The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-08
ATIVE PRINCES OFINDIANOT ALL UNDER BRITISH RUIZ

to your high responsibility will be The IS
Height and breadth or your duty II Sist XXI
not easy or perhaps wise. to u givo \
fnAxlns OF general BEHAVIOR, But there III
$ure5 IN the Old Testament OF my Btblo S8
Hnfew short sentences which to inc d ~ ss
lpear#to suggest iull that Is best my R58
pupils III this college. do hot tlinls s
you will value them the less OH ceonnt I'D
sof tile source from " lilcli5 they,tlre talcn:
N"rhc Lord hath showed thec. Oh Stnali,
what8ls gopd,4nn what dotht the Lord Al
require Of thee, but to Sd q II Just
love mercy. and TO walk humbly w ttts Thy ts
God 5Tllnt oursfuture lifc intly " be LIZ
noble and n good one ans, herefor
Il d happy one, Is the sincere i9Wi sli ot your
college friends, and 3of no one more trul ,3s
than myself. n l,. lSa 81 Inn 81 \ IL SS
3prhe existence side by side III II dliLg8a
states Under British mlnistratipn alltl
States under native rule ii lords e. w sv$5
good opportunity OF stlmnting the cont
pamtiveE popularity OF the two systems
There Is no doubt that III many rsi--&
spects the government @ Of the NJ h nail
rulers Is more popular thar, FIJI ~
lB1n the first place tito natY OF liiditt is
tnswervlngly loyal Ito lie. idea of IA Ne
lhthc benefits which he rcce yes aid y 81
Isn,s fortunes which overtak him to some
|4individunl. Iii the ono case he senj - d
all the delights OF prtfes ilg an ex
gan u gratitude and this "a Ids 70 ne
lSioy,nent Eof the terial fact n In theS
l3othergh misfortunes los much OF their
i8tttcrncss II lie pal for he de ecrs;;
4 atcn or his friends the vices ans ba ~ III
! bnritics Of the 4 person who has brought
4, Nt,3tG
|%makes the benefits appear IA 9 the SreSar
i Of hisfmerits; on the other his sense of#
4 vanity Is !sootfed by being abb to- attrlti
Il Ebnte his misery Il q the ma violence Of
some powerful enemy. ~ ,s
Il In this personal u element the Rs Brit ~
government Isl entirely Ia ckln he A1l-1
.l%dinn adninistration8is "a tnach Inc; is 4
4 inaccessible to your hanks M $to your
reproaches; It goes on from To- Day e.
3Iin8 d dead level or ell cienc cce
Inn certain average o ttalnn as531 ls5
4 stn,,,ln ri .$ ,innlovedIs by a SUCCESS ere
Il which Is sure to be offset sby a. failure
Il there n 5 # 5l III
Es Even tho rtiality q British JUS
4 8tlce il unpopular among the ma tiyes 3S t
flsIndIn: they prefer the NOR uncertain
4 bcourse Of native method 81, n llES ~
hundred matters foreign to II heSreal TACT Is
sEof3tho cnse Sinny fleet the issue q a SILT
The taxa ton the
|whcais much less hurde y l'a
4 ~ Tho NATIVE states. both to t.a8
amount and the method ot t ectlon, ~
less popular than that ecreed{ ,ySt s
tlye princes. S 7 here IS re any
a nrecision about British 5tnxnt on len
4 Sannoys the natives; and very 81
little ii return IS liat dls5
lplay and ex trivn gance whlc t'S's
4 SO dearly to wi tness Linon tn * ~ sers,
4 and whIch thew cln al%ay W. look for lli III
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But gninst all there may i'; bes -
q a very significant fact nan,el MT
a whenever some small read instm ll'I
a boundary bctwcen Ra Erl tsllnn d M lat We
n Sstntc ID undertaken, almost every ma tVe3
&ain British lomniol,s4 axerts his -
8inruencc against being tran sferred ss IT, q
n native and lrnosts
4 transferred si to British admin Y; orr
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