Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-11-04


will repair their little kingdom aud will destroy the men,
the women the children the horses the oxen the Sheep the
pigs the dogs and the FOWLS J. the Sun Of Heaven in my
cemency, have made known 10 them my supreme will" The
better understand such celestial words necessary pre-
mise thai the idea Of Chinese there exists relation
ship Or better perhaps friendly connexon between species
and animals named This relationship shown
in the first book put the hands of children every school
Who in Europe would have suspected such affinity In
China, however, it not TO lind men imhued with this
idea that they the flesh OF these kinds of animals
though happily such people are the minority.
England is, without contradiction, the lest known and
feared of all the European nations. Tie Chinese also
know the Russians the FRENCH the Americans and the Spa
nards but think they do distinguish very clearly between
the Spanards aud the Portuguese. The Dutch, who came
China before the French, Americans, and English, yet
less known three nations neyer heard
Of In provinces, and generally wherever there
Christians they know that there country called Italy
But all these ideas vague and OBSCURE and as yet
fined to a few individuals. The with England has DIS
posed all minds to receive every kind Of with eageIne
hut without any sns and also without any feeling of anger
Thus nothing frequent than TO hear said " There
disturbances in Canton y but there ends account and
greatly interested in the matter. They per-
susded nevertheless that the Europeans wish TO make
quest Of China, and anxious to reign Pekn the
Tarars do now
have ancied could guess at the Of the socitude
this felt by the better classes Of the Chinese The
Tarars, after having made themselves masters Of China in
roduccd customs TIL then unknown 10 the vanquished From
that period dates the universal custom among the Of
ing queue and among the females the strange practice Of
contracting the feet often TO such extent render them
incapable of standing. Many Chinese imagine that f the
Europeans to take possession Of the country they would
obge the whole nation TO adopt the dress Of their
tiers. Now they would be very unwilling TO a
tune which has been represented them very nconve
nient and at times indecent. On other grounds,
the nation tolcraes the dominion of the Taars,
would be very indifferent to any change Of dynasty In
exchange of stranger for stranger, for
another, what matters it them whether Tartas Euro
peans This will perhaps astonish you, because you doubt
less fancyng yourself that during than
es the two peoples have been mingled and conounded into
But this mistake. AT the present time the distnc
ton between the Tartar and Chinese marked
the period Of the conquest Alliances between families Of the
different rare, if they The FIRST wife Of
the Emperor Ct the Empress) always be Tartar
and the number Of the Emperor concubnes is fixed Ii
dies is dssraced, her place is filled by another from her
nation. This practice is among the Tartars
and there very regulations obiddng alliances with
the Chinese. Thus from the Emperor to the poorest Tartar
there ia uniform rue-the wife must he Tartar, the
concubne may be Chinese Hence results great dsnc-
ton between the Tatas and the Chnesehe
the conquered The number Of those in the empire who
dissatisfied with this state Of things immense Their
societies working zeaousy destroy foreign dominion
which contributes nothing the happiness and glory Of the
sub nation. Every in China says that the empire has
arrived crisis and that the trembling hand Of an old man
it from the storm that is darkenng the horizon
Unhappy people Of China compassionate your fate be
hitherto you have found only oppessors conpsssion
ate your fate because day by day those whom Heaven has
sent to set you free, represented TO you enemies
compassionate your fate because you shut up and isolated
you smoheed in order TO be pieces wills you
left without strength without property, without glory
without hope compassionate your fate, because love you
and desire to see you happy. = But conquest by
Europeans, even, terfics you does it not Yet 50
populous nation ought 10 be able collect formidable
army, perhaps better drilled and cosant OF Euro
pean tactics than during the last war.