The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-08-13

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man history aud see how BUDDHISM was
continually an instrument OF peace ana
liberation, and European religions the IN
s,i,us,on Of war aud persecutions. Buddh.
lam never prosecuted never deceived
tbe neonle: men debssed or discouraged It,
erature; nevor appealed to prejudice or pa
sion, nover appesled to tho sword. IL this
Ia hnsthenism. il is civilized heathenism.
But tho heather IL more. lie lisa humane
being. The Buddhist priest recognizes as
a "naan and brother whoever has INTEL
! lect. II only of late years that we have
| learned that the church and state can e1-
| ist ap.rt, but the Buddhist religion has
had no connection with the government
| for 200 wears. We establish hospitals for
suffering humanity--they FOR suffering
hrutes, as we'll. Our magazines are just
beginning 10 advocate the planting OF
shade trees, and We shall do u, II AZ ALL ~
a matter of taste. They have done tfrom
sense Of duty for thirty centuries. we
entertain strsDgers-at hotels II fhey pay.
Their poorest hu.s are always open ana
they receive every stranger as "a guest OF
God, to be given the beat OF everything
The testimony OF missionaries WHO nave
spent years among them is that they are
yery polite. almost universally temperate,
I
most meyer seen. Contrary to the gener-
nlly accepted belief children are kindly
treated, the men taking deligh. in helping
care for them; widows with children are
thought more desirable as wives than those
without; maternity always bring respect
Here it 10 hard to get any law against the
sale Of Intoxicating drink, but China long
ago refused to lcelee the sale OF OPIUM on
the high moral ground tISt.t was mol
right to license any evil.
Leaving religion, compare ourselves
with China as q natioa. We are anxioui
to ChrIstianize il; TO change its morals, III
habits, tia customs; TO put now forces anc
figures into its Iitssstnrei in short, &c
, AneliciZe and Amer.canlZe u
1t Ia assuming that our morals, fashions
and customs arc better than theirs
Let Us sec. China ia twice the size oil
.. the u nited States, embracing a territor,
! of o. 600 900 SQUARE miles. 1t 10 oil dense
populated, and contains 500 100000 ms
, habitants-half the population OF th'
globe. This 10 the msss We propose u
. teach. Asa nation 1t has literally out
lived history. Herodotus, the father
historisns," tells OF having seen monu
, men,s of kings who lived 1000 years be
, | fore his day. Home, Greece and the ma
a tions of antiquity have passed away, bu
China has stood immutsble a. time. NO
an art has been lost, not science torgo'
= ten. nothing has gone. It's oral ianguAg
0 has been preserved without changing
y tense. lis mechanical triumphs are ut
riysled. Its great wall stands aion
:, as work of masonry; !" iarge'
/, canal is twice as long @ u
: Erie; i. was perforated with sr.e
" sian wells 1000 years ago. inocuIate
all iu children in the nipth anu poss,
. bly, in the Afth century haa spteha'
, libraries OF painted books centuries o'
- fore the art Of printing was aiscosei'.
70 The basal idea Of the government
IS ternal, and here is one OF the cl'el rs'
3 cons OF Its stability Inc emperor u col
!, lion Another reason is, that revo
10 ia sIvsys in order In China that 10, I'll
N oovarnment is never overthrown, but II
ST smneror is label to be at any time, VIM
,. have we TO offer Cor these things? %
nc ynrtion3 Ability to deceive? The go
srnmept idea of China rests upon educi
IL ton None but thorough scholars al
honores with office, and the poorest ma
l. work himself up to any station. Can W
CIR offer more ? Their aristocrscy is OF brain
IN and il is better than the French OF wealt
le What can We give them They are We
bo fod, we'll clothed, universally educate
"e have every art and science. What do ye
Oh nropose to do? To teach them to cheat
ut 10 forge? to get drunk? To become
sh rsyerent? To adopt our Tea
7" full American profanity, grosser tn
a. anv on earth? TO give Illinois, Arks
l. aas, or Texas ignorance to nation ~
&c has had common schools for 1000 year
r. To introduce Yankee office'holders al
on New York rowdy congressman VI
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