Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-09-01
THR CHINESE WARTS RESULTS.

bombardment of Takoo by the French and Eng
lish. This movement against China ID one OF
vast momeut-it may be regarded al one ot the
events of this great age. The termination OF
hostilities by treaty oil peace, an announced III
our tcleyraphic columns, is on achievement
which will make All Important era i'll the histor.
OF comnerce-in the spread of Western civill-
.ton, with the living principles OF the Chris
tian religion, upon which that civilization ID
based-and in ths downfall of Eastern e1clu.
sivism. Our telegr.phic news, direct from Va.
l.ntis, simply announces the termination OF hos
tilities and the conclusion of q treaty of peace.
We are, therefore, left i'll ignorance OF It's provi'
sions.. A review, however, Of the position OF
the two parties will not leave us in doubt as to
its character. We must remember that the al-
lied powers have for some time been engaged
in efforts to bring that immovablc aud stoha
Government, which, eufelnped III Its IDEAS OF
uelfimpnrtance and celestial origil. turned with
contempt upon them and by delay and treacl'e.
~ thwarted oil their efforts. They had laid
down their ul,inatum. which had been disre
eardsd they therefore battered down the for
tresses of rakuo, aud their determination was
to make Pekin their faal destination. lhe'i
1apid approach to this cousumma,ion alarmed
his celestial majesty, and this treaty has been
extorted st the mouth of the cannon. 1t amounls
to o concession to terms e1"ctei by VI torloas
inyaders. What then, is it reasonable to sup
pose arc the terms Of that treaty? Why, clearly
IN commerce, su..h terms ID free traders would
dictate always to exclusivis;n. We may tairly
anticipate that it will throw open the ports OF
China; that it will remove ull restrictions and
determinations aud that it will thus give an
unprecedented impetus to the commerce. oi IN"
world, BY opening to the adventurous merchant
the trade Of upwards of three hundred millions
of beings. The Independence of China is now
gone. as much 10 as ludia, will she be under lhr
military protection Of the s"vereignties oi hu,
rome. Wo may expect to See England and
Fnuce, step by step, advancing into her inte'
rior, while Russian srms will meet them by al
sncroschiug Western frontier.
That these great Eur ,pean NATIONS ~'li ever
again bs involved in war among themselves, WI
think exceedingly improbable. EussIa having
broken through the bonds OF her old, exclusive
and selfish. policy, will now rather aci with Eng
land and France. These nations have brcomr
too civilized to war among themselves. II ne!
will now league together and become allies y"
the conquering progress OF peace Ting u w. ~
commercial aspect. In religion, the results VIII
be no less momeutouG. Though their forms
differ, they all acknowledge and profess The same
religion. We may expect from TINS UNION, q
rapid dissemination OF the Gospel truth; ano
the concurrent action OF Greek, Roman ana
Protestant Christians, will probably effect Il tn
sion of whatever OF discordant elements may
now exist, snd the construction and consolioa
ton of pure, holy, harmonious and truly catho
lie religion, that will hs acknowledged through
out tho world. That those reaults Will not oe
slow in celebrating their own fulhlment, 1t is bu'
natufal to suppose. When we see the agencies
ut work-when we SEQ that steam and electricity
are the Instruments while England, France,
Russia and America are the agentS-what may
we not expect7 Oae achievement leads but II
another, and in every succession the glory and
grandeur of the preceding fail to obscure IN the
least the splendor, or 70 mitigate the amazemeht
which attends the succeeding. We live in an
aga of wonders, aud amazing events follow each
other in such rapid succession that the WiSest ID
kent in an unrelieved state of breuthlsss sus
pense. 1t IL but natural to suppose, then, ths
these results, at which we have but limited, vii
not be Of slow development; they will come
upon us with the startlingness OF thief at nigh
each so rupidly, that before the world take'
time to reflect upon its own progress, the great
drama will have been completed, and the event
AA-NSe w.
over again by lecipsrers Of Biblical chronology
will be upon US.
This IL the first netrs which the Western worle
has received feom the Eastern, over the subma
rins telegraph. The despatch reached US OF
yesterday short time. sitter noon; but the da,
before il had been announced in England. Tht
sun that left England, and France, and all Eu
rope rejoicing over the event, in its next round
found America raising its accla mations Of .'raist
over tho same auspicious epoch i'll the commerce
Of Asia and the world. 1t seems as though, by
special Providence, thi. event a triumph o.
civilized progress over unenlisataned mmobill,y
had been reserved as most fitting the first
prsctica! operation Of an Atlantic telegraph
This teiumph of tho science aud skill Of modern
warfns vas alone worthy of transmission, by
this achievement Of the science and skill OF
modern mechanism. 1t WAS most fitting that
science herself should signalize her own glory
South Carolinian.
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