The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-17


The morality ofthe Chinese present 5 another
subject about which there is n wide difference
of opinion. They are 80 generally spoken Of tt3
nation OF thieves ana liars, that persp1
VINO IL not disposed TO adopt or sanction these
and similar stereotyped expressions Is Ia
danger OF being regarded rs elJuer ignorant 1r
prtJudlced, was ASH ed q short time since by
"a very worthy and Intelligent gentleman wac
hnds much TO love and admire in the African
race, whether had ever found any traits of
character In the Chinese calcu ated 20 inspire,
in any degree, feelings of respectand affecJi m.
IL is q question worm considering by persons
who entertain such views, on what theory they
VIII account f'r great, prosperous, aud stable
government being composed OF such utterly
worthless mat erials,
ut may be also "a matt er of interest and profit
10 turn for moment TO the views which tue
Chinese generally en- ieriain of our morality,
and heir reasons for these views. They are AL
familiar with the fact hat foreigners introduced
opium into China in opposition to the earnest
and persistent remonsLrances of the Chinese
Government; that out of the opium trade grew
the first war with CHINA; and that when the
representatives. of Christian England urged the
Chinese Government to legaiize the trade aud
make IL source of revenue, the Chinese IGm.
peror replied That he you'd not use as means
of OfreVenue that which brought suffering and
misery upon his people
IN large proportion Of the representatives. OF
our race in CHINA ave sailors. many of wnom,
when on shore, are 10 state of intONlc alton,
and are addicted to all kinds OF wlckedueSs and
violence Whlle tholt tonSneS are constantly
employ ed In taking tue name of God in vain a
the most horrid, oiien5i 5ive, and heaven. daring
oaths For esrs lgner5 OF this class nave
commanded many OF The piratical fleets on the
coast Of China, and foreign thieves and robbers
nave INFESTED some cf the Inland canals aud
rivers. In business dealings with strangers
from Western lands, the natives find that
duplloliy ard dishor esly are not confined to
their own people. Moreover, they observe a
certain and numerous class of native women
In the foreigC commu mites, which are known
to belong 10 The foreigners, and who appear in
the streets with a bOdnesS and effrontery
which would he regarded as utterly iudec mt
and intoerable in most Chinese cities. StereO-
scopic views are. imported from the West in
large quantities, of the vilest and most obscene
ri "a ms inc ln a "a a
Vices and crimes of our race which we would
blush TO name. Ny Indignation knew no
bounds whes, a few years since, found these
steTeoscoplc views Gx hiblted In the streets of
city six hundred miles In the interior by a
Ohanaman who bad invested n little capital in
the m, ard was makinga large income by show
ing them TO hundreds Of natives daily. Is IL
upon t6eIr attentiop, tSe CSinese should come
20 the conclusion that a5 q race, we are am
~'tlous, unscrupuloua, violent. covetous, and
IicsnIi.,
numerous engravinEs, and in an appendix
are given the speech made by Ion Anson
Burlngame in New York, on the 23d OF
June, 1868, and the late treaty with China
concluded by Mr.. Burlipgame's embassy.
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