The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-12-09

Their Government is mixture Of pol.
tiles and religion; and moreover is =
royal d~spolism. No Emperor, bu. IRA
,ernity OF Kings, six in number, preside
over the Empire. The first Of these is,
called the Heavenly King, but whether
he is or is not now in ths flesh is mat
ter Of doubt. The six are said TO reside
in Tieuking, the Heavenly Capital though
where that is we cannot guess, The
claim these six put forth is not over the
territory that lies within The old wall nor
to the control Of the Empire only; but is
universal. We of the Wes,cra CONT
nent are their rg,aful subjects and we
all owe them tribute.
The Dr. notes particularly the energy
OF the insurgents. Some SIX years since
they struggled into existence in the
Kwangsi district, one of the most south
xrn districts OF China and west oil Canton.
There they gained victories which were
indeed Insignificant at first, but spread
along. tie course Of the rivers north and
east, conquerlng at almost every point.
They are at this moment In possession OF
tAe better part OF China, holding most OF
the larges, cities aad over the rest nov
ering perpc,1ally. const.a. terror 10
the inpsrlslls.s and the people.
They said they had undls puted control
from Chinkiang-iu four hundred miles up
the Great River; and that, besides the
large numbers 81 troops garrisoned and
sntrenched about Chinkiang. Kwachau
and the Heavenly Capital they had
four armies in the field, carrying on ac-
tive aggressive operations; two OF these
had gone northwar!. oac along the Grand
Canal and one farther westward they
we're designed to Cooperate, and. aitel
storming and destroying Pek,n, to turl
westward and march through >hasi, Shen
81. Kansuh, into So 'chuen, were they are
expected 10 meet their other two armies
which from kiangsi and the lake provin
ces are to move up the Grea, River a M
along through the regions on its southern
banks"
The most remarkable order p' cvails il
their ranks Tobacco, strong drink and
opium are prohibited.
Their religious creed recognises man
81 the doctrines OF the Bible, bu, the Sta,
il the only Church they seem to admit
They have nothing that reminds one q
the L,fIs Supper, ut they speak OF
form Of Baptism. Our Saturday the
keep as Sabbath--A day tor abstlne nc
from labor and sport, aud for devotion ,
prayer, thanksgiving aud worship. Tn
Blolc in use is Guztlaf's version The
hold TO oae G ID, reject the equality Q
the S,n with the Father. ignore the in
spirnsion OF the Scriptures, and in ,hei
DIX ,loyv speak OF one OF the Six King
as the Holy Spirit. They nave list G
twenty books or more which arc publish
Ell by authority, but Of their lI'erar
abilities the Doctor spe lks less highly tina
we were hearing hun two years ago.
He thinks their success iii breakin
up the present dy nasty is inevitable, b.
doubts if they will succeed in establish
ing prosperous empire upon tie ruins
Tacir pretensi ons are considerably, to
grave to suit foreigners. The Docto
answers TO his own question, whether
they become masters Of the Middle King
dom, they will recognise the cxlstin
treaties between the Empir. and Eng
land France and the United State,
.f... ss~~.ii, nay eetss no. 9TH - -"
the exceptions da mage the force of tn
opinion, ION compassion or unless the
willingly descend from their high pos
uon." These opinions Of Doctor Bridge
man are entitled 10 m,re weigh, iron
the well known sympathy ,ha, he has b
tore INDUCED for the rebels.