Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-03-31

tics ana SEQ Huusb -uf~urfcHGeat 81 tcn-
f,.,re II Carton tCaw E.hrii) bare ccmmc0-
crd . eutrfcl ia good earnest. wlica hss icl
~ niocA t.np' hcs tifcs.y, anj promises 3"
Isrnrsr q ssfinus war. Inc cartaln OF the
Mora tccrniiy auiscl ai New lurA' reports
. rg.rnaf al MaOaa. tssl 10 consequence n' -
srti between iht Chnose War Julks. anl q
British iIigsfe which tlc ioupof !osi about
iluussnA mCa ai fafr'ra ia'isns Wcfc cr-
r!ssei igsm tr,dine at Canton This fumoT
Va, douisc3 p, ,ac NcH lo,k papers hut
SIS noi improbable. The semi savage Cm-
pese are ian3rau of lbr power and policy Of
foreign nations. They iikr traffic. in teas,
AIS and mauy other articles. which IL prof
table b. them bui Size TRACE has always Teen
embarrassed with lcijy ,ctatnus restrictions.
tie result Of ignorance an1 jealousy. AID has
heea subcti q enormous iasaiiHns at their
ports Those iayafisns ana duties alyc bcon
subsnii,cd 81 Do Ear0pcans and Amen. he
cause ihe trade WAS sul profitable, and the
self glnfiarsiion at the Celestial Empre has
teen exalted, tcyond al pauoni endurance.
All nations have iamley iruck,ci 10 ihrlr ca
prices. a0j il - not wonderful that they should
look with conicmp, UPON their slips and mcr-
chants and u would noi he strange II they
sbould cloac Goif ports. ~ rather ihcirpou for
Canton Is ihc only ono, aHj sly, "we an do
vcrf well Without you
Hut tie Chinese arc not altogether wrong.
1iey hsvc right 20 make such laws and regu.
la'ions Of ltado as they see h,--no nation has
a night 10 complain. ioT none is obliged TO
traffic with ihcm--bui their laws have been
poriinaciouslY osadcd to most astonishing
extent. They have borne it viii. patience for
msny years. They have demonstrated with
merchants and shp-mascrs 10 no avail
They have begged without benefit, aud have
laid restriction upon restriction, and made reg
ulaiion wiihou, any security against the viola
ton Of ilciT laws.
Tie sole cause ofiroublc is tho opium trade,
The BRUSH Eas, India Company, one Of the
most powerful and laSicss mpnopOlics die
world has ever seen, commenced the introduce
iun Of opium 20 China ia l773. They cstoh-
lished a depot for the article near Macao
about 20 miles south of Canton IN 1870, aud
the amount OF the exports. from Bombay alone,
which was IN 1898, i,73i.i7l Rupees (aboui
tho same rs dollars iucre isrd 80 fast that in
1880 II was 2i2i9,s2i. This opium was rails
ed 10y the natives Of Bengal for the East India /
Company, ani was paid Tor by them A, low /
prices. At Bombay was taxed for The benefit
Of the Company or tho Government, to an
amount, which IN 1888 reached nearly Sl5,
000, 900. The statement goes TO show the
enormous value OF this trade 10 the British
East Indies. The opium, which was exported
from Bombay, AT tie valuation Of cost and tax
GO Of more thau S2i,000.0o0 would produce Z
when safely Struggled into China, probably
four times that value in teas and silks Tie S
posscssors OF such profitable trade, with ma /
,iycs to produce the article nj the current rates.
and With Der lands covered with popes,aIe /
doubtless unwilling 10 reliuquish it. ]
But the Chinese Government has protested I
against the introduction Of opium for two rea- I
llrn - 1t, 81 q, = al.
- productive nf raSi injury. 1t wa. perceived v
by the officers OF the Government, and various O
reports from year 10 year were made upon is {
dcle,erious effects and still more strict prohib-
lions were ordered by the Imperial Govern 4
ment. In 1896, the Vice President of the q
Sacrhcia Court, named lew Naetse, an Off q
Ger OF great dignity after hearing arguments c
and testimony, made a report at lenght, which Il
commences thus I,
~ would humby represent, that opium was n
originally ranked among medicines. It's uuali- r
Ties are siimulant II also checks excessiveEe- {
cfoiions, and prevents the evil effects of nox
,ous vapors Ia The maieria medica of lie u
Scheohin' OF the Ming dynasty, il is called Ii
Allowing When any one is long habituateJ f
10 inhahne 1t, II becomes nessary TO resort TO Il
! al regular intervals and the habi, of using 4
ocing lnyeierdie, Is destructive OF time iniu- e
nous TO property, and yet dear TO one even as q
NE VI those who use II 10 great excess, the Il
breath becomes feeble, the body wasted, the c
lace sal!ow, the teeth black, the individuals d
themselves clearly see the evil effects OF it Z
'e' cannot refrain from il II is indeed indis- 5
'cnsaoiy necessary TO enact severe prohibi-
ions, IN order 10 eradicate so vic practice" q
And further I
III viii be found, on examination, that the I
mokers Of opium are idle, lazy Migrants, hav- a
Al l,t, and
worthy Of regard, or even Of contempt And c
hough there are smokers 10 be found who
ave over stepped the thr osholds OF age, We, '
hey do not attain 20 the long life of other {
men, but new births are daily increasing the Z
population oftho empire, and there is no cause /
o appTchcnd dminuiion therein. while, on a
be other hand. VIC cannot adopt too grea, OF I
90 early precautions agains, the annual waste I
which is taking place Of tie resources, the y
'ery substance Of thina."
Similar reports might be quoted from, 10 an t
Indefinite cxicn; and the amount OF tie evil {
nay be estimated. when u - known that 90 I
100 chest wCFc sold annually, at the eyerarc q
alne Of 5000 per chest, making an eNpendi- a
ure of > ~, 900 600, and ihs wa- lie ouen :
ale, ascoriaineiby the government, exclusive i
Il ten times a. much. smugeicd 80 secretly a. 1
rot 10 become known. as will appear by the t
Bombay exports {
Another cause Of complaint, vas the draw q
NJ Of the specie Of the country tothis amount 1
fiic secret sales by tho Bnu.h r asst Indians ;
we're generally made Tor silver, which was =
hlppcd instead 81 other articles 81 commerce \
ind u was asrcei thai 80 much opium a. ;
'ugh' % lie, or rather must be used. could he q
Iaisco IN thcif own country, 10 the ADVANTAGE r
q lstor and that the home supply would es !
qua! 10 The home consumption, Chinese sys. ,
EN-, noi unlike The American system, propos.
u -A nn---. 81 OH $780,.