The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-12-22
The Capture OF the Capita 80 ~ '--rae
Fruits Of the victory.

ard English n ms marks great epoca II he
history Of Oh IA 10 be characterized by eat
political religious and commercial revolutions
Aft,r reigning !or upwards of thirty centuries,
The present dynasty has passed away. r. Lat
Emperor has fed The country like tie last Of
The bourbon kings from France in ls4S ami
will probably be succeeded by the new dynasty
of the rebel chief.
The moral effect of The victory Of the Allies
will be immense. II viii convince the Chinese
Of the hopelessness Of resisting European arms,
and prepare the way for peace and the cstab-
lisfment Of free commercial intercourse with
vast empire, whose population numbers four
hundred millions, ard whose trade is so i'm
portant TO the Western hemisphere. The eff
iect of the example upon the Japanese gov
ernment will be most decisive in quicacning
is action in the same direction. As the
European and American governments Of tue
Caucasian race are influenced by the poll
cal action and commercial policy Of each
Other so are the Eastern empires Of Asa sway
cd by the impulses and ac.s u their neghbors
q the same Mongolan type and he same re-
ligion. The results t. tie commerce Of the
rive - much benefit from il Is or own.
The object Of the expedition may now be
considered as virtually achieved Tie ports o.
Il IA will be opened to all nations, and the
n,irctions by which commercial intercourse
was icicred viii be removed The Allies will
probably treat with tbe rebel chief in oppos-
lion 10 the fugitive Emperor and his friends the
Tartar This III ha Allies would bp the
shortest and safest way of securing their OBJ
jcc, for in the event of their ncgc-
taine with the defeated Emperor, they might
have to fight the battle over again
with the revoluti.nists As revolution il row
popular in France AID England and thc Italian
struggle has enlisted the common sympathies Of
both nations, the espousal b. the Allie, Of the
revolutionary cause in China would 10 i'm
mensely popular with all classes, particularly
The clergy, who see in il an opening for the sue
cessiul propagation Of Christianity.
Thu revolution is a religious one, tn insur-
gent chief having, like Mahomet, invented il
new religion, partly from the law OF NJ 'ses and
partly from the Gospels, the IDEAS bciag
probably gathered from the smouiiering
iLcul hts Of Christian missionaries OF former
times Ii is believed that the new system can
b. used 10 overthrow paganism and idolatry,
and tha, the transition to pure Christianity may
lie rendered easy From the most recen. intel
ligence we learn that the disposition Of the in
surgents is friendly towards European
| Christians; so that there is every prospect Of
| a determination between them and the repre-
sen.atives Of the two greatest Christian Powers
| Of Europe.
| Religious and philosophical revolution. are
the most ;uccessful and the most tenacious.
| The Protestant reformation, which began in
Germany three centuries ago, was nothing but
q revolution produced by book. Its effects
upon Europe have been tremendous. The phi
losophical ideas Of the French encyclopedias
contributed in u very great degree 10 the
American Revolution, and that event ripencd
!! Iap.dly into fruit the seeds sown in France,
producing the great revolution in that country,
which rocked all Europe like an earthquake,
and whose effects are IN operation NJ this mo-
ment in Italy, Hungary and other parts Of the
European continent. The overthrow Of the
Napoleon dynasty by the Congress Of Vienna,
in 1915, arrested for a time the progress of the
French Revolution; but by the insurrectioa Of
Is4s, which resulted in the restoration of that
dynasty by he people, ,hc ideas Of the encyclo-
redsls again prevailed, and the revolution re-
sumed it, march, overthrowing the doctrine Of
legitimacy and the divine right OF kings. and
establishing upon the ruins OF the old system
the right Of the people 10 csoosc their own
rulers. The revolution Is still IN pros rcss in
Europe. controlled and regulated by power
full hand; and where il will end none can tell
Here too, on the American continent, aud in
our own government, a dangerous revolution
aiy movement has been set on foot. UPON q
moral and religious basis, appealing e. ruri-
tanical fanaticism for its success, though our
ancestors thought they had excluded The opera
ton Of religious sectarian ideas from our sys-
tenn by an amendment 10 the con dtutiJn. II
Is now eliminating TO its crisis, aud whether it
is destin / 10 fail OF be victorious 4 short line
will tell.
Thus, in ihrec.quarters Of the globe, rcyolu-
tons, resulting from religious or philosophical
ideas, are going forward at the same tine. The
Chinese revolution has been in motion f,s
nearly ten years, though 1t did not attract much
attention till 1858. when the world was a..
ionishcd BY the intelligence that the insurgcnt
army had made series Of rapid and triumph
ant marches 10 tn northeast, laying siege t.
and carrying b. storm tho city Of Sankia.
What astoundcd Cbristcndom still moe were
the proclama,ions of the leader Of The
movement, who styled himself Tai-Ping Wang,
Great pacifcating King" They contained
accounts Of the creation, the iclugc, the cap
tiyi,y Of The Isrscltcs IN Egyri, and their de-
livery under Moses; the incarnation, death aud
resurrection Of Jesus Christ, TIE Son Of God.
witt vehement denunciations Of idolairy, aud
celebrations TO The people 70 worship tho true
God" and at ia same time to throw or the
yoke and cx'crlnibate The race Of tn Tartar
r,snrncra uhn AIMING nfhcr lcts of d.