Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-08-30
TUX ,Ns,,RKtCriON IN CHINA.

,t,.r written on boaid the H..mes ia cease! which
carr, Sir George RInlm his 1isll 10 Tue Chlhesf w
srprnl5 at Nankin tells quietly tale oi wonnef ~
is ilnpn47iba doubt after p'rnsng H. mar me olou
deapoar and ioatrous superstition when ior centuries
hayc cramped aud inauat.. nmprc computed 10 cu'a"
u third of the human have cula 90 AZ emu !heEe -
no change which in magnitude and audGenneS5 can a" an
cotnpar with This; for all former tsiatcre :" d}hd7
ovcrlIrGws here might be a vast territory n:rnn' :"
splendid city capLrat. or great nhic cNnhSnseu' W
other circumstance that CAV. ni;iitf an" ', -,
event Of hardly corresponding dIi;si-"as I:Gt ~ ms
i appears that 3lOOOO human beings arc se''ine =
they have not a,rii.y Welded with HpIhF even greater
than we read in the q 2nccnt conquest OF '
e val ronvcrsion The which Eas al:"s' arc"m'sh
ed the Destruction Of the Mantc'no rers u n!ha - u
acrbcd essng all ;!c "Uuncss anu cuhd'cr " c
.. Rain ui lie Justice and vi c cause occupy
ing Nankn and apparently heleagnc:d By III iHiFens
hSl rich in money nuniaIns ships and phhFohs, ofh'-
ma nces they nevertheless 20 qnriI, t!h lnie'fuPeuy
coI.ec;Ins immense supplies from the sGrfoundn@
country apfJpaiing III: !peria tribute repairing hr Io
riicaiinnS mounting and preparing Tor Warr u"
pekin as soon as shall suit thcf convenience. lucy
have doubt nl success AMI are certainly !" c comet
tisn r!en whom success Is necessary Tor cSi'nt'
They entertain no doubt Of their strength, OF Their Dvin:
mission u The weakness he opposing Dynasty ahu az
mics of the sympathy of Tie native Chinese, ard al the Ut
Ter rornncss whole existing system !ts c''hHeh''
cation they place in its degrading superstition ana ~ 'G
and by this time The naphhlc tact I" rely upon, ti
except The Of strongly fortified cf' 'hey !asr
WIN any rc-lsancc worth speaking o. "i''
such enemy, se.t Vi Tartar ra', ana ''e sco
graphical ui the Empire may hrlnfr very 'hs -
n,c 10 hear tha, The whole Empire Of China has rcnolcch
idnls and embraced Christianity whatever 'lh' 'Aiy
mean in The prracni instance.
From all accounts, rather from every possible snr's'
vas very small spark which has made Tins vast con
hasraon Whether the Prince of Universal Peace, ~ M
il called first conceived his grand scheme rs lc Pn"l VI m
Rev. MIR. Roberts, American mssiounry at Canton "ic
hrr he derived his faith from some tradition ni the scrip
lung cherished in III" remote provinces OF lhan2' VI
whether instruction took It's rise from The ar"cies o
The andans or the disappointment OF candidate Tor III
crary hpnnrs FAR is known. The medium oil Chinese
communication still dense and highly relractive ana II II
impossible al Than the Imperfect shino" VI
some original fact is only wonderful that 10 much Trans
pirrs. We hear Of in China never quite suhhsae1
Christianity working its way aud eating ont the core ri INA!
huge superstition IN vatln. lurmSJcsuli, Rnssl amer
can BAPTIST and English Episcopal by TRANSACTIONS, dlc'n
aries tracts and by certain ANCIENT copies 81 me Hcpt"tS
preserved Tor many centuries ein. The rclsnn OF he
insurgents is nnapy kencd that OF the Scntch 20
yenaulcrs though that is the comparison suggested ny men
who evidently anxious 10 lake the best ~ II, aia w
.slra,cnise with the future rulers OF CHINA iher otNe
in special mission Ia destroy The MantchOos-uan, wo
inau AMI ch!dso that there may not BE- !cil sprout Io
the race reproduce ITSELF must certainly prove odF 'o1
perfect mpalhy with hcn and are not surprised AT
The as duy which The English Recommending 10
,hcir nu.lcc the NPw hcsiamdnl preference 10 Tue VA
The extraordinary additions 10 the Christian !ith VA" up
pear in Yrnsirca Cias has been char'aby explained
INTO fpuraive expressions adapted the Chinese Hnd e
wife Of the elder brother hcG The Church. the younger b'o
Their bug favored member OF that Church. ana WIS.,,
heaven being only an inspired and prophetic dream ne
officer Who's: letter publish Today is evidently disposal
10 pu Inc favorable the lalih OF per
sons with which thinks bis business establish re-
oious identity. But mus! confess To some grave sus
picoc: that missionaries and merchants III Ihha
will not nd Their dlslchIilc3 ever when II Has pcI"ic 'o
lesstdy Christian.
II may be improper hope for the best, but IL on the
one hand there Christina truth power oil eXtcas
itself from accidental and If the Bible mus either DC
received or rejected altogether the other hand there are
TOO many cxam les Of ALLIANCE between truth and error 'g
surviving the circumstances OF rs origin. II may Or may
nut be- true that bcennne with the thlysix wives claim
ed BY the Prince oil Universal Peace The nsscn hierarchy
practices careful graduated pnygamy II may or may
moi be rr that they brrv. in revelations bl'ing 'eiI
IN desrr0Y women and children, and nrbiing opium ahu
ubacc, there is most suspicious resemblance between
these alleged features OF their creed and those n The Atapa
and IN. iaie American mp0ser. MahOmeaanlshi, with
all s sc.conyceG errors and lila cavcn Of ulh has sur
viveJ Twelve hundred years; and WurmonsIn oy no means
on the decline Ii ~ said the the cTecds inc greater
thr husity and if all be- that is reported NJ the ne"
sec in China which has sprung UP with the rapidly 81 an
ancient hercsy shall find its rejection ul worship,
uf itIay and supplying drugs but poor compensation
far IL License the passons OF vengeance sesihf anu
this, al dominion Happily think these nc" Ciis-
tinos are themselves disposed 10 give M some TINE " az
rsno. our avancrS, before we conl ourselves !" t"'
c,se a sympathy The everlasting question: n etiquette,
which seems nsearahle FROM Oriental negotiations has PIE.
s.ned itself al our very first communication with The Insult
chiefs and who did not think below their d.hi.
~ 10 come and the departure o our officers 10 offer
them both horses and carriages and TO press their stay I'LL inc
morrow nevertheless found in the omission OF scGe TITLES
or furs insuperabc bar 10 negotiation VI almost Us
ienatus painness OF manners some o mem educaed II
said Missions and a. puritanical IN c c'V
in their religious syslsm they already At issue "
US 10 the footing which they shall correspond WITH
her Maesiys chief representative in China Whether tins
augurs well i'll for dealings with this new Power II
may show that may spare ourselves the shame
Of precpitae compromise with questionable orm o.
Christianity There will be time for us u look ABOUT ana
turn it takes and whether ii be Luther or Ma
nomet who has broken idols Of China London I'm eS
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