The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-06-19
by WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
Copyright, 1906, by Joseph e. BoWles
Copyright IN Great Britain
All Rights ReSerVed.)

MI AlSIliH INtStI Neh.D
Suez. April s. 190G.-Strictly speak
ing. the term Mohammedan India.
could only be applied To those fron-
tier districts in which the Mohart-
medans have a preponderating influ-
ence. but the Mohammedan emperOrS
left such conspicuous monuments OF
their reign in Luc< now Delhi and
Agra that it does not violate the pro-
FrictieS to thus describe his section.
The Mohammedans themselves havc
laid virtual claim to this territory by
the establishment Of their chief col
lege at Aligahr, nearly equi-listant
from Agra and Delhi, and their claim
is still further strengthened by the
fact hat while they have not a ma
jority. they have a very large percen.
tage Of the population of both OF the
last named cities.
In approaching this section of nd;a
from the east the tourist passes
through CaWnpore, made memorable
by the massacre of the British res
dents during the mutiny Of 1851. The
recollection of the mutiny is still
fresh in the minds of the British Of
ticials and numerous monuments have
been reared to the bravery of the be-
Aieged garriSonS.
At Calcutta one is shown a black
piece Of pavement which covers 4
part of the Black Hole of Calcutta
9th rest of the hole is now covered
by 4 building) where in 1856 146 hG'
man beings We're forced to spend the
night. and from which only % escaped
alive. The hole was % by Ia feet
and only 16 or Is feet in height, and
the awful Sutferings of those who per
iShed there are Comnlemorated by an
obelisk which stands near by.
But the cruelty practiced at the time
of he mutiny far more stirred the
English heart. and as the uprising was
made extensive, several cities contain
memorials. OF these the most beautl-
full is at Cawnpore and is called The
Angel of the Resuwrectibn.' 1T l.
made Of white marble and represents
an angel with hands crossed and each
holding a palm. 1t stands upon an
elevated mound in n beautiful parit
and is inclosed by a stone screen. IL
was the gift of Lord and Lady can
ming and bears the following inscrlp-
ton: sacred to the perpetual mem
DRY of q great company of Christian
people, chiefly women and children
who near this spot were cruelty muir
dered by the followers of the rebe
Mana Dhundu Pant. of Bithur. and
cast the dying with the dead. into
the we'll below, on the fifteenth day OF
July, 1857
There is also at Cawnpore. in an
OtDeI DARK, Il SttiitlN llItlllo4 le III -
the inner walls Of which are lineo
with tablets containing the names -
british soldiers who lost their live.
during the mutinN.
Lucknow is not far from CaWnpore
and here. too. the mutiny has LET
its scars and monuments. The Luck
now reSiGcncy, now az iVN-ntantle'
ruin. was the scene of the great sieg'
that lasted from the lst of July. lSo'
to the 18th of November. At the be
ginning there We're within the wall
900 British troops n officers. 10
volunteers. 700 native troops. 500 Wo
men and children and 200 nOn-com
Tatant natives: total about 5000
When relief came but 1000 remained
The night before the arrival of 81
Colin Campbell with requirements
one of the bcsieged. q Scotch cir
dreamed of the coming of relief an
her drean gay rise to the song 50 ia
miliar a generation 90. The Camp
bells Are Coming
There are in lucknow a number c
tnmbs. mosques and buildings tha
gave us our first glimpse of the archi
lecture of the Mogul cmperors-grea
domes. gigantic gateWaNs and grace
full minaretS. stately columns an
vaulted galleries. The most Interest
ing of the buildings, l~mambarah, bui
by Asaf-ud-daulah, contains 4 gree
hall more than $50 feet long and abol
so feet in breadth and height. O
one side of the court is Il priVa'
mosque ana on the other 4 group
apartments built around q Well as
protection against the summers hea
From the top of the Imambarah Oh
obtains an excellent view of LucknO
and it's surroundings.
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At Aligarh | found q great educ
tOnal institution which must
taken into consideration in ~eStinIati1
the future of MohammedaniSm in |
dia. 1t was dundee in 1877, large
through the influence and liberality
Sir Syed Ahmed. who until his dea
in 1898 devoted himself entirely
its development. He was a lare
minded man and full of zeal for t
enlightenment Of his co-lelieioniS
He recognized the low Intellect
standard of the Mohanlmedan Indian