The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-11-09

First.Rate Notice for Brother Jonntha
we see In the success of the United STATE.
mission to China, d complete condemnation of
our own conduct, and, unable to conceal or
aeny tbe fact, the defenders of the Bruce sys.
tenn OF negotiation endeavor TO account for i,
ny onensiyely impuiiug to the American Min
ister ana the American Government a hr,miti. .
atirg submission TO the insulting pretensions
OF the Chinese OF course, they do not believe
anything OF the kind; but it Is hoped In this
way to weaken the wormwood or our defeat
at the Peiho, reckless of the insult such n
statement involves TO the United States Gov
ernment and people. That Government. we
should all pretty well know by this time. Is
not In the habit of tamely submitting TO In.
suit or injury from any other power. 1t is not
SO long since we ourselves had good proof of
this, and the ignominious dismissal of Mr.
Champion by the Washington Cabinet might
have suggested the wisdom of sayiag nothing
about submitting to insult or about American
humiliation.
fence or insult to the Western Republic for thew
well know that 1t fears them not, and is ever
ready to defend its interests and yindicate it's
honor when either is menaced. What wretched
stuff, therefore, is this about Mr. Ward hui
initiating his country and himself by going to
Pekin in the way that accorded with Chinese
law and custom. The Americans. who know
now to make their rights respected by strong
governments, know also how to resi- pect the
peculiarities, or even preiudices. of weak ones
They know that in China they have nj right
to insist upon the observance of Western
forms, and that If the government at Pekin
chooses 10 consider itself of celestial origin
and, therefore, superior to the rest of the
world, ii is no business of theirs to 90 to war
with ii on that account, SO long as it performs
IT'S engagements and acts in spirit of friend
illness.
That it has done so towards the Americans
is in no degree doubtful. for the Americans
have never bullied, bombarded and extorted
there as we unhappily have done. As to the
silly story, Invented by some witless French
man, OF Mr.. Ward having been taken on to
Pekin in an enclosed box it can impose upon
nobody who has any knowledge of the custom
ary mode of travelling in China. The Ceies-
ilals have not arrived at the sort of ciyiiiZa-
ton which rejoces in express trains, post
chaises OF state carriages, as means OF convey
ance; they use for that purpose what was not
long ago considered amongst ourselves a far
more dignified and grand style of locomotion
Tor persons OF RAJ k and Mr.. Ward, without
any doubt, found himself carried TO the capital
in the honorably yellow sedan chair which the
artless Frenchman aforesaid has, with dismai
humor. du obed abJx.
1tcertalnly is humiliating to England to find
the United States So success fully negotiating
treaties with China, while she herseii, in ALI
ance with France, has SO egregiousiy iaied-
But how will 1t help US to send military e1-
pediton up the Peiho Why, it would only
be piunging US deeper into the difiie uity, ana
making success more and more ImprobaoIe-
Instead OF acting SO foolishly, would IL not pe
wiser to consider little and see whether we
might not, by adopting The method OF tne
Americans, succeed as well as they ! IL is
true, there Is a terrible amount OF Injuries 10
be atoned tor before the Chinese Will come 10
consider the English as blameiess and as
friendly as they do the Americans but real
change in our tone and conduct, youched by
acts would, we dare say, speedily convince
the Ceestials that the past was to be past, and
restore confidence in our NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Star, 22d.