Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-05-31


superintendent OF trade in public call British subjects 10
surrender all the opium in their possession into his hshGs
be delivered over 10 the order o Commlssoner in
himself responsible for loss behalf of her Majesty
crnmen And accordingly the merchants, in confirmation
of this pledge of Capt. Elliot afterwards sent petos "
the Lords Of her Majesiys government urgihs tao
reasons clam:-rhu the trade in opium mao nerh G
couraeed and promoted by the Indian goycTnnehl uue
the express sanction and authority attery oil the BRUSH
government and Parliament aud with the iu
So appears from The detailed evidence bc!orce The
of Commons the renewal Of the last charter that The trade
was controband and Illegal"
The English government, itself had in fact, directly op'
proved OF the traffic, and deeply interested IN lis coh
tinuauce. For find that the parliamentary connlee'
appointed in 1892 expressly for the purpose u crnsaer
the opium monopoly in all its bearings moral poi'ica anu
economical concluded their report which was acctco US
fluws:-"In The present state of the revenue OF lndn
does appear advisable 10 abandon important source
OF revenuea duty Hpon opium oeinsa tax whch lhis @ M
cipay upon ,reipn and which appears upon
the whole less liable 10 objection then other winch
could be substituted The charter therefore, of the East
India Company granted in 1888 with the express Know
ledge md understanding on the part OF Parliament 'at me
traffic in opium constitute portion of us feguai
and legitimate business Important changes were mace IN
the conditions o the company as to lis direction ana
troll by this new charter Prior to 1888, il merely
company OF Traders but afterwards II became tue repre-
sentative and all its officers the Agents Of the English gov
eminent for administering the affairs of British India In
1898 the whole revenues of British India ncudng the OPT
un monopoly were invested in the company in trust lor
the British cro,rn and since that tme the greatest possible
encouragement, has been afforded 10 the manufacture OF ms
drug Ii is soiat Calcutta by the Board Of Customs under
the direction Of government and avnwcdy Tor 'e P"P"se
of being exported China. And in 1884 The very next
wear after the new charter the Superintendent OF brsh
trade in China in hi dispatches TO the English government
speaks Of the opium traffic nhich IL lrds o me nos
riial importance 10 cherish and Trotec TINS advice mas
been We'll needed now !' almost twenty years ny c CIV
ernment OF Great Britain.
Thus that England was M interested party ao
would naturally be disposed TO Justify recourse 10 var IN or
der To secure indemnity Tor logs and continuance Oh inc trace
The Chinese had cndcavored arrest the trac
by furnishing severely and in various ways hcr own sGo
jecs, and also remcrslrang cnlreatlng ana threatening I
English but all 10 pupo They their country ana
people becoming impoverished and rnincdhc severe pun
ishmen Of their subjects OF no avail 50 long as me Eng
lish continued 10 se thousands chests OF opium; IN spite
Of enrcalcs and threats and in contempt 0t all law what
more could they do! Nothing? They might have attempt
ed take possession Of the opium ships By torcr ou ms
would have been attended with fearful amoint ot elooa.
shed these opium nresps were all armed Ike SHIPS ot
and filled with dcspradOes The opium was all IOJei.
Ell by being brought there contrary IN the laws :" Inc naton
and the harbos where The opium ships We're stationed were
part the Chinese and under ihe!r 1nscc-
li.n as much as The and. The Chinese government had
right by the laws Of nations io!cby II necessary 70 seize
the opium. But they Effected It's surrender without violence
or loss of life they might have legally SOLD Tor
more $4,000 0l they destroyed every chest o IT,,
openly and publicly t,iainng raise revenue from inc
ruin Of their prop They could not therefore regard
This war in other E.l Than an Outrageous INVASION ol
their rights and pr1neii;.
With these disgrtceu facts staring her in the face, Is II
Infamous in the British arstocracy 10 be feng ant al
deying Mrs Harriet Beccher Stowe, who' treache'
truth and u tie peace and interests oi her own
country has published alrocioas libel upon Inc ~hoc
South and now, in foreign land rcVeis IN the thirty pieces
of silver paid for he. achcy and in the vile assaults OF
strangers upon her native land? Why with al their pre-
fcrcd sympathy for oppesson 90 mol English Lords and
adea turn their eyes evils and abuses their
doors? Why, instead Of making Quxo'c excursions 10
The distressed Of dstan, ana do they not atlcmf! to wipe
M such plague-sp their country, are hus de
scrlhed in letter from Intelligent English correspondent!
residing the Wesl aud prtjsncd in the Boston Post!
"Whcn resided in Liverpool Eng, accident led me once
through that plague spot III misery and crime which covers
Third Uf the map U that iowa. had already seen ihicl
0! The poor but that visit showed depth OF suffering
and degradation was not prepared for In company VIII.
friend of like cu,!osE very frequently through
The DISTRICTS ant con.crscd with .; the pcopi"
what misery what suiitrlngs what horrors thus became
OF In lha euary il must b" impossible for such
take place IN The light Of day they DO tEce.
VI others selling their chill !rensome no zen years
odto life Of prostu:nn and taking the wages oI n:aHiy
q, their doors. II hal read u u H. would
have believed III hu; il from personal "oservatlna.-
When read The address u,he Women Of England on the a.
very question my blnoi o-ld n The hypocrisy contained
When saw in The Liverpool papers how Mrs. Stowe was
welcomed there and ho~ The mces white neck clothed gen
try spcechifei about the hotrid institution ci slavery,
burned with shame 10 think they wec lay coeutrymen-
they, who kntto WI knew, Of the horrible de.rada
on reeking Under =ir very noses-who had been notified
OF Of the shameful doings their holy doors, but
who shut their and cnscd their 10 Tho cry around
them that they mi! HI hear the dincSt Whisper vi maglna
ry distress from aar
Why does not Mrs Stowe herself wiclI her pen OF gall
against such oui:a- upon morality perpctrated in Great
Britain under our very eyes, narrated by the n. T.
Presbyterian, which annadvcria in the following severe
terms upon the career If the au;horcss o! "Unca TomH
While Mrs Stowe ftted and cased in Glasgow, Edin
burgh and throughout Great Britain, receiving dollars and
compliments Iur NJ ether than that she has grait
foreign preudccs against country by holding j, 10
and hatred hope she is cUectn. eras for sell
ting forth the in0rales Of the laherand in future novel
The Edinburgh NnesS 10 the very number which RECORDS
This ladys moftyng and anti American Triumph contains
the following n1tice, which nope she will transfer 10 her
portfolio =
al The Lameeth rVlice Court Wednesday, il hccaile
known that blacksmith named Turner lately purchased
wife, in the person Of Mrs iunliy for pot Of beer and
three penny pie
This TRANSATLANTIC excursion after I'll, may nrn out
in Tie end TO a.eecn the most iclicums ming the author
Of Uncle Toms Caon did and her pan
dcrng 10 British onli American fcein. Gae as much as I"
any rea! ani.sa:'y principles According the most 'c
able testimony e abroad nothing has ever done so naIn
to excite hostility towards The United Sures Europe as
Uncle Toms Cabin. 1t has been chosen instrument in the
hands oi dcspos there lor propping NJ their otIerh@
thrones through ;2 Indignation II eXces aglns this re-
iuSc ioi europe down odden mions-hs iHodel iep"o
lie of the world
we do not Icfncmhcr TO have more humiaag
instance o To" enomhing OF all patriotism, aud OF love io
the maine aud honor of ones country than is shown
In professor Stoves first speech on British soil.
s positively asserted that much of The wealth which
enables such fanatics the Duchess Of Sntc1nd and OF
Argyle, and oi The lords and dukes of England 10 swell
and enrich their late grand reception scky abo'ionst
female from IN" United aosc crowning act Of folly q"
the present ccai"ywas derived from the profits OF sa'"
labor on their estates in America Does this dann'ne
fact show up in all lis rA coors the miserable senten-
falism n Mrs Stove and her British eowradGcers ot our
great Cohiedcracy? Bat the New York National De'o
crat reads to lord John Russell and lord Pamerson chap
ier on the abolition of slavery in the British colonies winch
contains very proper lesson their British IrdshlPS d.
the present time The National Democrat deserves ne
thanks OF patriots NORTH and South for its manly and con-
servatiVe course in denouncng the movements OF ao'
tlonlss al nome and abroad and in uphodng the const
lona rights interests and feelings of large portion OF "'
Confedefacy That ruy National journal shows tna' u"
long ago as 62U and before England had abolished sa't'
in her own colonies, she began her hypocrca cfoa"s
about Inc Institution of the United States; AMI her s'ae
men and naval officers filed the world with marvellous a
about The slave trade while The time she was ajs
nine millions o. dollars year to keep up .!c Jsten III "
own Wrsi Indies and ~ prc"cp: ;ne progress OF cVi%
by checking Tie aro.s free labor in the East Ne'o
the civilized nor savage world before witnessed hP
rsy on 80 grand scale. The West India planters l'aa oe
taxed, and robbed by the home government. 10 Inc f
fln