New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-12
BARBARIANs HERE ASD TrrEns

Three or four weeks ago the people OF En-
gland were astonished by the discovery that
all their principal ship-yarcS were turning out
war.stesmers for the service vi the Emperor
Of China. That the brother Of the sun and
moon and blood relation Of oil the planets bad
actually involved himself in maritime specula.
ton TO the extent of fifty irou-ciads was not
for a moment to be believed The dominion
of the waves, it is well known, has never
been q fayorite object with that pOtentate.
The ships, however, we're as good Us iinishsd,
and somebody was responsible for their con-
struction. Intelligent scrutiny brought forth
the further discovery that "the Emperor of
China" was only fancful synonym 10r JEFF
ferson Davis, and that the Celestial Govern.
meut," in whose behalf the builders Of the
Clyde. the Mersey, and the Tees were strain
ing their engines and their energies, was, in
plain prose, no other than the Government Of
the Southern Rebels. The English people
stood amazed az this disclosure, and the
French, who heard of it at once appear 10
have been highly entertained. II remains TO be
seen what the Chinese will have 10 say about
it. They are sensitive race, and quick 10
name do not pass unnoticed, and grave conf
plications have frequently arisen between them
and foreign powers 10 consequence OF ahronts
far less palpable than this. The Chinese Gov.
ernnent may demand from Great Britain a
frank disay0wal Of completely in the slight thus
put upon the personal dignity OF their Emperor
and their national repute and a yermihon
edct will doubtless be- issued notifying the
world that If the Court Of Pehin knows ITSELF
which II probably does, it objccto 10 being
used as vail lor the marine Vaccinations OF
American Rebels.
THIS jocular identification OF the Southern
race with the distant Mousols, is calculated 10
invite chronological inquiry. Whether The &c
lestlals were hit upon by accident or BY design,
il is not IN our power 10 know; but, without
wishing to give pain TO any respectable China
man Who may be scjourning among rs, We
feel bound to say that, on reflection, the assoc
citation of races is by no means 30 iar-ietched
as might be, for all that it is dragged from the
opposite side OF the earth. For an instant,
indeed, 1t would even seem credible that
among tho dark aud mysterious schemes Of
the slaycmasters. there might have been in
Guided that OF giving in iulI adherence to
the principles, laws and usages of these wlae
men Of the East, and establishing an Empire
upon the exact Msis OF the o,des. aud most
enduring yet known to mankind II ID
not uncommon to lear Jefferson Dayis's namo
prehxed with the title of Emperor, although
whether by his friends or his enemies, we
cannot positively say On the other hand, il may
be- urged ihat neither Mason nor Slidcll, nor any
other Rebel Of inferior grade, has yet been
nominated mandarin, with or without the red
button. But the whole hypothesis vani.hes
upon the application of fundamental Chinese
law. as We shall by aud by show; and it is
only possible To trace some of the curious
aDalogles which make the selection of the
synonym so pertinent that its accidental as.
sumption would appear impossible.
Taking these US they casually occur to US,
we first observe that the language of the
Chinese is Wild cxlreyagant and hyperoolic.
Their national Mar-Song is conceived in tho
same Spirit of fantastic fcrocity as one Of
Beauregara's proclama.ions; and column of
The Pekia Gr-sue reads for all the world like
an editorial article in The Richmond Enquivr.
Not Only in style, but also in material, is tho
similarity preserved, for the Chinese rank
among the greatest liars on tho face of tho
earth. If we turn to social Obseryances, We
| discover that tho Chinese gamble night aud
day, and that they have carried drunkenu ess
to such pitch that Mr.. De Quinoey would
rank il among the iue art. Tbe knifo.trick