New-York daily tribune., 1859-12-27
CHINA.
A PROCLAMATION OF THE TAI-prNG
REBELs, &c.

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TaiySg WaIg sucesedrA through n'' i'i''On,V
allies ss,d patrc~s, in Ps'ming oil 90 Tue woiia
usenstrpus cTedeuce IN the conversion Oh Ch'no'e
m,nsds 10 the true belief This document, ws'cn
aeei1enlnlly cane late my bands, probably dates
ftor, ne yesr 1854 OF 1885, and hears note upon
{ = i,vcribe< by sone loyal mandarin, sigaiiyng
sDectptive Proclamation OF the Kiang rebels
IA Il aur,eas specinen OF the manner IN which the
eat tecLsm has been grated on tho blood
thirsty ,ocstrine Of n Chinese insurgent; and as
sDch have endeavored 70 render it. word for word
" 10 as iOllowsi
-.Tee.e oyernmant truly appointed by Heaven: We,
Ysug, he Eastern Kgg, Geserel'-sImo OF Ihe Lels
1.uV: ard Hsiao the Western King, Geperabssmo
q ehe Eight Army: Have received a charge FROM
fcaS en- TO extermlate demons 20 tranquillize man-
Aud and 10 give comfort ~ tbe Ieople.
. According 70 wfitiugr handed down from Of old,
te Iseavenly Father, supreme Ruler and Lord, cret
ssa IN she begnslng heaven, earth, mountain', se'
nan, snd al other things, IN the rpaee Oi AK daya
1be supreme Rulsr Lord ot spirits lshenl and Lord
o. sou thwenl; he 0mnipresent aud OnnupOtent all
t.aisas btusath HeASeB have records Of hs being.
= fsem the creation 10 The present day, he has
Ych,soasly manifested at repeated times, the majesty
OF his SrslaIe ye The pe0ljs, full isSrantof thiS
Ju she frst pedo0 of bis an or the Supreme Ruler cent
down ssn N torrents iiing four tens Of days until
The Rood bscsne universal Al the second TINE OF ms
gress - rAta, the Supreme Ruler sent down angel
in,l " rescue IsIae from the laud Of Egypt eral-
n n,n Motes' laIdl. At tie third tine Oi his great
xrath he sent the Lord Jesus lYebsu TO be born in
Jsdes, 70 save mankind, expstng their sins by the
" Al this liiDe his wrath has again grown great In
the year hhg geo 1881 the Lord seut q Heavenly
messenger to communicate with the Celestial King To
VII: Chnen, The Tapping Wang and TO give
him heayeBs command 10 Jake tie Lead tor the deliy-
eranee Of nieD, the destruction OF demOns aud the
restoration OF tranquility. In tue year ra saea liSi0l
Ne LoId's merry WAS awakened for mankind, over
WdeIDed in he depths inqulty, and led asfray by
sat obs aud hends and in tis th'rd month the Lord
&etoe1d.d upon earth. la the ninth mouth the Lord
Jesus deteeEded upon earth 70 save mankind ans
rauftsfd bis IBefisJle might for the externinaon OF
tte Iaze of demons aid heDds.
|" Now, We hear, the Lord is wroth He
10 wrC1 with mankind, who worship false gods, aud
walk the sths OF vice, aud grossly transsress the
Celestial law.
: go men Of this generation, do ye slumber still !
Ffom the cay Of our birth until now ye have beheld
A,e splendoF and glory of tie Lord. How great a
koon II this From your birth until now ye have be-
hello oIiverssl tranquility taipngl and Heavens
hebt How great a boon Is tais Arouse, then
Arouse ye dutliully obeymg Heaven your lives shall
X Erolonged disObey iDg, ye shall die.
"Ims 1s'iDg deIhOu, ieien-Feng', whose descent |
n derived from Tartar slaves reDoaDces righteousness
engs 70 inquiry, and rebels Against the Lord where-
ft.e Heaven al not abso!ye Inn, aud justice demands
% Also We uen Of adult age who ignore the simplest
sfrrincniss .oyeting The acquisition of an ntintes-
hns profit fht, eeSas gs' yg o%ne tyv'u yUur
a Of the serl elt-heud Oblyo1- VI hsAYeSs i@Fof'
an tuning Jour back upon the Lord.
we fId that great numbers of ye me- OF military
sse teiolg to the lfiad Soeeiy's League. Why doye
nOt belbink yourselves 70 lOi the hAnd OF lin" l,a
tale lbe oath, in order strenuousy to devote your
Ininos and strength the DETERMINATION OF the rsngi
We have not heard that men who tbus) iraterDally
lnie ard wear before the gods arc used wroIgfuly
10 fsrNe their foes.
Every Province is now resolved. Men aesem-
bled in muitndes; famous schoars, and students not
afyw; beioes also, and valiant men IN numbers anu
tie righteous eaufe take vengeance, even 70 externi-
nation (lt even 10 not living beneath the sane |
hsaSenl, on your enemies. Diligently support, with !
tued strength, TIE vdOF Of your hing. We, the /
IOau Abders, confidently exPeet yonrAid.
eve issue, therefore, tins PfOcamS.,on for your |
instruction, and We desire yon a,l to ponder thor.
oughly. Already ye have experienced the mercies of
the uUe LOrd aid =. uehooyes e to shew gratitude
ward lie CelsstBl dJ misty. Wherefore specially We
btue tbs eainest and mOmenIous proclamation.
All ye our people, learned as well as vulgar, turn
Quickly and fortiy your minds. Pay Your deVou0us
20 true gods sId depart irOn the false; ordering
tie worship of the gods anew, aud sweeping away
tie Oi htnds Ihus u may be that YOU VIII attlh
70 tie enjoyment Of celestial bliss. But II ye still per-
skt your oelus'ons and will not awake, AL that ye
posses shall be utterly destroyed by lire, aud IN tat
hour ye 81 Oil ghaw your own naves Toe rednceo 10
koI eless deslsrl when repentance comes too Late
'P''"' "TaR 1,Ai-fINo CELESTIAL KING"
This shadowy stmulant to the passions Of a dis.
eonteuted, but isuorant pOpulace, is no unfair
specmen Of those elsewhere issued by the rebels
b, the men who for time were the glory of half
tle Protestant Missionary world Without casting
% much as the shadow Of sneer upon the self
sacrIfcmg men who devote themselves to profit
kss labor among unnnpressible heather, aud whose
acts Of charity countless one cannot but feel
poignant regret that their efforts should so fire.
QLenily be misdireced, and that, IN order TO add to
tleir prestige, they should have succeeded in OBJ
tanning, il OIly temporarily, yet at most critical
period, the countenance of civilized nations TO the
deeds Of the most ensanguined rutfan that ever
brought ruin upon noble Empires
One is obliged to concede to the Roman Catholics
their assertion that the Protestant Missionary ys-
tem is fundamentally wrong. That wonderful
Papacy, anomaly though il be in this century sends
no uptried men forth 10 plant the banners of the
Church in distant lands. Her System is to train
uen 10 the work they are destined fr TO give them
that intellectual sinew and moral nyincibifty with
oct which IL is vain to cope with the subtle intel
leets of civilized uDbehever, or to attempt the
penetration OF the covering that shrOuds the
intellect Of baTbarism. Rome sends the flower of
her spiritual army TO the van; Protestant England
aud America are content with champions of at
ieast secondrat ability for the struggle. There is
reason, too, in the Jesuit sneer at the irultless
"bales OF Bibles deposited on the Fea-shoce; for
the trained and pTacticed Propagandst can point to
his converts BY the thousands IN the remoteSt cor
nerS of the Central Empire, while the strait sec
tartan Of the opposite creed remains immOvabe
in his comfortable home uuder the foreign
haestaffs at one OF the Five Ports, ami heplessly
trusts 10 some miraculous Intervention for the at
fraction Of needless nation toward belief of the
pure aud simple doctrines made into metaphysical