Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-01-18

ma is opened moi only to Grea, Britain,
but-to all intents and purposes-to all
Europe and America-lo the world. Ac-
cess for all the business of life is suddenly
opened TO third part OF the human fdml-
"; and those not barbariats of an uncul-
tiyated region. but men in a state to enter
at once upon brisk AMI salutary exchange
of commercial and industrial benefits.
"The forced peace with China"-says
a London Journal" is too grand a SUBJ
ject to be overlooked by the French news
papers; and, true TO the genius OF their'
country. they regard it on broad and alb
stract principles. Already they view 1t as
an European question; claim share IN
the new ingress to the sealed region; and
speculate on the field of propagadlsn
opened to European superiority and ener-
gy. And they are right Never before
bad the accumulated intelligence and
wealth of Europe so vast field suddenly
opened to them. Some of our neighbors
seem half or wholly angry with this new
instance Of the Wanted energy OF the An
glo-Saxon race, and speculate on parH-
! lion of China among Eng land and her Eu-
ropean rivals. Partitioned or 'regenerat-
ed China henceforth enters uIon a new
existence having been dragged in as a
subject OF European discussion, and made
its ports the goals TO. the emulous intru-
sion ofEuropean rivals. II English diff.
fusion of useful knowledge extend TO the
Celestial Empire, how much longer will
Japan succeed in excluding the foreigner?
II will want but that link 10 make Europe
anism encircle the globe"
Such being the case, every intelligent
man must watch with deep interest the
progress OF events. Should these antici-
patlons be realized, the speedy results must
surpass in commercial importance those
of any event in the history OF oar race
The discovery Of The New World even,
opened no field Of peaceful industry and
enterprise to be compared with the three
hundred millions Of China, and the vast
and highly cultivated territory that they
inhabit. True, it cannot be expected that
Chinese conceit and prejudice will at once
give way in all directions and receive with
out obstruction whatever the flood gates oil
! European and American enterprise and
cupidlty might pour upon her coasts.
The ultimate results must be the work
of time. But then the field itself is so i'm
mense ;-the population so vast, The
wealth so great, the noints Of contact so
numerous, as to furnish employment for
all the surplus, commercial and mechan
al activity OF Christendom, as FIST, itwouId
seem, as it can be brought to bear with
any tolerable judgment. Werepeat that
for the present, intelligent men who look
only at the temporal affairs of nations,
must watch with intense interest the news
from China.
| Ofthe moral and religious results oil
this memorable event, we can hardly
speak. We know that the policy of Eng.
| land for a'quarter of century past, has
favored the spread of Christianity wher-
ever her influence is felt. There is no
reason TO apprehend any reverse Of that
policy. And, although the particulars Of
the Treaty are not known, and the ex,en,
10 which citizens Of other countries may
nave access to the population of China
cannot with absolute certainty be predict.
ed, there is yet, for all the purposes o
Christian activity sufficient ground TO re-
gard The empire as open and free to re.
Iigious equally with commercial activity
and enterprise. Three Hundred Million:
of human beings brought within reach o
, the mssionary's voice in a moment! Ger
tainly, for all practical purposes, we may
; speak of all those milions-that one-thirt
of the human race-as accessible at !hi
moment. There is not the least proba
blity that the messenger Of the Savior
love will penetrate China so fast as it vii
be freely open. The laborers lag behiat
: the whitening harvest. The Master
! who rules among the nations-prepaFe
the open way faster than his servants ar
: ready to enter it.
Nor can It be told what the results {
: these events upon the religious state 9th
:. Chinese people-upon their attachment /
: their old religious system, and their fee
: ings towards change, may be. b
n Christian faith must regard the develop
y ments of Providence as designed 10 SUI
!, serve the purposes Of Mercy; and it
our part to cherish and act upon that fait
= in the present instance We must loo
upon the whole as the work Of God, whic
= shall certainly attain its end, AN end III
- can be no other, in the ultimate resn
e than that for which Christ Jesus came i
.e to the world. From a Providential
- velopment Of such magnitude and gran
- eur,-one which may mark and give
- - its name to the age-ought we not 10 e
81 81 pee, vast results in regard to the religiO
- state of mankind
~ In this aspect of it, therefore, the ope
" ing Of China is an event of unspeakal
:, importance, and We have reason 10 wat
~, -, the results as likely to be among the graz
est of those that shall combine 10 usher
H. - the day when the earth shall be filled W
Ia the knowledge ofthe Lord. What Chr
- - tian would willingly pass the two or ii