Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-09-24

The Chinese Troaty. and the Opium Trs

conclusion Of the first Chinese war Surprising
| the Petersburg wires TO have spoken truth, il
! il quite certain that increase Of the Chinese
trade must follow upon The multiplication of its
eu.poriums? Is there any probability that the
war Of 1873 will lead 10 more splendid results
| than the war oil lsll-2? ~ much IN certain that
the treaty of lsi3 n-tead Of Increasing American
and English exports TO China proved in,trnment-
al only in pfccipitaiing and nggravaing the com
mcrcial cri-s of lAi7. In u similar way by
raising dreams Of inc shaustiblc market and ly
fostering fnlsc spcculatons, tho present treaty
may help preparing new crisis at the very mo-
mcnt when tie market If the world i. hut slowly
recovering from the recent universal shock. BE-
tide its negative result, the first opumwar sue
ccedcd in stimulating the opium trade ut the OK
pense Of legitimate commerce, and So will this
ond opnmwar do,if England he no, forced by the
general pressure of the civilized world To- abandon
tho compulsory opium cultivation in India aud
tho armed opium propaganda 10 China. We for
bear dwelling on the morality Of that trade dcs-
crbcd by Montgomery Martin, himself an Eng
lshman in the following terms;
"Why, the slave trade mercifu compared with
the opium trnde; We did not destroy the bodies OF
the Africans for 1t was our mmediatcintcres to keep
them alive did not dchasr their nature corrupt
their minds, nor destroy their souls. Bat the opium
seller slnys the body after he has corrupted degraded
and annhilatcd the moral being of unhappy sinners,
which every hour is bringing victims to Moloch
which know, safety, and where the English muir
dcrcr and Chinese suicle vie with each other with
offerings al hia shine
The Chinese cannot take both goods and drug
under actual circumstances, extension Of the Chi
ncsc trade resolves into extension Of the opium
trade the growth of the latter is Incompatible
with the Development of legitimate commerce
these propositions were pretty generally admitted
two years ago. A Committee Of the House Of
Commons, appointed in ISL to take into consid-
Grafton the atatc Of British commercial intercourse
with China, reported thus:
I'VE regret that the ,rade with Tint country has
been for some time IN very unsatisfactory condition
and TINT the result Of erfeadei intercourse has IN
reai,sei he Jnst ctjeations which had natural
IS been founded III fycc dcccss Ia 50 mdyp,HcentT
mayka We find TINT the difficulties orthe trade do
not arise from any wan, of demand in China for
icles OF British manufactures, or from the increasing
competition Of other nations; Me payment fer op,nmi
nbsorbs the silver to he great Inconvenience OF the
general traffic ol the Cnlnesc, and ten and ,k must
III fact pnf TIN rcst.'
The E1endef fhino If July %, 1919 general
l2lng the same proposition, says i'll set torins
"The opium trade progresses steadily. The in
creased consumption 81 teas and silk in Grr, britain
aud the United Stnt"s would merely rcsali IN the
crease of the opium trade; the Of the mnnu.ctu-
rcr IL h"pcess.
One Of TIE lca.liug American merchants in
China reduced. IN an article inserted in Hunts
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