Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-10-14
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From the Madras Examiner, Aug. s.

consequence IN the eyes OF the natlOnS
Late papers from Australia detail facts illustrative
of the great amount of industry and perseverance
which are evinced by hundreds of Cinnamon, who
are there to be found working side by side with the
emigrants of other countries and proportional to[
the greater degree of industry and economy with
which they labor and live, in comparison with their
fellow laborers from Europe is the greater degree
success which usually distinguish them. Cargoes
of Cinnamon crowd, from time to time. the waters
OF both the eastern and western ports of the new
continent. The merchant on change at Sydney
has long since ceased to regard with astonshment
the presence of the Chinese traders who mix, with
curious and cautious familiarity, with the frequen
tiers of the crowded mart and who engross no small
share of the business of the day In California, and
in the United States and other parts of America, the
Cinnamon and Chinese commerce arrest the atten-
ton ut every turn and the kept by child of
the great celestial family is seldom found to be
inferior to that of the European American mer
chant.
In our last issue of this paper, we mentioned them
as having formed company who were making the
tour of the principal cities in America, giving his
trionic entertainments: we find there are several
such companies in Australia. In Sidney they have
school and an institution for the relief of the nd
gent of their own nation at San Francisco they
have several schools, and hospital, where they re-
ceive all who choose to submit themselves to their
treatment.
few short years ago we knew these people only
by their tea boxes. covered with hieroglyphics as
inscrutabe and mysterious as themselves - mad
by their exquisite porcelain and silks - By their
exclusion of all strangers from their empire, and
by their seclusion within themselves, they had
kept themselves for centuries secret from the rest
of mankind. The interior of their country was i'm
penetrable except by the jealous few ready to
risk life and all for the dissemination of that small
leaven which has worked and will work, so miracu
lousy to the Christianzation of a people who mum
her themselves by hundreds of millions. We were
in ignorance of their customs. laws and habits, ex-
cept in so far as knowledge could be CLEANED from
the travels of missionaries, and the occasional visits
of merchants to few places on the coast.
The great barrier between the Chinese and the
rest of the world preached and shattered in some
places by British cannon and British enterprise, has
gradual become less formidable in it's entire length
1t has at length become surmounable, and in the
course of time it will be removed. The Chinese be-
gin nation to appreciate the arts and commerce
of the people of other countries and to devote their
study to forei On SCIENCE even the venerable super
slitons of untold ages are sorely put to it to sus
tain themselves against the assaults of other and
new creeds. The first great step towards the civil
ization of the Chinese. and their affaton with the
rest of the great family of mankind, was the aban-
donment of some of their most stringent restrictions
against foreigners, VIII CHI was the consequence of
their late subsection by foreign arms. The next
important step was their own-their emigration to
other countries, which promised wealth easily
attainabe than in their own land. A destructive
war is followed by peace, and commerce begins and
fourishes. Trade is established with all nations
who choose to repair to the open ports. Suddenly
new nation springs up, on the opposite shores of
the ocean which washes their own territory and
hither, by golden spell, are drawn the surplus
hosts of the world. The fleets of this new nation
render them and the Chinese near neighbors and
the tales which reached China of the golden soils of
California prove entcement too great for
" CELESTIAL exclusiveness. Ancient laws and time
hallowed prejudices forgotten in the excite
ment of new times, realizing II of the dreams OF the
covetous man in his opium-induced inspirations of
mammon. Australia becomes, in course of time the
of similar attraction, and thither, in COM
mon with other men. flock the Chinese.
Whatever may have been the impressions which
were left the mind of men after the close of war
regarding the disposition and character of the peo
pie of the Flowrry Empire, the aspect in which they
present themselves in times of peace is one of super
latve merit. The best civilized nations of Europe
may look with envy on the st e of each little Chi
nese community who have settled near and among
them. Their immigration does not increase the
enants of prison. hospital, asylum there is no
increase in the public taxes for their support no
enlargement of police of military to ep them IN
order. Each man works. economies and saves till
less earnest or NOR. rxtravagant men look, with no
less envy than astonshment. at the increasing
wealth of their diligent and hard working neigh
Dor.
The Chinese themselves are accomplishing the
great end to achieve the first step towards which it
has cost England countless treasure and the blood
of many Of her best and bravest sons, the end
effect which America has sent forth her expe-
dition regards Japan. unrestrained communica-
ton with the rest of the world. 1t needs not the
penetration of sage to perceive the vast advan-
tages to be secured by free trade with such peo-
pie; it is prize nation may well fight and strive
| for Now, without battle and boodshed we now
have this wealthy nation seeking, a boon. the &C
ceptance ut our hands of what we have already Law.
ished millions to secure
The Chinese system of emigration is different from
our own Chnaman who desires TO push his for.
tune abroad obtains from his friends, or from a mo
ney lender small amount-merey enough 10 land
him in the place which is 10 he the scene of his ad
ventures. The terms OF interest, if the money is OBJ
tanned from usuer, are usually very large,
count of the risk Arrived at Sydney the immigrant
easily obtains from of his fortunate country
men the means for start, and footing once obtain
ed it is lost. The Chinese lend money 10 each
other without hesitation under such circumstances
seldom king for any other security than the honor
and honesty of the borrower And tappears that the
confidence thus unhesitatngy bestowed, is very sci
dom abused. The first gains of the settler are inva
rably RENTED by the man by whom the means o.
passage was afforded, and the remittance is usual,
made through the hands of the countryman 10 whom
he indebted for his first START when he arrived
IN the colonies He works with patience. industry
economy, and temperance, living very little. ant
conten;ed if he every day gains somethng-howeve
little that something may be. He amasses the
means OF trading and his good Judgment, honesty
and perseverance seldom fail of procuring him wealth
in the long run. This obtained his desires to
his home with as much tenacity of feeling as the Eu
ropean's sincere love of country is in fact an all
prevailing trait of the Chinese disposition Some
few OF them, after few years absence from the col
ony where they have become enriched, return with
their families and establish themselves as merchants
vi these there are already several in Sydney.