The daily Chattanooga rebel. [volume] (Griffin, Ga.) 1864-1865, 1864-07-20

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collections Of % Journey through lnrury Ihibot
and China" that we understand with what pro-
prety the Yankees are sometimes styled the Chi
nose of America. This intelligent traveller could
not but admire the industry ingenuity, and ggrI-
cultural talents Of the Chinese yet that he cunsid-
ors the savage 1urars their supCriors In all manly
virtues is evident on oyery page Of bis book.
A Tartar thus describes to NJ. Hue the Chinese
manner Of getting possession of bis section Of coun-
try "Ihoy appear good at first said the honest
Tartar "but it docs not last long. Twenty years
ago some families came TO us 90 ask hopimIity. 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 camo other families, who nt FIRST were
mild and pcaccablc They soon bocNmo wicked
aud decoitu Instead Of concntng themselves
with what had been given to them, they took pos
session Of MS 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
wont to ask for it they overwhelmed us with abuse
and malcdictions. And they stole all the goats and
sheep that wandered away from our Aocks into the
hollows among the mountains"
This combination Of hypocrisy and vlIany, of
abjectncss IN poverty, and nsocuce and injustice
in prosperity is as essentially Yankee as Chinese
The Chinese robbers, it must be admitted, are
more polite than the raiders Of kautz, Hunter ana
! Sheridan, but not more than the nation in general
when, before the war they were robbing us under
the forms Of trade They do not put 20 pistol to
your head and cry roughly "lour money or yom
/ life 90 but they say in the most courteous tones
"Wv eldest brother, l am weary of walking on foot
/ BE- s.. good as to lend me your horse;' or 81 am
without Mun.n--will You not lend me your purse p
u.. isyar. .1ld to-duy--be kind enough to lend
me your cont I' the oldest brother docs mot
% .-e.si p. aninrred hy dc lnnkce mode
enough TO prevent 10 he loses both his property and
/ his life.
Anything moro nquitous and revolving, says NJ
| Hue, than the traffic between the Chinese and Oh,
4 Tartars can hardly be imagined. Probably NJ Hue
| had never witnessed a similar process in old times
| between the Yankees and Suuthomors "Whcr
| the Tartars, simple and ingenious beings, If Their,
are such in the world, arrive in o. trading town
| they are Immediately surrounded by Chinese, who
almost drag them into their houses. They unsad.
die their cattle prepare ten, render them thousand
! small services caross, Halter, ana, as 10 were
magnetic them Tho Hurtars, free from duplicity
themselves, and never suspecting it in others, ar,
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 il for them a good din.
nef gratis given them in the back shop is sure &.
convince them Of the good faith Of their Chinese
brothers. At this dinner all the corruption aut
dishonesty Of the Chinese come into full play
Having once got hold on the poor Tartar they
never let him 60; they intoXicatc him with brandy
they keen him two or three days in their houses
never oosing sight of him; they make him eat
drink and smoke whilst the clerks of the establish
ment sell, as they well know how, his cattle, an,
supply him in return with the articles of which b,
stands in need. These goods are generally sold %
double and often triple the current prices yet they
have the Internal talent Of persuading the unhappy
Tartar that he is making an excellent bargain
Thus, when the victim returns to the Land o
Grass he is full of abuses about the Irresistible
generosity of the Chinese"
One day NJ Hue encountered an enormously ia
traveller, with ajoly physiogDomy, on his way {,
Tartary The traveller said he was from 20 grga
commercial house in Pcrkin aud had ben sent {,
| collect debts from the Iartars. "lou, ] suppose,
| said hc addressing NJ. Hue and bis companions
care, like me, eaters Of TdrtIrv' "l.aters Of Tar
tart! What is the meaning Of that" "Ah, we ca
them by traffic They are simpIe-why should VA
not profit by them to get a little money, For my
part if it was not for money, | would not set foo
| in Tmtary. We merchants, we do TO be surc,gnay
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 thu
money, Of course there must be little interest o
thirty or forty per cent. Then, by degrees, the in
forest mounts up, and you come TO compound in
terest A Tartar debt is never paid-it goes Oh
from generation to generation; every year one soc
OILS, horses An that isn great deal better than
money, We get the beasts alta low price, and We
sell them at "a very good price in the market On
| it's u capital thiug--a Tartar debit It's 90 mine %
gold" 1.-THE Tartars after being heeced for gen
cratons in this way, should "sCccdc,' would IL no
be "thc most wicked rebellion under the SUM- eX
ccpt 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 rclig
iOus The Chinese are not sincere in their own
idolatry. They are cold, snecrng, and sceptca
Ofall religions; yet the most bitter prosecutors o
Christians. In RIGHTEOUSNESS, they surpass all be
lief. Nothing approaching them in the mquity o
unceanliness can be found, except in the Unite,
States.
NJ. Hue has something to say Of Chinese soldiers
. An immense caravan which he accompanied &
Thibet was escorted by three hundred Chinese sol
diers and two hundred brave Tartars. "1hc Chi
nese soldiers" says he, acquitted themselves o.
their duty like true Chinese. For fear Of any dsa
greeable roncounter they kept themselves prudent
ly at the rear Of the caravan and there sung smol
cd, and amused themselves, quite at their ease with
out disturbing themselves at all about the brigands
They could also pick up many stray articles which
] hau Dcen unlhlenuOnauy lelJ behind at the dllCr
ent encampmcns. Very different was the bchay.
Tor Oft the Tartars. They might be seen continual
/ ly galloping in advance, and at the nanks Of the
carayan-up the hills, and down into tho deepest
ravnes to sec if there were any robbers lying in an
ambuscade."
The parallel might be continued in other par
ticulars, but OUR limits forbid. Tho supple sub
mission Of tho Yankee mind to all the bchcsts Of
power is only equalled by the abiectness of the
Chinese to their imperial master.
A distinguished Chinese official said to NJ. Hue,
"Our Emperor cannot know everything yet he is
the judge Of everything, and no one darcs to find
fault with any Of his actions.
Our Emperor says, That is whitej and we
PROSTATE ourselves and say, yes, it is white He
show u3 afterwards the same object and says,
That is black and we PROSTATE ourselves again
and answer YES, it is black
"But suppose you were to say that an object can
not he black aud white at the same time 2'
"Ihe Emperor would perhaps say to one who
had that courage You are right but, at the same
time, would have him strangled or hoheaded"
We mean no disrespect to the Chinese by this
parallel. Though in so many respects the Colder
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favor that th9y nave never pretended to be either
free or Christian.