The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-11-26
The Chinese War.

lne Iesuit OF tie iaIe bloody Hsn ting upon
the Pei-Ho has already been laid before ouI
readers. Barbarian yaIor, desperate as II was
succumbed for the thousandth time before the
steady courage and superior In telligence OF
civilized warriors. Chinese arrows and
match locks were no match for European bay
onets and arms of precision. Old wall. pieces,
honey -combe by the rust OF hundred years,
made but a feeble response TO Armstrong
guns asd rified cannon. The Tartar, with his
bow and his spear. went down before the Sikh
with bis long lance and his deadly revolver.
In word, the 10000 English and French
troops who fought On the Pei-Ho, carried
every thing before them, stormed all the forts.
swept the enemy from the field, and laid the
military power of China PROSTATE st their
feet.
What psxtl Lord ELGry can 60 TO Picking
whenever Re thinks proper. He can dictate
terms 10 the brother of the Sun and first
cousin Of the Moon at his leisure, and they
may bs such terms as ne may cbooss 10 pre-
scribe. But when he shall have laid down the
law 10 the Emperor aud compelled him 10
subscribe hi. own humiliation, what guaran-
tee has he that the agreement will be kept an y
longer than the allied ARMY remains in the
countryI II we understand the status OF
China, its military and political condition is
thing entirely apart from lis social organi-
cation. Each province appears TO be a sepa-
rate tndependency, and acts for itself, without
any reference to the centre. 1t is certain, in
'ei. view of the case, that the provinces lying
aicng the sea-ccsst " ill pay no more regard TO
what has been don. at the Capitol, than they
would pay TO an act OF Congress or a decree Of
the British Court of Chnncery. The only eff
feet the humiliation Of the Monarch can have
will be to degrade him in the eyes Of his sub
iects. This may possibly lead to the over
throw Of his dynasty, nGd the substitution Of
some other, recommended by its known hos.
tihty to the English and French.
Everything which the allies are likely 10 OBJ
nuia by their victory might have been as fully
CbtaiEei by peaceful negotiation. Our own
Treaty, which places US, with respect TO future
CONCESSIONS upon this same footing with the
most favored powers, is proof OF the fact.-
BarbiTiaus are proverbially treacherous, and
the only way TO deal with them is 10 take
sharp aud sudden vengeance upon the spot for
each pleticular act Of treachery. But the war
which the allies are waging against China is q
war having for its object their CIVILIZATION
Untii the Chinese become civilized people, it
IL vain TO expect from them that regard for
treaties which is necessary to the very existence
ofciyilixed communities. They know nothing
of the NV of nations, and this is a war to teach
them the meaning Of the phrase. They cannot
be made TO comprehend IL unless they be first
civilizsA. They will keep no treaty unles.
they 10 sfraid 10 break IL. In the mean time.
they know as we'll as the allies themselves
the cost and dinlculty of transporting 10000
men half around the world, and mail tai ming
them - far from home. TIE inducemsnt to
break any treaty into which they may be
compelled TO enter, will be everlasting
ly before their eyes, and there can
be little doubt, we presume, that they
will orsak any such treaty, whenever a
cou.enisnt opportunity may offer. The Eng
iish and French armies can no more extirpate
the inherent fa;thlessness of the Chinese peo-
pie And their government than they can ex.
tirpate the nation, comprising, according to
the best accounts, four hundred millions of
eouis, or about one third Of the whole uman
race. Ia the meantime, they are contributing
10 bring about the contamination of two
ohipgs, which, above all others, they depre
cate most. They are teaching them how to
night, and they are preparing the way for fu.
lure Russian annexstions. 1t Is evident from
Inc late naiiies, thal they are not deficient i'm
e""fats 1ney sAposeo themselves 10 dealt
with invinci6is resolution, and they only
"ahHd skili tnot vaior) 10 secure them the
victory. They have shown themselves alto.
gether different class OF men from those W no
Ioaght Win ne Eagilsh eighteen years ago.
we've LIE French ana English are carving
s'sryihih ~ storm, Russia 10 silently. bu
surely. occurring The favor Of the nation Al,
ready she has obtained Il territory large enough
for mighty empire from China. wi,hon,
nring single shot, and tina, territory bids TAI,
10 render her, at some future day, mistress q,
the Pacific, uhless we contestft with her
The wars which The allies have heretofors
wagsd with her, have resulted In the agsran.
dizernent OF Rnssia, and we cannot see that
mus far, there has been any other result
worth even moments consideration, which
might not have been obtained without vast.
ing single life, or burning an ounce Of pow.