The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-07-14

Ing or attempt 70 trade with places subject 10 enec;ve
blockade by the ships fleets OF her Majesty and her
august ally either Of them aud IL Is further ordered
that her hajestys officers and subjects and especially
Maestys courts and officers exercising any prize urisdic
too do take notice hereof and govern themselves
cordingly. wM. L. BATHURST
OBJECTS 10 BE GAINED BY THE WAR.
From the London Telegraph, June 26.l
England is now, we may presume, committed irrevoca
bly, to with China. The happy dream into viii n
contemporaries were yesterday iuled by absurd
paragraph from American rudey disturbed
within few hours by authentic intelligence thai the
government Of Pekn had rejected the British proposals
dee OF an attempt bring the Chinese within the pale Of
international law. They have reported, for hun
this must be regarded as part of their scheme for maen
flying their own strenghta and resources. The British
and French ornaments, by sea aud land, which have
considered however, as amply sufficient to bring
the maudarns to reason; and although the expe.
by the imperative necessities of position East
There In this country certain political economists who
without sighting for H. is scarcely worth maintaining
but this view although It repeatedly urged by the ad
yocats Of an ultra pacific policy is wholly opposed to
the empire We need not insist on the imperial
which exist for perseyerins In the course which
have entered France, America, Russia SPAIN and
Portugal ready, whenever eyacuate the field,
occupy it, and endeavor 10 initiate in absence the
process by. which we have acquired the dom
| MON Of India. Moreover, when once repused in
| any quarter of the Oriental seas, we should
| hitherto lain in the circumstance that have
been true to ourselves and have yielded either
caoery to the violence OF the barbarian Powers with
which relations have been established Iu the first
place. the settlement Of the Chinese Question than
worth all the cost it may Involve; because twenty mil
the China trade and the revenue Of empire
benefits TO the extent OF nine millions sterling year
vided between the English and Indian treasures kTs
true that export little than millions annually
OF manufactures TO China, but send upwards Of
skiold that amount TO the Indian markets and from them
the Chinese procure those enormous shipments Of opium
and cotton upon which the prosperity not the
tence, of our Eastern authority depends
For what is IL, then, that contribute to-
wards Chinese war; The alternative lies between
dertakng that responsibility and surrendering branch
revenue, the destruction of which would involve au
enormous increase of home taxation We pay the entire
charges Of the Indian government far as they dis
bursed in Engl md from the profits OF the local opium
and cotton trade We purchase in those rnarts ninety
million pounds OF tea and nearly ten million pounds of
silk year 1t follows Their eiore that TO give up our in
tercourse with China would Imply something like adding
third t. he income tax, aad abandoning a system of
commerce next in importance to that established be
tween Great Britain and the United States and equi-
valent to the whole OF our trade with France which
in its turn actually represents large proportiCl
Of that which we carry on with the ports OF the
Italian peninsula. II is thus evident that the
value OF our Indian possessions depends, IN very con-
siderable degree, upon the nourshing condition of
commerce with China. Even putting aside the direct in
terests engaged might well submit 10 the bnrtheu OF
ten such enterprises as that in which compro
missed order protect our basis of operations in that
quarter of the world We obtain from those attitudes in
point of fact, large and increasing We find
there opening for our manufactures, and we turn
thher for two commodities which were regar fed
luxurious but Vbich al present almost counted
amongst the necessares Of English life. And what is
this but equivalent 10 saying that cessation OF
our intercourse with China would only parayze
employing enterprise, and aggravate the Indian
Senc t ou' %o%o neees hsI,s general change IA
brandies may fail as they have failed before, but
there other wine producing regions the globe The
United States and Spain might prohibit expectations from
their tobacco fields and yet should be long without
alternative; bun let China be closed aud where should
seek for tea, the consumption OF which universal
fabrics among the Chinese themselves II may be said
doubt that these aud figures constitute the most
unanswerabe of all arguments against the war upon
which about TO enter, nasmch hostilities ne
cessariy and inevitably involve suspension of trade
but have to choose between temporary aud a per-
manen overthrow Of our relations with the government
Of Pekin. II We wish to preserve our commerce
must establish international relations with China
upon European principles, and insist upon
rying out our agreements to the letter. We
road being thrown open to the INTERIOR uniting the
with the metropolis Of the empire, setting free the navi
CATION of the Yapgtse Kang, and obtaining least
conditional right of access TO the tea and Elk producing
districts with the great inland centres OF trade.
We trust that this war, that ii has been forced
upon u.s. will not be terminated until the opium trade has
been solcmny egalzed by public act Of the Emperor,
and by an unequivocal article in treaty We ought in
deed for the sake Of simplifying our future relations with
the country, 20 exact the issue of uniform carreacy
coinage OF Chinese foreign manufacture We ought,
undoubtedly TO command the coal supplies from Formos
upon which, notwithstanding that at length prospect
exists OF working the great Lbuan mines the Of
trade in the Eastern must largely depend II
Indispensable moreover, that distinct understanding
should be arrived at possible accord with the other
Western Powers on three vital questions In the rst
place, we must know what protection will be allotted 10
missionaries travelling In the Interior; in the second let
rs comprehend beyond the reach OF dispute, what
the intentions Of the Imperial government with respect
10 territorial grants aud occupations lastly wha, Is
be considered national flag and who to enjoy the
guarantees OF British, American. French and Russian
subjects We shall never prosper in inter
with China long tolerate the Mantchu
sumption Of supreme authority. II evinces the most
generous and forbcarng disposition part as
ton that we consent TO treat with the Emperor in Pekn
but consent 20 do this we cannot any longer endure
that few half savage ruiabs shall insult representa-
ves on the great trunk roads or on the waters OF river
FORE ~oul not be engaged in endless series Of
petty and wasefu conflicts, and If We would
trade with China gradually dwndle until IL becomes
tnct and incapable Of resuscitaon must resolve that
this blow in order tina, may be the last shall be the
most overwhelming have dealt against the aggressive
aud treacherous government OF the Chinese Empire.
IRON the London Chronicle June %
nyou carry the calf daily Gays the satiris you will
shoulders, in s infant state the principle OF respecting
Neutral goods under the enemys flag. The nature and
cuse Tor adopting the mos, ienient policy mode Of
carr! Ing IL on The necessary Interruptions
which II occasions sufficiently vexAiious without
taking ourselves extraneous difficulties la fact
while ourselves cooly trading many pats of a
vast empire With which We directly a, war,
could scarcely propose 10 conscae foreign property
der the Chinese flag No one therefore, will be surprised
by the order n Council which appeared In Tuesdays
Ca:o,e and In our own columns OF YESTERDAY mornlr
II the contrary doctrine bad been 30 long and zeal
ously maintained b. this country-n had risked
on It's account severe ware aud provoked dangerous enc
mies--n had not asserted that our maritime supre.
macy depended upon IFS nantenancc-ths order might
have been raised silently and without comment But 1t
comes at an important moment We adopt II while act
ing In concert with ally who has constantly main
,alned aud struggled for the principle Il involves.
adopt ia eyIecfcfion ~ dxsance the contest from ne
g-oo' a>ricas Poter hich has enforced az ~ coanons
mouth. We canLot shut eyes 70 the increased din.
Guilty which present conduct will hereafter,
should think Il right In future contests 20
former doctrine The Order OF Council which shall here
after declare II legal 10 seize neutral property In and
keeping Of the enemy will need strong force aud Or
hand 20 back u. We have had the world against be.
fore, and shall have again with increased irritation aud
tustcr ground Of quarrel
On the other hand, we have sdei into the principle OF
absention naturally aud quietly, aud have had opor
tuny Of abandoning vcNatious and dangerous demand
without disgrace violation Of former preccdcnts
We could net dosc waios ne fmpaton Of sheer PIRACY
b see ne property Of al Eors and America, is China
IN he face ~ sch ,oogix2 o that
Opportunity may well make the most. Il IA not
always that great nation can so easily and simply give
up historical and trad ,ionary prccnsion, which "
always pcrous and Of which the march OF cir