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NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS . It is impossible to acknowledge the mass of le-fcters we receive . Their insertion is of ten delayed , owing to a press of matter ; and when omitted , it is frequently fromreasons quite independent of the merits of the communication . ^ °£°£ ice c - a ? £ e ta ^ e - u of anonymous correspondence . Whaterens intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer ; not necessarily for publication . but as a Ruarantee of his good faith . "We cannot undertake to return rejected communications .
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THE CALCUTTA MEMORIAL . It has never been , our practice to sanction attacks upon public men simply on the ground that they belong to a particular class , or have T > een unfortunate in their administration . Every lime which appeared in our columns during the Crimean war testified to our desire to avoid unjust reflections upon the unpopular ministers , Lord Aberdeen and the Duke of Newcastle . Especially have we
refrained , upon all occasions , from reckless invective against men who , like Xord Ca . ituiira , occupy responsible positions in times of confusion and calamity , and whose duties have to I > e performed in the midst of sudden alarms and even actual dangers . But it is - ^_ injgiOTsible to resist the conclusion that , as Governor-General of India , Lord Cannin g stands convicted of indifference or i n-
capacity . The case against him rests , not upon suspicion , but upon absolute evidence . We shall be careful to discard all merely insinuated or suggested accusations , although there are some which certainly call for expilsmationi These may be put without prejudieV > . in the form of questions . Was Lord Canning upon arriving in India warned iby Lord L \ axhot 7 sie that the Bengal ikrmy was in a state of dan ^
geroiis disaffection , and that ten thousand additional 3 European troops with , able commanders SKxould be immediately sent for ? Have copies" been 'kept of any letters addressed bo tearly ( as 1856 to the . governor-General Bu ^ eine and Supremo ' . Council of Calcutta pq lifting out the necessity of instant precaution / xj measures ? Who remonstrated with Lord Canning against tjie supine indifl ? erence > w 5 th Which lie looked on while the sacred ciake was passed from-liaiid to hand
ambng unyriadB of soldiers P . If , these ' points can be Explained there aifi others' M a ^ . cannot . Without exaggerating tlie impPrtaiice 6 f fchp Calcutta , IVTemoiaal , we may ' say' ^ Hat ^ to pur own'knbwledg ©; it ' represents $ he feelings anA vieyte 1 of a yery influential clas */ ko&posed pf mercttanifc and others ' mter ^ sieVT In ' the good government of JjxAia arid' liltely iio lie well' informed 'Tffe ' se jfers ' ona cornpjain , in point of fact ' "' thai / in sbity pf toremonitory l si | n s ; tHd ^ eip ' by cttnsp [ racy was iiliow ^ d to creep over BeWlike y a " t : 16 ud ' n' ^ e , nigbtv Ts thatfal ^ e or'tme ? 'TIjey " au'd tW ; not biily-wer ^' no ineapures'fatten , 'to prevent the' outbreak ;! Tiut nothing W $ 'doWto . ai-in the authoifrt&y wM'ifte' mlnW ' df / rep ' r ^^ ion . A . t > r ^ aeri ^^ 6 ntaimd ^' ati''Ariiiy c { f in ' " than ' tt-htontired'thousand ^ ncn tttts'j fbuna to be wiiliom ^ dTftMrfaatiaty ^ Ho'ut ^ of' ^ iiet oomtoiitticaito , MQ ! ^ itu ^ fes * ' ^ M' ^ se ^ qfe bo rfttobted' tl *« Plbhef ^ wdtiidJ bc | t afoo ' Hb ffio W * rttettt > ' # rffce& df ' aft fafcurgeni ! rtrnW . ^ elni / - * vjb t ' a ; . j ' . 'i'O ; wu xu ' . "tiu .-xu uiut n / u ' . l
the great repository of Ordnance ; Cawnpore , a vast milary depot Allahabad , the barrier fortress between the Upper and Lower Provinces , were destitute of European garrisons . The storm broke over the North-Wesb . A reasonable amount of apprehension , described in official sneers as a panic , was aroused at Calcutta , and the inhabitants j > etitioned for leave to incorporate themselves as a volunteer force- Permission was refused . Yet , within a few weeks Lord Oa-HNINQ found himself
compelled to retract his refusal , and the Volunteer Corps constituted the safety of Calcutta . Next , the Europeans represented the imprudence of maintaining an armed native body-guard wMch , at any moment , might annihilate the local government of India . They were rebuked as the promoters of mischievous alarm . But of course they were right , and the Governor-General at
length found it necessary to cease talking about confidence , and to deprive his pnetorians of the power to burn and ravage the capital of British India . Not , however , before the events at Dinapore and Ariuh had convinced Lord Cannin g that , to the massacres of Meei'ut and Cawnpore might be added the assassination of a Supreme Council and a Hight Honourable Viscount .
His Lordship acted with -a sovereign contempt of public opinion . To silence that opinion , and to screen himself , he put in force the Gagging Act , under > vhich a number of able and moderate journals written in , " English , and one and all English in their spirit , were confounded "with the spawn of Oordoo papers and broadsheets brimful of Mahratta lies . Lord Canning , therefore , has to contend against two insurrections ; that of the . S epoy s , which others foresaw , and which he , perhaps
might have prevented , and that of the Euror pean mind in India , which he has himself provoked , and which , will result ., not in , violence , but if there be any sense or vigour in the government or the nation ^ jn h ^ s . suporsession and recall .. . ,. Froni Calcutta , . Bombay , Madras ,, Singapore , Moulmein , Itango . on , and other ports in the Company ' s territories , petitions are announced imploring the -British Pabinetto save India from lord CANjTiNGh ; It is difficult to conceive under \ uhat , Oriental ,
influences he has acted . The , fjbrslj . place where a mutiny broke put was atJBerbanippi'e , , not more than a Imndred and tvpenty miles from Calcutta ; and Berhamporewas % \\ e last plivce at 'which a , total disarmament of the liafcive troc | ps was effectedj The r , eyolt or ' the 19 th Regiment took place in February . It . . was a merely local affair , said ,, the Governor-General ^ , but whije Mr , Vernoii Smith was telling the ' House of Commons th . a ^ . ' . tjlie , late disaffection had bepn , completejy put an end to sixt
, y-one regiments were risipg in re , b . elhon , with batteries of arti ) Jerj , apd cprp ^ , of . sappers and miners . Successive eofp ^ ogjons were heard , and the 1 fire run slowly towards Meerut , the principal military jStjatipn , of , tlje . J ^ orth- 'V ^ Gst , _* 4 ^ imbecile old inan W ( hp had been fifty years . in ., tlje . service ; wa ^ ' , } efp M jn ; cominand j and , naturally , the mutiny bro ^ fl put with painful -rq ^ ults , Kpthing ' .. w , as dpn » even' to get , ri ^ t of tl \ et . jirtbeijije , qjcl .. man , ' and the Koliilcun ^ rebels \ vere ; tfhirby , i > f ) u ' vs cjrossine the . Gftnf > ea tuiflftr , " lii « * nv ^ s nnr l
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, se co-operation was accepted by an unauthorized commander , Lord Canning- would not accept it . He ordered t , ho Ghoorkas off the British territory . "When they were off , he-invited them back . airnin . Meanwhile , the Subahdar's tank at Oawjijiom was filled with the naked bodies of murdered Englishwomen and children .
butbecautheir guarantee at Benares three months after the public had lost confidence in the : Bengal army . " When Luoknow and Cawnpore were threatened , ! and while there was yet time to save the thousand victims : of ISTena Sahib ' s butchery , a force of Ghoorkas might have kept the ground ¦ ¦ until Ha . vbt . ock arrivpd
The government of secrecy and nnifcv otherwise , despotism- —established by the Gagging Act at Calcutta , is far more dim serous to the British power in India than the garrison of Delhi . " Our-Generals , " said Lord North , " may frighten the enemy ; all I know is that they ' frighten me . " Lord Canning frightens us . He might have put Dinapore
and Arrah out -of . danger hy causing . a regiment to halt three hours on its passage bv river to the Upper . Country . He might liave allowed a diversion by the Fepaulese army in favour of Cawnpore . He might also "have been responsible , by refusing to disarm his body-guard . for a general massacre in Calcutta . It is a fearful thing to contemplate—unlimited discretion and almost unlimited
fatuity . ; Overrating himself and underrating the dangers of the country , what guarantee have we that Lord-Canning is the man to whom should be entrusted the conduct of that gigantic struggle .. byAvhieh , if by any- , thing , th& English arc- to regain the supremacy of India ? The curse of the nation is that- no guarantee is required from ineu in
responsible . situation ' s .- iWe insist as 1 ittle upon qualifications as upon guarantees * . ^ General A . N . aoNi \ vas ; a-n : ensign with the baggage guar d ' . atrWateriria ^ x and ! w « . imade- < hiin . "t ' ommander-in-Chief iia . India . Pame gatliercd by field-days in 'Hyde jPark has been permitted to supersede great Indian : reputations —OuTitA . 11 and-LaJWJiiENOE' are no < competitors of Anson and < D ? ANiNiN ( i . The favoi ( rites
may break dowii it ia . true -, but Britisli nepotism is ingenious ; 1 - -To . satisfy the ; public , ( whieh ; is easily satisfied ) , a- board of old Peainsulars will- sit , and-whi"tewash every one concerned . Butjwej . are ai ^ ticipating- AVe have not yet made liead'against the rebellion , and if the feeble- Government' atvOalentta should bencltoiffclieiblasbv / it . may at-length be thought n ' eoessaa ? ijr / -ljy ibhe : nation at home that personal . vanity should give-way to -imperial interests , iand that- Jiidia , Jshoulcl be saved , even af : tl \© -risk 'ofi : or ¥ © nce taiViscount CannjNa Mid-Mr ; ^ fEriNoir Smith . '" i . ' . . , ; r . ; . ' -. ; ? ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ " lUf ' . ¦ : ¦>¦? ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' - '
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TH ^; ' NfjjSriippitTtll . 'iiWG , ' . SER ^ EA ^ T" GDi ^ is-Wftr Offico . » ln ( l ( the ; ilorse , GunrdH have need , np > s of all their , wrts ^ aaiil- of the quickest | ise , pfthem , '' says the : 1 ? wxws >; and'O-iirpowerjTul , , contemporary , printaitiooae * of . itaV inost spirited ; pnpers , ^» e ) Whoid > drift of which is , to sjiow ; . fchafei while ; : the t country 'needs more soldiera to , cptifroaitiitq (© rieiiiios and to ehasfcise . thoa ^ wJip Jwvoriiaftiotod . atrociouaf wrongs
, Vipon , Qiivi countjymon . nnd ) = country wo men in Indja , |;( tli 0 , spirifc ;> of . itho >/ nation < libselt" is jtliorp . ughly-. rou ^ fed , , fwi&r . vpQn &va ¦ 'offering i » , ajil ¦ ^^ ions , fow unjlitarj ^ drvirid . I b w not lOfily / Jtihe ( 7 2 i «/ jfl «; iy > hi '< th tretteivoaletteia from young n ) 0 » nialtA jJ > g © vewy-conceivable snggestjlpii ,, jtp ! jfacUiUtei ' . thei .. « e " tfv ; iee . 0 f . gop . nianhop ^ in , r ^ ho ; ftruiy ;< tlio . Jioirsfe -Gum-da itself , ^ M 3 , ^ ji jCI , j ) ftpartaierfft , and imanyiindiWduala ^ yn 9 ^( , a r , el | iwppofled /\ ii ( J ) i ! ipDS 8 es 3 politifnl or , 9 | ficgtol ijvfluepcQ , ne ( ieav « tlottore- ¦ > ¦ of , ifohe' a >» mo lri ^ d M : ' » 3 V iflohlnaiMi a&tlyei . KimcflAooin vrith prpQQwU ; from i \ ' AfJSAm ng « Engiiahwinu / fi A
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SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 26 , 1857 .
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There is nothing so revolutionary , because there 13 nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain - to keeptbdngs fixed-when alltbe -world is by the veiy law ofit 3 creation in eternal progress . —Db . Aenoi . 1 )
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 26, 1857, page 924, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2211/page/12/
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