Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-10-07
CHINA.

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this country, that China and .he ex,raorli-
nary scenes in progress Of enactment there,
have been almost entirely forgotten. With
perfect Indifference, the public learns that
the rebels, as they are called, have traversed
the entire extent Of the empire, carryingev-
ery,hing before them, driving their enemies
from province TO province, and from town
10 town, until they have finally shut the last
remnant Of them up, in the great city Of
Canton, the emporium Of Chinese foreign
trade. What the result will be, ii is not
difficult 10 foresee. The usurping Tartar dy-
nasty, with all their train Of dependents and
mercenaries, after having been encamped IN
China for two hundred years, will be driven
back TO their native deserts, while the de-
scendan,s Of the ancient Chinese princes
will be restored to the throne Of their fathers
To US, these events are far more interesting
than any which can spring out Of the war
in Europe. We have already an immense
interest in Canton, and the proximity Of our
Pacific coast 10 China, not less than the vast
immigration which is setting in from that
country, has tendency TO increase daily
the amount and value Of this interest. In
the present crisis, therefore, j, is proper that
our agents at Canton, and our ambassador,
should behave with the utmost caution and
circumspection, committing themselves 10
neither party, and holding themselves ready
10 acknowledge, as has always been the pol
icy Of the United States, thu government
that they shall find firmly established. il
especially behooves them to give no offence
to the SO called rebels, who, it is very evil
dent, will soon have everything their own
way. Regarding this event as certain, seve.
raj questions Of great importance to the
whole commercial world, but more especial
ly 10 the United States,a at once present them
selves.
lst viii the new dynasty fall in with the
progress of the age, and throw open the
ports Of China to the commerce Of the worldl
That is a question Of serious, most serious
import. If the reply be affirmative, then
will China have gained all that could posi-
bly, be gained under the circumstances by
1
any revolution, conducted by means megel
human. She will have placed herself
communication with the rest Of the wof'
will have placed herself in a situatiorlo
receive their arts, their sciences, and eir
improvements, will have opened anataue
for the passage of the light of the fpel'
will, in fine, have emerged from thdark-
ness of civilization totally oppose to all
progress, into the full capacity Of r:e'ying
tina, other civilization, which hasnrked its
way By every species of imprOysnnt calcu.
lated 10 develop the powers Of thnind, and
bring forth in its true colots, theiative dig
nifty of man. II, on the contra, the COM
ing dynasty should pursue theolicy Of the
presen, race Of Mantchou ovelgns,no,hirg
will have been gained. Huneds OF thou
sands of lives will have bee spent in vain,
and the green earth wastetio desert, Tor
no good whatever. $3.50
ID. Provided the ChineEports be thrown
open, will the same sysn Of demanding
specie for every thing thf sell, and of buy
ing nothing in return at has heretofore
been Characteristic Of a, nation, be con.
,inued! II so We dor whether the world
will be gamers bylthnew policy. China
has, from the ,imejth Vasca de CANA first
passed the " Cape ioftorms,n which he, or
some one after biniacetiously called the
"Cape Of Good Hosn to this day been in
the habit of receing annually, enormous
SIMS from the Eslern nations for such
commodities as 3 produces, and as are
produced no VIII else. This specie goes
into China, and never finds its way back.
The drain VIII must thus be gradually
made upon thelecie Of the world, must in
the end prove nous, in spite Of California
and Australia We are told, by GibbOn,
that even % tly as the days Of the Anton
ines, Rome b begun TO feel the exhaustion
produced ble exploration of the precious
metals totlEast for the purchase ofluxu.
ries, and slat day Rome was the world.
If then thyotld felt the druin 10 China,
when butte port was open 10 its commerce, !
how wouil be when all were thrown open?
The rearces of China are unlimited, and
could size induced to trade as the rest Of !
the woatrades, their introduction into gen.
eral cozerce would form an era in the his.
tory ofe worll.-Rithmond Mail.
Splendid Corn.