The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-06-08
HEATHENISM.

We looked with considerable interest
to the late General Conference Of the NJ.
E Church, and to the Presbyterian Gen
eral Assembly, for action on the Chinese
question.
China embraces an empire containing
four hundred millions of souls, one-third
of the entire human family. 1t was an
old and enlightened empire when Moses
was hidden in the rushes, in his infancy.
The Chinese Government kept all for
eigners out of the empire, and the people
Of that country never emigrated or both
cred other nations or people Great ef-
forts were made to get access to the Chi
nese empire, especially by the churches,
who desired to introduce the gospel, and
convert the heathcn in that benighted
land. 1t is within the recollection of
the writer, when the British Govern
ment made war upon China, and COM
PEELED them to admit the trade in opium.
All Christian countries rejoiced at this,
as it opened the way for the entrance OF
ed Hon. Anson Burlingame, prominent
citizen of the United States, as Minister
to China, and few years ago he effected
a treaty with that nation, by which the
citizens Of the United States were per-
mitted to enter the Chinese empire, and
the people of China had a right to come
to the United States. In pursuance OF
this treaty numbers Of persons came from
China to California At once the Cali
fornians commenced a system of perse-
cution which would be considered bar
barism in China. But little over a month
ago the following appeared in the pa
pers
VIOLENT TALK AT ASTI-CHISEsE MEETIHG @.
SAN FRAScIsco, May 3.
The South San Francisco. Anti-Coolie Club
and the Young Mems Universal Reform Socie-
~ held "A meeting last night, indorsing the de-
siruction of the Chinese quarter of Antioch aud
advocating a similar course IN this city unless
the Federal Government should take tmmedi-
aud highly incendiary letters were received
from a society In the interior, seeking cooper
alton. telegram was received from New
York, saying that twenty-Six hundred stands
of arms could be delivered here at ten days no
tice. While such talk and action are universal
people In the cities, there can be no doubt that
lt meets the approval of "A large and dangerous
OF no action being taken in the matter by the
General Government, there is grave reason to
fear serious disturbance at no distant day.
1t is claimed that the Chinese are a
very bad, immoral people; but short
time ago there was an article in the Sac
ramento Record Union, in which we find
the following:
And here a danger looms mp which Congress
will do well TO ponder. 1t may argue gravely
and learnedIy about treaty rights and interna-
tional obligations, and so forth, but what will
even now crowd to the wall by these unassim-
ilative foreigners, should some day rise in their
the civilized world? Such things have occur
red In history, and like causes produce like re-
suits. Nothing Is more certain, moreover than
that eventually this country will have to de-
eide whether II will expel the Chinese, fight
tion that the Chinese are, through their sobrie-
~, temperance, industry and frngality, destin-
ed TO conquer wherever they set their feet, IL
allowed compete with races possessing wider
wants and more generous habits Broadly
speaking, the human being that can live upon
being whose needs require twenty-five cents a
a day to satisfy them.
That is to say, people who are noted
for their sobriety, temperance, industry
and frugality, must be murdered by
mob for possessing these virtues. Wider
wants and more general habits. means
spending all you earn, and much more,
for indulgence in the use Of tobacco,
beer, and other luxuries and vices
We say we expected the great religious
bodies which have recently been in ses-
sion, to take action in this matter, but
We only notice the following, which took
place in the NJ. T. Conference:
General ]. b. Weaver offered a preamble re- |
citing that the proposition is now pending in |
Congress TO request the President to negotiate |
sting between the United states and the EN-
pire OF China, together with resolutions protest
ing against the President Of this Nation negO-
Ia ting any treaty that VIII place legal bar |
-ier to the entrance OF missionaries into the |
Empire OF China. The Conference refused g. /
entertain the paper.
IL we understand it. the Conference |
loes not object to barriers being placed |
10 the entrance of missionaries into Chi. |
na. That is right, so far. Every Chris
ian organization, and every Christian
mah, should be ashamed to say a word |
about sending missionaries to that coun-
try. The missionaries should come in |
he other direction. So we will no more
hear preachers begging their congrega-
lions to give them money to send mis-
sionaries to China. They will be asham-
ID to do that.