The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-10-08
THE CELESTIAL BUTCHERIES
Colonel Caetcrili Discusses the Missionary
Question and the Recent Massncrc.


Question and the Recent MRssnrrc.
l learn from friend in Picking that
of the two EUw ncmbcrs of the TSung
H-Namcn, or government council, re-
Gently appointed, one is the cx-tutor Of
the feeble minded emperor and the 9TH
CT is an S0yc;u-old antiforeign fend,
who long ago publicly declared that he
would never feel entirely happy until
he li;sd secured the skin Of foreigner to
sleep on. The elevation OF such men to
Office docs no. argue we'll for the prog
rtss of China nor the safety of outsiders
seeking 10 do business there. If the work
OF butchering missionary men AND wom
en- and children goes on much longer,
perhaps a combination Of outside powers
MAY he aroused to the Importance of
teaching the Celestial trilobitcs the in-
portance Of observing the sauctity Of
treaties. In that event aged officials
who are yearning To rcposc upon the
skin of foreign devils may find them
selves urged 10 the display Of consider
able activity III order 10 preserve their
own h,dC;.
1t is not believed that Great Britain
Nabli w liilliNtN w dNtllHt lllt Itttul
murder of her subjects III China because
the opium trade is valuable, ANA bust
ness is business, but perhaps the United
States, Germany and few other ma
tiuns not entirely absorbed in trade can
be persuaded to teach i'll Monaghan in
terror districts lesson for which the
viceroys and maudurlns are ycarmirr.
THIS lesson should MOI be taught 10 semi
savagcs 10y the knocking down of viii
lagos but it should be administered to
officials who encourage and wink at the
slaughter Of the missionaries Every one
Sf these guilty scoundrcls should be cap
turod and promptly executed.
And it wouldn't be bad idea to
snatch the gay young emperor from his
throne and hold him us Il hostage while
the corrupt officials were being captured
aud separated from their heads. One can
have no idea of the depth of the indig-
nation felt here over the ku- Chang mas
sacrcs This is a missionary country,
and people here, without regard to ma
tionality, are filled with resentment.
Even those who do not approve of mis-
Sion work in these countries nevertheless
held that China, having guaranteed by
treaty the safeguard of missionaries,
must he made to suffer when she per
mits them TO he slaughtered. To fix a
price for II misSionary's life is nothing.
To chop of the heads of lot of crimi-
nails already condemned to death, rs is
frequently done i'll Il vicarious way. is
not of the least consequences The men
who govern and control China must be
reached
Will the government of the United
States distinguish itself by taking the
lead i'll this important matter? There is
great opening, and the occasion is IA
mighty one. But our peaceful, pastoral
government is not i'll the habit of iris
ing To the occasion" When English
Professionals were once denied the right
OF worship III Rome, there was Il Crum-
well, who could notify the august pom
tiff that unless he changed his policy he
would hear the thunder of the honSidcs
ut the gates of the Vatican. And the
policy was changed. Can the govern
mcnt of the United States, backed by
the Christian nations whose missionary
citizens nro also slaughtered to make
Mongolian holidays, send threat TO
Picking which will be listened to and re-
spected: Yes But will it: 1t is said ON
behalf of the central government OF
China that today it is unable to carry
out its demands Its fccblencss is every
where recognized. The viccruys and the
mandarins throughout the empire do
precisely lis they please and snap their
fingers 1T Pcking incapucity, debt,
filth, disease, ignorance, disluyalty and
revolutionary spirit mark the China Of
today If The DEGREES from Picking are
no longer needed, then the imperial gov
eminent is about Il, its end A govern
mcnt which can make treaties. but which
cannot carry them ont, has 10 right to
exist. john a. Cockorill in New York
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