Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-01-04
VOL. XIV. NO. &c

8. The island of Hong Kong is Der.
petualIy coded to Great Britain.
4. The prisoners shall be restored.
5. An amnesty published.
6. The officers of the two nations shall
be treated on footing of equality, /
7. The islands of Chusan and KoIone
500 are. 10 be occupied by the British Ill
full payment of The tribute.
England may have been wrong in the
question which was the immediate cause
ofthe war, and yet God may have sent
this scourge upon China for her Offences
against him; and he may overrue an
event which was an offence TO him, for
the good Of mankind. The conclusion Of
the treaty with China, must considerably !.
facilitate the Intercourse of mankind, aid
greatly increase mercantile exchanges
It is stated H. the SID de MGrsaH'cs Ct lie
22d of Nov, "that the English have S.ip,
uIated, that the towns and ports ofthe ia.
terror of China are to be opened 10 ali the
European powers, who are 10 have, like.
wise, the privilege TO be represented by
ConsuIs Of their nation.'
By this treaty the prospect Of evangeI.
izing China are great Y enhanced. Hong
Kong is now British possession, and
line of Seam Packets, it is expected will
soon run from Hong Kong to Bombay, 10
intersect the "Oriental Compapy's" llne
of Steam Packets from Calcutta 10 Eeyp.
And it is antici patcd that the entire passage
from Hong Kong to England will be made
in little more than forty days Car's.
WG5chm au.
RES MARKS.
"Ptace with China, This is char,
acteTistic. The phrase is an+ex?ressive
and consistent piece of the cant aud BY.
pocrisy with which the word has been
filled by those vino have stolen the name
Of Christianity. Violence has been done
to language, and 20 the truth, in This wagr
already quite TOO long, The .. Sto:ess
"with force and arms" with bloody hands
and brutal hearts, to crafty their own
seifshness, route and drive away nomer,
Gus tribes Of aborioinos trem their n9tve
soil, subjugste others, aud extermi0a'e
others still And when the HefirIavs
work is done, we are gravfly told that
! peace is ratified between the Z. Safes and
The native tribes! SectaTians will now
| throw up their caps and con eratujat? thrif
parties in view ef the auxiiIaryship ttas
established between themselves and the
"powers that be- The ignorant nj
sitasrstitions. tribes. thus TroagA upc@,
are in favorable conait;es- F,- receIV!ns
religion whose highest motive is Jeor-
whose chief measures are as batbaroQs
and monstrous an outrage upon miud, i:
the work of savage soidiery Is upon The
BODY. Great Britain. bankrupt 10 sFic
Of constant butchery & cou6scarion, serhs
quarrel with the peaccfl'. "nofl, II IHs'
| innocent inhabitants of the Celestial En-
pire. The latter choose not to be polsC Nd
longer for the benefit Of the former. IAH
lis reason enough for the former- thai is,
the best occasion they can get Ito CON
mence butchering the latter; and the
butchery must be carried on until sun
of money can be cxtorted sufficient, not
only to pay the trouble Of batcheri"g these
bat to make up losses in other Pace2
where the spoils have not paid the cos:
of the campaign and the slaughtef,-
lTwenty-one millions OF dollars is the suGf
extorted BY protesting Christians, from
those who b they denomjnate pagans, %
pay the former for plundsring, pill iOg.
and numbering the latter! A grand C.
casioa to sectarianism for again toss rg
up the cap and INDUCING ia long ard toat
exultation and congratulauon =" 3 !
THIS TREATY TIE PROSPE CTS
OF EVANGELIzING CHINA ARB
| GREATLY ENHANCED.il Oftts
jusLness Of Me trGr, OF tie equity Of The
treaty, zoe pretend to cGer no opiuioa.
" England mag haze been aorong In Ii.
question Dhich acas the immediate cors!
!. Of the acar, and get God mag hGre SEA:
ta5s scoarge upoa China for her cBe@ss
against him; end he nag 0cerraie an ere
aohicA eeas al cGense 10 him, for tie goo
ofmamkind y! SuciFsentiments are wotlbl
of religious organf having for its olj,a
and work the building up and perpeio'
lion Of system Of anilnaiism, ma!eri',
] ism, barbarism and butchery, for Sci
E aggrahdizement and the qualification q
the lust of gain. 1t reverses the posj.'''
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