The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-10-20

peal Will overrulc the preIudlces OF hi:
SOUL and we shall do sort of rougl
justice to both classes, because it will pay.
The political questions involved in the ne,
gro's presence, and pressing so earnestly
for solution, do not yet arise with regard
to the Chinese-perhaps will never be pre-,
sented. As | have said, the Chinese are
ambitious of no political rights, no citizen
ship-lt is only as our merchants 90 to
China that they come here Their great
care, indeed, is to be buried at home; they
stipulate with anxiety for that: and the
great bulk of all who die on these shores
are carried back for final interment.
There Is no ready assimilation of the
Chinese with our habits and modes OF
thought and action. Their simple. mar
row though not dull minds have run too
long in the old grooves to be easily turned
oft. They look down even with contempt
upon our newer and rougher civilization,
regarding Us barbaric in fact. and calling
us IN their hearts, if not in speech. aS
. foreign devils" And our conduct to-
wards them has inevitably intensified these
teelingS-it has driven them back upon
their naturally self-containcd natures and
habits. SO they brin" here and retain all
their home ways of living and dressing,
their old associations and religion Their
streets and quarters i'll town and city are
China reproduced. unalleviated. Chris
tlan missionaries make small inroadS
among them. There is an intelligent and
faithful one here REV Mr. Loomis) who
has an attractive chapel and school. but
his followers are few. and not rapidly in
crcasing. But he and his predecessors and
assistants have been and are doing good
work in teaching the two diverse races TO
better understand each other, and in show
ing them how they can be of value to one
another. They have been the constant
and urgent advocates Of the personal rights
of tie Chinese. The religion OF the latter
is a cheap. snowy idolatry. with apparent
ly nothing like tanaticiSn in it. and not a
very deep hold i'll itself on their natures
- Josh " is their God Or idol, ana the
- Josh " houses are small affairs. fitted up
with IMAGES and altar> Il good deal after
the style OF Cheap Catholic churches in
EUROPE Their whole civilization impress
es me lis Il low, disciplined, perfected. SEN
>uous ScnSuali>m. Everything in their
life and habits seems cut and dried like
their food. There Is, no 81 on OF that aban-
comment to AZ emotion, to q passion. Good
or bad. that mark the western races.
Their Great vice i gambling; ;Ilat i 60
ing on constantly in their houses and
shops: and commercial women and bar
barr: music minister tn lis indulgence
Cheap lotteries are II common form uf this
passion. OpiuIn->moAinc RANKS hex: :.
and this Is believed TO be INDUCED in more
anon" them here than al
home. since there i> less restraint from rel
ativc> and authorities. and the means of
procuring the article are greater. The
wildly brilliant eye, the thin, ll;,ggard face,
and the broken nervous system betr;iy the
victim TO opium-smoking; and all tense.
all excited, staring in eve and expression.
he was almost Il irightiul Object. rs we
pecred in through the smoke ui' his half
lighted little room, and saw him lying on
his mat in the midst of his fatal enjoy
mcnt.
Bat us laborers in our mannElctoric,
and aS servants in our houses. beside their
contact with our life and indus
try otherwise, these cmi"rant- from the
East cannot fail to get enlargement of
ideas. freedom and novelty of action. and
familiarity with and then preference tor
our higher civilization. Slowly and hard
ly but still surely this work must 90 on =:
and their constant going back and forth
between here and China must also trans
plant new elements of thought and action
into the home circles Thus it Is that we
may hope and expect to reach this great
people with the influences OF our better and
higher life. 1t Is through modification
and revolution i'll matcrialitlcS. in manner
OF living, in manner of doing. that we
shall pave the way for our thought and
our religion. Our missionaries TO the
Five Points have learned TO attack first
with soap and wafer and clean clothes.
The Chinese that come here are umcon-
scVuSly beseiged at first with better food
and more of it than they have at home.
The bath-housc and the restaurant are the
avant couricrS of the Christian civiliza-
ton.
There are quite number OF heavy
mercantile houses here in the hands OF
Chinese. The managers are Intelligent
superior men. Their business is in sup
Plies for their countrymen and in teas and
silks and curiositics for the Americans
They import by the hundreds of thous-
ands, even millions, yearly and Their
reputation for fair and honest dealing is
above that of the American merchants
generally. These are the men, with tho
presidents of the six companies, into which
the whole Chinese population is organic.
ed, as have described, with whom Mr.
ColfaX and his friends dined last night
There ~'ere tormalitics and negotiation,
enough in the preliminary arrangement.
of the entertainment to have sufliced for {
pacitication of Kentucky politics, or tn,
making of a new map of Europe: bu
when these were finally adjusted. ques
lions of precedence settled among the Chi
nese, ana proper choice made among thu
many Americans who were eager to b.