{"pages":{"189":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00213-c995317bc94411f95b40.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":411,"y":169,"width":248,"height":18}},{"text":"189","box":{"x":938,"y":164,"width":52,"height":21}},{"text":"6. We take this opportunity to forward and to request attention","box":{"x":126,"y":218,"width":861,"height":31}},{"text":"to a correspondence with the Government of India, relative to the","box":{"x":81,"y":244,"width":907,"height":34}},{"text":"appointment of a Commission for investigating the condition of the","box":{"x":78,"y":274,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"Travancore State (From Government of India, 9 March 1859,","box":{"x":81,"y":299,"width":904,"height":31}},{"text":"No. 963. Τo Government of India, 23 March 1859, No. 183.)","box":{"x":81,"y":329,"width":847,"height":31}},{"text":"(Signed)","box":{"x":571,"y":440,"width":118,"height":29}},{"text":"We have, &c.","box":{"x":708,"y":396,"width":186,"height":29}},{"text":"Harris.","box":{"x":738,"y":442,"width":98,"height":20}},{"text":"Jas. Grant.","box":{"x":742,"y":479,"width":148,"height":22}},{"text":"Walter Elliot.","box":{"x":740,"y":519,"width":188,"height":22}},{"text":"Fort St. George, 26 March 1859.","box":{"x":83,"y":556,"width":441,"height":31}},{"text":"W. A. Morehead.","box":{"x":742,"y":557,"width":249,"height":24}},{"text":"113. THE UPPER-CLOTH REBELLION: TREVELYAN'S","box":{"x":98,"y":651,"width":875,"height":24}},{"text":"INSTRUCTION TO CULLEN (1859 A.D.)","box":{"x":241,"y":678,"width":591,"height":29}},{"text":"The following extract is from the Minute of the President (Madras)","box":{"x":168,"y":738,"width":771,"height":27}},{"text":"C. E. Trevelyan dated 6th May 1859, which consists mainly a copy of","box":{"x":129,"y":761,"width":813,"height":28}},{"text":"a letter sent to General Cullen, British Resident in Travancore. In","box":{"x":132,"y":785,"width":810,"height":27}},{"text":"effect the letter instructs the Resident to interfere in favour of the","box":{"x":130,"y":812,"width":810,"height":24}},{"text":"Shanar cause in the wake of the Upper-Cloth Rebellion (see previous","box":{"x":127,"y":836,"width":813,"height":29}},{"text":"entries). Cited in Copies of the Official Papers sent from India","box":{"x":127,"y":861,"width":813,"height":29}},{"text":"touching the Recent Disturbances in Travancore, 1859, pp. 43-44.","box":{"x":129,"y":888,"width":767,"height":25}},{"text":"I beg to submit to my colleagues a copy of the letter which I","box":{"x":126,"y":956,"width":866,"height":34}},{"text":"intimated to them my intention of writing to General Cullen, the","box":{"x":83,"y":984,"width":905,"height":31}},{"text":"Resident at Travancore :-","box":{"x":81,"y":1015,"width":368,"height":24}},{"text":"Dear Sir,","box":{"x":78,"y":1084,"width":130,"height":25}},{"text":"Having now perused the whole of the correspondence relating","box":{"x":123,"y":1134,"width":868,"height":32}},{"text":"to Travancore, I am able to write to you with confidence.","box":{"x":85,"y":1162,"width":784,"height":32}},{"text":"The recent proceedings in reference to certain females of the","box":{"x":127,"y":1218,"width":864,"height":31}},{"text":"Shanar class which have attracted so much attention, both in","box":{"x":84,"y":1246,"width":907,"height":28}},{"text":"England and in India, require no comment from me. I have","box":{"x":81,"y":1272,"width":908,"height":31}},{"text":"seldom met with a case in which not only truth and justice but","box":{"x":87,"y":1300,"width":904,"height":29}},{"text":"every feeling of our common humanity are so entirely on one side.","box":{"x":87,"y":1327,"width":901,"height":32}},{"text":"The whole civilized world would cry shame upon us if we did not","box":{"x":85,"y":1355,"width":905,"height":32}},{"text":"make a firm stand on such an occasion. If anything could make","box":{"x":87,"y":1383,"width":903,"height":31}},{"text":"this line of conduct more incumbent on us, it would be the extra-","box":{"x":85,"y":1410,"width":904,"height":28}},{"text":"ordinary fact that persecution of a singularly personal and indelicate","box":{"x":88,"y":1436,"width":901,"height":34}},{"text":"kind is attempted to be justified by a Royal proclamation, the special","box":{"x":85,"y":1464,"width":903,"height":34}},{"text":"object of which was to assure to Her Majesty's India subjects","box":{"x":85,"y":1494,"width":903,"height":34}},{"text":"liberty of thought and action, so long as they did not interfere with","box":{"x":85,"y":1520,"width":904,"height":32}}]},"190":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00214-7fe3ea17ed7979b36adc.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"190","box":{"x":130,"y":167,"width":50,"height":20}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":350,"y":172,"width":477,"height":21}},{"text":"the just right of others. I should fail in respect to Her Majesty","box":{"x":133,"y":221,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"if I attempted to describe the feelings with which she must regard","box":{"x":133,"y":247,"width":912,"height":35}},{"text":"the use made against Her own sex of the promises of protection so","box":{"x":132,"y":276,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"graciously accorded by Her.","box":{"x":127,"y":308,"width":386,"height":28}},{"text":"I, however, observe with pleasure, that in his letter to you,","box":{"x":178,"y":363,"width":865,"height":34}},{"text":"dated the 12th of February last, Madava Rao, the Dewan of Travan-","box":{"x":127,"y":392,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"core, wrote to you as follows: The authority of the Sirkar","box":{"x":130,"y":421,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"having been vindicated, it may be desirable to take an early oppor-","box":{"x":130,"y":447,"width":912,"height":35}},{"text":"tunity to consider what modifications should be made in the pro-","box":{"x":130,"y":475,"width":912,"height":35}},{"text":"clamation of 1004, so as to suit the requirements of altered times","box":{"x":126,"y":502,"width":917,"height":34}},{"text":"and circumstances, and satisfy parties as far as it may be possible","box":{"x":130,"y":532,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"to do so,' from which I infer that his Highness the Maha Raja is","box":{"x":129,"y":557,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"sensible that the conduct of a portion of his subjects towards the","box":{"x":132,"y":586,"width":910,"height":29}},{"text":"Shanar women belongs to an age of barbarism utterly unsuited to the","box":{"x":129,"y":613,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"present advanced stage of civilization in this country.","box":{"x":129,"y":642,"width":746,"height":31}},{"text":"By the order of this Government, dated the 27th of January","box":{"x":172,"y":697,"width":866,"height":31}},{"text":"last, you were instructed to be careful to give no countenance to the","box":{"x":132,"y":725,"width":910,"height":29}},{"text":"idea that the British Government, of which you are the represen-","box":{"x":130,"y":753,"width":908,"height":31}},{"text":"tative, 'recognise any exclusive distinctions, or the right of any set","box":{"x":129,"y":780,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"of men to prevent others from following, in all matters of social or","box":{"x":127,"y":807,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"domestic life, such course as they may see fit, provided it be not","box":{"x":126,"y":834,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"repugnant to public decency and morals. It will be your duty to","box":{"x":129,"y":862,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"impress these views on his Highness the Raja, and to point out to","box":{"x":129,"y":890,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"him that such prohibitions as those contained in the circular order","box":{"x":125,"y":917,"width":914,"height":29}},{"text":"of May 1814, or in the Proclamation of the 3rd February 1829, are","box":{"x":126,"y":946,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"unsuited to the present age, and unworthy of an enlightened prince,","box":{"x":123,"y":974,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"and that he is not to look for the support of the British Government","box":{"x":125,"y":1002,"width":911,"height":29}},{"text":"in any attempts to maintain them, as respects any class of his","box":{"x":126,"y":1028,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"subjects'.","box":{"x":126,"y":1058,"width":133,"height":25}},{"text":"And by the further order of this Government, of the 12th March","box":{"x":165,"y":1111,"width":871,"height":29}},{"text":"last, you were informed that the Government will hope to learn","box":{"x":125,"y":1139,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"at an early date what arrangement has been made by the Dewan.","box":{"x":123,"y":1167,"width":908,"height":32}},{"text":"The principle on which it should proceed has already been laid down","box":{"x":120,"y":1195,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"by Government in the last paragraph of Extract Minutes of Consul-","box":{"x":120,"y":1224,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"tation, 27th January 1859. General Cullen will inform Government","box":{"x":122,"y":1251,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"what communication he has held with his Highness the Raja in","box":{"x":116,"y":1279,"width":917,"height":34}},{"text":"furtherance of the instructions then conveyed to him. The degree","box":{"x":122,"y":1308,"width":911,"height":34}},{"text":"of interference which for many years past has been exercised by","box":{"x":122,"y":1335,"width":911,"height":34}},{"text":"the representative of the British Government, in the affairs of","box":{"x":123,"y":1363,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"Travancore, is so large, and his intervention so general, that the","box":{"x":119,"y":1392,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"credit or discredit of the administration greatly rests with the","box":{"x":122,"y":1419,"width":910,"height":34}},{"text":"British Government, and it has thereby become their duty to insist","box":{"x":118,"y":1450,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"upon the observance of a system of toleration in a more decided","box":{"x":119,"y":1476,"width":911,"height":34}},{"text":"manner than they would be at liberty to adopt if they had merely","box":{"x":119,"y":1504,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"to bring their influence to bear on an independent State.\"","box":{"x":122,"y":1532,"width":782,"height":31}}]}}}