The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-01
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all Of whom are directly Interested In exter
mcrcc, spreading civilization and Christianity,
ing the world fssg scientific facts and colcctt0n6
better acquainted with the works Of the AisntG
Six hundred years. ago, when hsr
State-in the double character Of
Christian missionary ambassadGS,
by the Pope to visit Jerusaem ~
he found In Central Asia (now China), una
dynasty, q state Of things evincing higher ID
zaticn, more complete mail system, and
political arrangements, than have existed for
der the present dynasty of Chinese emperor
troll their domni0ns apd dictate 10 foreigners
Of such brutal wretchns as the infamous Yeh.
a complete chain Of military, commercial and
on all the long routes throughout the empire.
these were relays Of horses, together with car
and wen Ministers or State Until steam
Piled to locomotion and mail purposes, anf
i,.nas Mnis per penny @. postage, no mail system
century Why cannot th4e days and -
and in fact something mud better be est
saD 10 sa W. s1as havs w1 n S ous1sss sy
precedcnts, by the commo ew Of hamaei,y, t6a
and travellers from Chris commercial anil q
nations, when wrecked, ID gone astray, shall l
tected, and not murdered me subtle casuiats ma
tend thst y s no offence tl ye have right 70 TAX
Eiblc, and uamping on it with contempt, and tsf
the sacred form OF the cross formed into an instrc
men Of torture aud execution TO shay Christian faors
soldiers and missionaries. think we have right 70
teach these barbarns that such atrocities be
mitted think all people, Catholic and Protestant Who
60 TO the Bible for the foundation Of their faith, ID
right TO combine TO protect themselves aud their bre rem
in the lawful pursuit Of their desires and occupa Hs.
whether they be trade travel recreation scient Pm
vestigaiion. ! know OF no reason why shoul bot
preach Crusade. On the sie Of Soomon's ten e,
and on the hill Of Calvary, Mohamedans and dolatrs
spurn Christian missionaries call them dogs, rample yon
the Bible and, whenever they please-as at Jeddah--
murder Christian missionaries. II 1t cost ope
hundred thousand lives, the holy city Of Jerusalem
should be wrested from the Turks and Arabs II cost
five hundred million Christian dollars a railway should be
built from Smyrna and from Abydos the mouth Of the
Euphraes. Give the locomotive: that Is your great
pescemaker your civizer Christian missionary Mh be
not missionary, it at all events carry thousand
missionaries its back and is useless for jealous bar
barians and envious horses cry out "Nay" Let
the locomotive and the express rider penetrate Central
ASIA and the days Of Jeddah massacres Yehs mnrders
and Peiho victories, are numbered
There is some talk OF sending the Great Eastern
to China. positively believe If the British govern
ment were 10 send the monster ship To the
Chinese waters-not into the shallow waters however,
with eight thousand solderf and ten fifteen
hundred cannon, with two three Thousand tons 0 pow
der shot and shell freight believe the appearance
this gigantic Junk that would do TO bul
the bulles than anything John Bull ever did in his fG
In the slow and donothing policy Of Lord Palmerston
have idea that he will do anything decisive senst
ble He viii be likely 70 spend millions in little
drblets and sacrifice thousands Of lives than mae ono
bold decisive stroke that would cost hundred thousand
pounds and accomplish the good Of long campaign At
any rate, we snail see-what we shall see.