Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-07-01

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AT the banquet given to the Chinese
Enbassy at New York, en- Tuesday Eve
ming last, by the citizens of New lork'
the following noble speech was made by
Hon. Arson Burlingame, Chief OF the em-
bassy. 1t will thoroughly repay pcrusa''
and will correct prejudiees whien eAis'
in many minds relative TO China IT'S Pe0
plc, their civilization and political OBJECTS
After expressing his thanks for the kind
ly greeting accorded to himself aud his
colleagues, and to the cordial welcome ex
tended to a movement made 10 the inter
est of all mankind, Mr. Burlingame said;
1--WE are but the humble heralds OF this
movement. 1t originated beyond the
boundaries of our own influence. aud has
t ken dimension beyond the reach of our
most ardent hopes That East which
men have sought since the days Of Alex.
ander now itself seeks the West. Chiua,
emerging from the mists of time, but
Yesterday suddenly entered your western
gates aud confronts you by its representa-
tives here to night What have you to
say to her? She comes with no menace
on her lips; she comes with the great
doctrine of Confucius, uttered two thous
aud three hundred years ago: do not
unto others what you would not have
others do unto you. Will you not re
,poud with the more positive doctrine of
Christianity: awe will 10 unto Others
what we would have others do unto us. "
She comes with your own international
law (; she tells you that she is willing to
come into relations of accord to it that
she is willing to abide by its provisions
that she is willing to take its obligations
for it's privileges; she asks you to forget
! your ancient prejudlces; to abandon your
assumptions of superiority; to submit
your questions with her, as she proposes
to submit her questions with you--to the
arbitratmcnt of reason. She wishes no
war. she asks of you not to interfere in
her internal affairs; she asks you not to
send her Incompetent men she asks you
to respect tic neutrality of her waters
and the integrity Of her territory she
asks, in a word, TO be left perfectly free
to unfold herself precisely in that form
Of civilization Of which she is most capa.
pie; she asks you to give to those treat
les WHICH were made under the pressure
of war generous and Christian construo
ton. Because you have done this, be
cause the Western nations have reversed
their old doctrine Of force, she responds,
and in proportion as you have done that
In proportion as You have expressed your
bood will, she has come forth to meet
you; aud aver that there is no spot on
this earth where there has been greater
progress made within the past few years
than in the Empire of China She has
expanded her business she has reformed
her revenue system she is changing her
military and naval organizations she
has established great school. where
modern science and the foreign languages
are to be taught She has done this un.
der very adverse circumstances she has
done this after d great war, a war lasting
Through thirteen years, war out Of which
she comes with no national debt. You
must remember how dense is her popua
ton you must remem Der now difficult
it is to introduce radical changes in such
a country as that. The introd faction of
your own steamers threw out of employ.
ment 90 600 jnnkmen the introduction
OF several hundred foreigners into her
civil service embitterod, of coarse. the an.
cieat native employees. The establish.
meat of a school was firmly resisted by a
party led by one Of the greatest men Of
the Empire. But in defiance of all this,
the present enlightened Government of
China has advaseed very steadily along
The path of prcgress--sustaiucd 1t is
true, by the enlightened representatives Of
the Western Powers, at Pekin directed
and guided largely hy modest aud able
mau, Mr.. Hart. Inspector General of Gus.
toms, at the head Of foreign employees IN
the Empire Of China. Yet notwthstand
all these things, notwithstanding this
manifest progress, there are people who
will tell you that China has made no
progress, that her views are retroerade.
and they tell youuthat it is the duty #
the Western Treaty Powers to combine
for the purpose Of coercing China Into re.
forms which she may desire aud which
she may not desire; who undertake to
say that these people havo no rights
which we arc bound to respect. In their
coarse language they say. take her by