Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-06-15
Chinese History.

/ America, which OF ITSELF has an IN
tcrcsting story. His Rxcollency tho
Hon. Mr.. SEN Xxi Tu, Governor of
Fuh .Kien, for the six years provi-
ous TO 1850, was greatly onamored
ofAmerica, and especially veneratod
tho character of Washington, lie
wrote n history of this Gland of tho
free and homo of the brave For
having liberal ideas of outside bar
barians, he was dismissed from office
and prescribed, Through the in
fluonce of Mr.. Seward, the prescrip-
ton has been removed and hc has
been restored to Office. The history
| is rather unique, and If tho speci-
mems which We have seen are fair
samples OF the work, Chinese histo-
rians understand the beauties Of
brcvity. The name that ho bestows
on this country, is certainly exton-
sive enough for its boundaries; !;
"Thc nation is also called Collected
Nations of America, United League
| Nations, Contcderated Countries Of
America, and United All States. -
The Star-Spanglcd Banner is de-
scribcd as "an oblong banner, with
red and white stripes alternating;
in the right hand corner is small
square of n black color, wherein arc
drawn many white spots arranged
in n form resembling the Constclla-
tion of the Dipper."
The oriental language Of dcscrip-
ton is sometimes amusing, the geo
graphical situation is pretty accu-
ratcly described; though to China
men the Atlantic is "rhc Great
Western Ocean" and the Pacific is
"Thc Vast ocean" The country
between them is "the thousand IT,
which means vast distance.
His allusion to the Boston tea
party as q ''rising of the people in
their wrath, in order to throw all
the tea in the ships into the sea-" is
at once brief and dramatic.
"a man named Washington, who
had lost his father at the age of ten
years, but had been admirably
trained by his mother, who, while a
boy, showed great spirit and apti-
tudc for literary and martial pur-
SUITS" who had driven the Indians
back, but whose worthy deeds the
English general would not report,
was desired by the people of the
land as leader. "But he went
homo on plea of sickness and shut
himself up" When they raised the
standard ofrebellion they compelled
him to become their general. The
Revolutionary war is described in
q paragraph or two, and the aid
which France rendered and the in
torference Of Spain and Holland al
luded to. lie proceeds to pay a
warm tribute to the ingenuity and
cleverness of Washington in over
reaching tho British, when the
treaty was made; by gravely stating
that "according to the stipulations,
the boundary line was drawn, that
they had the desolate and cold
regions on the North, while the fer
tile and genial Southern portions
were confirmed to him.
1t will be observed that the story
of the cherry tree and the hatchet,
so intimately associated with the
youth of "George Washington" has
not yet reached China. We are at
q loss to know whether to consider
the following an epitome Of the
Constitution or Of Washington's
farewell address.
"He however, proposed plan to
them as follows: 1T is very selfish
for him who.gets the power in the
State, to hand it down to his poster
ity. In filling the post of the
shepherd of the people, it will be
most suitable to 'selec u virtuous
man p" "When he made peace
with the British" continues the
Chronicler, he dismissed the troops
and directed the country to agri-
culture and commerce. "He also
issued q mandate; saying "lthere-
after President should covetously
plot how he can seize the forts and
lands of anther kingdom, or har-
rass and extort the peoples wealth,
or raise troops to crafty his per-
sonal quarrels, let all the people put
him to death" He accordingly re-
tanned only twenty national war
vessels, and limited the army to ten
thousand men,"
His ideas of Washington, and the
way that he expressed them might
well have offended the Chinese dig
nitarics. -..
at appears from the above that
Washington was very remarkable
man. In devising plans he was
more daring than Chin Sing or Hahn
Kwang. In winning country he
was braver than Tson Tsan or Sin
Pts. WELDING his foot falchion,
(the celebrated sword of Sin Pi,
with which he Glove in twain huge
serpent that crossed his path, he
enlarged the frontier myriads of
miles, and yet he refused to usurp
the regal dignity, or even to trans
mit.it to posterity but on the con-
trary, first proposed the plan of
electing men 10 office. Where in
the world can be found a mode more
equitable? IL is the same idea, in
fact, that has been handed down to
us (the Chinese) from the three
reigns of San Shun and Yu. In
ruling the State he honored and
fostered good usagcs, and did not
exalt military merit, a principle to-
tally unlike what is found in other
kingdoms. Ihave seen his portrait.
His mien and countenance are grand
and impressive in the highest degree.
oh, who is there that does not call
hin a hero?"
The nations Of Gov. Sen-Ki-T Tu
about our elections area little mixed !: