The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-02

v rnss snond socn become fast fer Tsang
Kwoh IAN, whose protest against nareicn inter.
has been recently gdotsd. d quite ready
skill 70 pu. down = rebels and quite amlaes 50
long q European Inventions are placed at his dis
poss isr the slaughter Of his conntIymen; but the
mo~dent II il proposed that those inventions shall
70 turned to q more humane account-t0 promote
their well-being-he Is straightway thorough
paced Chinese. But are we right to suffer the one
An Eastern people are plastic instruments In the
hands OF their governors. Nurtured under system
moulded a. s tIose aovernors list with scsnt cub
ture they are impressed by the simplest features OF
M PIC ny % esar 1sy
ccIve him hating short OF the logical consequences
OF his position they tmpute this 70 cowarfdce and
are ready to treat him accordingly. So long, for
example, as we temporized In the south Of
China the Cantonese were implacable; but
whom they entertained no love- terminals in triumph
on our side they gave US at once their respect and
The rulers are animated by but one policy to
accede to nothing small or great ION principle"
With such ''platformn their course Is necessarily
fnd no escape, they yield; il we do not Insist, or Il
they can evade then they nothing Yield. When they
10 Do the IL IL eneT
then In part but how not to do the thing at ALL they
leave themselves wilfully without any middle path
fer submission TO pressure rather than accepting
situation to set their wits to work to discover and
propose compromise iaI - e tuseIgsts o. an con
Chinese, and with q policy equally negative In its
character on our side with no pilot In fact. ct the
helm i Is not surprising that dl1e 1 enc and con-
is, nevertheless, more excellent way, u we would
SIMPLY oaa aae sn9 pa ms W nnu y: uc,s.. -
pressed by the conviction that further endeavors to
t neep out .ne ao,eigncI WIZ .opucss. lIuo 20
rendered at discretion not on that occasion IN
S out ~ ac'I LA @ omit Ou We nne
x n "a, 1au ore tcrat ana a ar
III walu xo.uy " INC HDci". s.soJ snu nOw oa
aaw , LOT . Cmna now ca.ao r To sn.c1 ciou1
again N .ne SPACE o. yearL .h Ing u,sme nes ny
Tar owM uoo,. they u,scovecu s.I az wero nos
IN earnest aDout our treaty. fuz1ic0-ney stag
Holod-sney IesIou ioI wnhc IN .nol o.I. marve-
ing. but reassured py our atutuoe OF Inoinerence
tney quickly Det00k themselves 70 the old pain, ana
Ine Hgnt wnlcn nad glimmeled was muned out
Ineii perpiexlty was not surprsme scarcely nad
W outaIncu Meaty nitI WI sPIeou vvcI Iou
years, forced upon us 0y treacnery ana bad iatn,
IMAM We aevoIed our a!tenuon, nos 20 sne perform.
nat.ve reoelnon, the enort OF an oppressed people,
with which we had no business to interfere suffering
the cnief treaty provisions TO remain In ebeyance
Tue chinese drew the inference that we had Fought
not Tor the treaty and In order to place our relations
sheer love OF mastery. and that having gained the
victory, we were content Conscious OF their beha-
vior towards us they were az delighted 90 astonshed
when we took arms against the Taepings, and their
thought was, only give these barbarans occupation
and they are satisfied They saw what selflove soon
led them to attribute to their successful manage
ment and diplomacy, and from that moment they
dismissed ali idea loyalty TO their engagements II
these could possibly be evaded. As one consequence
of this the few liberal Ministers were COMPOUNDED
and discredited. s-rS
~ the case OF government so conservative ana
ward unless the necegsity be frat demonstrated by
facts to be unavoidabie. Spontaneous innovation
would cost the highest functiOnary In the empire his
head. Our neglect to demonstrate the necessity OF
progress Induced the halt to which we have referred
the kindest service we can render TO the Chinese
Ministers, and it the only to be followed in
to exhibit to their Colleague ana rivals To
justify any advance. Were they at heart In favor OF
liberal policy, as one or more among the more en-
1ightened may be- they would not dare to inaugurate
any the slightest move in that direction unless able
to point to memorable necessity.
s os les on
sole safeguard against war consists in the complete
with which n the acceptance Of foreign relations
English i IS not Within o. our power 10 say her
whether he WIN prepare for her adv advance and
acnleve pacinc development, or paw the penalty OF
We hove now to recover the sSoaaa ios We con
euecs M.s gv uteuing we cnrese minister's thdt
eg ,o,sh Jo tsar c tre aes,e pe@oe aat zoe Per
J,cs'aa eur asesp.s 90 .o,ms yr's.My deIsaam.
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decline to sign any cianse or CLAUSES calculated to
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