Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-11-17
John Bull Preparing to Gobble

rider, good pistols, mask and trnstv daoror. the modern system requires quick wit a nlau- sible tongue, checks, letters bonds, handsome office furniture, a bundle of certificates and T
 large amount of facial brass. The old plan of conquest required arms and military stores. sol. diers and skillful leadears, battles, sieees mar. ches and all the discipline of the camn and strategy of the field; the new plan is to con. qnor by the pen which in the hands of sbrewd ministers and diplomats is indeed "mightier than the blows ot the Sword.' In the shadowv days ot old the walls of beleagured cities fell beneath the catapult or the battering ram. in this fast age they are overturned by thrusts of ministerial pens or disappear when snrinkled with diplomatic ink. There is magic in modern international manmuvering which would have excited the boundless wonder of Atta. Mahomet, Cesar or Alexander. Not even the willy Ulysses ever dreamed of mak- ing a conquest at any less cost than the awful din and horr;d slaughter of the battle field | It was especially reserved for the British government to illustrate the modern style of conquest where the pen takes the place of the loud mouthed cannon and ink is shed instead of blood. How much mighter the insnuaton of | diplomacy and commercial intrigue are than the buster of open war is plainly shown in the commercial and territorial progress of that na. | ton during the present century. She is reap ing a rich harvest for the seed sown in India hundred years ago and Is now scattering in China the germs of a domination equal to that which she has long exercised over the Hindoos. When the mighty naval ornaments of Eng land and France sailed few months aco for the Chirese waters it was wondered by many what adequate motive those nations could have for such an expensive display of powder. The published synopsis of the treaty recently en- forced upon Chinese commissioners bv the Bri ish rlenipotentary. affords a satisfactory explanation. Though buili Is proverbiallv in- appropriate inmate of china shop, John Bull wanted a foothold in China. He was not sats fled with the privilege of open ports and advan. tages equal to those of the most favored na- tions," but he wanted such a stamping ground in the Celestial Empire to enable him at some future day, upon some pretext yet to be invented by him, to toss the serene imperial son of the sun skv-high, and appropriate all his flowerv central domain to British trade and British occupation. That great prize bull was not to be satisfied with browsing aronnd the out skirts of China, but must needs make such a diplomatic gap will admit h.m hereafter to pasture upon their richest rice fields and roll in their choicest tea gardens
 The British Foreign Off ,e has published a summary of the Tien- Tsin treaty consisting of some sixty articles Persons unaware of the in- sinnating and far-sighted policy of the British statemans would scarcely notice that this treaty differed in any material respect from the Amer ico-Chuese treaty; but there will be fJund in 1t articles which can only be interpreted on tie hypothesis that Great Britain aims at nothing less than the substitution of British for Chinese authority. British intervention always blossoms in the course of time into British sway and her 'aithful diplomatic agent has taken ample pairs to insert such provisions in the new convention as will inevitably give rise to pretexts for future manifestations of the military and naval power If Great Btitain
 4 few quotations taken from the summary of the treaty at random will serve to indicate its tone and tenor
 Art, Is. Chinese subjects guilty of any crim- inaI act toward British subjects to be arrested and punished by the Chinese authoritie, &C., cording to the law of China; British subjects committug any crime in China to be tried and punished by the Consul, or ether public func- tionarv, according to the laws of Great Britain. | Arr l7. Determines the mode of proced- ure in thematter of complaints on the side either of Chinese or British subjects
 Art l8 Provides for the protection of the l persons and property of British subjects ! Art. 23. Debts incurred by Chinese at Hong | Kong must be recovered in the courts of justice on the spot. Ii the debtor should abscond. and should ossess real or personal property in the \ Chinese territory, the Chinese authorities, in concert with the British Consul, are to sec jus tjcr done between the parties.
 Art ?. Either contracting party may de maud further re,i i>ion of the taritf and of the ! commercial articles of the treaty at the end of ! ten yeas; but six months notice must be given or the tariff K to remain in force for ten wears more and so at the end of each successive ten \ years
 Art. 36 The superintendent of customs shall 1 deQute one or more custom officers to guard | Brush merchant ship on arriving off one of the l open ports They shall stay either in boat of I their own, or on board ship; their food and ex. 1 penSes shall be supplied from the custom ho-se. and they shall be entitled to nc fees from the master or cons snees.
 l Art 30 Ali official communications address ed hv British diplomatic or consular agents to the Chinese authorities are, henceforth, to be written in English. For the present. they will be accompanied by Chinese version butt it is understood that in case of there being any diff ference of meaning between the Eng!ish and Chinese text, the English government will hold the sense expressed in the English text to be the correct sense. This provision Is to apply 10 the present treaty, the Chirese text of which has been carefully corrected by the English original.
 Art, 51. The character "I' (barbarian) not to be applied to the British government or ta ] British subjects in any Chinese official docu- mont issued by the Chinese authorities.
 The erection of British Court in China with British rules for it's government will be no in significant weapon in their han ls It strikes at the very roots of Chinese sovereignty, and creates 2 tribunal which, supported as it will be by naval and military power, will so enlarge by the force of precedents as to uniermii the To- cal jurisprudence British construction will of course be put upon this and all other articles and that construction will be enforced British officials are empowered to intervene in every ca-e of contest with Chinese; the uses that will be made of this tremendous power may be seen by the operation of similar stjpul tions made fifty years ago with the raiahs and princes of Hindoostan. The profoundest dpom tic skill appears to have been employed to create ifs. sures for entering the wedge of British power.
 In what precise manner or how soon the British will avail themselves of the foothold they have gained by this treaty cannot now be stated, but that it was intended as the basi, of the enlargement of British power and of ulti mate conquest the fate of India does not per- | init us to doubt Lr Courier