The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-30

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Our Successful Treaty with CHINA.
The recent official act- ot our Minister, Mr..
Ward NJ The Chinese capital have been made
The snhject of many inviIlous aud malicious
comments by the British press Tho ratification
II the treaty. with which he was charged, has
been doubted in that quarter; hIs reception by
the chinese authorities has been jeert,d ut, and
ridicuie attempted 10 be thrown upon tho
whole proceed digs OF the United States em
n.ssy. Bnt tor sil that, it Is nevertheless trno
that American diplomacy hss achieved Sig
nal triumph in China, while that Of England
aud France BIAS Suffered an aggravating defeat;
that this patton has acquired advantage of
,h~ msst important character. while Engiaud
and France are probably farther thas Over
from the attainment OF their desires With reab-
reOce to an Interchange Of trade with tho
Celestial Empire The course which our
government psrssed has proved to be the
oorfect cuel and TO this mortifyiug fact may b
attributed the silly diatribes emanating from
foreign journals.
The truth is thst we have succeeded in rati-
flying treaty with China, the fruits OF which /.
i hardly possible to overesimate in CONNER
cial point of view, giving to the United States
advantages which no other nation possesses
and facilities for trade with that quarter of tho
elobe-w with its immense resources
. offered to any other people. The most
sanguine could not expect, from the
known exclusveness of Chinese policy,
any better result than has come out
of Mr.. Wards mission, despite the sneers
and jeers of those whose chagrin and disap-
| poiD,ment find vent in editorial abuse.
We conceive that the ratification of the
| Chinese treaty is the greatest commercial sue
cess ever achieved in the East; for it was ae-
c"mptisted peacefully, in good faith, and in
perfectly friendly spirit, wholly at variance
with the modes by which England acquired
ascendency in India, and the few advantages
she possesses in China itself. 1t ia not unlikely
that the Chinese emigration to California had
good deal to do in creating the friendly
feeling evinced by the Chinese authorities
for the United States on the occasion of Mr..
Wards mission; for, although the treatment
OF the immigrants there has not always been as
| liberal as it should be, still there must have
been o retroactive influence produced from
what they have seen, and doubtless told, of this
country. We trust that the California people
will appreciate this fact, by abandoning the ex-
elusive measures against the Chinese now in
contemplation, snd by reciprocity of good
feeling and toleratien to that portion of the
population. But from whatever cause the
friendly spirit originated it is certain that this
country has received at the hands Of the Chi
nese government generous consideration de-
MED to all other Powers, and that the contrast
between the prudent and wise course adopted
by us, and the bullying conduct Of England and
France, has had most satisfactory effect upon
our commercial relations with China.
| A MUNICIPAL REyoLUrIoS.--We are on the
eve of great municipal revolution in this city,
or rather the revolution is actually in progress,
if it is not already an accomplished fact. That
revolution is the Wholesale desertion Of Tam
many Hall by the rank and file Of the democra-
cy, as well as by the respectable classes, leav-
ing behind only few leaders, who find them
selves in the interesting predicament OF officers
without soldiers staff without an army. The
ratification meeting endorsing the nomination
Of Fernando Wood, at the Cooper Institute, on
Monday evening, is an evidence of this. Per
haps in the annals OF municipal elections there
is no example Of such meeting-an assem-
blage SO Numerous and SO enthusiastic. The
gathering outside the building, which could
not find admission, was far greater than that
| within, and it is estimated that some twenty
thousand persons were present.
| Here, then. il an evidence Of the abandon
rnent Of the rotten old sinking ship Of Tamma-
ny Hall by passengers and crew. 1t carries an
ant.slavery pirate flag at its masthead, and
| It will soon disappear on the popular waves Of
an overwhelming municipal revolution Not
only the people. the bone and sinew, the me-
chanics, the laboring classes and the grocers,
the native and the foreign born population, the
Germans and the Irish, but the ~ealth the mer-
camille interest, the intelligence and the educa-
ton of the city are quitting that God-forsaken
old hulk. Hardly as many as are sufficient to
make prayer meeting will stay behind. We
have reason to know that such men az William
B. Aston, Augustus Belmont, and host Of mer-
chants representing the Southern and foreign
trade In this city, are embasAsA In this new in
vestment, which, following the direction Of the
growth Of tho city and the tide Of population,
is seeking more respectable quarters some
where up town, and leaving the filth and cor
ruption, the rowdyism and violence Of ethe
Coalbole," to the little clique Of leaders who
make such ludicrous nominations for the demo-
crazy, and pretend that they have the control
Of the masses. The people on Tuesday will
teach them lesson which they will never
forget.