The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-12

day delivered through the press the sec
ond Of his round the world series Of ser
mons the subject being The City Of
Blood" and the text selected being Psalms
cNli. Z: "Our bones are scattered at the
graves mouth as when one cutteth and
cleaveth wood upon the earth But mine
eyes are unto thee, O God, the Lord"
Though you may read this text from
the Bible, 1 read It as cut by chisel into
the pedestal Of a cross beneath which lie
many Of the mastered at Cawnpur, India.
To show you what Hinduism and Mo-
hammedism really are. where they have
full swing, and not as they represent them
selves in a "parlnment of religions" and
to demonstrate 20 what extent OF cruelty
and abOminati0n human nature may 81
when fully let loose. and to illustrate the
hardening process Of sin. and to remind
you how our glorious Christianity may ut
ter its triumph over death and the grave.
preach this. my second sermon in the
round the world series and I shall speak
OF THE City Of Blood" or Cawnpur. In
dil
Two hours and ten minutes after its oc-
currence Joseph Lee Of the Shropshire reg
iment Of foot rode in upon the Cawnpur
massacre. IIe was the first man I met at
Cawnpur I wanted to hear the story
from some one who had been here iu 1891.
and with his own eyes gazad upon the
Slaughtered heaps Of humanity. 1 could
hardly wait until the horses were put to
the carriage, and Mr.. Lee seated with US,
started for the scene. the story Of which
makes tame in contrast all AIoG0c and
ChOctaw butcheries.
The story OF the Massacre.
It seems that all the worst passions Of the
century Vera TO be impers0nated 10y one
man. and he Mana Sahi5. ana our escort nj
CawnDur, Joseph Lee. knew the man per-
sonally. Unfortunately there is no correct
picture Of Mana S3hib in existence. The
pictures Of him published in the books Of
Europe and America and familiar To us
all are an amusing mistake This is the fac,
IN regard 10 them. A lawyer OF England
was called % India Tor DE purpose OF de-
tending the case OF q native who had been
charged with fraud Taa attorney came and
so sklilfully managed the ease OF his client
that the client paid him enormously for his
services. and he went back to Eneiand, talk
ing with him picture of his Indian client.
After awhile the mutiuy i'm india broke out.
and Mana S3hIb was mentioned as the
champion villain of the whole affair." and
the newspapers OF England wanted pie
ture OF him and ~ Interview some one ON
Indian affairs who had IT, lIy been lG
india Among others the journalist called
upon this lawyer lately returned The only
INlkAAE 4iH lHA NA .Itl-lAN AAN4A AlHliA Was ttI.
picture II his client. lhe man charged with
fraud The attorney gave this picture to
the journals rs a specimen OF the way the
Hindo0s dress and forthwith that picture
was used. either by mistake or in entionaliy.
for Mana S1llh. The English Lawyer said
he lived In dread tllat his client would som
day see the use made OF his picture. ana
it was not until the death OF his Hiu5l1
client that the LAWYER dVulged We facts.
Perhaps IL was never Intended that the face
Of n hla -af ..fsrl
human records. 1 said to our escort, Air.
Lee was there any peculiarly IN Mana
Sahl0's appearance The reply was;
Nothing very peculiar. lie was a dull,
lazy. cowardly. sensual man, brought up To
do nothing and wanted % continue on the
same scale to do nothing
From what Mr.. Lee told me and from
all / could learn in India. Mana Sdhih
ordered the massacre I'm that city from
sheer revenge. His father abdicated the
throne, and the English paid him annual
" a pension Of 100000. When the father
died, the English government declined To
pay the same pension 70 the son, Mana
Sahib. but the poor fellow was n1t iu any
suffering from lack of funds. His father
left his $4,000 i'm gold ornaments 100000
in jewels, 100000 in bonds and other re-
cOurces amounting to at least $l.50o,000.
But the poor young man was not salts
fed, and the Cawnpur massacre was his
revenge Cen Wheeler the Englshman
who had command OF this city, although
often warned. could not see that the
sepoys We're planning for his destruction
and that Of all his regiments and all the
Europeans in CaWupur.
Remarkable Document.
Mr.. Lee explained an this to me by the
fact that Gen. Wheeler had married a
native, and he naturally took her story
and thought there was no peril But the
time for the proclamation from Mana
Sahib had come, and such a document
went forth as never before had seen the
light of day. ] give only an extract:
LAS by the Kindness of God. and the
good fortune of The emperor, all the Chris
tians who Were at DELHI, P00nah, S3ttar3
and other PAGES. and even those 5000
European soldiers who went I'm disguise
into the former city and were discovered,
are destroyed and sent 20 he'll by the pl9us
and s3gaci0us troops who are firm 10 their
religion, and as they have al been con-
quered by the present government and as
no trace Of them is left in these places it
Is the duty Of al the subjects and servants
OF the government tn rejoice at the de-
NghtfUl intelligence and carry on their re-
spective work with comfort and ease. A.
by the bounty of The glorious Almighty
and the enemy destroying fortune of the
emperor the ye-oW-f3ced and narrow
minded people have been sent 10 he'll and
CaWnpur has been conquered, it is neces-
sary that a. the subjects and landowners
dent 10 the present government as they
have been 20 The former one; that it is the
incumbeng duty OF az the peasants and
landed propriet1rs Of every district to re-
1Oice at the thought that The Christians
have been sent 10 he.l, and both the HindOo
and MOhammadan religions have been con-
frned. and that they should. as usual, be
obediant 20 the authorities Of the govern
ment and never suffer any complaint
against themselves to reach TO the ears Of
the higher authority"
Mr.. Lee, what 70 this?' said 10 our
escort as the carriage halted by an EN-
bankment Here" he said. ''is the in
trenchment where the Christians Of Gavin
pur took refuge. 1t s. the remains Of a
wall. which, at the time OF the mutny,
was only. four feet sigh, behind which,
with no Shelter from the sun, the heat at
100 degrees. 40 men and $50 women and
children dwelt nearly a month. A hand
full Of -four and split peas was me daily
ration and only two wells near by, the
one In which they buried their dead be-
cause they had no time to bury Their IN
the earth and the other well the focus
on which the artillery Of the enemy played
so that Il was a choice between dea.h by
thirst and death by bullet or shell. Ten
thousand yelling HindOos outside this frail
wall and 1000 suffering, dying people in
side. In addition 10 the army of the Him
docs and Aoslems invisible army Of
sickness swooped upon them. Some Went
raving mad under exposure Others