Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-10-18
CHINESE STUDENT
| IMPEACHES CHRISTENDOM

\. M Dawson, in st. James Gazette.
y Bxtween the South African War, the
III t|comipR election, and the public's
rInH{eous anger in the matter of latter
WIN len to our country's enemies by
" in politicians who appear to recog..
n nothing binding in their oaths OF
lty to their sovereign. it is to he
BID that we are growing little
erical in our judgment of men and
ons and our views OF right. and
II4ng. For my part, hold that
usher should still have the courage
&f his convictions, and some toler-
&hoe and respect for the courage
and the convictions of Others. There
Ii no more vital or complex question
Of today than that OF our relations
with China. II in our consideration
al mis- question the opinions of edu-
oaHH Cinnamon are available, it is
nn33ouely either foolish or dishonest
&1l |6ur part to ignore them. T..
jence, taking my courage in my two
E1{ds, and endeavoring not to shiver
1tf'the imminent prospect of being
dtbbed pro- Boxer, or some other
4o3mlly horrible and ridiculous crea-
t0fe, 1 will remark that / have a
ftiend, regard fol whom prevents my
Giving bis name aud address, whose
piRtail is three feet long and of singu-
lHrly glossy fineness. This gentleman
Was born in Tientsin, as were his
piously revered ancestors before him.
Heis a student, scholar, as | think,
and Wi thout doubt gentleman. More
ovaE he has lived these 20 years and
more. except during occasional visits
"a Ms native land, within four miles
A Dharing Gross.
Xeste day | tcok tea with my friend,
and very excellent tea, >ethereally
eerfed, it was. Over the little opal
es6ent bubbles which 1 suppose my
ifi1nd called cups, he preached me a
Uk1ls sermon on the text of the West
in5fhe East. | listened demurely, and
subsequently left my Chinese friend,
cots inced that | had imbi6ed wisdom
Witch my tea.
Here's my wisdom for your use:
~ THE VERDICT OF PosTEKITY.
.iSir, my friend, has it struck you
Vwonder what posterity, what the
t storians Of the future, in your
i nntry as well as in mine, will have
/; tay about the present attitude of the
d estern Powers toward the Empire of
!, hieh / EN- proud to call myself a
n ftiect?''
!. THAT "Sir, my friend" is almost the
Of niyidiom in which my friend displays
but perfect familiarity with
th6 English tongue. l admitted depre-
,catipely that l had not given that
aapduf of the matter much serious
rthop8ht, and composed myself to hear
AiudGhent passed.
! EAh we'll, to be sure, the people of
tthe# est live in and for the present
Hence their great activity and practi-
,,cai success IN the present. The mass
,,of the reople of the East live In the
Vast The student Of the East lives in
the past and the future. l, in my in
asiXuifioant way, am student OF the
East. And / want to tell you that
lNyour posterity, here in the youthful
ItWesf, will be ashamed and at loss
,for Apology in the matter of the present
iAttitude OF the West in the East.
\ consider it! During half century
Hpast, two sections Of your people, differ
eink Wid.ly in themselves and in their
seprofetsed motives, have busted them.
selves in exploiting China. The most
,,aarEest Tor the most fanatical, as you
Twill. among the disciples of your 1S0C
wears old religion. have persisted in
Forcing, not only themselves, but their
religion, upon great people, who
before England was heard of, and tc
This day, rated and rate study,
Theology, learning of all sorts, fai
thiaher than you do.
ftIigive you my word that | have
eIseaf In Tientsin an Englishman, whoss
eVsttsinments we're certainly not sutfi.
lnI icutly high to admit of his securing q
plaee as usher in one of your prepare.
a alory schools, seeking, and pretty
Iosegressively, to substitute his owr
stliftle home. made oreeds and doctrines
ls lf morality for those of q gentleman
crown grey and venerable in life de
Voted entirely to the study OF philoso.
sphy.I ascertained that, prior to his
y Willing for China, your countrymar
~ i'd vssved his apprenticeship to learn
Ing Behind the counter OF q small
,mxrocef's shop-his father's
et Ian earnest, pious and sincere man,
tpone lthe less, you say9 Quite so
efBut Why, because of that, should his
A. crngl8 piety and immature convictions
abe forced upon the learned among al
III The other class of your communities
whose members have forced theInselve
tupcn China are the merchants oil on,
Kind and another, with their inevitabl,
e Hccompaniment,t the Consuls and Minis
u " terra. The merchants have never, o
a,.oonfse, eyasperated the people of CHM
be have the missionaries, because the.
sIpom6 frankly to make money, and no
ttf,IIn - m luf nf ia
b systaf1, or undermine the most hal
Vowed among our traditions. But
.rlhou6h never the same flame of con
srtention that the missionaries always
turhave been and will be, the merchant
rsnd diplomats have yet been an irrita
/; Won to China; and that for the reaso
mjhut their presence in that country wa
,re ineouRht, undesired, and appsrentl
y ,lnHvoidable. That is to say, hints
vsIlc wefer emphatic, did not rid Chin
81 the unwe:come visitors"
no AS YOU WOULD BE DONE BY.
i NOW, there are number of goo
ok ID Europe who are Mortified at tn
s. den pf the importation into thei
ountfies of few harmless laborin
men, Washers of clothes ard the like
e' rom China. Yet Cinnamon abroa,
ise1on3ofm scrupulously to the laws an
thtustotns of the land they settle in, ar
t9anobtxusive, and make no effort what
m'liver TO modify or change anything
weIJ CONSIDER what Europe would think
itt ia. ports were invaded by preacher an
rs ,eachers of Confucianism, who mad
th,pen mock of Christianity, place
outside the legal juris
haiiution Of the countries they settle
Wien. and con erred the same immupit
! HERON and sundry among the natiy
,onS The countries, criminal or othel