The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-10-14

Al the che q Is li,l century (ISss)
Lord Mscsrlney returned q On On embr y %
ChlnS on behalf Of the English GoVernlenl
shd bis Secretary Sic George Stsuutoh,
published en- account Of the proceedings
The negotiations were broken of finally BY
the demsnd Of the Chinese officials that
Lord Mccartney, a. Q preliminary, should
% lutte the Representative Of the Emperor By
knocking his head nine times upon the
ground before him. The Ambassador re.
piled that such sslutauions we're not custom
aEy in bis country, but that he would do u
provided the Chinese plenipot otentiary would
knock his head nine times before a picture
OF the King Of England. This proposal
knocked the negotiations Hll In the head, -
no doubt, was intended Sons progress has
been made then within the last iifty years,
and the English Government seem to have
discovered about fifteen years ago, that the
most etfeciusl way to, negotiate with the
Chinese was BY knocking few Of their Of.
ficidls on the head with scsnnon balls.-
There 10 no doubt that il is this different
method Of proceeding thai has produced yall
the differences of the recent results. Yet
Lord Macsrtney actually pc Ietrated to Pekin,
and only failed where indeed the modern
negotiations had been equally successful In
establishing the right of having o permanent
minister residing At the Capitol. i, - ,.,rs,
Fifty years ago il would have been impos-
sible for the whole outer world TO have pro.
doced the impression upon China which this
last expedition has done. Steamships and
Paixhan guns were not then in fashion, and
the power Of modern civiliz d nat ons il no.
where exhibited in so, expressive and strik.
ing light as when brought inI contact with
q nation 90 statioDaFyss the Chinese. 'vl,
The opening of China by these treaties Is
probably the most important political event,
Of the century. Not the opening of the In,
dies by Lord Give; not the rebellion or the
subjugatiOn OF that mighty empire, will pro!
bsbIy affect commerce and the civilization
Of the world 10 the degree that the opening
up of pmicable relations with the Chinese
will do in the next hundred years.,
There 10 every reason to expect thqt our
own country will long before then have the
most important commercial relations with
that Empire Of eny nation, and it ought to
be the study aud the care of our government
to secure every possible facility and advhn.
Iage in this direction. By avoiding oil en-!
langiiag alliances with the English and
French in the wur now conslnded, we have
gained all the advantages that they have se-
cured and an amount Of their good will
which may be turned to the gteatest advant.
lge. Pekin lies precisely on the g.. me de.
gree OF latitude as Philadeiphia. and only
'bout two degrees notth Of San Francisco
IN the opposite side of, the Pacific. China
$ immensely wealthy, and although it may
TOT desire our manufactured goods, yet our
lrts and sciences and all their appIlca atious
o civilized lite must instantly come into de-
nand in some form. Our, ships and steam.
re- have been bought and wi 6s n eded ior
Iuvnl defence. Pirates will buy them to
tack the government. if the govern ment 10
90 self-satis6ed to purchase them to ,exter.
innate the pirates. Our railroads, and our
rms OF war, and our mechanical contrivLn.
es for supercedihg human labor in peace,
lus,, by degrees, COME more and more into
eqasition! A mere treaty would be use.
sss; it is the want Of what we have and they
ave not, which must produce prof able in.
ercourse. Our maps and charts will be
eeded-our medical books must be trans
tied, for they have no medical science in .
hina. They have, however, valuable re.
Its Of ages Of experience in the use of Ger.
in herbs. In the course Of very little
hile, it Is clear that demand must spring
? for q thousand articles out Of the way OF,
'oye and beyond, ordinary commarce, bat
hich will 60 tar 70 pay for our tea, aud pro
ire US, at q much cheaper rate than we
mid Manufacture them thousands OF valu.
Vie productions, requiring immense labor
ID ingenuity. to'Ht-r 49, , ui. club
So fur, the Jcsuits have done more to in.
odpce valuable knowledge into China than
" other class Of foreigners. They have
ught them astronomy, surveyed their EN-.
re, aid collected ath5ussnd facts and sci. !
liiic observations, useful not oal to Eu.
RsaRs, butte the Chinese, tlemse lves.-+L
ur missionaries, of all classes, will do much |, !
ore in the same wsy; but our medic Il men men
'ght go there insteud Of starving at home,
" c1mmerciHi agents, our scientific men, :
lglneers and patent off ae men; as well as
anuiacturers Of patent medicines, and in
'ry few years turn the tables upon China
I'd cause her to send silver back, or rather
|ver's worth, not only In the form of tea
I'd fire-crackers, but, t,aofr9everyihing that i
cap labor.,, great mechsnicai skill, great
eaItR and Q really 10 ty civilization which o
only Eirtle old fashiJHed. can produce. 4 = =
might be- we'll for every person large pl
engaged in commeyce To consider how be b
va drive an entering Wedge into profit. I
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