Democratic messenger., 1894-12-15
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In the center Of this inclosurc and i'm
mediatcly above the well of the dead
is sculptured angel of resurrection,
with illumincd face, and two palm
branches, meaning victory. This angel
Is looking down toward tho slumberers
| beneath, but the two wings suggest the
rising Of the last day. Mighty consola-
ti0u i'll marble! They went down under
the hatchcts Of the sopoys. They shall
como up under the trumpet that shall
wake the dead. / felt weak and all
f.-trcmblc as | stood reading these words
on tho stone that covers the well:
Sacred to the perpetual memory Of
great company of Christian people,
chIhy women and children, cruelty
massacrcd near this spot by the rebel.
Mana Sahib. and thrown, the dying
with the dead, into the well beneath on
tho 18th day of July, 1851" On the
| arch of the mausolcum were cut the
words. "Thcse arc they who came ont
Of great trihua;ion.
The Fate of the Rebel.
Tho sun was sinking beneath the hori-
Zon rs / came down the seven or eight
steps Of that palace Of sepulcher, and
/ bcthought myself: mo emperor, nm
less il was Napoleon, ever had more
gloricS around his pillow of dust. and
no queen. unless it were the one Of Tai
Malal, had reared for her grander cenO-
taph than crowns the resting places Of
the martyrs Of Cawnpur. But where
rest the bones Of the Herod of the nine
can tell. Two men sent ont to- find the
whereabouts Of the daughter Of General
Wheeler tracked Mana Sahib durin.
weeks ride into the wilderness, and
they were told that for awhile after the
mutimy Mann Sahib set up little pomp
in the lunglcS. Among few thousand
HindOos and MOlammcdanS he took for
himself the only two tents the neighbors
had, while they lived i'll the rain and
mud. Mana Sahib, with one servant
carrying an umbrella, would 20 every
day to battle, and people would 70 and
stare. For some reason, after awhile he
f0rSuOk even that small attention, and
disappeared among the ravines Of the
Himalayan mountains He took with
him III his flight that which he always
took with him-a ruby of vast value
He wore ii as some wear an amulet
He Wore it as some wear life pre-
server. He wore it on his bosom. The
Hindoo priest told him as long as he
good, but both the ruby and the prince
who Wore il have vanished. Not
treasure OH the outside of the bosom.
but u treasure inside the heart, is the
best protection. Solomon, who had
rubicS i'll the hilt of swords, and rubies
in the lip of the tankards, and rubies in
his crown, declared that which Mana
Sahib did not find cut in time. wis
dom is better than rubies " When tie
forests of India are cleared by the axes
Of another civilization, the lost ruby of
this Cawnpur monster may be picked
up and be brought back again to blaze
among the worlds jewels. But who
shall reclaim for decent sepulture the
remains of Mama Sahib: Ask the vul-
tures, Ask the reptiles, Ask the jackalS,
Ask the midnight Himalayasl
Cruelty Matched Cruelty.
Much criticism has been made OF Sir
Il1NtAtNh FNAI AuAlH y alAtlIA1t az
because of the cxterminating work they
did with these sepoys. Indeed it WAS
awful. Ny escort, Mr.. Lee, has told me
that he saw the sepoys fastened TO the
mouths of cannon, and then the guns
would fire. and for a few seconds there
would be nothing hut smoke, and rs tho
smoke began to lift fragments of flesh
would he found flying through the air.
You may do your own criticism. / here
express no opinion. There can bc no
doubt. however, that that mode of final
ly treating the sepoys broke the back Of
the mutiny. The Hindoos found that
the Europeans could play ut the same
game which the Asiatics had started.
The plot was organized for the murder
of all the Europeans and Americans i'll
India. Under its knives and bludgeCns
American Prcsbytcrianism lost its elori-
ous missionaries, Rev. Mr.. and Mrs.
Campbell, Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. MacMul
lin, Rev Mr.. and Mrs. johnson, Rev.
Mr.. and Mrs. Freeman. The work of
slaughter had been begun i'll all dire
tions on an appalling scale. and the
commanders Of the English army made
up their minds that this was the best
way to stop it. \ mild and gentle war
with the sepOys was an impossibiliiy.
The natives of India ever and anon have
demonstrated their cruelty. / stood on
the very spot i'll Calcutta where the ma
tives of India in 1876 enacted that scene
which no other people on earth could
have enacted.
Tho Black Hole prison has been torn
down, but a stone pavement 90 feet by
90 indicates the ground covered ty the
prison. The building had two small
windows and was intended for two or
three prisoners These natives of India
crowded into that one room of 20 feet
by 20 feet l46 Europeans. The midsum-
mer heat, the suffocation, the trampling
of one upon another. the groaning and
shricking and begging and praying of
all, are matters of history. The scpoys
that night held lights To the small win
dows and Knocked the sufferers. Then
all the sounds ceased. That night Of
June 20. 1856. passed, and l23 corpSes
were taken ont. Only % people of the
l46 were alive, and they had To be
pulled cat from under the corpseS. Mrs.
Carey, who survived, was taken by tine
Indian nabob into his harcm and kept q
prisoner six years. Lucknow in 1891
was only an echo of Calcutta III 1856.
Daring the mutiny of which have been
speaking natives who had been in tho
service Of Europeans and well treated
by them. and with no cause of oiIcnsc,
would, at the call of the mutinc' =. and
without any conjunction. stab to death
the fathers and mothers of the household
and da,h ont The brains Of the children.
These natives are 1T peace now, but give
them chance, and they will re-enact
tho scenes Of 1856 and 1857. They look
upon IL" English rs conqucrors and
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