The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-06-18

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As TIM pr~ca aeis' u Chiaa Is mes,
interesting ows not only in ccnneNiou with
events that have 81 lately CAUSED dssola.
tion cf ,ho liri,ish Parliament ami the ~.
paomcn, Of lord l'AlsK@rcs. Il rs~s,ble,
stil mom iirn,ly in bis position Of rrime Min
istcf, bu, alsc far America wha has u afec
snd impMtani stake IN the commerce. II
the Celestial Empire. few hints from on
who has had nm intimate social AMI political
intercourse with China may not Ia unacyp
table nj the prc~1t moment,
Ia the hr.i plsss, may mea,Ina tba, !
am M, of tho~, who call ,hct hiWs~ barba.
'ian, simply hsaese he diller lrvm naiions
who assume themselves rivil,ad In every N,
spect. whether in religious mn,lors. Ia their
id,as III morality and ,rinr az In their mo
,hcl of carrying Oh war. tor, ~ 10 rcli-
gious matters, ..~ 'nsey,tc min,sirts tax.
Ing from Protestant congregation The m"
my that supports thcm, whilst in heart they
arr Roman Catholics, aniaciaalb and aclu
lcusiy working lot that church WHOSE das
irnca they have sworn TO oppose and on
this point canuo, arc how Stones can be
thrown al the CONSCIENTIOUS ilu,lilist ~ fnI
lower of tosrrcps
A. regards morality apl virtue. poihing
cnn he palmer ~ Ola higher order, than the
ieachipfs ii the Chinese ph,lesopher AMI
maalisl IA 10 his practice. nigh, dia
miss the snbjcct by briefly cmafking. the
los SAID about II the better but will not,
for this simple reason, thai .hc Anglo sason
AMI many Enrorsan mt ions ran say very little
for themselves upon this point Their tcacl,
ings. like tl,cen of tim Chinese arr reesc,llcnt,
but ihcir examples, in my humbl, opinion.
very scarce in numbers. l,efre, however.
We ao any further, ] must l~g you 10 believe
that am In no way Chinc~c worshipper.
but simply le~irous 10 give something like An
unprjudir,si accnunt of The peoplo smongs, |
whom ! have slsn' many pleasant yrsrs.
md whom. IN spite Of many -cmi barbaric
auaIit,es and c,,stoms trann., t,oL ,p,,o nm |
,,,.r ,.,,;
When ! was IN Hong x mig in latS. ar |
iberoabouiA the tDplish lnsolvsai Aet wns |
introduced into the laIaDd, anil shall never |
forget the look aui gesture. ii the first Chi |
nainan who underwent the noble oprra,inn |
~ whiiewashinp, that nj nutc pp~d bin "h |
par "' mfe",i,'n r~Iss'ap'ii'y WIN u~
ch"'ie ah' higby ."''i'ahI hnR"0nh"o
h'ob"'"' 'n"s'e" ~ 'a"' "'" """'e
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'nf ha' non, New '"A' WA, p'uiihg bnt
'h' 'nh'Poa''"' :" hr''i'ui Pfo'H'nn
could have r''en'si 'r"m i'r tender tnscie,
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