The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-12-11
CHINA AND THE CHINESE.



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Mr. Gushing 10 enmmsnring he lee.
iurr, @.'nsd ms audisnre sgsi, 81 .ny dis.
aPp"ihin@nl that might he experienced
- re sheuld proceed 10 his address. o.,
from The nature Of his theme. covering
sueh an immense field Tor comment, he
'honld nerrssaElIy he brief aud drsullors
IN his Temsrka The Es.lness &C rs
subjecl. Ine thousand dtI.ils eonnsrled
18th u, The lap'rs &c importance and IN.
lsresl upon witch he must Iaurh. world
exclude all Use of IhstarIcsi 0rnsms u, ,
snd his audWnrs must conIenl themselves
with . plan recital Of facts.
To an European or an Amsricsn. eon-
liaued the lecturer, just landed IN China,
every thing sppsa,s strange. lie 6nds
hImstlf n"I only al the =, I,roiss, phIsi-
cslly speaking, Bat at the snlipodes IN .
moral sense. lie sees around tim counts
less M, RAIDS { strange "a b, and ~i,h
g'n'rs, spPesranre unlike 10 eli Ihsl 10
nhIcn he has hsHtnlore been accustomed.
lie obssTte, tie mos, studied Uniformity
among The various classes. aud The pro-
srsss "f e'Fry hing whirh fails under
his Observation. so slnw and IN, aried.
sli'hes hIm "a singular contrast silh our
own chsng'rg manners and locr motive
speed. A thousand things adm"n'.h MIN
thai he 10 m a .targe land. lie hpsrs
The constant sounding az gongs. he OBJ
serves rnnumersble boats on lhe rivers,
The Jw cling plsces Of millions Of Chi.
nese-carts move on land hy sails, a. well
as boats on Iue wse'. lf me picl looks
10 the compass 10 di'ecI his course upon
the deep. he looks 10 the pointing al TIE
south pole.--iI he receives . letter he
" i'll &, d IL written 10 lines running fom
TOD TO bottom oil the sheeI, reading from
right 10 leh. Nth the dsie al The bottom
Of the le,Wr--no Slphsbel being used but
'diogtaphic rharac,ers, the mou nIpg in.
stead of beng black, or wIlh us, IS white
With The ChIuese-ihc shoe even 10 whi-
tened with some substance 10 resrond
with oIher portions of dress. He sees
the saucer plsced OH The cup, instead OF
lie cup OIL the ssGce,--snu;ile cocks play
ladies' feet rompresse,i, ns'ead of their
ws,sts--lesses OF q book cot open and
trimmed on lie bacA--a person swiai-
ming strikes his hands vertically and not
IorizontsIl, the Top Of Inc head shaved
and wren q friend meets YOU IN Inc
street, he does mol SHAKE you hands, but
snakes his hands at yoU--lhe infantry
armed with ms'chlocks, the cavalry with
bow aud anow-and q Colonel al The
head OF he irg'me,t mol UGiequendy
brandish,ng pan instead al sword.
He will not only uo;e rese exterior
forms Of uifIrrerce, bit Twill learn that
nobility is mol inne,i,ed from ihe Ether
by The sou, but ,alnef, il one NAV so
speak, by the f,tae, fom the son-sood
deeds re flecuug back upon a remote ADJ
ieestry. Corruption OF blood. for crimes
commiued. stlec,s ancestors long since
dead and gone, though il does not neces-
ssrly afFrc, poseri,y. All these things
will strike QUE, uron cursors view; but
1t is juss to trea, the subject IN a different!
manner, or injustice will be done 10 a
grea, and polished people.
We in America receive our language,
and unfortunately too m any OF our IDEAS,
from Europe. We speak as if We were
The defendants # The oldest nation on The
globe-of history as complete, il tka' his
lory 10 ours--of our cIviliZsIon as The
unique idea Of civilized soc'elv-nf the
G,a voyages to India as discoveries, IS u
,he teeming millions oil China had no ex-
,sreuce I'LL discovered by a Portuguese
navigator. He, the lecturer. would NOT
.pesk Of Chinese civtllZatIon alone. but
also If il. hrgn antiquity. China has I"r
ages cultivated the arts, liWra"re, and
The sciences. The language Of ConiG-
cius, the contemporary OF Herodntns. is
now the ,ernacular tongue Of tins great
people. The discovery Of g"np"wder,
aud OF the mariners compass, The manu-
iacture Of silks and pnrcelalns. aud even
line c,rrula ion OF bank mites, hid then
uav m China. centuries ago. The lec'
tuef did not know Of any thing lhsi was
not pnssessed bv ,he Chinese anterior 70
The HISTORY Of Europe, except The steam
engine.
Our word" China" a. designating the
land Of the Chinese, is unknown to thel'
language, aud is OF Portuguese origin
Mr.. Gushing here gave The three names
bv which tue Chinese designa'e .he'
country, and also The l.ngl'sh ranslatIon'
Of them. which he says we've quite lsuI
". Two Of them are translated, ont
the " Central Land" The other The " Cen
usI Fluwerv I.and"-tne lhWd escape
our ear. The Chinese Empire ccns's''
Of two g,ea. classes of pe"ple-Ihe CHI
nese. who inhabu eighteen p,os 'nces O
China proper, and The T..as. divided IN
10 The Manchon, M"gnl T",ers. &c. |
has been eslm sted That China contains
population Of $4,000 900 sonls - b.
some this estimate il doubted. but hos
VIM dnub, concede a population Of 900