Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-18
THE MAGNITUDE OF INDIA.
Ancient Nations, Grent Cities, and
an Rnormo Population.

Ancient Nations, Grent Cities, and
an Rnorm Gus Population.
For eighty years at least, says the Fort
i5hty Rcaise, writers have eudeavored to
bring homo TO EnglIsbmen the vastuess Of
India, but, 80 far as can be perceived, they
have failed The Brltou reads what they say,
learns up their figures, aud understands their
descriptions, but falls for all his labor, TO re-
alizs what is-a continent as large as Europe,
west Of the Yistula. and with 81, O00, 900 more
people, fuller OF ancient nations, OF great
cities, OF varlties OF civilization, Of armies
nobilities, priesthoods, organ cations for every
conceivable purpose from the spreading OF
great rebellion down to systematic murder
There are twice as many BeRgalese as there
are Frenchmeu, the Hindostanees, properly 80
ca led, outaumoered the whites In the United
states; tue Nahrattas would ill Spain the
people OF the Punjab With Scnde are double
the population of Turkey, aud have named
but four OF the moro silent divisions.
Every thiag ia on the sane be wilder In.
scale. The Sighting people OF India, whose
malos are as big as ourselves. as brave as
ourselves, aud more regardless OF death than
curse YES, HuJnber at least l20. 000 90, equal
10 GibbUns' calcu alton OF ths pOpu atton OF
the Roman empire. There are 4 U, 100 trained
brown soldiers in native service, OF whom
We hear perhaps once IN ten years, and
at least S,WO, 900 men who think their
proper profession Is arms, who would live
bv anne II they could, aud OF whom we
In Eng iand never hear q word. Ii the Prus-
s,an coBscrlDtion were applied In India we
could, without counting reserves or landwehr
or any force not summoned In time OF peace,
have 2, 5Oo,0l0 soldiers actually in barracks
with 200, 00O recruits coming up every year
force with which not only Asia. but the
world might be subdued. There are tens OF
millions OF prosperous peasants whose hoard
iugs make India the grand absorbent OF The
ptecieus metals; tens of millions OF peasants
beside whose poverty fellshs, or Siciiians, or
Connaught meu are rich IN IIIons Of artisans,
ranging from the men who build palaces TO
the men who, neariy naked and almost with
out tools, do the humblest work OF the pot
ter.
Every occupation which exists III Europe
also exists Ia India. The industry OF the
vast continent never ceases, for india, with
all her teemlng multitudes, with y population
In places packed beyond European precedent,
Imports nothing either to eat or drink, ana,
but for the Europeans, would import nothing
whatever. She Ia sufficient TO herself for
everything save silver Amid these varied
masses, these 25O, 900, 900 whose mere descrIp-
tons would GIL volumes, the tide OF life flows
as vigorously ss In Europe. There is as much
Gun ieutIoa, as mucu ambition, as much crime,
as much variety OF careers, hopes. fears, and
hatreds. IL Is still possible TO monevless
Indian TO become v-zIcr Of dynasty older than
history, or finance minister OF q new prince
whose personal fortuae In hard cash Is double
that Of the late Emperor William. or abbot OF
monastery hcher than Glastonbury ever
was, owner Of an estate that covers a
county, head of firm whose trans factions
may vie with those Of the Bsrings aud
Is e,chroders. One man, Jute Pershad by
name. fed and TRANSPORTED the army which
conquered Punjab.