Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1843-01-17
THE WAR IN CHlNA-THE FUTURE REIGN
OF BRITISH POWER.

OF BRITISH POWER.
The capture, by the British, of the
second city of the Chinese Empire, Nan
kin, the intelligence of which comes TO US
In the most unquestionable form, well Gre
ate great sensation Throughout Europe and
all over the civilized world. This event
indicates, in the most expressive manner,
the rapid progress Of the British power in
the East, despite Of all the startling rever-
ses with which it had previously met
From the account received, it will be per-
ceived that the British already contemplate
the organization OF Il government of their
own. in the interior of China, just in the
same manner as they have in India.
1t is easily seen that long series Of
conflicts between the natives of the Chinese
Empire and the power of Great Britain, in
which the superior intelligence, military
skill, and indomiable energy Of the latter
will be victorious, has commenced. The
Chinese must inevitably be overcome, and
will eventually be made to pay the expenses
Of that very war, which places them I'M
der the dominion of their powerful anita
gonist. China will present perfect
parallel to Hindooslan. 1t will be the same
struggle, between the strength Of civliva-
ton, and indigenous races, altogether in
terlor IN intelligence, and entirely destitute
of physical means of defence, when COM
pared with their opponents. And then we
will have the same system of exacting from
the conquered nations, the means Of retain
ing them in subsection and filling the cof-
fers Of the victors, which was carried in
to operation from the IImalayas 10 My
sore.
We can at once discover in these war;
like operations in China, the motives Of
that studied care with which the British 60
vernment seeks the preservation of the
peace OF Europe, and the avoidance of any
collision with this country or with France.
Britain wants to bring all her disposablc
| forces to bear against China. And once
she gains firm footing in that vast empire.
as she has done in Hindoostan, she will as
sumo position amongst the nations, and
| will exercise still more arbitrary power in
the affairs Of the world. We know that it
has been supposed, and the supposlton has
been strengthened by some remarks attri
buted to Napoleon when at Helena, that
if the British attacked the Chinese they
would teach the Chinese how to fight. But
the idea that by this tuition the Chinese
will acquire power TO repel successfully
their assaiants is altogether absurd. No
doubt the same remarks were made respec-
ting the final result Of the British opera
tons in India. But that the great EN-
pre-, with all its military prowess, could
not resist the "mighty children of the
sea-" Precisely ia the same way as the
British have succeeded in their wars, did
the legions Of the Roman Empire march
on to repeated victory. Imperial Rome ex-
erclscd a moral supremacy over the bar
barian hordes which she rendered tribua-
ry TO her power, and before which they
were uniformly compelled 10 bow. The
ascendancy Of Great Britain is derived,
not from her physical power merely, but
also from that moral force which SUI
perior intelligence and high degree Of CT
vilizaton confer on nations.
A very conclusive argument against the
opinion that the Chinese will gain sufficient
acquaintance with military tactics, and
eventually expel the British, may be deri-
we'd from the fact, that for centuries the
Chinese Empire has been overrun by the
Tartars. Several dynasties Of these nor
thern barbarian tribes have retained foot
ing in China. and never can it be really
imagined that Great Britain with her i'm
mense military and naval force, her supe-
rior intelligence, her experienced sagacty,
cannot effectually subdue nation whose
power is numerical. 1t is true that the
struggle may be protracted, bloody and ex-
pensive, but its termination must eventu-
ally be in favor Of the invaders.
N. Y, Herald,