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in the palace at Seringapatam, mentioned by colonel Wilks to have 

 been written by himself and his secretary, among other diabolical 

 suggestions and false aspersions on the Christians, is this sanguinary 

 passage from a letter written by the Sultaun to general Macleod 

 at Mangulore, which stamps the character of the tyrant of 

 Mysore. 



" It is admitted by the concurring testimony of all religions, 

 that no apostle, excepting the seal of the apostles, has been in- 

 vested with the power of the sword; and that the text of " slay 

 them wheresoever thou canst find them" has descended from the 

 Almighty avenger to no other. That holy personage did, in con- 

 formity to the command of the great Creator, let loose the infidel- 

 destroying sword, without distinction, on the Jews, the Nazarenes, 

 the Sabians, and other idolaters. And Ali, the victorious lion of 

 the Lord, who was the rightful Imaun, and the absolute vicegerent 

 of the seal of the prophets, removed the darkness of infidelity and 

 association (that is the doctrine of assigning to God associates in 

 power) and sent abundance of associators on the road to the abode 

 of misery. Therefore God, and the apostle of God, and all his 

 elect, abominate and abhor you, and you have incurred the wrath 

 of the throne of God. Wherefore, all sects being bound by the 

 laws and precepts of their respective apostles, it follows, that kill- 

 ing and slaying, and bravery, and heroism, and holy war, and the 

 destruction of infidels, and the arts which belong to the gallant 

 and the brave, have descended as an hereditary right to us from 

 our apostle." 



I need not particularize the inhabitants of Baroche; the Hin- 

 doos are much the same every where. The high Moguls and other 



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