Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-01-01
the oPIUM RADE.


THE PIUM TRA ABE.
!, has been promulgated that whoever
..saGer lives in Canton, as merchant,
sas, come under regulation which
III asCss MIN responsible for the introduction
y ooiom 70 the loss of life and property
Ina, no one can abide there who will
~ ', d bind himself This regulation is
Wv Chinese; for they have many laws
making of this feature of responsibility
y, me actions Of others, and suppose that
SrGcners will also consent" But as no
ooc can think of living there and be re-
s,ooslb!e for all the opium that may
sTnosar on the coast, 10 the imminent haZ-
arrJ of all they own, it is rumored that all
f,r.onsrs whl quit Cdllton. With the
;moresson that the commissioner will
snf,ys this law, MANY are packing up all
,beir chaileIs and loading their ships, and
others defer any further operations ill the
result can BE- foreseen lule clearer
The Americans had no opium TO deliver,
hot all are included in the same sentence;
neither has the commissioner made any
Distinction at any time between those who
gaded aud those who have not. A short
y:nOd will decide.
Doct Parker's hospital remains closed,
III, road TO il being also walled up, and it
very uncertain when it can be again
Suned. Oar teachers in Cant IN have
al left, and the scho'a rs, for the third time
,mce school was first gathered, have Ill
fd. All distribution of books of course
ceased Immediately. To what extent
Oorratons can be resumed in Canton can
no. be determined.
Bu while partial distress must ensue
uoon the cessation of a trade worth six
teen millions OF dollars annually, we can
not bu. rejoice at the check this traffic has
received. 1t was draining the country Of
is wealth, and giving in exchange death
and disease a drug SO uoxIous that not
oae of its advocates would consent to use
Il al all, while they say it does the Chin
CSC 10 harm. L. was raising up coast
saIrd Of drsperats smugglers, whom the
gaod sense Of the better part Of the Chm
v.ehrmselves would gladly see destroyed,
aad VINO would form a great barrier 10
ne extension OF fair trade, while the
qo,emment would not admit ii legally
Ii was bringing yearly great additional
dqi,s upon the trade al Canton, thus
making all pay for the sins of few, an
ultimately taxing the consumer in Eng
Iaaj aud America to pay for the extension
ii he OPIUM trade. 1t was destroying
tie bodies of tle Chinese by thousands
rendering the body polite CORRUPT in NOR
as, because the use OF the drug was pro
abilcd, and consequently must De indulg
ID coveriIy, and all possible devices en-
Foyed to escape punishment. IL wa
killing the people in far greater dtgrt
than We can exactly tell but from all tina
we can learn, to frightful extent.
was opposing barrier to all our efior
to do them good. that no human scienc
skill, or zeal could overcome; for 1t rel
dsrcd the people needless Of all instru
lion, e,ped them in the odor of I!
grave, anl soon introduced them to
precincts. We were implicated, as ic
vigners, in the misdeeds of other forelg
ers, and thus disabled from eXerting ii
influence for good that precedeS the
ception Of instruction. We saw no pre-
poet of good TO be done for them, VII
this trade Stood in the way; for with o
hand books containing exhortatlons
repent were freely scattered, and with
cher u luxury introducing death and d
ease easily sold. We can not but /
rpioiced to see it receive so severe a biz
hough ii may no; be wholly destroyed
once It's character is we'll exhibited
The fact, that, while foreigners are c
fined in Canton, their lives threatened
the trade is DOT stopped, and all the OPP
delivered, still The ships in the outer
chorages are engaged III selling II,
uodeG cover OF night delivering It. i
the commissioned hears Of, and char
tie ATTRACTION Of the pledge signed,
there shall be no more sold by the
rlgners in Canton, upon them AMI
British superintendent, u2braidiEg I
with their want Of good faith
1t is thought BY some that Eng
will resent this spoliatiori Of the CHI
government, but the moral sense OF
People Of the British Isles will have
inie sympathy with the disappolntn
Of those engaged in the opium trad
They will rather applaud the firmne
Me Chinese, and overlook any little br
Of the so,called law of nations in CO
erng their efforts to throw of sue
Incubus Of death. Oar prayer is,
God. whose hand is here so signally
Ole, will override all the changes
own glory. and the good of China
kr from Mr.. Williams. asses
soUTnER INDIA.
10 moral aspect, the most hol
class. as is true throughout India, a
Mussulmans. Yet even these cot
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