Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-04-04

10 be the only restraint upon the worst ana
widest passions he finds strength the only
measure of right and Law he finds public opin'
ion powerless, and finds honor and duty voice.
less.
In transac,ing business with the Turk, Per
sian or Chinaman, the Frank, in order TO gain
the very smallest and meanest Of his ends, has
either to descend to %irickery, or resort to bully
inc. If he cheat or deceive he Not only outra-
pes his own conscience, and does violence TO
his W prciudices, but calls down on himself
the contempt Of the whole of that portion ofthe
world whose good opinion he most values. lft
he threatens, he must now aud then put his
threats into execution, and the result is blood
shed and broils, which naturally enough lay
him open 10 the impulation Of reckless disre-
gard Of human life.
There are few things, siiange as the asser-
ton may seem, so difficult as to bully with dis
erection and success. To bully and gain nought
by ones bullying, is virtual ruin and overthrow.
A high tone should never be assumed unless the
force that can be used in support of it is amply
sufficient 10 justify ii. An arrogant demeanor
is called pluck and high spirit when backed up
by 600, 900 men. When based on 10000 only
it is often simply ridiculous. To threaten an
Eastern nation with penalties you have not the
means OF enforcing, is TO throw aside all hold
on it. Ii the Emperor of Russia had succeed
ed in the recent war with Turkey, and INSTALL
ed himself as the real ruler of the Christian
subjects of the Porte, Menschikoff' pranks at
Constaniinople would have the eccentricities
beneftiing the emissary of an irresistible poien-
..A A. IL ;e 1'nrk and Christian lauuh nj
them as the frolics Of an old fanatic. II the
British had succeeded in the Cabul expedition,
it would have prevented the Sikh war, The car
mage of Chillianwallah, and the dear-boueht
victory of Sobraon. Orienials are remarkable
above all things for accepting facts, OF judging
of your rights by your powers. II you drub
them we'll, they at once conclude you are jusii-
fed in doing so OF you would not have done it.
II you refrain from d~rubbing them when you
have received provocation, they at once con-
clude that you are afraid, and are therefore in
the wrong. In manufacturing a ''note' the
European or American diplomatist appeals to
his adversary's reason, cites precedenis, and
authorities. Upon an Eastern Mandarin or Vi
zier-this is all thrown away. He is trained
in the morality Of despotism he never does
things he would rather not do from any better
motive but fear. We therefore say TO him,
not-"You promised 10 do so-and.so; l call on
you to fulfill it for the sake of your own honor,
and in The interest of public faith and morali-
ty,"-but "You have made an agreement my
government is powerful-its guns are heavy
its crews are brave if you do not fulfill ii,
shall cause your palace to be beaten about your
oare and hnnlrads nf vaur Counfrympn maSGa-
cred. The survivors will then most probably
cut off your head"
The latter arguments are the only ones 10
which he has all his life been accustomed TO
pay Difference and, consequently, the only
ones which produce any effect on him. But
they CRATE on the ears Of the Christian public
at home, who can rarely be got to believe OF
understand that all mankind have not progress
ed in the same ratio as themselves, or that the
wisdom Of Washington or London may be the
folly Of Consiantinople or Pekin.
The dispute of the British with China is de-
: p~lorable, not so much in the cause which has
given rise 10 it, as in the fact that it is not like
, ly to have any satisfactory ending. If the
E eeiSo;iiaIas he c6inessse into sS5a%aisSsfSoG, We i6iSl
e the quarrel would have been on the whole
). piece of good fortune for everybody. But tn,
last news shows clearly they have not. Can
n ton is burnt down-bnt what them Suppos
S all the towns on the coast were burnt down.
what then! There is still an immense empir
lying within, densely populated with fanatics
who may he butchered like sheep, but who
. their fanaticism once fairly reused, will neve
surrender. To march an army into the inter-
1t or is out Of the question. All the troops in In
At Ola are not sufficient for an enterprise like this
IF A blockade is just the thing the Chinese Gov
IS eminent likes. After six months Of slaughter
IF poisoning and bombardment, matters will in al
likelihood stand in just the position they no'
occupy, with Just this difference that the Oh
nese will say, "We thought the foreign bal
barians were very powerful we have seen tn
is worst they can do, and what is it after all |,
m Whether the val continues, or is brought to
IN ries, the result will be pretty much the same
p the decline of foreign influence in China.
Id The point which has been raised by M
Golden, and dwelt upon so much by many
le his friends, that the name of the lorcha whic
l. was seized was no longer de jure on the Bri
ID ish register at the time Of her seizure, is a GOO
of illustration Of the love for pettifogging b
ID which that gentleman has always shown hin
8, self animated in the field OF foreign polite.
he In discussing questions of domestic economy b
ell is clearheadedness and foresighiedness then
of selves. Once he crosses the Channel, and &c
- into the misty domains on which Urqnhart ha
r. long been a most interchangeable but most unsuc
ed cessful hunter, he seems unable to see tw
ed yards from his nose. He discusses great quea
tons Of war and peace much in the spirit
I'd which an Old Bailey lawyer moves to quash q
IN indictment. He carps and bubbles, raises
O. whoop of triumph over a wrong word or a mi
. take in a date. No Chinese could understar
as the British allowing an outrage. such as Il
,rt seizure of a vessel bearing her flag, to pass u
he noticed because her register had run out by
,e- week. They did not know this, and the who
Id question turns on their knowledge and their a
mt linus. To apply the technicalities Of the cor
ng mon law to dealings with Mr.. Commission
n Yeh, is a piece of absurdity, of which the gre