. Indika. The country and the people of India and Ceylon . ed by Parlia-ment was in 1853, for only such period as the government mightsee fit. The number of directors was reduced, their patronagefor appointments to the civil service was taken away, and ap-pointments for offices were henceforth made dependent upon theprinciple of open In 1858, however, Parliamenttransferred, after long debate, the whole administration of Indiato the Crown, and the East India Company ceased to exist. A second great result was, that England learned by the mutinythat her government of India was hence
. Indika. The country and the people of India and Ceylon . ed by Parlia-ment was in 1853, for only such period as the government mightsee fit. The number of directors was reduced, their patronagefor appointments to the civil service was taken away, and ap-pointments for offices were henceforth made dependent upon theprinciple of open In 1858, however, Parliamenttransferred, after long debate, the whole administration of Indiato the Crown, and the East India Company ceased to exist. A second great result was, that England learned by the mutinythat her government of India was henceforth to depend onChristian principles. There was no longer any public sympathy * Holmes, A History of the Indian Mutiny, p. Hunter, Short History of the Indian People, p. 211. INDIA IN HISTORY. 77 with the false religious traditions and prejudices of the earnest Christian spirit of Eavelock and the Lawreiconvinced the world that the highesl military quality is consist-ent with a deep religions experience. The patriotic spirit i. THE RESIDENCY AT LUCKNOW. the missionaries in this critical time was remarkable. The mas-sacre of missionaries and their families was a pail of the greatprice which England paid for her complete victory over themutineers. A third great result attained by the suppression of the mn- 78 INDIKA. tiny was the profound and universal conviction among all thenatives that all further attempts to conquer England in Indiawere out of the question. The mutiny had been made withunsurpassed energy, and it had utterly failed. No one of judg-ment in India now imagines that another effort for independencecan ever be made, even under the most favorable circumstances. VI. The Queens Proclamation, on assuming the governmentof India, was issued November 1, 1858. It has been called theMagna Charta of Indian rights. Complete amnesty was grantedto all inhabitants of the country, except those who had takendirect part in the murder of English people. These few
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