go where he leads; give what he asks--all
without murmuring or discontent. The man who murmurs must be drummed out
of the ranks.' If we saw the French submitting to this system, no words
that we could use would be strong enough to express our contempt for
them. As we happen to be doing it ourselves, it must, of course, be good
and wise. Granted that it is so, we may fairly ask even the Radicals
whether they are quite sure that it is wise to think of giving up India?
With what do they propose to replace our government? The testimony of
every fair-minded man is that we have accomplished an incalculable
amount of excellent work there. Our magnificent highways and railroads,
our appliances for irrigation, would alone make our name immortal in the
country. The people thrive under our rule; every man is secure in the
possession of his property; war no longer devastates the country. We
recommend everybody who is unaware of these and similar facts to
consider well the evidence adduced by Baron Huebner:--

'Materially speaking, India has never been as prosperous as
she is now. The appearance of the natives, for the most part
well clothed, and of their villages and well-furnished
cottages, and of their well-cultivated fields, seems to
prove this. In their bearing there is nothing servile; in
their behaviour towards their English masters there is a
certain freedom of manner, and a general air of
self-respect; nothing of that abject deference which strikes
and shocks new comers in other Eastern countries. I have no
means of comparing the natives of to-day with the natives of
former generations, but I have been able to compare the
populations who owe direct allegiance to the Empress with
the subjects of the feudatory princes. For example, when you
cross the frontier of Hyderabad, the climate, the soil, the
race, are the same as those you have just quitted, but the
difference between the two States is remarkable, and
altogether to the advantage of the Presidency of Madras or
of Bombay.'

He goes on to say, that no one can deny that the British India of to-day
presents a spectacle that has no parallel in the history of the world:

'What do we see? Instead of periodical, if not permanent,
wars, profound peace firmly established throughout the whole
Empire; instead of the exactions of chiefs always greedy for
gold, and not s