Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-02-08


unit IS the family. The State assigns
to each family acres Of land, on con-
dition of its paying the taxes which are
very low; from IL to 81 cents an acre,
yearly, is paid to the State. These
acres must be kept under cultivation
if neglected the State reserves the right
to give them TO some one who Will cul-
tivate them. Another arrangement ~
where two acres are inalienably assigned
to family. So they may found a
homestead, that If made fertile will
keep them in comfort in age. The old
are taken care OF by younger members
of the family; their filial piety is beau
tiful: it is part of their religion and
is why they have such regard for their
ancestors. 1t is the foundation Of their
political and social system; theirs is a
paternal government, the Emperor, is
father and mother in one and takes
only enough from his subjects to pay
the expenses of his court. but bureau-
cracy has led to POPULATION down
through all its grades The taxes are
farmed out; each governor agrees TO
pay into the royal treasury lump
sum, not a large one, but he may eAtort
from the people 10 times as much he
mey have paid good deal to get his
position such things are not unknown
elsewhere, and men sometimes sell
their votes for enough to get back
what they have thus paid. Unless
bureaucracy in China is revised 1t
will bring tho country to such state
as France ID drifting into.
Why do we adhere to the plan OF con-
sular Jurisprudence? First, BECAUSE. it
is profitable; our trade would be de-
stroyed IL our countrymen were left to
| the mercies of Chinese Justice, yet We
trust them to it when our men are the
plaintiffs, the Chinese, the defendants.
| Are these personal quarrels OF such i'm
portance to the mother country that we
must force the Chinese to give up
| their rights, their liberty Ii we mean
| to maintain this let US do it with our
eyes open. 1t is said, all other nations
are doing it, but ought We to shelter
ourselves behind others? Let us be
honest, or acknowledge we are dishonest
and say we don't care straw about
/ international law we want to make
money out of it, and are going to trade
with a tariff that suits us, or else
with gunboats. Oh, we can say we love
trade, but love fair play better. and
will treat infidels as we do Christians.
Shall we have 10 say, as Lord Elgin
said for England, "The East lie strewn
all over with records of our fraud and
violenceH"
The treaty legalizing the trade in
opium was dictated at the lannon's
mouth, the reasons given being that
its smuggling was demoralizing, to
trader and consumer. The alternatives
were offered of putting 1T down or legal
izing it. Our representative, William
| T 60 frala
assented. The plea was that the
Chinese government could not keep
il away from the people, so why shoulo
not British and American traders carry
it and make money out of 1t? Is il
true that the Chinese would have it,
At any rate its use has increased 20 fole
in 20 years. China Is now growing
peoples and making opium, that car
be smoked four times over and is con
, sequently cheaper, SO they are becom
ing independent of foreign force.
As samples of our treatment OF thu
Chinese, Mr.. Wheeler said when, il
, 1860, after claims of American CITIZEN
. against the Chinese had been full.
. paid, there remained surplus 0
$500, 200 in our hands, of which Presi
dent Buchanan said, "as this in equit.
belongs to the Chinese government doe
net Justice require that it be paid +
some charitable institution, IN whicl
. Chinese are interested" When tn
question of excluding the Chinese fror
/. America was before the country,
clergyman was dilating on the ethica
a and moral side of it when man in tn
: audience exclaimed. "D-n the ethics
. we've got to carry California; That
/ the principle on which we act.
/ do not believe in gunboat Christi
anity; u we cannot persuade other ma
:, lions to take our religion we have n
!. right to force it on them. The China
\ man believes in his own religion, moi
= ality and ethics only the lowest anon
= them accept Christianity. The mis-
!, sionaries in China look on the native
= as interiors, hold them at arms length
q l doubt IL anything permanent can :
: done towards converting them unless
be by native converts, who know bette
: how to get at their own countrymer
The tendency Of missionaries is to rel
= on civil power to back them. on CUR
J boat Christianity. The English mi:
. sionary society issues definite instrut
= lions to its missionaries not to appel
= to British consuls, not to accumulai
9 property, as it only teinpts natives
y attack or destroy it. In short the
y paraphrase the good old Book tn;
>, tells the - men sent to evangelize tt
:, world to "avoid all appearance OF evi
y to be wise rs serpents and harmless {
y dovcs,n plan more likely tc be ope
II atire in converting people than I'll