New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-08-04

TSn sn Tes;dent three or four years in England,
and possessing certain amount OF properly, can oe
conn nafurazed and vote. hold ONCE and exercise ali
the functions and enjoy all the privileges OF citizens
by birth. .,ou onlo, -, ,ha
privileges OF the public educational insutut0ns UNDER
he control OF the Government OF China and recprocaly
Chinese subjects shall enjoy all the privileges OF Inc puD
Of the Government OF the United States which
are enjoyed in the respective countries ~ inc go
limited states may freely establish and maintain schools
within tho Empire Of China at those places where
rs are y treaty permitted reside, and recprocaly
Chinese Subjects may enjoy the privileges and I'M
munites in the United States
Article explains itself . -.
AR g The United states, always disclaming and dis
couragng all practices OF unnecessary uclauon anu IN
mnstration OF another do hereby freely dsclaim any
intention right to intervene n the a9meSto
tration OF China In regard TO- the CONSTRUCTION
tarps iSproveme5ts On the other hand His
se} The right 70 decide the time and manner and CIR
cumstances Of introducing such improvements Wn n
dominons with this mutual understanding II agreed
Inv the contracting parties that at any time hereafter
His Imperial Majesty shall determine 10 consruet oi
cause TO be constructed works Of the character mentioned
within the Empire, and shall make application 70 tne
United States any other western power ior 70
carry ort that pocy the United States WILL in that case,
SaI iot and AUTHORIZE suitable engineers to be en-
poyed by the Chinese Government ana VIII reconmonu
10 other nations an equal compliance with such appca-
ton the Chinese Government in that case protecting
such engineers in their persons ana propery ana
: Article looks entirely unnecessary at hrst
glance Yet TO China-and afterward to the world
nj large-it is perhaps the most important article III
fine whole treaty 1t aims at restoring Chinese con-
fdence in foreigners and will go far toward accom-
plishing it. Until that Is DONE only the drpplngs
they amount TO millions annually Oh the vas' Ioul
tains of Eastern wealth can be caught by the West
ern nations I have before spoken of an arrogant
class of foreigners in China who demand OF the GQV-
eminent the building of railways and telegraphs,
and who assume to regulate and give law to the GUS
toms of trade almost in open defiance of the c0nSl
tuted authorities. Their menacing attitude ana ther
threatening language brighten the Chinese, VINO
know 50 well the resstless power OF the western
nations. They look upon these things with snspi-
cion. They want railways and telegraphs' put
they fear to put these engines OF power INTO
the hands of strangers without guaranty that they
will not be used for their own oppression, possibly
their destruction. Even as 1t ~ now, foreigners can
go into the interior and commit wrongs upon the
people with impunity, for their extra tetLlorla
iyileges leave them answerable only 10 their own
laws administered upon their own domain or con
cessonso These concessions" being FAR from the
scene of the crime il does not pay to send witnesses
such distances, and the wrong goes untried ana
unpunished There are other obstacles to the lrne-
dae construction of the demanded internal improve
ments-among them the inherent prejudice Oh the
untaught mass of the common people against innoya-
ton IL is sad to reflect that in tins respect the
nOrant Chinese are strangely like ourselves ana oteT
civilized peoples Unfortunately the very uy
erected in China man died of cholera at one end OF
tie line. The superstiious people cried out that me
white mans mysterious machine had destroyed the
good luck" of the district. The telegraph had to be
taken down. otherwise the exasperated people would
have done il themselves. How precisely ike our
civilized ChristaniZed, enlightened selves these
Chinese linen and brethren" are! The farmers OF
great Massachusetts turned out en- mdsse, armed with
axes and resisted the laying OF the first railroad
track in that State Thirty years ago, the concen-
trated wisdom of France in National Assembly con-
vened gravely pronounced railroads f0Olisil, I'M
reazable toy" In Tuscany. the people rose IN their
might and swOre there should be DlOOdshed before
railroad track should be laid on their soil; Their
reason was exactly the Same as that offered by the
Cbnese-they said it would destroy the good luck
of the country Let us be lenent with inc niue aO-
surd pecuarfies of the Chinese for manifesty these
people are our own blood relations. Let us look
charitabIy now upon certain very serious
den acceptance of a great raiiT69an Syss-
TEN. Lot us remember that CHINA Is
one colossal grayeyard-a mighty empire 80 knoDbed
all over with graves that the level spaces left are
hardly more than alleys and avenues among the
clustering death-mounds. Animals Craze upon the
grass-clad graves flor all things are made useful IN
dustrorsly cultivated These graves are as precious
as their blood to the Chinese, for they worship
their dead ancestors. The first railroad tbat Piqws
its ptiless way through these myrads OF sacred hi-
locks will carry disuay and distress into countless
households. The railways must be built though.
We respect the gTefs OF tho poor country people out
still the railways must be built They Will tear
heartstrings out by the roots but they mad to the
sources Of unimaRlnabe wealth, ana they must DE
built These old prejudioes must and can be oIadl-
cated-just as they were in Massachusetts,. WIN
such encouragement from foreigners, and snch
guarantees of good will and Just intent as Article
offers by simply agreeing that Chlha may bdHsdcf hr
O,rn pirate business unmOlesiod by meddies0ne ntt
ence the Emperor will cheerfully begin TO open mp
his country with roads and telegraphs. IL seems u
simple thing and an easy 20 accord 10 man such
manifest and indsputabe rights, but beyond all
doubt this is what China Graves most Ar
tcle s, Endorsed by all the Western powers, wOnId
unlock the riches of 4G00000O0 of Chinese subjects
to the world Hence TO all parties concerned, u ~
perhaps, the important clause Of the treaty. That
China is anxious to build railways is shown IN the
l..aN hot srfl al Afg gf
cially enunciated TO State Department, II APP
pears that the NcerOy of the three chief provinces
of the Empire is shout to begin railroad from Sou
chow TO Shangha-S0 miles-Or, at least, has the
project under serious consideration. The new treaty
with America will tend TO strengthen and encourage
him IN his design. -,
Ollie treaty yet framed by man. perhaps. There -
nothing mean, or exacting or unworthy IN any OF
its provisions 1t freely offers every privilege every
benefit and every concession the most graspng suit
or cOud demand, TO a nation accustomed for genera
tons to understand o " treaty as being contrl-
vance whose province was 10 extort as many " adj
vantagesp possible and give as few as possible In
return. The only " advantage TO the United States
peroeptble on the face of the document perhaps Is
the advantage of having dealt Justly and generously
by neighbor, and done II In cordial spirit IL IS
something TO have done rght-a species OF sentiment
seldom considered in treaties. In ratiiying this
treaty the Senate OF the United States dd themselves
high credit and all the more so that they did 1T with
such alacrty and such heaTtiness This IL treaty
with specific advantages noted in 1t; IT IS simply
the first great step toward throwing all Cnlna open
to the world by showing toward her spirit
which invites her esteem and her confidence
instead of her customary curses There is nothing In
it about China cedlng TO us the navigation OF an
ocean in return for the navigation Of creek; nor
the monopoly of silk for monopoly Of beeswax; MOI
whaling-ground in return for sardine-fishery
Yet il is treaty which is full of advantages II
is more full of them than is any other treaty, but
they are meted out with an even hand TO alto
China upon the one hand, and to the world upon the
other 1t looks 10 the opening up in China of vast
and lucrative commerce with the world and of which
America will have only her just share nothing more
Ii looks to the lifting up of mighty nation and
ferring upon ii the boon Of pnrer religion and OF
gher and better civilization than it has known be-
fore 1t is treaty made in the broad interests OF
instice Embellishments and progress, and therefore