The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-09-29
Rifbmnin pispatfh.
=. -. s ,,,.. MORNING. SEPT, %. 1885,

ns,,.v MORNING. SEPT. y, tsss |
s..s..,r a, the Mouth Of the PeI.Ho..ns
a pralalle affect upon sne ro'ie'sai Neia'
f,oas oil europe. III, -. r.nna H.
80 .,,,,,e.n,ly ample, Of the terrible defeat
az, nv the Eagiish expedition from
~ .,.,,,.e forts on The pei-lio, which seems
-. mn, ali eua, for the present at least, to
~, n.,,e. of carrying out The treaty of last
- The causes that led TO the defeat ale
d,.cuss.d al great length by the London jour
,,,., although, so lar az We are able 10 Judg.,
,h.v a.. -, near The surtsce as not to require
.,y.lucai,tion u. all. The English have ose.
,n ,rs t,,rn ia,o the national error Of despis
ing ,hv,r nd ,erxaries, aud, rs ON naany mein1Ta-
bile .,es,sous before, they have paid dearly fortt
Tey had heard from Childhood, that every
th,ns WIS pmpesied ~ give way 10 EdglisI
yalor and they Could not but give iiith 10 VIVA
they had So oitea heard repeated, ana nat
,.ex.r once heard oa tradicted. The PRACTICE %
uatiia, men at the head OF important a'm"'
Yp.ats because they are brothers OF COUSINS 10
F.. nak. or An E4r,, has oiiea teen productive
81 ,,a h,t,,r,st consequences but III success
..a,,,. u, nav, had uJ effect IN opening ''''
80 ar ,he government Ia this Tespec', b
H.. -aia of All Brush ministries-"h nj
~ .rv.. 4 ,aical-..s was said first oil Tue STU
aud Afterwards ot The Boufoohs tuel
t,r, ,othiug and they forget hothihs A"'
Br,ttsh Aaul.I..l seeuis " have tteh Psi'ee'4s
a,y..r. oi tle loraniuibie piet'af@at'"s "h.e''
xy.rr made TO receive him, ior ai'housh 1T
a.c.rlaiu.d lAat the chah"ei was oaFieo "a
HE ai.l,. he did not attempt 10 pass 'he i'i 'e
or land The irSops, until the 21lh' ia'e la '"'
day A. could not have iaiied 10 see 'ii'' 'hei'
w,san immense armed iorce on shore, pre-
,n,rsa TO dis pule h.s passage, i1r we i'a'h 'i'"
NJ. London Times that there was no f1oih 10
ia. forts 10 conceal 50 greata muit''uoF. h'
,n,ts, HAY. known that 1t would De dihicu'' i"'
IN. most powerful land force 10 hho 10 veg
,h,,ugI a country low aid mndoS, """
xubt.ct l., iuundations as fhat "hch ~" "
Tie ,nlnih Of tie Pei-Io, even "hfh 'iei' 20
mob DIV 10 oppose it. All past history mi"
have told him That the strongest nav i''e'
is aim rs certain 10 fail IN contest WI '''''
h,,ieries, however feeble IN guns anu GU"
,,,, "a xy,,re the men who stand by the
n,,,,s ,r. =. ,,I ,xoert aud hearty in the cause
,,h. English have again, as they have oIleii
t.t,re done yentured upon iooihaiuy "a
,.r,ropnt without Investigation or INQUIRY,
aud have been sadly crippled Tor their pans.
nd res not appear that they sent out u single
Marty Ia recouuOItre, or that they even tooh
The ,,ains to discover, by means OF 'eie>cope'
whether the forts on the shore were Simply
puarmed forts or whether they were batteries
m,sked to tempt them on. Under Inc riuicu-
Ions impression that everything must yleid u
British pluck they attempted no manpu'fe
ar ,.io, bnt landed in the dep mud and
marched straight up to the batteries prepared
r,r heir destruction, us they did at Bunkers
ia n IT.
loans and at Antwerp. The loss Of life is So
much the more deplorabe that 1t might al!
have been prevented, had the almost unequal
ed yalor OF the troops been seconded by one
particie of intelligence in the oflcers.
For this defeat there is q cry OF vengeance
in borh France and England, and the cry II
echoed by the American press. Nothing less,
II seems. will satisfy The national honor, than
the determination of the whole celestial race,
who have so recklessly violated a solemn
treaty. aud so ruihlessly siaugh tered those
who were sent TO carry it into effect. Before
we can fully subscribe TO the justice of such
n nunisbInput we must be convinced that the
Chinese understand the tier as it is under
stood by The civilized world, and that they
were conscious of perpetrating an act OF
,reachary when they fired upon the English ar
,nampnt Is it certain that they expected the
ambassador TO be escorted by powerful
SQUADRON. and may they moi have believed that
It's purposes were hostile, reasoning even from
its strength II such was the i'm preston up
on their minds, most as~uredty they Were
right ia resisting If at the very outset. Iii
the cond set of the English towards them on
former occasions, they could look back upon |
nothing which WIS calculated TO remove any |
doubts upon subject of such vital concern. |
In the opium war, they had inflicted severe |
punishment upon them, for the exercise of a |
right which undoubtedly appertains to every |
sovereignty upon earth; for laying prohibi- |
ton, namely, upon The importation OF an arti- |
Gle from IA foreign Country, aud for lag aud |
cJnfscatiug iha, article as cJniraband, when |
they found IL had been smuGgled in their ports
in open defiance OF the law Upon that occasion, |
the ground was openly taken by famous |
American stales man, that every nation had Ii |
right 10 compel every other nation to trade |
whether lett inc!Iued 10 do or not. w, |
have never been able 10 give our Consent to "a |
doc riue which, IL seems to us, lays the axe to |
the root of all national sovereignty but the |
English seem TO have acted upon ii, not only |
in The opium war, but in that VIII CHI was con- |
Guided last Year Tor let the immediate caust |
Of war have been what it might the de ermina. |
ton to ex,,brt Il commercial treaty from CHINA |
seems to have been at the bottom OF it all |
n W, he Chi II So recognize 40 such obligation
a. thar Implied in the alleged cause of these
two wars. They telle,e that they have, i'll til.
exe'ci>e Vi Their sovereignty, perfect right To
scgresaie themselves from the rest u1 nai'-
kind, ;thd to live, If ii 50 please them, In the
gloom of "A blrbarous seciusion. They are
srry we'll aware, at the same time, Oh tue o.
jet always kept IN view by the English. III az
their mi,undrrs landings with them, ana IL is
very natural that they should regard tue u
taiainent vi that object rs a blow ~ ineii in-
dependence. CJml-ii.d by The fortune vi wa
L. submit IT is not wonderful that they Should
HAY. dsne ~ with The worst possibie grave
Nor is ttrpJre wonderful that, Regarding lie
they a., The receipt IN vi iii amDissau~i u
pL,n us a sub,ei 81 J VI the ane lent laws Oh ti'e
lm,,,,. and a pr.stratiou oi time-hohoi'o
cu.t,,m they should put it off to The last
n,,h,,ess when they agreed TO II, they ex-
,a.,.a ,h,t The envoy would come III peaceiui
sui.a aud not like IL conquering hero, win IA
,,,,,.,,, armament at his back. Much stress
, -, i.,a uuon the rumored reception oi
~, .r;c.,, and Russian ambas s;sdors. Bu',
=, 49,, have l,eeu received 1t all, We presume
a, .,.s ,ecausa they went alone, and not with
-, $50, ~ fleets and armies 1t does notat
-. -, .,..ar that had the French and English
..,,.,.aa,,rs been a little less impatient, and
- ,,,,il the Court, which, like all barba-
- c,,,r,s seems TO be a little diiatory in lis
-,a.aai,gs they might not at last have sue.
ca.,.a in exchanging Publications of the treaty
.,pakip. without shedding drop of blood,
Sneculatiou is ri.e as 10 the effect which this
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