The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-11-22

The public authorities OF Chios have been unable 10
suppress ths association or 10 prevent the extension OF
empire and they are bound by oath to the accomplish
menl OF the expulsion o the Tsrtafs The rebel chief
acted upon an asiaie policy In refusing spare Tar
tar, OF whatever age, SEX Or condition and Ia max np his
iolowes abandon the shaven head and the Chinamans
queue de wanted 10 wage OF races No doubt HE
policy was sanctioned by The Triad leaders, but il has
mol succeeded IN aousng the body OF the Chinese peoa
pie The rulers OF China dsnouDee this association as
an organization Tor plumber robbery and murder
They mad some support Tor this assertion in the acknol
Judgments made from uue to lime BY pirates and crmi-
nails hat meg b1ioag 10 the but though such
may be the fact by no delracts from the other
conclusion that the principal object OF the association is
70 reassen The nationality OF the Chinese. and 70 expe
the Tartar useipes Of The ihone IRON the middle king
dom II would not be whit unsouBd 10 say that
Heeniung and his ancestors occupy the Tia Tsng empire
Tor me mere purpose OF numbering and robbng the peo-
pie thaH 10 say The Triads combine for murder and pill
la9e only because is certain that the officers OF the
regning Emperor murder his unfortunate subjects al
most with imPasity and frequently by starvation. or by
torture applied 70 their limbs, rob them by exorons,
multiplied at pleasure and only limited by their ability
TO pay and IN word, practise enormes which bring
even Chnsse masses frequently into open revolt and the
heads OF the offenders the block under the decisions
OF an exasperaled populace.
L has been my object give some idea of The cause
and object OF the revolution AS to its duration,
can form conjecture China so vast in its geograph-
ical extent, and redundant OF population that military
movements may not be predicted with any certainty
ihs rebels are reported to have met with reverses in
prove true, the operations of the present campaign will
be likely TO close by occupation OF the line of the Yell
low nver, and the winter 10 be passed in stirring
revolutions In the southern provinces. II is singular
the progress OF the rebel arms. No attempt has been
made to organize civil administration under the new pre-
tender anywhete in the empire. When The rebels aban
don the occupation OF place, the Mandarns Of the
regning Emperor return 10 their duties and the exercise
OF their accustomed privileges regularly and quietly
as drained horse does 10 bis oats" The rebel arms
have suffered in aversng twelve degrees of
latitude through densely populated country. but they
nave passed as does The tornado, their path only
dsngulshabe by the desoaton which marks it's
The rebels only bear sway present oyer the country
from Nankin TO Chinkiang, fifty miles id the heart Of
the empire The country forty miles from the camps of
the contending armies is as quiet the most peaceful
neghborhoods OF New England aud their aspect brings
to mind the lines OF Sparacus-
g Peace tnkles the she pherds bell,
And sings among the reapers"
Strange spectacle! Curious people! So bowed down
by The despolsm OF that the mind has elasticity
and the spirit no yearnng Tor the enjoyment OF political
or personal rights nation OF slaves, yet practically
very nearly patrarchal form OF government, which
FORM
As the results of the Chinese rebellion in the opin
ion OF the writer, will be the overthrow of the exist
ing government and the institution OF Chinese rule.
but with The same FORMS ceremonies, literary examna-
tons passports to political station, nearly the
clusiveness, and equally ridiculous preension with that
exhibited by the present government 1t will be well il
II does not result In anarchy and W de spread desOla-
ton. The great safeguard against that is The necessity
OF man for his daily bread, and the fact that he must
il by the sweat oil bis brow The earth must give
forth its ulness 10 feed the population. aud this will
only tie done under the most assiduons culture Chr
pToverba for adherence 10 the practices and
customs OF their ancestors. II is OF their religion.
Hence most guarded retention OF these may be expected
OF any new occupant OF the throEe. To change them
suddenly would surprise and dsgss the Chinese scholar
whose labors ht him 10 live under those only.