The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-12-09
France and China-M. Thiers's Recep.
tion of the Chinese Embassy-A SC.
yerg Address.

After listening to the speech made by the
Chief ambassador of the Chinese Embassy
ut Versailles on November Esd, in relation
| to the events at Ticn-tsln, the French Exc.
cutivc made the remarks following:
Monsieur FEmbassadeur,-Ir receive with
satisfaction the letter which you have pre-.
scntcd to me on the part Of your sovereign.
! 1t is TO me proof Of the regret which
! he has felt for the dcplorablc events ut
! Ticn-t>iu, and Of bis sincere desire to pre-
, vent a recurrence OF such scenes. You
tell ME of the numerous punishments in
! flctcd upon tue sulty. The French nation
| il too humane to take pleasure in the she'd
ding OF blood. 1t demands only that Sc
verify which is necessary to restrain
| the wicked, and it believes that to
rigorous measures others of different
character must be added, It is the duty Of
Governments, while depressing the eX-
ccsses OF the populace, TO calm its passions,
to diSpel its prcjudiccS, and to bring it to
listen TO the voice Of reason and humanity.
Your Government is too enlightened not
to appreciate the merits Of those mission.
aries, men of great worth, who cXpatriatc
themselves in order to spread abroad
throughout the world the principles of civil
ization, against whom evil-diSpoScd per-
sons have not feared recently to excite the
popular hatred. Let it proclaim it in de-
crees, let it seize every occasion to bear So
Tenn witness to it; the people will respect
the foreigners when they shall see their own
magistrates treating them with respect.
We will also suppose that the Chinese
peOple have not compreheuded the cnor-
nifty Of the crime that was committed when
Il hand WAS raised against the person OF q
Consul OF France. II is, again, the pro-
vince of the Chinese Government to show,
by its attitude and by its proceedings with
respect to diplomatic and consular agents,
the extent Of the special consideration
which is due to their public character by
virtue of the rules universally received
among all nations. 1t is only upon these
conditions, and when your Government
shall frankly have entered upon that course,
that we can arrive ut sincere application
of treaties, and that we shall avoid fresh
incidents which might seriously compro-
mise the relations between the West and the
east. | will reply to your Emperor, and l
will forward my letter to him through
the Minister OF the republic 1T Pc
kin. In the mean time, assure him
of our earnest desire 10 I've upon
good terms, TO multiply the relations be-
tween US, and consequently to increase our
mutual confidence and esteem. / should
consider that for that end 1t would be Use
full il Chinese legation We're permanently
established in France, as also u French le-
cation at Pekin. If this plan should be
adopted, we cannot but hope to see at the
head OF the future Mission 4 high lunc-
tionary who shall resemble you, NJ. Pam.
bassadeur, and who shall possess the same
spirit Of justice, the same cordial dIsposl-
ton of which you have given proof, and
which l am glad to acknowledge III this
The Ambassador, in reply, simply said !:
ION my return to China ! will commu-
nicate to the Emperor the words OF the
President Of the Republic"