The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-05-06

that .Dugald Stewart. in his work on the
Philosophy Of the human mind, considers
the invention Of printing, sArather as the
the result OF those general causes on
which the progrSs Of society seems
to depend, than rs the mere effect Of 4
| fortunate accident,n in fact rs a stem in
the social history Of man, and as marking
point in his progress. Admitting this
10 he true says Sir John, lit would fol.
l low that the Chinese in the 10th century
were not only farther advanced than their
contemporaries in Europe tof which there
can be no doubt whateverl but that they
had reached higher point Of civilization
than the ancient Greeks aud Romans =
The ancient style OF block printing has
been found to answer all the demand. SO
| far rs relates to hooks, hut the puhlica.
ton OF newspapers, requires a more
mansSeahle method. Chinese marine ar
chitecture is modelled after the duck. and
not like that Of western lands after the
ash. In general the Chinese exhibit a
high degree Of skill. hut appear to be des-
titute Of taste. They can execute works.
like the Great Wall. and the Grand Canal.
and their skill is equally exhibited in all
the details of mechanical combinations.
silk, or in pottery and enamel work. the
most characteristic of the Chinese, is their
ability to accomplish almost everything.
with means of almost nothing. They have
their own method of executing work,
which Is generally different from that Of
Credentials. often better in itself. and
always better for them. The Chinese
have the art Of sppropriating the results
of the lahors Of others, in high degree
The advantages Of steamboats,, telegraphs,
and railways, are we'll understood b. the
leading minds among them. There are
many reasons for the delay in Introducing
them. among which must not be forgotten
the poverty Of the Empire, the emblraSS
msnts of the country, the division OF sen
tinent among the high officials. and the
fear of falling prey to the clouds Of
foreign hRrpies, who scent the spoil from
sfar, and who give the Chinese much
trouble. II is idle for Us TO scoff at any
Oriental nation for not adopting at once.
those improvements to which we have be-
come accustomed by the deliberate pro
greSs of many centuries
VI. MISCELLANEOUS CONSIDERATIONS.
There Is in China a great respect
for law. i respect which Is indefinitely
greater than in the United States. where
there appears to be too often no respect
fur ANYTHING There Is likewise a great
peaceable people. and quarrel no sooner
begins. then there energies 'peaoe-talkers"
and reason-iSlEerS. who wiil contrive 10
settle the mstteS If i be-scluble. In gene
ral, the most angry crowd can be Quoted
by talking reason 70 them IN a good ma
tured manner Ii Is much easier to ad-
Just a disturbance. even for a foreigner to
adjust one, IN China. than IN the United
States Ii Is safer for an American to
travel all over China, thai Tor Chinese
10 travel IN the United States, There Is
: bitter hostility to foreigners. on the
part Of the Chinese hteTati. but this
springs largely from ignorance Is 70 the
motives Of foreigners for coming among
them. Yet this hostility. great Is 1t Is Is
probably less than that felt toward the
Chinese IN the United States, where the
relation 81 the two races i supposed 10 be
well understood notwithstanding this
blind aversion to Foreign Devils pr *.
It Is common for foreigners 10 travel al
over China. and never to be insulted by
anv overt act. The Chinese are among
the politics. 81 the human race. Il has
been common To sneer al the Chinese code
etiquette. ss a mere routine Of ceremony.
but the principles which underlie It. are
the same which are found essential in al
tiiplomatie circles IN the world. Ii Is
that each individual shall occupy fixed
place II the scale and No other. each shall
have fixed relations To ali above and TO all
below. and thus dignity i secured. such
a code Of ceremony would he d grievOls
burden. but It / eDinenfly becoming 10
the Chinese. and gives them - greatly
the advantage II intercourse with other
races that i Is easy 70 understand how
tue come to consider al nations as bsrba-
rians. who do not regulate theiT lives on
the sane plan In China. says Capt Lap
lace, struck with tie order found among
the crowded population on the Canton
river sthe knowledge and the arts which
have given such an impulse TO the indus
tn Of France and England are much q
they were n ElnUpe above q century ago.
but / repeat that the Chinese are very
much our Superiors IN true civilization
IN that which frees the majority Of men
from the brutality and ignorance which,
among many EuTopsan nations PLACES
the Lowest classes Of society on level
with the most savage beasts Mr.. Lap
lace says ST. John Davis - quite right;
the lower classes Of the Chinese. IRE bet
ter educated OF az least better trained.
than n other countries
They certainly are upon the whole the
most good hunorsd people II the world.
and the most psaceable= and the good
oause az this mus Be sought for n their
political and social institutions
There / business Ike character
about the Chinese remarks tie ssme
competent authority. which assimilGtss
them n 9 striking manner 70 The most
intelligent nations q the West- and Ger
tzinly marks them ont II veTy prominent
relief. from the reSt Of the AsiatieS- IN
everything which enters into the c1mp1si-
ton q actively industrious and vel or
gained communities. there L vastly less
difference between them and Anglo Sax
ons and French. than betTee- the latter
and the inhabitants OF Spain ana Po-t-l-
gal In this remarkable capacity for
business the Chinese have few Eiyals II
the world They rln out al competitors,
Is the HIl0 -Tass r-Ds ont the uEie7it.
They sre indsfs-5glbly industrious not
II an Angio-Sz1ol Wy. but II Chinese
Esv Il : mistake % sIpsct Chinese
70 sop being Chinese. and be n Anglo
Saxon for be VII noi and he cannot
There ! q story q AZ American who
had anzssei 50 much wealth = 70 be
restless N his Own country and who Ike
others II similar oIrclustznosS- Tszt 10
Euope 70 i've. With view peEhsps- 10
having his poE1Eait painted b. the odd
masters He bought 2 Castle OF the
Rhins- where BE msde his hone. b1t
found the winter vary oold- and 10 prg
1sion foT heating the building one day
his dsuSh4er found hin II the a-znoTy q
the establishment working over an cd
suit Of rusty arLn0z which hs had - mp
and inside which he had built g fra
Why Father shs exclaimed -r'Hf are
yrz z5er7F- Why I an building fire bit
IL gls -, tx gzz1ai tiff lesr1- 90 - ~
5.rs,zz.i - S-ssiszss l have often thought
Of this anso5otss When have saen
foreigners EyIng 20 make AnElo-Sa1o1s
ont q Chinese. and after TIE bast efforts
beng forced 20 ezcia1u- he Cd Fool
that pz.s1sei tins Cliinzman- did not
R5= Ehs- he Ezs ab91f--7 where's the
rezl difficulty L that that the unoissTTsul
s1-e5gns- hzs attempted % make on q
sui Q: fziriv god Chinsss zDoE- Al