Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-09-24
English Rule I'm India.

IT HAS ESTABLISHED SYSTEM OF REPRESSION
AMONG THE CONQUERED NATIVES.
There Is something to me utterly incongruous
in slavery, in form or in name, where English rule
goes; and this will sooner or later tell In India
says Carter Harrison In q letter to the Chicago
Mall Let me give some facts that win illustrate
my thoughts. AT table d. hOte in Calcutta one of
party are Oh gsrsemep hs opposite me said to
did you know III" Qor there was nothing In my
dress TO show 1t, and had not been talking) "Be-
cause, ne replied, you say please to tnat servant
OF yours and thank him when he serves you We
never do that They can't understand it." I
laughed, and told him we had myth In America.
II was tradition OF George Washington who
lifed his hat to poor negro because he could not
be OutdOne In politenesS by slave. He re1oined /:
"Ihat VIII do In America, but not in India; it
niggers, and have to be treated as such.n told
him these ''nggers," as he called them were learn
Ing something, and were already demanding par
tlcpat1on In the making OF laws and that the En-
glisn ought to try TO elevate rather than repress
them into a lot OF slaves The companions or this
gentleman SAID 0ihlng but seemed to approve Of
what he said. Again: / visited a MERCHANTS
ONCE also In Calcutta, to inspect some shawls to
be shown US by some HindooS. / bought small
ring shawl, and finding had left my wallet In my
room, told the native he could go with me TO the
hotel for the pay. The proprietor, an old resident
saw me TO the door. got into my cab, inviting
the native 10 take seat by my side This he was
about to do, when my friend imperiously mo-
toned him 10 mount with the driver SAYING awe
never let those fellows ride with u.s." NOW, this
bright, and was told was rich But 1t would not
do for him TO ride inside with white man: IT.
would spoil him and others. He had to be kept In
his place..
saw a man in uniform at Delhi kick a cooley
from the car simply because he had put the OIL
GERS package on instead OF under the seat, could
name dozen such illustrations, and from all over
India did not once, except at Lord Dufrerin's
an0 at pOwe ful commissioners, ever hear any.
thing asked for by an Eugllshnan, or even ordered
In that tone which sOftens an order into request
II was always an order, and OF the most dictatora
kind; an order rarely used In old slave DAYS In old
America, except on the cotton plantations and
scarcely ever in Kentucky or Virginia. was
speaking In Ceylon with some resident English OF
the beautiful little bulocks and the pretty carts
and OF the ease with which they could be made
ready, and expressed my surprise that had not
seen them used by the foreign residents. They all
sai0 that 1t was pity that the foreigners could
not use them. they were SO cheap. convenient and
pretty; but that they were used by the ClngaleSe
and, therefore, 1t would not do for the governing
classes 10 De seen In them; and yet the CtngalesS,
are neat, graceful, cheerful and very bright
people, far more Intelligent than the Georgans of
Caucasian.
did not, while in India, see single instance Of
free, friendly m1ngllng OF white and naIiye
people except among the high-born natives and
The rulers at grand entertainments l saw no
native and Englishman In what might be called a
friendly and equal intercourse. and from what
could learn from the English residents there rs no
such thing as familiarity between the Europeap ms
and natives, and the majority say 1t rig ht that
these latter are conquered people and sh Guild be
treated such. -