Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-11-26
SIEGE OF LUCKNOW.
REV. DR.. T&LNAGE RELATES THRILL
ING DEEDS CT HEROISM.

That Awful Ordeal, the Eminent Divine
Recalls tI,c Terrible Scpoy EebeIIion-A
Great General and Devout Christian.
BROOKLYN, Nov. 25.-Rev. Dr.. Tai
mage today began his series Of round
the world sermons through the press,
i1o first subject selected being Luck
low, India. The text chosen was Deu
ieronomy Ky, 10, "When thou shalt
5esiege a city a long time in making
war against it to take it, thou shalt not
destroy the trees thereof by forcing an
o. against them"
The awfulest thing in war is besiege-
nent, for to the work of deadly weapons
It adds hunger and starvation and
plaHue. Besiegement is sometimes nee
essary, but my text commands mercy
even in that. The fruit trees must be
spared because they afford food for man.
''Thou shalt not destroy the trees there
of by forcing an ak against them. But
In my recent journey round the world
I found at Lucknow, India, the remains
of the most merciless besiegement of
the ages, and [ proceed to tell you that
story for four great reasons-to show
you what q horrid thing war is and to
mako you all advocates for peace, to show
you what genuine Christian character
is under BON bardment, to put q corona
ton On Christian courage, and to show
you how splendidly good people die.
As our train glided into the dimly
lighted station [ asked the guard, lis
this Lucknow" and he answered,
Lucknow, at the pronunciation Of
which proper name strong emotions
rushed through body, mind and soul.
An Eyewitness.
The word is a synonym of suffering.
of cruelty, Of heroism, of horror such as
is suggested by hardly any other word.
We have for 35 years been reading Of
the agonies there endured and the dar-
ing deeds there witnessed. It was my
great desire to have some enc who had
witnessed the scenes transacted in Luck
now in 1857 conduct Us over the place
We found just the man. He was young
soldier st the time the greatest rautiny
Of the ages broke out and he was put
with others inside the reSiGenCy, which
was & cluster OF buildings making q
fortress in which the representatives OF
the English government lived and
which was to be the scene Of an endur-
ance and q bombardment the story of
which poetry and painting and history
and secular and sacred eloquence have
been trying to depict. Our escort not
only had q good memory OF what had
happened, but had talent enough to re-
hearse the tragedy.
IL the early part Of 1852 all over N
dia the natives were ready TO break out
in rebellion against all foreigners and
especially against the civil and mill
tary representatives of the English gov
eminent.
A half dozen causes are mentioned
for the feeling Of discomfort and insur-
rection that was evidenced throughout
India. The most Of these causes We're
mere preteXts Creased cartridges were
no doubt al evaporation. The grease
ordered by tie English government to be
used OH these cartridge 8 was taken from
COWS or pigs, ard grease to the HinGOOs
is uuclean, and to bite these cartridges
at the loading Of the guns would be al
offerse to the Hindoo's religion. The
leaders OF the Hindoos said that these
creased cartridges were only part of an
attempt By the English government to
make the natives give I'D their religion;
hence unbouEded Indignation was
aroused
Another cause of tho mutiny WAS that
another large province Of India had
been annexed to the British empire,
and thousands Of officials IN the employ
OF the king Of that province were thrown
out of position, and they were ali ready
for trouble making.
Another cause was said to be the bad
government exercised by some English
officials in Iadia.
The simple fact was that t-.e natives
of India were a conquered race, and the
English were the conquerors. For 100
years the British scepter had been way.
ed over India. and the Indians wanted
to break that scepter. There never had
been any love or sympathy between the
natives of India and the Europeans.
There is none now.
Before the time OF the great mutiny
the English government risked lauch
power in the hands of the natives Too
many of them manned the forts. Too
many of them were in governmental
employ. And now the time had como
for Il wide outbreak. The natives had
persuaded themselves that they could
send the English government flying,
and to accomplish it dagger and sword
and firearms and mutilation and slaugh-
ter must do their worst.
Horrors of the Siege.
1t was evident in Lucknow that the
natives were about to rise and put to
death all the Europeans they could lay
their hands on, and into the residency
the Christian population of Lucknow
fastened for defense from the tigers in
human form which were growing for
their victims. The occupants OF the resi-