The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-07-14


r., Thibet, and China" that We understand
with what prorricty the Yankees are SOM
times styled the Chinese Of Americas Thi
Intelligent traveller could not bat admire
the industry, ingenuity, and agriculture
talents Of the Chinese, yet that he consid-
crs the savage Tartars their eupcriors IN al
manly virtues Is evident on every page o.
his book.
A Tartar thus described TO NJ. Hue inc
Chinese manner Of getting possession u
his section of country: "They appear gooo
at nrst, said the honest Tartar, "ous II does
not last long. Twenty years ago some iami
lies came 10 us TO ask hospitality. AS they
were poor, We allowed them to cultivate the
earth about here, on condition that every
year after the harvest they would pay little
oatmeal By degrees there came other
families. who at irst were mild and peacea-
bla They soon became wicked and deceit
full. Instead of contenting themselves with
what had been given to them, they teok
possession Of as much ground as they liked,
and when they were rich they would not
any longer pay the oatmeal they had agreed
for. Every year when we went to ask for it
they overwhelmed as with abuse and male
dictions. And they stole all the goats and
aheep that wandered away from our aocks
into the hollows among the mountains.
This combination Of hypocrisy and villany,
of abiectness In poverty, and insolence and
injustics In prosperity, is as essentially Van
kee As Chinese.
The Chinese robbers, 1t must be admitted,
are more polite than the raiders of Kautz,
Hunter, and Sheridan, bat not more than
the nation In general, when, before the war,
they were robbing us under the forms of
trade They do not put a pistol to your
head and cry roughly, "Your money or
your life" but they say In the most cour-
teous tones, my eldest brother, am weary
OF walking on foot. Be SO good as to lend
me your horse" or, III am without money
will you not lend me your purse ?" or.
at Is very cold to -day-be kind enough to
lend me your coat" Ii the eldest brother
does not comply, the request is enforced
by the Yankee mode Of restoring commerce,
and. unless he is strong enough to prevent
1t, he loses both his property and his life.
Anything mere Ubiquitous and revolving,
says N. Hue than the traffic between the CHI.
nese and the Tartars can hardly be imagined.
Probably NJ. Hue had never witnessed
similar process in old times between the
Yankees and Southerners. "When the Tar
tars, simple and ingen uous beings, if there
are such In the world. arrive in trading
town, they are Immediately surrounded by
Chinese, who almost drag them into their
houses. They unsaddle their cattle, pre-
pare tea, render them Thousand small SER
vices; caress, hstter, and, as it were, mag
netiEe them. The Tartars, free from dupli-
city themselves, and never suspscting it in
Others, are generally completely duped by
all this apparent kindness. Aware, besides,
OF their own want of address in business,
they are enchanted to find friends who will
transact Ii for them; 3 good dinner gratis
given them In the back chop is sure to con-
vince them Of the good faith of their Chi
nese brothers. At this dinner, all the cor
ruption and dishonesty of the Chinese come
into fun play. Having once got held on
the poor Tartar, they never let him go; they
iAtoxicate him with brandy; they keep him
two or three days in their houses, never
losing sight Of him; they make him eat,
drink, and smoke, whilst the clerks of the |
establishment sell, as they well know how,
his cattle, and supply him in return with the
articles OF which he stands In need. These |
goods are generally sold at double and often |
triple the current prices; yet they have the |
internal talent OF persuading the unhappy |
Tartar that he is making an excellent bar |
gain. Thus, when the victim returns to the |
Land of Grass he is full Of abuses about |
the irresistible generosity of the Chinese"
One day NJ Hue encountered an enor
mously fat traveller, with jolly physiog-
nomy, on his way to Tartary. The traveller
ssid he was from great commercial house !
In Pekin, and had been sent to collect debts
from the Tartars. "You, / SUPPOSE said |
he, addressing NJ Hue and his companions,
ARE, like me, caters Of Tartars." "Eaters of
Tartars! What Is the meaning OF tina. ~
''Ah, We eat them by traffic. They are sim.
ple-why should we not profit by them to
get little money? For my part, il it was
not for money, would never set foot in |
Tartary.- We merchants, we do, to be sure,
gnaw them to the bone. We give them |
goods on credit, and then of course they |
must pay rather high When people take |
away goods without leaving the money, of
course there must be little interest of |
thirty or forty per cent. Then, by degrees,
the interest mounts up, and You come to
interest. A Tartar debt is
never paid--it goes on from generation to
every year one goes to get the
interest, and it's paid in sheep, oxen, CAM
els, horses, All that is great deal better
than money. We get the beasts at low
price, and we sell them at a very good price
in the market. Oh! it's capital thing-a
Tartar debt! It's mine Of gold" If the
Tartars, after being fseced for generations
in this way, should "secede," would it net
be "the most wicked rebellion under the
sum-" except that in America?
The Chinese do not know the name of
hospitality. In Tartary, every door stands
open to the stranger. After. their fashion,
The Tartars are honestly religious. The
Chinese are not sincere in their own idcla-
try. They are cold, sneeripg, aud sceptical
Of oil religions; get the most bitter perse-
cutors Of Christians In Righteousness.
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