The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-08-24
MIR. BurIingame's speech az the Chinese
Embassy Banquet in Boston.

Mr.. BurIinsame's speech AZ the Chinese
Embassy Banquet in Boston.
The municipal banquet in honor of the Chi
nese Embassy given on Friday evening at the
ST. James Hotel, in the city of Boston, was
worthy of the occasion. Boston is justly proud
OF the superior style in which all its public tes-
tivities are celebrated. In it's solcitude to
welcome properly its former Congressional
representative and his associates of the Chi
nese Embassy Boston determined to surpass
itself, and with the help of its Representative
men," including it's Stetsons as well as its
Emersons, it succeeded Among the distin
guished guests were three eX-Minsters from
the United States to China, Caleb Gushing,
Peter Parker and Arson Blrlingeme, the pre-
sent Envoy Extraordinary from China to the
United States. A poem was recited by Oliver
Wendell Holmes and addresses were made by
Whipple, G. G. Nazro, Senator Sumner, Gene
raj Banks, Governor Bullock, Mayor Shurtlef
and Mr.. Burlingame.
The eloquent speech Of Mr.. Burlingane is
particularly interesting on account Of its pre-
senting more full and distinct exposition than
had previously been given of the nature, pur-
poses and probable consequences OF the treaty
recently concluded at Washington One object
Of this treaty is to put an end to certain abuses
on the part of foreign traders resident in China
abuses exciting the suspicious of the Chinese,
and serious apprehensions that their treaty
rights, already abridged, would be utterly null
lifted by ''the so-called concession doctrines
under which the nationals Of different coun-
tries located upon spots of land in the
treaty ports had come to believe that
they could take Jurisdiction there not only of
their own nationals, not only of the persons
and property of their own people, but take
jurisdiction of the Chinese and the people of
other countries" The same parties claimed
the right of making the Chinese waters the
scene of their conflicts. The new treaty, says
Mr.. Burlingame, ''traverses all such absurd
pretensions." 1t fully recognizes and insists
upon the great American doctrine of non-inter-
yention. II also recognizes and proclailns the
still greater doctrine of the fraternity of ma
lions. Moreover, il recognizes China an
| equal among the nations. in opposition TO the
| old doctrine that because, like Turkey. she
was not a Christian nation she could not be
placed on the roll OF nations. Ii thus extends
! to international relations the individual re-
! ligious freedom enjoyed in this country. IL
/ reprobates the infamous coolie trade At the
same time, sanctiOning the doctrine that a
man may change his home and change his al
iegiance, IL invites immigration to the United
States on the part of those sober and indus
trious people by whose quiet labor we have
been enabled. as Mr.. Burlingame says to
| push the Pacific Railroad over the summit of
| the Sierra Nevada, TO run woollen mills and to
gather in the great crops of California. more
valuable than all its gold. Abandoning the
silly and insolent notion that China is in a
state Of tutelage, the treaty gives her security
by broadly placing her under international
law, while it assumes that she is in progress
and offers for her voluntary adoption in due
time all the resources Of Western science and
| asks other nations to do the same Senator
observed that ''the treaty does not propose to
do much, but II is an excellent beginning. $
He added, ''thc mission is more than the
treaty, because it will prepare the way for
further intercourse and will help that new
order Of things which is among the promises
of the future" Nevertheless, il is manifest
from Mr. Burlingame's speech that the treaty
itself is valuable as at once q sign and pledge
of future consequences Of incalculable i'm
portance to the people of the Chinese empire
and of the United States and to the rest of
mankind.
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