Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-11-15

orlcs, and, o consequence, large numbers OF
them will be thrown out of employ. In China,
as IN The United States, they have no vest Yves,
To retire to, nor immense fields of agricultural
occupations 10 employ thcm when their means
of livelihood fail them. These things being go,
must produce want, misery. and perhaps polti.
cal agitation throughout the empire. Mr..
Cushing was repeatedly told by the imperial
commissioner, that China did not desire trade
her. We mus, not only look to the benefits &C.
cruing TO the United Stales through the supply
| To China OF raw cotton, and successful compe-
| tltirn in the manufactured article, but also to
the supply of ginseng and ad. Mr.. Gushing
knew ol no other question connected with this
subject except the drain Of specie from China,
10 pay ba anccs of trade against her. He said
no fears need be entertained for the present
| The balance is against the United States Be-
sides, there are stores Of metals in the country;
nnd tie l'nmedia,e effect Of flow ofspecie from
China is 10 change the relative value ofcomrno.
! dnies in that land.
MIR. Cushing next proccedcd 10 treat the TO-
pic of the hostility o! the Chinese towards for.
| cigners. He said II was originally simply dis.
respect, and Hid moi degenerate into hate until
The conduct of H,reigncrs had become so outra.
grous as to forfeit the good esteem of the people
The Chinese saw themselves surrounded BY O.
thcr Asatc nations, vastly their interiors in
every respect. They naturally looked upon
them with dlsrespcct; slEo upon foreigners who
visited their lamb The early trading voyages
Of the Portuguese were rather piratical cxpedi.
| tnrs than conTnrrcai speculations. The ex-
pnlson of tho Christians from China is also con-
ncc'sd with 'he subject cf the hostility of the
Chinese towards fnreigncrs.-We are natural
ly led to ask, how inonarchs wise and liberal
have prohibited the practice Of the Christian re.
lgion IN china. when all other religions are to.
lcru'cd. Az first, Foreigners were well recei-
we'd in China. Mercu Paulo and others had
high employment under government; there was
| no clj cion IN their penetrating to the inter or
OF the counlry,-Grcat numbers of converts
were made by the cary Christian missionaries.
What has effected a change in al these things!
The missionaries indulgci in bitter contests u.
nung Themselves. on articles of faith furious
controversies were carried un, and violent pam
pl.lels published From the teachers q! reli.
run the contests spread among the converts.
ard ,Xcitemcnts and agitation were the conse-
Gucncc
Il a. h.
rnr iterposrd his authority; and it is the be.
lrf OF Mr.. Gushing ,ha, to prevent internal trou-
| b'cs was The only mo,Ive operating upon the
| Emperor TO exclude Christians from China. MIR.
Gushing Urged the missionaries to take warning
from the past To cease their quarrels upon mi
nor articles of belief; and TO unite in the one
! great work of redemption of ;he heather.
Mr. Gushing said, although this vast empire
was open 10 commerce, literature, and religion,
tho ,argnne expectation must not be entertain
ed; the progress Of the Chinese is slow,
and ya,t muliudes are tn be affected.
l:thc effects Of ihn Change o: commerce are
pacific, the benefits 10 the world i'll be great !;
| # no, ~, and civil cnnvulsions ensue, the spirit
! of aggraudzrnrnt wli again take hold OF the
Chinese, and foreign invasion will be the con-
sequence. The Tartars have several times o.
,errun Asia, and carried their conquests even
to Europe The present Emperor of China is
a rucal descendant Of a Tartar Empernr, who
once sat upon the throne OF Moscow We are
second uaiy to the English in point OF com.
merca intercourse. We soon shall surpass
both nations IN our intercourse.
Mr.. Gushing. IN closing h address, spoke of
| lh"r" being ~ yet no commerce on the facI-
ic ocean +; nd that ultimately there must be
some Ane!n Saxon powers rrti!ed on the shores
of the ric.fic. Shond America plant It, the
trade " ilh On VA woa!d be invaluable to her !;
aud it would rltuFa!iy n,w to the western
shores ui tbs continent.