Wisconsin herald, and Grant County advertiser. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1844-1845, 1845-04-26
potcn.iary; but that it shall be all right

Ipotcntiary; but that it shall be all right
in their future intercourse.
On the Sth of July, our Minister
writes a very interesting despatch TO
Mr.. Nelson, our acting Secretary Of
State, in which he gives an account Of
his earliest interviews with Tsiyeng,
and the progress made in the treaty Of
Wang Hiya. A friendly visit was at
first intcrohanged, betw. en- thcns at
each of which. every point Of etiquette
was duly observed, and after bust
ness interview, Tsiyeng dined at the
American legation. with the American
ladies resident al Macoa. On the 9th,
Mr.. C. writes a second letter. In
which he shews that Tsiycng had taken
up the negotiations, where Ching left
of, and states that the former had a.
greed TO one point, which the latter OBJ
jected to--a very important onc--the
necessity of any treaty at all between
the two countries. Mr.. C. in this des-
patch, takes occasion to use this lam
guage: "ln fact, the correspondence
with Cling not only proves to have
had the advantage of having settled
many things, and thus prepared the
way for the negotiation with Tsiyeng.
but it has been the farther advantage
of enabling me to say all the harsh
things that needed to be said, and to
speak 10 the Chinese government with
great frankncss and extreme plainness,
in a degree that would have been in
convenient, if not inadmissible, in inn
mediate correspondence with Tsiycng.'
To this cause Mr.. C.. attributes the
friendly spirit with which he was met
by the latter, and TO the lattcr's desire
to return, does he attribute the speed
with which the negotiations proceeded
together with the lattcr's desire to
conclude the American treaty, before
the arrival at macao of the French lc-
cation.
1t is not the design OF this article to
discuss the treaty procured by our
minister, nor to detail its provisions. 49,
These are matters now of common no
teriety. Our only object was to give
the readers birds-cye view of the mat
ter and manner in which the negotia-
tons were carried on, and particularly
10 illustrate by such condensation OF
the correspondence, the shrewdncss
and even elegant refinement Of Chinese
diplomacy. Throughout the whole,
Tsiyeng shows himself to be profound
ly vcrsed in the business upon which he
was employed, guarded well all his
points-gavc the other party no posi-
bic advantage over him in argument
and proved himself, in brief, as " cum
ming of fence" as Tallcyrand himself
would have been in the same position.
The result was the admirable treaty, as
honorable and advantageous to one as
tho other Of the great parties ncgotia-
ting.
On the 22nd Of juno, a l.tlc episode
in the negotiations was commenced on
the part ofthe Chinese commissioner,
which runs like a thread, threatening
to prove ;angling one, through large
portion ofthercmaining correspondence
between the parties. On the 10th OF
that month, a Chinese, of the district Of
Tsing Yucn, was killed by a shot from
foreigner, as he was looking through
the fence Of an enclosure, while an al
tcrcation was going on between some
Chinese and some foreigners. Some
Americans were seen to have muskets
lin their hands, that afternoon,
and hence it was concluded that it was
an American who shot Sue hman. So
Tsiyeng writes an earnest despatch TO
Mr.. Cushing, demanding the surrender
Of the accused, il he can be discovered
so that he may forfeit his life. Other
wise, terrible consequences Of insurrcc-
ton on the part of the Chinese, would
ensue against the Americans. But, if
the American minister would give up
the man, then, says Tsiyeng, the peo-
ple Of this land will admire your just
conduct. Thenceforward commerce
will be continued TRANQUILITY, and peace
be enjoyed forever. How very ex-
cellent.
In the meantime, our minister had
heard Of this fracas, aud had written
thereupon TO Tsiyeng, taking the posi-
ton Of the offended party in the affair,
and throwing the blame Of the transac-
ton, entirely on the other side. IL
was the Americans who were insulted,
bv some {" bad Chinese" who threw