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' The Two Jews Of Meshid.
exception the definition is excellent . " So say ive , to Sir Henry Wotton . Diplomacy does not always require an honest man , and the hes are never for the benefit of his country . With these exceptions the definition is excellent , and applies to the bungling diplomacy of Afghanistan .
3 rd . Revenge is the vice of a savage ; retribution is the award of justice ; revenge may be taken by the meanest reptile that crawls the earth in human shape , but retribution is an attribute of righteousness ; and when men take upon themselves this Divine office , they are bound to exercise it towards all , towards those who deserve rewardas toivards those ivho deserve
, punishment . Retribution , minus justice to the deserving , is the hangman ' s office . But such was ours . We stormed Istalif—so far so good ; but Ave refused to wait three days , that our faithful soldiers , who were pining in captivity , might be brought in . Lord Ellenborough had given the most urgent orders for retreatwith or
, without the prisoners . Neither Nott , nor Pollock could bring themselves to retreat without marching to Kabul . But they hacl no more share in releasing the prisoners than you or I had . When it was clone , Lord Ellenborough , clamorous for fame , though not for honour , greedily claimed the whole credit of the advance for himself .
In the mean time , General M'Caskdl dared not grant the three clays' delay , which Eldred Pottinger so earnestly implored , to alloiv of the captives being brought in : so the British departed , and left their comrades to l ^ eless captivity . I clo not speak without book : hundreds were left , scores are still alive , some in Balkh , some in Turkistan , many in Afghanistan proper
—gallant old Subadars , groAvn grey in our service , are wearingout then * days in the most degrading and abject bondagebrave sepoys , our poor camp-folloAvers—aye , even some of our OAvn Saxon men , perchance even women , certainly children . Among the children released , about fii * e years ago , by the exertions of Murteza Shah , AVIIO was sent to Kabul by Sir H .
Lawrence , was an English boy of thirteen , who had forgotten his oivn name and his own language , refused to wear English clothes , and hacl been taught to hate and contemn his countrymen and their faith with his whole heart . Who can say how many others were left behind ? M'Caskill would not take the responsibility of waitingPollock would not take the
responsi-, bility of allowing him to do so , but neither shrank from the responsibility of refusing . Abandoning our own people was the third act of the drama . Then we marched . A croivd of ruined adherents clung to oui
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
' The Two Jews Of Meshid.
exception the definition is excellent . " So say ive , to Sir Henry Wotton . Diplomacy does not always require an honest man , and the hes are never for the benefit of his country . With these exceptions the definition is excellent , and applies to the bungling diplomacy of Afghanistan .
3 rd . Revenge is the vice of a savage ; retribution is the award of justice ; revenge may be taken by the meanest reptile that crawls the earth in human shape , but retribution is an attribute of righteousness ; and when men take upon themselves this Divine office , they are bound to exercise it towards all , towards those who deserve rewardas toivards those ivho deserve
, punishment . Retribution , minus justice to the deserving , is the hangman ' s office . But such was ours . We stormed Istalif—so far so good ; but Ave refused to wait three days , that our faithful soldiers , who were pining in captivity , might be brought in . Lord Ellenborough had given the most urgent orders for retreatwith or
, without the prisoners . Neither Nott , nor Pollock could bring themselves to retreat without marching to Kabul . But they hacl no more share in releasing the prisoners than you or I had . When it was clone , Lord Ellenborough , clamorous for fame , though not for honour , greedily claimed the whole credit of the advance for himself .
In the mean time , General M'Caskdl dared not grant the three clays' delay , which Eldred Pottinger so earnestly implored , to alloiv of the captives being brought in : so the British departed , and left their comrades to l ^ eless captivity . I clo not speak without book : hundreds were left , scores are still alive , some in Balkh , some in Turkistan , many in Afghanistan proper
—gallant old Subadars , groAvn grey in our service , are wearingout then * days in the most degrading and abject bondagebrave sepoys , our poor camp-folloAvers—aye , even some of our OAvn Saxon men , perchance even women , certainly children . Among the children released , about fii * e years ago , by the exertions of Murteza Shah , AVIIO was sent to Kabul by Sir H .
Lawrence , was an English boy of thirteen , who had forgotten his oivn name and his own language , refused to wear English clothes , and hacl been taught to hate and contemn his countrymen and their faith with his whole heart . Who can say how many others were left behind ? M'Caskill would not take the responsibility of waitingPollock would not take the
responsi-, bility of allowing him to do so , but neither shrank from the responsibility of refusing . Abandoning our own people was the third act of the drama . Then we marched . A croivd of ruined adherents clung to oui