The treaty of paris was to end the revolution
Kipling, like many individuals in his generation, viewed colonialism as a positive force. Kipling believed that it was a facilitator of civilization, it provided important moral and educational benefits and was the responsibility of more advanced nations to bestow on less advanced nations.
1.Because I fear that this burden is upon my back will sink me lower than the grave.
In this statement, he emphasize the fact that the burden he carries is so strong and wrong before the eyes of God that he prefers the punishment as an exit for his consciousness and his soul.
2.The thoughts of these things make me cry.
In the second statement, he concludes that not getting any kind of penitence makes him cry because of the big guilt that he feels and the fear that he has for God.