Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-11-20
From tie New York Evening Post
CHINA AND ENGLAND.

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Tbs var bsiws n these two countries, sspara-
,s,ed Nv balfihe circumference Of The globe has,
nv he last accounts, commenced 10 earnest and
me fist act of iae tragedy is The slaughter o. some
6vs thousand nm The vast distance Of The
see All warfare rom Europe ard America TO-
gsiher with me Influence nhscl England eAsiei-
=. over Inc opinions OF the NJ 10. eo'nbined win
other causes. has produced al ap'iuy and silence
IN ,b,s sub;ect. which Soud be olhera'se dithcuIt
10 explain. 1 more unrs ois wa' was never
Waped BY Christian natoh, M one less Jasuh.
abis upon any principle Of rght' OF Oy the IA" Oh
nations.
The case is simply this: England, While she
herself refuses TO permit The free expectation Of
the slaf Of her lie to her starving population,
makes var on China Cor prohibiting The inpofta-
t,oa ola deadly polsOa, which, though saulsry
medicine when di,crrelly administered, had, by
excessive indulgence, become a scourge aud a
curse 10 the people OF China. England, which
abouads IN temperance societies, insists that she
shall be permitted to supply means OF 'ntoN.ca'
ton 10 millions of people, which Il more fatal IN
its effects than any compound ever invented by
the perverted ingenuity Of man, for his own de'-
tructioa. The Emperor Of China, learning the
havoc which this drug was making among his
people, issued an edct against lis idriher Inio-
duclion; and ADDING Ibul this prohibfton was m
etfvctual, odefed an immense qvan'lly, when
had been struggled IN from he Bnsl posses
,sons IN India, u violation Of this edlcl, to be sei-
zed aud d sroyed.
Had be not a right 10 do so by the law Of ma
tous If any Of our merchants, or any foreign
merchant, smaggles goods o. the most useful KIND
INTO the United States, or even attempts 10 enter
them at less lhan their cost, they are seized and
sold Tor tie benefit ui the Government, the lntOr-
mer, and The cusIom.bouse officers. NellhSr
England Tor any other powef,is authorized TO tn
telere, and much less 10 make war on Us lUr ex'
erclslng thls acknowledged night Of every ade-
pendent Government, 70 regulate lis own com.
me,ce within it, own jurisdiction. BY what right,
ihe, does she make wal On China fort similar
exercise Of sovereignty China Is, IN great
degree, palrilfchlal Government, and the En-
petor exercises over his subj, CTS despollc power
similar 10 laat Of tho patuarcbs Of old over their
families. HIS wi is law, aud so long a The PEG.
pie OF China choose 10 submit to It, be ha, the
SANE night - nike internal commercial resula-
luns that our own free Government possesses
and exercises.
Bal say the advocates and defenders Of this un-
Iigiieogs var, the Chinese are no better than bar
barians, AID Their Government, by pursuing diff.
erenl puIcy from thai OF Europe, has Iorleltd all
clam 10 tie protection " the law Of nations. They
say the sam tn NJ OF US; they cll US outer bar
btrahs; and WHO sh1ll decide which rs which II
huot long slace Engaud said pretty much the
sa OF Us, aud treated VI accordingly Every
bods knows thai ants science, literature and eyll,
aai0n, hourshed 10 CHINA lor centuries, whe En-
rope was plunged IN Isnrance and bllbafisnl; ana
every body knows lhai Il las unle gone less change
snce thal psfiol lIan any county unier The sun -
But thea lhey eat with chop sticks, wear wooleu
Shoes and Cal instead ul hats, Nay worse than
all his--by staying at home, lplng 10 themselves
aud declining all political " commercial connection
with ether nations, they hlsr managed 10 preserve
peace with all The world during hong ages, N which
civilized Europe las been delnged IN blood
The silent aequiescence Of tie world in princi
pie Which menaces the independence OF every ma.
lion under The sun, is one oil The great phanomena
Of The tunes. Every body must see Tint this inter-.
ference with The local regulations ol China, il iust-
lied al all, Will justify England IN forcing her pro.
ducts and manufactures on every nation at the POM
Of the bayonet II she can obge the Chinese Il
receive deadly poisonshe will obge every nation
which has mol The strength or spnt TO resist he
prelensons, to admit any thing else, on such terms
as she may be pleased 10 dictate.
An obstinate adherence 10 their ancient manners
habits, and institutions, are the leading characters
tics Of the Chinese Government aud people the,
should persesere in Their opposition 10 the arrogan
prelenslons Of England The eiusion OF human bloc,
taHlb 4. tpPr Ia, u IN In
ofhnman suffering lncaIculable. Should the Eugs
forces attempt TO penetrate The interior OF the coun
try, famine VIII be added 10 war. Even IN time
peace. when the operations oil agriculture are unlt
terrupted, its products are barely adequate 10 tn
subsistence OF the hundreds OF mil hons Of nhab
taiis, notwithstanding lie simplicity OF their mod
olNing. Uninterrupted IN these peaceful pursuits
or driven from the cultivation Of their fields, the
cannot We supplied elsewhere Tor there is 4 supe
ilaily nowhere. They must perish by thousand
tens Of thousands, hundreds OF thousands. Il the
fight, il must be under Disadvantages, that W
produce such results as we lave Just seen at Can
lon, namely, carnage ol i've thousand men on on
side, and loss 81 some forty on the other
Have the advocates Of the independence ofnanI
the universal phiIanlhIopisls, and the peace socp
ties, raised their voices against tins war undertake
Ior the aSowed purpose Of forcing poison upon
hONetnneel by Whlch " Is strictly plohiOled, al
which must necessarily result, either in tue eSta
lshnent ola principle fatal 10 the independence
every nation Eaglaud is strong euuugh to bully
coerce or ina lung series OF carnage and suii.ril
Ut which hum1aily shoulders,
From kcndaIls Exposior
THE FlRSfOUTY.
The first duty of The Democratic party, on r
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