Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-10
DESCRIBES CAWHpUR HORRORS.
REV. DR. rALMAGE Al THE CITY
OF BLOOD.
Hindooi.m nne Mohammcdism as
They Really Exist-The Hardening
Process. OF sin--Graphic sto=y OF n
Terrible Massacre at cnwnpur.

NfAANtAtA llE0NEn NN1 lA'H1 hhN aNNNA'N -
his round tho world series Of sermons,
the subject being 1.-THE City Of Blood, .
snd the tcxt selected being Psalms cxli, q
"Our bones are scattered at tho graves
mouth, rs whom one outtcth and oleaveth
wood upon the Garth But mine eyes are
unto thee, o God, the Lord. y
Though you may road this text from tho
Bible, read It as cut by chlsel into thu
pedestal OF a cross beneath which lie many
OF the mnssacred at Cawnpur, India To
show you whnt Hindoolsm and Mohnm-
mechanism really are, where they have full
swing, and not as they represent themselves
in parliament Of religions" and to
demonstrate to what extent Of cruelty and
abominntion human nature may 90 when
fully let loose, and 10 Illustrate tho hard.
cninp process Of sin, and to remind you
how our glorious Christianity may utter
Its triumph over death and the grnyoi l
preach this my second sermon in tho
round tho world series, and shall speak
Of The City OF Blood or Cawnpur, In
dia.
Two hours and ten minutes after its oo-
currence Joseph Lee Of the Shropshire reg
inont OF foot rode in upon tho Cawnpur
massacre. He was tho first man met at
Cawnpur. | wanted TO hear the story
from some ono who had bcou hero In 1857,
and with his own oyes Razcd upon tho
slaughtered heaps Of humanity. could
hardly whit until tho horses were put TO
the carriage and Mr. Leo, seated with US,
started for tho scene, the story Of which
makes tnmo IN contrast all Modoo and
Choctaw butchorits
The story OF the Massacre.
IL seems that all tho worst passions Of
the century wcrot to boimpersonntcd by ono
man, aud no Mana Sahib, and our escort
+ ut Cawnpur, Joseph Lee, knew the man
personally. Unfortunately there Is no cor
rect picture Of Mana Snhib In existence.
/ Tho pictures Of him published In the books
OF Europe ind America and familiar to MS
7 all arc an amusing mistake This is tho
Z fact In regard 70 thom; \ lawyer OF Eng
q land was called to India FOR the purpose OF
defending the case Of native who had
been charged with fraud Tho attorney
came and so skillfully managed the case
/ OF his client that the client pnid him enor-
inously for his services, and he went hack
to England, taking with him picture Of
his Indian clicnt. After awhile the mu-
tiny in India broke out, and Mann Snhih
was mentioned as the champion villain Of
tho whole affair, and tho newspapers Of
England wanted u picture Of him and to
Interview some one ON Indian affairs who
had recently been Ia India Among others
tho journalist called upon thislawyor lato,
ly returned. The only picture he had
brought from India was tho picture Of his
cliont tho mnn charged with fraud, The
attorney gave this picture to the journals
as specimen Of che way tho Hindoos
dress, and forthwith that picture was used,
either by mistake or Intentionally, for
Mana Sahib. The English lawyer said ho
lived In dread that hia cliont would some
day see tho use made Of his picture, and it
was not until tho death OF his Hndoo
ollont that tho lawyer divulgcl tho facts
Perhaps 10 was never intended that tho
face OF such demon should DO preserved
among human records said to our
escort Mr. Leo, was there my peculiar
ity In Mama sahib's appearancoW The re-
PLY was "Npthing very peculiar He WINS
u dull, lazy, oowardly, sensual man,
brought up to do nothing and wanted to
continue on tho Same scAlc to do moth
ing"
From what Mr. Lee told me and from
all could learn IN India, Mana Sahih or
dercd tho massacre In that city from sheer
revenge. His father abdicatcd the throne
sion ui 100000 Whom the father ilod
tho English government declined to pay
tho same pension 70 the son, Mana Sahib
hut the poor follow was not In any suffer.
ing from lack OF funds His father left
him $50 GOO In gold ornaments, $500 900
IN jewels $500 600 in bonds and other re.
sources amounting to at least 81, 900, OOO
Bat thepoor young man was not satisfied,
ana the CRwnpur massacre WINS his 10.
yengo. General Wheeler, The Engishman
who had command OF this city, ulthounh
often warned, could not sec that the scpoys
were planning for his destruction and
that Of OH his regiments and all tho Euro.
poana In Cawnpur.
a Remarkable Document.
Mr.. Lee explained all this to mo by tho
fact that General Wheeler had married a
native, and ho naturally took hor story
and thought there was no peril. But tho
time for tho proclamation from Mana Sa
nib had como, and such document went
forth rs never before had seen tho light of
day, give only un extract;
As by tho kindness Of God and the
good fortune OF the emperor, all the Chris
tians who were MT Delhi, Poonah Sattnra
and other places, aud even those 8, 600
European soldiers who went In dlsguise
into the former city and were discovered.
arc destroyed aud sent to he'll By the plons
and sagncious troops who arc firm tothrlr
religion, and MS they have all boon con.
quorcd by the present government and as
no trace Of thom Is lott in these placos IL
Is tho duty OF all tho subjects and servants
Of the government TO rejoice Mt tho do.
llghtful intelligence and carry ON their
respective work with comfort aud oasc.
AS by the bounty OF the glorious A lmiEhty
aud tho enemy destroying fortune of tho
emperor tho yellow faced and narrow
minded people have boon sont To hell, md
Cawnpur has heon conquered, II b. noces.
sAry that all tho subjects and landowners
and government servants should bc ag
obodlent to tho present government az
thug have boon to tie former one; that IL
Is tho Incumbent duty of all tho peaeant,
anu landed proprlotors OF every district Ia
rcioieo at tho thought that the Christians
have been sunt 20 hell and both the Hin.
doc aud Mohammodan religions have becn
confirmed, and that they should, as usual.
be obodlcnt TO tho authorities OF the GOV
eminent and never suffer any COMPLAINT
against themselves to ronoh to tho cars Of
the higher authority"
Mr.. Lee, what Is thisi" said to our
escort as the carriage hnltcd hy an ein.
hankmcnt, "Horc, he said, "is tho In.
'nnchment where tho Christians OF Gavin.
pur took refuge. IL Is tho remains OF A
wall " bt,k a.. st,.., - A.. $500.