دان بيتش برادلي

دان بيتش برادلي  هو مبشر أمريكي، ولد في 18 يوليو 1804 في مارسلوس في الولايات المتحدة، وتوفي في 23 يونيو 1873 في بانكوك في تايلاند."From one of the letters, we quote the following on the subject of opium.
'His majesty has lately issued a new edict against the introduction and use of opium in this kingdom, and requested the use of our press to print it. We have printed at his expense, and according to his request, 10,000 copies. The immediate cause of this new edict was the following. Three large boats or proas loaded with opium from Singapore, armed and containing about 30 Chinamen each, were heard to be selling it at out places on the Gulf. The Siamese hearing this sent to take them; the smugglers fired upon the Siamese, who returned the fire, and killed 7 men, and took one of the boats. On investigating the matter, the king found a great number of his subjects were connected in purchasing opium. About the same time a number of junks recently from China had full cargoes of opium. Officers were sent into every town and village to investigate the subject. His majesty issued his edict, in which he offered pardon to those who had opium, on condition they would deliver it up to be burned, and threatened death to all who should hereafter either buy or use it. For nearly two months, his officers have been scouring the country, and numbers have been thrown into prison for endeavoring to secrete the drug. The king seems determined to free His country of this drug, at all hazards. We pity the poor creatures who have been accustomed to use it, but cannot but rejoice at the prospect of the removal of so great an evil. His majesty, however, has permitted a very small quantity to be restored to those who cannot break off the use of it immediately, but gives them to understand, that when it is gone they are to have no more for ever. Two or three ships from Singapore, &c. happening to come up at the time having, as was said, opium were obliged to secrete it and take it back. The opium business is not yet completed; new discoveries are daily made, and for a number of days past, it is said the burning of the precious drug has gone on at a great rate.'"
source: The Chinese repository <Canton>. — Vol. VIII. [May 1839 – April 1840>. — S. 384.] 

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تصنيف:مبشرون أمريكيون في تايلاند
تصنيف:أمريكيون مغتربون في تايلاند
تصنيف:مبشرون بروتستانتيون أمريكيون
تصنيف:مبشرون بروتستانتيون في تايلاند
تصنيف:مواليد 1804
تصنيف:وفيات 1873
تصنيف:أشخاص من بن يان
تصنيف:نشر في تايلاند
تصنيف:أشخاص من مارسلوس