The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-09-07

the TACT that he has been prOfcsscdly
beating the rebels and destroying then
all the way up from Quangai; and yot
with such immunity did the insurgents
travel with this conquering army at theii
heels that they brought their wives ant
families up with them, and have them
now, with few exceptions, at Marking.
1t has been argued that the insur
gents must be very weak, since the,
have not held any Of the towns they cap
tured as they passed along-wlthou
much reason, think for they knew
full well that if they took the capital, th,
country would fall into their hands, since
the numbers that understood who, OF
care who have the reins of Government
are few, and these would turn round tc
hold or get place, for they have no af
fection for Mantchoo rule Determined
to win the Empire, they were regard
less Of keeping retreat open. In this
they resemble Cortcs in destroying hi;
ships, they gained both moral and phys
ical force and, strange enough un nc
other suppositiOn than that the Imperi
allsts are horrid poltroons. Thougl
these insurgents show no disposition tC
return to their own province, the Impe
rialist Chinese Army has planted itself
in their rear, instead Of forming. or en-
dcavoring to Go so, a junction with tho
Mantchoo Army, to protect the approach
on the capital, or to raise the siege of the
Grand Canal, the Investment OF which is
starving the capital out.
1t is horrible to think that they cut
off 10000 Mautchoos, even to the infant
at breast, but they seem hostile only to
them but it is still more horrible tc
think that the Mantchoos. in two Of tho
many provinces, cut off as many in the
name of justice within the year 1--WE know
Of 1000 in six weeks and this in the
name of Justice The former is the cx
ceptiou. the latter is the rule 1t may
prove the least sanguinary practice in
the end Like Cromwcll's severity al
Drogheda, it has struck terror into thciI
opponents; the Mantchoos are chapfall
en- and almost afraid to approach them
they say that six of them would bca;
any twenty Impcrialists they talk ot
their strength, when we know multi
tude of them are but boys, and of THEN
rcd eyes, &c.
If they succced-and l fancy they
will, and soon-they will deliver 800,
100000 from the grossest immoralitics
the most grovelling of idolatrics, and the
most grinding Of tyrannios. China viii
be opened to light, life aud civilization
all which will be thrown, with all THEN
influences and Importance, into the An
glo-Saxon scale.
Ifthey fall Protestant Christianity
for whether spoken of by themselves OIL
lmperialists, they are always stylet
"Worshippers of Yesu," which is charac
teristic-will be prescribed, because they
are identified by individuals among, il
not by, the Imperialists, as connected
with Protestant Christianity, but VIII,
are row too polite to proclaim it, les
it should originate sympathy among us
\ partial despotism will be re-ostablish
ed for few years; meanwhile the JIG
suits will be active, working through
their old ideas and form Of idol worship
and may establish a Romanist dynasty
that is, u court protesting the Roman
Catholic religion and if the influence oi
the three hundred millions be thrown
into the Popish scale, unless God him
self work miracle for our doliverancc
good night to liberty.
The French Consul at Shanghai say
it is a conspiracy got up by the Protes
tant missionaries and Canton servants 0
the English houses and there can be II,
doubt that he will make every politica
use to their and to our disadvantage i
they fail.
The French have long shown thei
hostility to the movement, yet they pro
fesscd ignorance of its plans and princi
pies, stating that they had no informa
ton; but since our return they hav,
confessed that they had men (if not mi.
sionaries) among them.-in disguise how
ever for one of the insurgents confess
ed TO us privately that he was Roman
} Catholic and it is clear that they mus
have known, for the Tontal governor 0
Shanghai told me that they had kille,
several Roman Catholics. This Nigh
well be, of converts to the Jesuits, VIII
permitted in their converts the worshi
of ancestors, and also sort of baptse'
Buddhism.
One of the Hong Kong papers mer
toned some time since, that a numbe
of military-looking priests had landed a
Canton, as was supposed, to assist the il
surgents, thinking at that time tha
the movement had been originated b
the Josuits; most likely they were g
ing to assist the imperialists,as the Frenc
wanted us to do, and even got a rcquisi
tion made upon us to do SO.
Thousands of tho insurgents tisitc
the lermes, and some few-very few =
spoke little broken English, aud sal
they had been at school in Hong Kon,
: One said there were those among thel
who could translate the English scriI
7 lures.
One said, on going down among ou
= men, that he was Protestant sewers
= said they were Of the same religion {
! these others, again, sad that they wei
l OF the Ten Commandment religion
, the same as the schools at Hong Kong
and one said that he was of the same r
ligion as " King Victoria
When We went into the city 10 see IL
chiefs We were guided by very nice be
; of about l6, who, it appeared, had run
5 way from his father lie spoke goc
Mandarine, and gave us tolerablo info
4 nation on some points. The eauestne
t with which he enjoined the avoidance