The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-16

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As to the case Of Bishop Onderdonk, II went
before council or committee OF the House Of
Bishops, aud II now appears that his full resto-
ration has been voted down by q large ma
jority. His temporary restoration on condi-
ton of his resignation was pending yesterday.
The Opening Of Chins-NnglisA. French
and Russian Policy Towards Colonies
and Commorce.
The most important phase Of the China war
and its corelative questions In Eastern Asia Is
their commercial aspect and the effect which
events may have upon trade there.
Our commerce, not only with China, but
with the possessions now held by Russia north
Of the Chinese wall, is growing trade, pro-
mising, under favorable circumstances Of do
yelopement, to produce great changes In our
own domestic industry. We will take ono
branch Of it to exemplify our idea. The coarse
cotton goods Of this country are preferred by
the Chinese because Of their greater durability
and longer wear. This quality, we believe, is
owing to the fact that our domestic goods are
made entirely Of American grown cotton, while
In .theseef Isngtaad our Gotten is mixed with
the shorter and inferior staple Of India .hnd
Egypt, because. of their cheaper price. When
the markets Of China come to be effectively
opened to our trade, If each. of her population
of three hundred millions consumes only two
dollars worth Of cotton goods year, it
will take oil Of our present cotton
crop TO enable the mills Of New Eng
land to supply that trade alone with
American fabrics.s This single calculation
shows how great the commerce Of China may
become, if it is opened in the right way A
similar calculation will apply to woollens, and
many other articles, and it proves at single
glance how great may be the impulse given to
the industry Of the civilized world if an ex-
change of products with the many millions of
people in Asia Is established on right princi-
pies.
This leads us to the natural inquiry whether
England, or France, or Russia, ia seeking to
establish true commercial principles and wise
policy In Asia. Each of these nations is push
ing its efforts there with an ultimate view to
dominion. With France we have no very
widely extended experience Of her colonial
policy. Such as we have, in Algeria, the French
West Indies, Cayenne, the island of Reunion
and Algeria, does not give us much hope Of
great results. Her policy is military rather
than commercial, and its fruit is glory and not
production and exchange. England claims to
be animated by wiser spirit. But yet her pc.
hey in ! !as;S gives results that are very little
better than those Of the French system Hin
dostan, with one hundred and eighty mil
lions of people under her rule, does not
consume cotton goods to the value Of
anything like one dollar head.
Instead of endeavoring by her legislation to
improve the condition Of the many millions,
stimulating their labor by securing to them its
fruits, and thereby enabling them to purchase
and consume more of the products of her own
industry she has ground them to the dust, and
forced millions to perish by the roadside Of
famine. If European civilization cannot pro-
duce in China better fruits than these 1t may as
well not be extended over it.
Russia bids fair to carry her power over
large portion of that populous country. The
wise policy which Nicholas ii. established in
Chinese Tartary, and in the new settlements on
the banks Of the Amoor, opening their trade
freely to all nations, produced at once the most
beneficial results. Not few of our own coun-
trymcn carried their spirit Of enterprise there
to help build up the new dominions Of the
Gar. But we learn by recent correspond
ence from there, which we have published In
our columns that Alexander H. has abandoned
the policy of his father, and closed the chan
nels of trade in Russian Asia to all but native
Russians Such q course may be to the private
advantage Of few Russian traders but we
doubt very much if 1t is conducive to
the good Of the whole community on the
AMOR It is not the nationality of a man
that makes his labor more or less
beneficial to country; 1t Is the skill in bis
art, knowledge Of the supplies and wants of
other markets, spirit of enterprise that animates
him, and capital which he brings to assist his
labor, that constitute his true value Russia
may possess all these to spare for her eastern
settlements, or she may not But whether she
does or not, in stopping the flow Of American
enterprise and capital that was seeking a new
sphere Of action in Nicolaefski, she deprives
herself Of an advantage, while at the same time
she inficts an injury on the rising commerce Of
our States on the Pacific.
This new act of the Russian government
leads to the further doubt whether she is the
nation to open the populous regions of Eastern
Asia to their proper intercourse with the civil
lied nations of the world. If she adopts an
unwise policy in the northern, will she not fol-
low it in the central and southern regions2
The exclusive system can only provoke the
conflict with other nations which the British
merchants are already foreseeing In the coming
meeting OF Russian and British interests on the
shore of China The question of supplying the