last
three stages are more or less optional
The Brahm:n loses caste by working for
any QUO or by leaving his own country.
But oshce saws that he is no. strictly or
u.
Us DO many Cf the Brahmins Of to-day.
They do not regard these Cbscrvances as
strictly necessary to their religion.
The Conversation a,uratly turned to
the Anglo ussian di Guilty and the feel
ing in regard thereto, and in expressing
himself upon this sub ,ect the feelings of
the l}rahmin seemed to be stirred 10 their
inncrmOst depths.
He said Il hate the English from the
hcttom of my heart for their long an"
cruel oppression of my country and my
pe. pie, and this is the universal fee in
throughout India 1t does not show itself
because it dare not be shown. but it IS
there. gathering strength and rancOr witt
every new wrong. And the fact tha tn,
press hnd people when speakil z If the
matter must belle their real sentiment
makes the iron sink d. epcr into the soul
And shou d We not hate the kngl sh
Have they not destroyed our indus rcs
and trade, AMI reduced our people praC
ticallt to tnG position OF serfS? Have
they not closei all the avenues of lucra.
tive labor to our peop,e and lief them 10
stsrvo or accept service in the nglish
arm for beggarly pittance? There was
time when we had large salt ports. and
An immense quantity of salt was made
and exported. These were all forcib Y
closed and We are obliged to import our
salt from liverpool, and now our poor
people get a handful of salt for celt.
whereas they used TO get that large basin
full
And what industries have not been
suppressed in th.s way have been ground
out of existence by excessive taxation
There used to he. in every town in India,
hundreds of native looms wea ing the
cloth which was used throughout our
land but excessive taxation and the pc
Culiar advantages conceded 10 English
manufacturers la,e rendered all thOs,
looms idle and now we are forced to wear
exclusively goods made in Manchester
The opium trade, from which the ast
Indian company, under government sane.
tion. derives princely income ma cS no
money for the hard working cultl ator
who raises the opium on his own land. for
he is 81 heavily taxed that barely gets
living. tver, day the necessaries of
life become dearer in India while the op.
portunitics for the poor Hindoo earning
an honest livelihood are lessened In
consequence. many of the poorer class are
driven by starvation to enter the EngliSh
army as volunteers, where they get barely
enough to sustain life.
The English soldier in India, in addi-
uon 10 clothing and rahons, gets about
SO per month as pocket money The
poor Hindoo, for the same work, is paid
80 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 Hind"o is never allowed TO
rise from the ranks. In fifty six years
not a single one has been promoted to a
corpOralship. and. although the ma
tie troops often fight bravey.
they never receive even the
credit for dying for their op-
pressors The native regiments are thus
constantly recruited from the number of
those who must either enlist or siarve,
and who are reduced to such extremity
by the systematic oppression Of the ing
lish. Is it an wonder we hate them?
And then they are so insoient. these
English. Even our ra3ahs and inahara'
jahs they treat as slaves and the poor
Brahmin who commands respect and rev
erence from high and low among his own
people. Is dcspised aud spat upon BY those
English who are usually less intelligent
and educated Than he. The two great
classes In India, the Mahomedans and
the Hindoos. are unanimous in their de
testation of the Engii