Delaware tribune, and the Delaware state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1877-18??, 1877-07-26

For this reason many Japanese refuse, tho
moment they hear this, to become Chris
tian. Suppose Japanese woman wants to
become Christian, aud her husband and
brothers and sisters and children refuse,
then abe says "how can Ibec0me Christian
and all my family go 10 he'll FIRE for
eternity Better for me also to 60 to hell
fire with them."s All kinds of
cheating and fraud have now been taught
by Christians to Japanese, Of which they
were quite ignorant twenty years ago.
When I try to compare the small num-
ber of new virtues they have learnt, since
that time, by observing the practice of
Christians, with the large number Of new
vices they have learnt from them, am
quite panied and distressed for my dear
country to think of ii. Peo-
pie who know how to make money by
trying 10 get 1t from eAei< other. they
called civilized people; people who have
not learnt all the tricks by which money
can be made out of each other they call
uncivilized people. After much consid-ra-
ton Of this subject, l can find no other
distinction but this. think quite differ
emily. Civilization consists in people
being pure and good in their lives, not in
being rich and smart in their business.
In what Buddhist or Mohaln-
etan city would such corrupt government
be possible, AZ existed in New York during
time of Tweed? can tell people of New
York who laugh at seppukk,u and despise
heathens, that such robbery and fraudulent
government would be quite impossible in
japan.
1t is not yet possible for any Japanese
city to be governed by man who is known
to be bad and dishonest. When real
your newspapers, it does not seem possibl.
for your cities, and even your States, to be
governed by any other kind. Take, for
instance, what has been said of Cove rnor
Packard, and, before him, of Governor
Kellogg in Louisiana. do not know
whether it is true or not, but in uncivilized
country come from, such men could not
be accused Of such things and live.
Either they must prove that they are not
true, and then people accusing them must
be punished, or else, II they are true, they
would be punished themselves.
When read newspapers, feel sure il
would not improve Japan to have civilized
and Christian journalism introduced into
that country, though, unhappily, some
OutHuCoC nAo " AhAssVo eaAsn s@AHSos
If newspapers were written to make poll.
ticiaus forgive each other and love each
other, then, perhaps, they might do some
good, but Christian newspapers only make
people more angry with each other, and
therefore more unchristian. Same thing
with religious newspapers. Only they de
not abuse politicians no much AZ they abuse
each other. What is the use of churchel
and clergymen, if they do not preach
against such bad thingsS Best men in thil
country say, that they cannot be politician
because politicians generally dishonest
or else suspected of being dishonest, ant
nearly always called dishonest, and because
to succeed, it il necessary ito go through
SO much dirt" therefore they say, "w'
are obliged to leave to more mean kind o
men to be politicians and to .nlA ovAs us
| and spend the revenue Of the nation TO
us, and represent our interest in foreigl
countries, but we think you Japanese ar'
still quite barbarous, because you hav
different kind of government, whicl
obliges you to choose more high and pur
kind of men; therefore, we recommen,
you to become more advanced and civil
| lied like we are. l Obsery
very curious thing. Perhaps, in polite
or in commerce, a man is attacked thi
way in the newspapers, may be rightly
may be wrongly; if he is candidate TO
some high Office, almost always he
accused of stealing money, or if he make
money very quickly in Wall street, ais
others who lose their money acuse him o
stealing it-quite openly they accuse hin
in newspapers, like they accuse Mr.. Iii
den, or like they accuse Mr.. Gould.
Then very often these same men profes
to be very religious men; they buy YER
expensive pews in churches, and give
great deal of money to keep up clergy
men and Sunday schools. Immediately
when they are so publicly accused OF stea
ing, quite naturally clergymen should asl
SIS this true? At once you must prove
me this is not true, or otherwise wi
turn you out of my church, and thro
back your money to you, and sell yor
pew to some honest man." have aske
great deal aboat this, but never have
heard of clergyman who did this thint
Only sometimes if a man is very poor IN
cheats, then they do it, but if he. is ver
rich they take his money. They do NJ
inquire how he made it.
Bible is strongly opposed to all none,
making for any kind of people. l thin
one of great beauties in Christian teachiI
is constant attack upon rich people al
love of money. 1t says, ''love of none
root Of all evil'; ''haste not to be rich
Then, money changers were scourged o.
of temple for buying and selling insid
and rich young man was told he must gi'
up all he had and give to the poor; indee
that teaching is most beautiful. When
first read all that, certainly l thought
must become Christian. Even now
believe thoroughly all this teaching, b
to practice it, must go back to Japa
There q man could still live in daily Ii
this teaching; here it would not be pos
.. BILE. Certainly he would starve immet
, ately. = = 1t seems to me tn
in Christian countries everything
, done exactly opposite to Christian teachin
10 high and pure and noble and self-sac
! ficing-but quite openly everything is do
Q exactly on opposite principle. Then
( say, why do you profess so much and
, so little ? This is most bad of all vices
!: be hypocrite, because man who is hypocri
i lives constant lie. All the tiIae he is pl
: tending to be one thing and is actual
n entirely different. Many men who ha
been considered most religious and Gel
a monies of men in church matterrs,
Q exposed in the newspapers, and then
n find all the time that they have been pr
a ticing most wicked things.
n II Christians would obey teaching
y Confucius closely, even then, they wou
Q be better than they are, and that it
y because we try to follow his teaching,
y have morality quite as good as morality
n Christian countries. And this is l
o because Christian teaching is not high a
e beautiful, but because Christians laugh
!, their own teaching, therefore we canl
10 respect them, and we feel that they ha
70 no right to call us barbar0us and unci'
ir lied, until they try to follow their mo
1t teaching, at least, as well as we follow ou
ID -
Is When Japanese first came in cont
10 with Western countries, Immediately
es began to have financial affairs with the
10 Then at once we found ourselves ba'
" cheated. First, came currency quest
Q. in Japan, when all the merchants appl
80 under all kinds of different names,
y their own, for silver, 70 a. to escape
o. rule of the Treaty. After losing gr