Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-06-12
knowledge Of God; Progress of the
democratic Principle; Literary Notices;
Miscellaneous Intelligence.
General Intelligence.
From the New York Spectator.
Late from Canton.

The imperial government, in ats deter
animation to root out the evil practice of
smokingthe black mud, has appointed !
special envoy to Canton, with full power |
and strict instructions to leave no meas !
ures untried until the filth is entirely !
scrubbed away. A numbering procla. !
nation to foreigners of all nations has
talso been published, the nature Of which
may be gathered from the following ex-
tracts:
Tang, governor of the two Kwang
provinces. &c.. and .Ee, Fooyuen Of
kwangtung, &c. conformity proclaim to
the foreigners of every country, for their
full information.
Whereas, it has been graciousIy per.
mitted by the heads of the Chinese en-
pire-to foreigners of every nation to come
hither for commercial purposes, now
nearly two hundred years; during which
time We have been STEPPED in the good-
ness and bounty of our emperors, and
have obtained profit and advantage be-
yond all measure; moreover, the tea and
| rhubarb of our central land are indispen-
sable articles for you foreigners! how
much your very lives depend upon them
We cannot indeed but knowi Our en-
spire of China has not the slightest neces-
tsity to trade with you--but could We exist
a single day were We not to trade with as?
In spite of this obvious truth, however,
for several tens of years back, we have
been looking at the article opium, as the
sole way to realize profit. Your opium
store-ships and warehouses convey The
drug in unbroken succession; which has
led to native traitors connecting them
selves with you in the sale thereof; and
our ignorant common people taking de-
/ light in smoking it, have now become
accustomed 10 the odious habit; the evil
has gradually spread over the whole coast,
and infected every province Of the en-
pire!
!. On former occasions, edict followed
7. edict. We, the Governor and Fooyuen,
n have three times and FIVE times, again
! and again warned and exherted you; but
because your minds were solely absorbed
by the love of gain, our words passed
u like The wind unheeded by; and we were
put off with the excuse, that all those
s who came to Canton to trade were good
/ & upright foreigners. How1itle dreampt
/ they that many of the sampans smuggling
inside the Bogue having been repeatedly
:, taken, their knavery has thereby been
: exposed to vew and will We still come
to tell US that We are upright foreigners
/ and that every one of you is LICKING
after lawful calling?
:. Now, however. the Indignation of the
Great Emperor has been fairly aroused
&c at these wicked practices! and the hourl,
~ thought of his heart IS to do away with
90 them forever. In the capital he has com
On manded the grea. officers of State to de
iberate upon and draw up the severes
statutes; in the provinces he has ordere
= the governors and inferior officers to Sc
= that the laws be enforced with the utmos
rigor! 1t is the voice of the Great En-
g peror, as Of Heaven itself, that gives fort
Y the command-and where he wills it,
e cannot but take effect.
~ We, the governor and Fooyuen, hav
40 already received with the deepest respe,
ny an imperial edict, commanding the aC
= lmirals of every station, along with tn
d. commanders OF the different garrison
* and military stations to get ready an
u.s. despatch squadrons of war-ships, we
10 supplied with guns and military weapon
no of alt kinds; these are to cruize. aiik
or East, West and South, and to be studde
NJ over the ocean at short intervals, as we
for the protection of our coast as to seil
ne the naive smuggling boats, and drive OF
es, the lettering foreign ships.
on Ye. foreigners have brought your shiI
"a from lands afar off Your primary O
az iect was to take your principal and see
~ - profit on it. Alasl why should We,
= the sake of profit. involve your persol
~ lin destructien2 Al this very instant o.
20 common people are giving up the use
eeI onium: the brokers, who bought it
, rS YOU, are flying heller skelter; the go
:, eminent officers are directing the lay
s with unmitigated severity; the people a
- trembling at the idea of punishment, a
;on, anxious only to secure their own perso
from danger!
-; We, the governor and Fooyuen, IN
&C. ING all those circumstances, now ISIS
ula this proclamation, with the utmost 1T
~ most intense earnestnessi When it feaC
~ es The said foreigners, let them instan
-, diyest themselves Of their previous fl!
y and taking all the opium receiving sh
anchored outside, cause one and all
. ase them, with the utmost haste. to return
.,,i, their native countries!
~ The other ships which are not rece
mer. ing ships, as we'll as those merchant-.l
which do not enter the port must not,
rrass their own will and pleasure. come and
lis rambling. and stopping wherever il s.
ublic them. Every one must carry on