Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-05-01
From IN. wsetIy Evening Post.
The POSITION UF AMERICA IN THE,
brE CElNESE QU. srlUN.

me aNi'hie ut this ccdntry With gard to The
ek''h"g a"El' French quarrel with the Chinerp
orc"'heS mine interesting the nearer the struggic
"PPrmrhes its termination. II We can onl, M,
nsf I" cnn'ince the surli that keep out ni the
id'NImtH IrutG honorable motives, without oHitiny
our claim 3" participate III any aivanttyes winch
may arise "nt ut II. shall clearly ta ,e Hchip,ci
"hr'er stroke 81 policy. But, under M U.teud
| I',r''"'SFat'n. tins - an operation of extreme
h.mrn''y aud requires very delicate nnalluiatint,
~ 'hr Ahgrfrruch onslaught upon the Chinese
iSa mece ui ht,gandarr, i,s results must, Of ne.
ce''ty he plumber and ,p,iaton Whatever ad
VanihgeN tor foreign trade are exturted from the
ieafs VI The vanJ' i>hed arc stolen goods which
n"heHt "n''iiers rnnr'nt lawfully share. We must
TIC very certain, therefore. that We shull rigidlv
"'N,auh from shh'hE IN the fruits US j I'm Buil'>
ra'h' ht"rc We commit selves /, an unuualtfiei
! dennncinnn of the raid itself II we rrprnn,h
me hhnismIiI With his cruelty while the hound.
n:e " inIi cry, aud afterwards contend for posses
s'"n at the brush" ,he world will make merry
over our morality
There can lc no question that tho Chinese have
net hetn well treated hv the British The pn,ic,
the latter has not Been regulated either hy
Christian principles or the principles Of common
ninrhlliS. The opium war an atrocinus out
rage, which nothing could hase ju-tfed II. the
time, i"r v hich I"ihIng itch hns occurred has
ai"ned for. TIE history Vt Euro, can Intercourse
@i,h ,ip Chinese has been marked throughout l,y
the ordinary incidents IF the dealings of civilizt
lion with 'arhnrsm. The Christians are energetic
tWtemitu"us, interruptions the heathen cruel
ianatiral aui d-,.citinl wherever thsy come il,
r"nra;. from the Il cky Mountains to the gorge.
u the Caucssu-. the result il the same. Ignorance
Ter city aud weakness On the ore side lead To- ruth
less Sg.teS>iUu on the other. The ink on the
treaty whith closed the last Chinese war wa>
hardly dry ~h"n both parties rUlstei IT, the f.
-,iI>h hy open ar tscit coinirancs, at smugginy
and other vi'lA'ion| Of the law. and the Chinese ts
refusing III. stipulated aimisSon nf frrsignrra To-
Canton. There breaches, after few feebs re,
nonstrances on both sides. finally became chrnnc.
md each year since has accumulated host nt
grievances on hnth sides Tue aft ar uf the Lirch, !
would iirdi, have led 10 the resu's which have |
t'ilowei II. II both artes had been previnn "
1T sia'e NJ h'sh irits IN. The 9ne-tion .heth |
-r the Br,tf-h f,s ~s> fslng wheh the vessel ~a>
nnard-d aud the "r"a arrested. l. still disputed -
Y" Aeiied -tou'iy that such sas the c,se hm, H.
'irtnaIiy ntmirei the right of the crew ta BrtI-
pr"tscuun. hy -.niIux first And then the ~Ilr
'~elte hack to tie n,ul after ih,r II imiuatIuu
fhe ems al refused lie them nnes-,nrir res |
."raiiuu sss M public AS their SEIZURE. Yen WA
'b.tlnate. and war broke our.
la dippmrric correspondence. which arose out
i tnisidtlr I-h excuses himself for re using a.
,imit e ,rore.us 10 Cantoa III accord .nce ~ith the
ern. of he treaty, hy alleging the ne ce An! y,
irt character If the IeO;e of that city" differ
~" as thay I'D. ''ir"m the ,eups e other prov
'nes." sud he ie;rre- the previous neglect ui the
British ~ euf,-,e ther r,ghts a be waiver ta ali
,.aim Tor th- privilege S',er~ari-. There appears
be question n & Mr.. B"nham did not press
ii- m,rI-r IA lS1S aud iS4J ir"n g de. re I" n,oii
- d-had aud disturbance. Sud III Difference I"
y-h'e ~ .-s-i inalltt en!urrs order ong-r
rs "su srhi c's The logic ~hirh converts thu
,rbra raiicr Intn general atsndnnmart ui righ' |
10 :ul,arlv Chme,e.
Yeas diyl1n,+tic mates were follow ed up by = let
,r pirlur,Inx ~ rnue from ''tne inhahitsnts oi
hr iml. Ell, -" Canton. addressed {" thr Brirish
ipioms l., ,,ien,Irhenfiarv "t rhs minbar',nrnt -
These i'.rc. and sidl-n. usdIe,' from whu-t a.
1T cin,c ies Y-it could not Irute,t sdteI tur"u
nrrlgurr. declare tbst their relations si'h th'
5riil>h have Tor C'n-ur!-- been "smi.hle'' hh
arm .h.n th,l tho = t,"srd dn-nt had kn,dl-d y
,n. VI nns1 ingu.-hs t. hsired IN the hrr~-t ~
very man. e,insu aud chlii in CantaI-- Isil
.er managed ~ enter the cry NJ they desired
he, wonli all ir rxIituii,t'd. and that la short
h-s hal h'i er Dir !; the enterprise.
The last ness tr, m Canton iutui>h~s u curinus
on,nrnIar, upon lie let or i the q intoneNe. Th'
'iur-ign he,ls ha,r 'ntcred alter iret'i: resist
.ure nthr uArt al the Cuinr>e. Yeh il rrtsun
-. AMI II. "inZ.ls - tar trlm s,c Iii'ng theIr
iot II ir>I ructi MT IN ir rn-n,i--. din
."ntiy t,nr.ung rheir OH trnde oi trying u turn
~ haiest i'"nav The !ght oil subsequent
vents Is The great H. iSht Ui history.