Newspapers / Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.) / April 14, 1857, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
Py t!. constitution of l.'io,!,. lund, tlie rigl.t of sufiVit-e iii nly enjoyed by cili)iuii of li.t United Stales." Br the 7 construction f the constitution of the IJnt- the State prevalent in Rhode Island, free ucgroe we citizen' of the State, and, by virtue of that qnaliflcatioif, citi- vnnl i,t til ITnifml fctt.l nut Horn therefore entitled to rote, Uy the decls " Ion of the Supreme Ceort iu . tlto Drud Scott ease, free negroes cannot No citizens c'of the United Sun. The feffect 1 tlwf, .'ander this definition (if tl law by' the Jtribnnal of lust rwort, the "free negro" , in Rhode Island, not being entitled 10 the vcscriptioa of citizen of the United Stales, are ; o longr-uter under the i4 Tlhode Island constitution. - . t M But the effect of the decision lias Dot ft 4een to deimw the but of - Rhode I .int it her power or her-right to' confer 'JftMicai right wpofi' frce tiegre. t If It ; Hi-ere; eli would W without remedy ,'riud ' tUiihoitJhieoqtl be'dlsfranchiscd at Wer I w io held Hi Rhode IslhiHl, .'". .for thV" fcirialatnre he alreadv tutn atep 1 to provide a remedy, aed restore to .ne person llie right or snuruge, jnst su" the enjoyed jt before the decision vim meae. -y tney nave imiiarea proceed Inst for the alteration of their own con stitution, lu the regular war, so that the description which it contain shall nof rmerale agaimtt It Intention, or restrain tjie Lojilatore in it futj power over. the pjaiiuctiona or tu own constituency. tunce 11 1 ueciueu mat tree ncgroe can ttut be citizen 1 of the United . Status, . Rhode Ialand fa about to disoenewltll itioah)p-of the United States as a jnalii5eation for voter, and to provide that negroe may vote in Rhode Ialand. and be, for atl Suto purposes, citizen of tiiat Btatej bat not or the United State. Thi proceeding, aay the X. 0. 1'icay one,; will be a practical refutation of the Iamor with which journal attached to the political party which i dominant in Khode Ialand have assailed tiie Supreme Court for having invaded State inJexjn xlenc and abilrurily interfered with iualif!catiua of votur within the Stafes. "Xbey have, indeed, itmdu a rnleattociti senahip, but it I one which doea not an durtake to nioleet or restrict any State in ' Tlu bower over the whofe uliject' of jt warn conatituuncy. Tlii Is-the effect of the deciaion of the Supreme Court, and titatea, it eonevde more than vry emi nent men contend belong to tlieei right fully. It ertnit Ihetn H gi ve a voice in the national connciU to aliena, who have not acquired ' citizenship, a well a to tlioae of African Wood, who are incapa ble ef acruirin it, and against thl con-, atruetion there liaa been a strong leaning and powerful rcs'ulance among con surra tire atatetmeD. Tbey have held that there U a wide and manifest difference between ' the (object which are excln aively of State interest, iu which the : right of autTrage within a State may be exorcised, and tlioae by which it exercise . , iudueoee and power over matter cou- . invini niM.Mig viiiimwiKiivil v iuv HI fair of (lie Union, taking part and shar ing the control iu the actiuu of the geno tiJgoveruiueut of all the btates. ..A State, by conferring the' right of auffrage, give a voice iu the elections fur Cwngroaa, which make thu laws, mid the 1'reaiduut litat xvcutii Ujivfor the whole conutrj lor by constitution of the United Stale !io lioctoral body for member of Cungre and for l'rvsi deut ia Miuply defined as that iu each Slate which choose the tuot nauiuroiu branch of the Legislature that ia toay, the body chosen under the moat enlarged right of suffrage. It is to this particular point tlie pcial influence o'er nation al atfair, which i . conferred by State law upon jierton uot citizen of the Uni ted State that the opposition has been most strongly directo.l, a waa ho 11 in -.U . i.:..:J(...: t . 1 ... the iiteecliea of Senator Crittenden, of Kentucky, and ltell, of Tutiueaaee, on the Minnesota bill of the hist eaioii, before the decision iu the Dred Seott case was made." That decision, ha, however, de clared that the Sutes aru not ait.jecL to auch liuiitationa, and practically aJtinncd that the conatitution of the United State luu left the auhject of the right of auMTrage iu f ederal affair unreservedly to StStre discretion : and tlutt iu it relariutr tn tlie Union, a well a in it domestic affair, every State act ontliis auhject without reapouaibility or appeal. New TerriUrtai ( the l allrd Slates. ' It saems nrobahla from ureacnt apnenr ance, that the Belt Gmgrea will pas buia for the organisation of the embryo torritorieaof 'vala, DacoUli, Arizoma, andNeohK .When Miunesota sliail be aduiilted into the Uuiou the number of Sute .will, be thirty-two. Uregou aud iVashinirton will raise the number to thirty-four, and Nibraska and New Mcx- ljul A ll i v at t M m,A tl.A t..kU--'rt rltorica would when admitted,, iucreusei the circle to forty. Should Texas and Cal ifornia each be divided into three States, a i propoeed, tlie number would be rais ed to fcrtv-aix. Then there is the pro posed State of Superior or Itasca, making tlie number forty -eeveu. We hnve omitted ltah: but if that territory be admitted as a State, tlie number would be forty eight Thi number wonld be reached without any division of Nebraska, Oli gomer Washington, lttit tlie former is larire enouirh for ix or teven States, Or egon for three, and Wahngtnii for two. These Calculation serve to convey an Idea of the rapid; growth of our Repub lic, jli immense extent of our unsettled territory, and the iinnortance of tlio leg- Vitiation alloc ting it. 'fhe wilderue is a .vast empire of itself, .llefore twenty year it will be teeming with an indus trion. hardy., eutcrurisinz and enlighten ed ptftttiUiiHaVT'I.tl Ui OManoWfl aolitqitee 01 tue great mountain region, and by tuo margin of tlie grandly rolling rivers, prosperous cilic will soring up, while the voice of the fanner, tho low of his cattle, the creaut of the locomotive, and M10 rushing sound of tlie sreumlKiat fill ev ry where tell that civilization ha reiicU 1 the far West. . What a mine of wealth will all thia be to tho commercial and naunfastarinz clartes of th eastern- citr -iZ2Z2XZZTZZZZ .----w'W'- - T VOL: XIII. , , : t I'roiit llitJjHiunll JuitnvuL EiposlilDn of ItoniJti Catholic Prr enllott. ;, Pfotestanl . Scholart , Ou Tneslay tho Louisville Democrat contained the (llowingi ; ElojmidfruiaSchii; young lady who was placed by her brother, some years go,'iu the Catholic school at Naz- eretli, in .Nelson county, near ISardstoWn, fur soui reaton bet-nme difuuitisticd with the school, and eloped one day hurt week. Sh made her way to Mount Washington, injpullltt eoiintv, a distance of twenty mile, on ftkrf, wliero she was overtaken by one of the faculty of the school, who essayed to take her back toXazareth, but the citizen! of Mofint Waihingtoii luter posed, and retained her ut a hotel in that place; ' Another ttuchce of the school ubenently visited MHunt JYashington and demanded the ctMtof! of tlio young lady, but did not ineeced in his attempt to retake her, tlie keeper of the hotel a vowingthnt he should have his protec tion ifsho desired it llie young )udy'a brother resides1 some place in V irginia. SI Still remain at the hotel iu Mount Waahiugron. . ' ni ' - j ' The young ady alluded to is Miss Ma ry E. 11. Miller, of Nashvillci Tennessee, who wasi.lacud at Naziretli by her broth er about one year ago. We publish below a letter from Misa Miliar herself, statin" her reatous for hrr flight froiii the con vent. , it aoiMiai that site was left at the school witii explicit instructions that she waa not to-be minrrcd to cmifoffiT briile requirement of the ltoinmi Catholic Church, hut to be left to the exercise of her own judgment and will iu religious matter. Tliese; instruction were alto gether disregarded, and severe plihish nients, eonttiicttieut for several days at a time without food, nnd other pennnces Were inflicted uihjii a roung and unnro- tectod girl to compel her observance ot the oo.xrrwioSAl- tlie mmt odious and ob jectionable of nil tho practice 6f the Uo- man 'alIiolicUhnrch. tue letters toiler frietuls Were intertrituil, and thus her coniplaint of tho religious persecution to winch sue was snhjecred were atillcHI. tins letter reveals a iiuleous nieturo ol wanton religious persecution visited upon a Protestant girl by the managers of this Ituniao Cathode Institution to .compel tier obtwrvance of the basest and most repulsive of all the rite of tho Iloman Ctinreh. Tlie following is the letter of Mis Miller : Mr. WasinxuTOX, March 11, Hall Tavcni, lhillitt Co., Ky. To Ikr ttiiur ikr lamurillr Junml i I notice in thi morning' Democnit an article iu relation to the escape of a young lady from Nazareth, a Catholic institution uear liaruslow;ii, Ac-hsoii county, K1.11 lucky. 1 hope throngh your columns to m al lowed the privilege of correcting the statement and giving the facts iu the ui-e. I am the fugitive SKikeil of, wli uscaj'cd from that institution, the corruptness of which uothiug but Kternity will disciose. 1 whs placed in this institution, Jan. iH, lM.)il, by 111 v brother, who resides in Niuhville, TiMin,, and not, as stated, in Viginia; with ixsitive instructions that he did not wish me educated in tho princi ple of tue lwiiuan Uatholic religion, leav ing that discretionary with myself. While attei.diug since that time 1 have been subjected to the severest kind of re ligious d s.iplino, contrary to mvowu fuel ing. My reasons tor leaving the school arethejHi: 1 have Iteen repeatedly con fined iu a room, i, .1, and oncj o din at time, deprived of my iillowancu of food lor uo other reason than taut ol rclusiug to go to confession. This and u variety of other punishments have been inflicted from time to time, exhibiting a dipoiliou like anything bufftiaf requisite for a stu dent fur from home fend under the pro tection of the teachers. ' - Their regulations are such that no let ter written by me could iuforin my fj iends of my condition. At length, when their command were past all endurance, 1 de termined to make good my ecao at the first opportunity, which 1 effected Feb. 1C, at e o'clock, l M. 'Having been all day in close couiiticment, I made my es cape 'during, prayers. I remained all night in the neighborhood and between I aii J 5 uext morning I hastened 011 foot to be beyond tho reach of my crsuers. At 'i o'clock 1 was overtaken by tlie over seer, on horseback, 2 mile beyond Mt. Washington, on my way Xq Louisville. Ho demanded my return : 1 protested and told him plainly that I. would not go. lie then nrged mo to go bAck to the Hotel, at Mount Washington, which 1 did, being first advised to do so by a gen tleman wlio waa accompanying him, as suring me that 1 should be protected. On the night of the 17th Dr. MattingTy call ed for ino at 11 o'clock, but, refusing to seo him, he remaned all uight and the next morning nrgojj me to. return with To tho people of Mt. Washington and particularly to Mr. Hall and family, un der whoso kind protection I am at present until the arrival of my brother I ten der my sincere thank for their kindness and sympathy in my behalf. The iuterHtsitien of tho inhabitant in my behalf and Dr. Mattingly' demaivd ing me a under hi custody and thuVmy brotber . resides somewhere in Virginia are palpable fahliaHl. . , ; ' The statements I have made 1 ntlirm and declare, a Gwl is my.' Judge,, tv be: tho truth aMd nothing put tue trutu. 'cents perpoun! by tne witti ot iwceni i. t Your with a-epet, ' . . Ilier next AtyHtta (O'oo.) -VoHStitttfwm-. MAKYE. a MILLER. aliit. K - , . - yvf - r. , , . . .-- , - . , ,-i ,f L - T ' " "SAr ;" Tnm Ikt Ktrttmuttrm Ctrwfisa A ihttmlt. , TIIE cnuucircA'N DO IT. . 1'y tha church we do not rneau tlie toembers, of any particular sect or com munion, but wo mean the professed dis ciple of Jeans Christ nil who prcifcss ro be governed by the principles aud pre cepts of our holy religion: In a late ar ticle, we said tlie church, nsing the term in thi broad setMe, could if it wonld, ef fect such an entire change in pnlilio nen-Uine'ut-in the drinking usage of society and traffic in stug drink, as to save the enormous, amount of treasure now worse than wasted. A,. Who sostaitiB tho drunkard makers? Every drinkim' honae. or drain shop, is a .drunkard manufactory, and the keeper thereof, a drunkard manufacturer. Sow, who are the persons that sustain these es-; tabliaiimenta! Certainly not tlie drunk ards themselves.- Itiuav well be doubt ed whether there is a rumsoller in the country, so lost to all sense of shame ns to keep his establishment in operation a single year, if none but the' miserable, besotted inebriate, would giveJiim cus tom. If shame did not do it, lie would soon find that his own. pecuniary interests rofpureu unn to abamJott Ins miserable business. , He keep his establishment not lot drunkards, but iu tho lmuae of another: for Miem iterance nun, twtfttl nun, Zioitoraltle nun. Let them forbear to use it, and show that it is not neces sary, and the evil will die; for they shnt the door, through which all temperance men and all drunkard have entered. Ttratv BH3J-irereriBce Wliefo temperate meu now are, iu the teuierite osoot strong drink; and temperate men u they continue this course, will, many, of them soon be where the intemperutu jiow arclswaioa would be there to see. On the' It is intemperate using which give the relish, prepares the war, and opens the door" to intemperance. Shut this door, aud it will not enter. Let temperate men give up the use of strong drink j audi tlie uvii will very soon be doue away, for j all who are now intemperate will soon , die, aud when they die there will bo none to nil their places. Having stoppua tlie temer!tto use, there is no door .tu intern A ' perunce. llijose who arc now intcmper- tte may distress ns tor the present. I tiev ; will Irowu and corrupt whilu here, ilut they are not to be here. He who made them ha graciously decreed that if they : will not retorm, tber shall go to their own places, and the earth be relieved of her burden. Let !ie entire body of professing Chris-" (tarts banish all that can intoxicate from their dwellings, close the 'family bar room,' aud pertinently refuse to have any coum-ctiou with tue sale or use of tlio drunkard's drink, and in a single year, tlie church can remove the evil troiu the land ; or if not absolutely abolish it, there can he but little iloulit that it can save all who are now sober, and secure a gene ration of mrvi who would no more think of selling fcVircighbot intoxicating liquor, tlnui tiicr would think of putting arsenic into lus well. We believe with Chancellor Wol worth, tin it tiiim will cvutt The church cmi hasten it 011 4 few short months, if it wili. Let every Christian set his face against the use of the drunkard's dlink, iu all places whatsoever, and let all respecta ble ladies, or even those who are profes sors of religion, take an unobtrusive, , quiet, uiii oociucu ami unyieiiitng iisi I1011, refusing ii.lisolutcly to couuteiiancv tlio use of such beverages, and those par ties where the first steps in thu road to diirkiH-ss are taken, and iu six. months they can effect a change in the habits of society that will save many a young man from rum, and drive away decent indi viduals from tlio business of taking. sober men and rnaiiuf.icturing tTiem into drtink acda. Tho inorul power of the olinrch.in anv great relorm, is overwhcliiiing. Tliis was seen in tlie touiH.i auce reform l'ioiikj 1830 to 1842. A very large portion ot the ministry and the church were then active iu the work, and their efforts crown ed with such success, that in five years more, tho same ratio of success would have witnessed a complete triumph troughont the land. Hut a set of pretended reformers arose from the ditch, aud shut out God and re ligion from the reform, aud by apparent success gained the popular mind, itood meu and woman, the ministry and' thc church, could, but. jauctiou the iutidel movements which were made by the so called reformers, who created a perfect furor ujkiii the temperance question. liOod meu were tiurly urivon I mm the field, and tho work abandoned to the Washingtoniails. This iinl'orluimtc movement retarded the progress of the reform at least fifteen years. , Lot the untiro body of tho church all good men and women agaiu ad dress themselves to the work, (and it is their appropriate work.) and the progress of the work will be far greater than ever before, from the fact that the whole sub ject is so much better understood by the community ut large. Shall noMhu work bo doue and t ho good secured i We need not say that tiodand posterity will hold us rcstioiisibio. - ' 11. S. C. Abingdon, Ya., ia built over a large cave, a new cnu-auce io ... ed by the into tl.aw the c.rcum.e.encc o, a flour barrel and thirty" feet deep. Going it Strung on Cotton. A gentlo man vesterdav uiailo two beta,' each 25, against SOlViiiafctsoWon will sell at thirty - -. ., -' - - i . " -. , .... ' ft. r ' fnm Pottf Spirit 1 MATBIMOXfAL ADVKllTISEMEXTS. : ( A lady who bad no idea of looking for a husband, but with large proctivitie for mischief aud fun, put a matrfmonial' ad vertisement in tli llerald, with direction Ubr answer to be sent to a certain signa ture at the liroadway Post Offo. Aakabwleiia to tlie-huinan mind, a genctalJ the advertisement appealed to the practi cal appreciations, by assuming a neat lit' tie fort n no in addition to an agreeable person, the teed of such temptation could not well fall idly upon such a fertile bot tom as is offered by the city of KeW York. Ou the first day that succeeded the advertisement the lady received sev enteen replies ; ou the second day thirty two; and on the third seventy-two; an. extent, an ardor of appreciation for her vaguely, described personal attractions, which even she was uot prepared to ex iect - -. Bewildered by tlie warm volume of adoration , and entreaty, which issued from this by menial magazine, the lady called to her aid five ladies as mischiev ous. aa herself Ono puir of hand anil one mind were, of course, quite unequal to the task of answering all ; to the batch of billet-doux was divided equally among' them, and each was to make n appoints mcnt with the writers on the following Saturday afternoon, ut four o'clock, on the lower side of the up-stuirs su1ik.ii of a certain jiopulnr restaurant in Urondway. Each of the ladies, 'moreover, who took the Uuk in charge, chose a dillorent col ored paper for replies. Finally, U was agreeu uuu ue wnoio six suouiu ou pre sent at the interview, and tl;ut each should wear the exact citstitmo prescrib ed tor the inamorata whom the sighing other hand, tlie gentlemen were directed to appear 111 all the varieties of attire and position which female ingenuity and mis chief could devise. Ono was requested to wear a bine coat and bright brass -buttons ; another to have his hair parted in the middle ; one was to be eating a plate of pork and beans, which, said tlio ingenious writer -ho dictated it, "you can. scarce ly expect to be ctiliua Tor by anybody else. Others were to bo partaj?i"ng of various dishes, or to place themselves in such attitudes and posture as were di rected by tlie writer,, , At four o'clock ea tlie prescribed Sat urday afternoon, every chair at every table on the lower side of tho upper sa loon, was filled with slick-looking, highly perfumed Leanders, all gazing into each j other's faces, aud each secret.)- cursing I llie lues which weujeu uuu so ciosoiy out nf tin Lillm.r tiositimis ami llisnliiv ..... ..0 r... c"v iiave tK'en a raaiun quite prevalent in which he had been meditattpg cversincete past he iMt his not6. And how the dishes . " ' L.i . t , ,., i . a smoked and the wondering waiters flew this miraculous flow of business, was ob- .vw ... .y.. . 1 liged to drop his own mutton chop, rind call out the entire force of his establish- . ... . meiit, to meet t.ie ciainorou, it not 1 hrpnlf.iiin.v ilplmimls Ar cypnlli.tnihll who r...r.-l ml. it to. I .j.t llinirt.. ....run I. nig plate of duck, or mess ot pork and beans in time. .i icnffin 1110 cir.su 01 succn anu kick , , t , , . , 1 , . . of stiff sk.rts w-as heard coming up the io , U( rj . st;urme minato after tonr, and un m-l All the important cities of the East, in a.norauaj.parl,dod iudaiksreen,)iulc;entti ' Bnrrullndoj b h wiui ueej. lur cape, onu aouuuaui unn.i inir lace w . ...... .1... - kJllU H.1 HilLIGVI Mil il.V U.IV. of tlk) liead with an infinitesimal hornet, and carried in her hand the limbic drif cambric, whose Shakusperiau strawber ries mtimated that she was the. h iiou '..1. - 1 .1 . ;.. 1. sue appoareu manwan wa.uuiM.,i the geutleman with the buff vest threw opeu his coat to the extreme; the gentle man tn the "blue and bright buttons buttoned bis cont entirely to the chin; the gentleman who was to lean backwards irOOtltiUtl V. COLI1IUU11CUU Ulllljo lii,o U 1 . , - , 1 '. . .. . . . . " the pork aud beans became vociferous fur mort bcan while tlioae who had ducks, iVo., were cqnnlly clamorous iu complain ing of the undue fulfilment of their or . ( ders. . . Never wini there such a clamor' heard in-that usually well regulated up-stairs saloon licforeand by the by never did it subside more suddenly than when a new brush of skirts was beard coming up tlie stuiis. All the Lotharios were once more in position, when lol another Cor- ue,.a,iu... rW.reu,vuwi appeaml, bearing the tl ra nt atrawber- I .I.'" 1 ..II ll l .!. - i: . ries as a c. a, .enge ... nor muiu, a.... sccr l .g wiin u, iiKo ajuuo, ro a aeai near; ine wauou 01 uio unu. is ueeuiess u , say mat me sensauou was now extreme fcome of the gentlemen who we tbeir hair in the middle began to loolj less fnrionsly at other t 1 J .1 .1 . . 1 J wnonau luornar panqo. in me same wulklT0f-bollcVlle,)CCi ia order to enter way, as mucli a to say, "Well, there w.tfw atoafLir- Our Saviour seems to one for each of us, auyhowl" Put most of tho party seemed more troubled than before. .A pause of some mmtites succecMcHi miiorea new -appear- ance U,k place, during which tuna the Lothario's ' were engaged in displuying thuir points to the best advantage ; and some, more ardent than the rest, pulled out tho various colored uotos they had re cti ved, aud either prctc'ndcd td read them or laid thcta conspicuously on the table. 'there s ono of my JellowswitU tue blue notel" said Mystery '6. T, oyer her SlllimiUI VI BtHlll, W iUMlTr a.Vl. ml. ..'pbere's one of mine," M, , . fc ttW,at imiu ic7m v do you think of Afisrustns, there, with tlie pork and beans before hiin, whoiasopen eively'leauiiig his cheek upon his baud I" said Myth the first but before the au swer could be given, Apparition three and four apjHtarod, aud bard upon their heels eaiue five and six. There was now perfect consternation on the lower side of s V 14- !a.r'-1r-..J i';Vr' ' " .T,.3a - - IS. - .1 V the np-stairs saloon of the fashionable restanraut In Uroadway. f Hie man on the tilt full backwards, and was shot un der the table ; there was general feel ing after bats and gathering bp 6f loose handkerchief and canes. . All at uc, after one - of those, short sudden nanios which convey electric sfampeae took place, ana me wuoie pnj, with more or less dignity according to the natures and shapes they had been put in made for the stairs and descend ed out of sight. It waa several minutes before they confd hand in their check and pay tlie score, and during this time the wisehievious bevy, with strawberry marked handkerchiefs, took full pay for their -trouble, in the-bearty laugh hcjr indulged in at the ludicrous tableau and exodus they had Just beheld on the part of gentlemen "who were so sharp after the "nnr little fortune" and whose mo tives were entirely confined to tlie object of getting a "congenial partner with whom they ooqld quietly settle down in Hlo. The Camel and the Needle's Eye. . It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle. than fur a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Mat. six. 24 Mark x. 25 ; Luke xviii. 25. I cau scarcely remember the time in my early youth when this text did not excite tny enriosity and wonder. In the davs of the Evangelists, as well as our own, needles were of various size. ThereJ. ttreilte litrge neodieSj sueh as 1'aul u&edk 111 making tents, and such s-lsoas arc em ployed in making the broad sails of some great admiral. There are the finest jiointe of steel nscd in ancient and modem time in the most delicate kinds of needlework, tit to deck the person of a queen at her coronation. Hie Camel is a beast of burden much used, in Eastern countries, Jt I about the size of the largest ox, with one or two bunches ou his back, with long neck and legs, and with feet adapted to the hot aud sandy desert. Such is the general under standing of the two more prominent terms of the passage of the holy writ now un der consideration. Some have supposed that a slightly va ried reading in the original word, which is translated " camel," might be adopted, by which the .pbraso would be made to mean a " cable," such as is used in an choring ship in the roadstead. Then the text would read, "It is easier for a cable to enter the eye of a needle," fcc. But ! the former is probably the 'most correct "lreadin. for the whol fifiire seems to 1; . f . . . 6 . ... jvmoiiirino liaoyionians, in wnose conn- elcf)Uant8 wre not UDCommon, tl.e 1. lniBe was. "nh e co hant iassinTt iron i a needle's ero." Hut the elephant was a j stranger ih Judex, while the camel was , well kuowu, aud therefore the latter was . ,,0 il)8teaj ((. th fi(rmer . - . . . . (() torce to the maxim. Ubviotisly . ... - - the object of this form of speech was to express a thing absolutely itnpossilile. !'., I !..... . .......1. .. u iiaw 'iici. m.ii Ail.Tviiui CAinuiw , f -,;i.:.. ,.,i.;..i, , d ,.,.. :. - tlie modern traveler infunim us, t tUe 1 , ...! i. 1 r .1. . .uc 101 .tkcii it j luie pus-mis iui .uu exit and entrance of the inliabitants. iiiose iiassage-wavs in times ot peace ,(y d but at ni-l.t thev were closed by massive gates, capable of re sisting any common assault. Now, by t.iu side ot these large entrances were ve- 'vrA and l.v th.o who bud HS- i"y - v, .V I'J .HVOV ....V 11. Ill ..Vl.to..... .10 "0 rortii or enicr rue ciiv nv -niirui.q . . - .1 ..... 1 1 . J 1 iiev were called t he need o's eve." as Lord NujroHt-aii Enirlih traveller of mod- em tlUies, when at Hebron, was dirocted to go. out by "the needle's eye," that is by tho small side-gate of the citv. The cam el can go throngh the needVs eye, but with difuculty, and hardly with a full load, nor without stooping. I think this expresses the just idea of the passage, "it is easier for a camel to go through the needle's eye. than for a rich man to enter the gate of heaven." It fs . v . . . : not impossible for a rich man to enter ; heaven Jur we. may believe there are jn tUparadiseof God wUo : eonsocril,w, tIlt,ir WCalth to the service of - t,icjr Rejocmcn and tru8tei, .; him al fw ,,.5, Hut just us the cum have reference to the same idea when he ays, "straight i the gate." And a the camel was compelled to stoop in order to uM h ,u ,ow aj uarroW te of th . ' . . , , - hl)lllilitT ' ! el roust be relioved of wart of his load ImmJ w ,.i TJboraU nniiist it. re o p.ir j . i.- .. . ,irou, lio "needle's' x- . ...i... .i.:..i. -a .i... i however - n . . , . .. Jim, wnniuu c luiinaiivr iuvi.um; Wntlcmcnl0??' o the rich man must d. vest himst-ll of n of t)lU mer, partv Jclate V oflaiiTo iiortious of hia.-. wealth in then, ' ..v.m in it A Hm. it iie would "see the iwu "in tne iuiit.es . 0 aU tloso ,luc9t.:wlj ,10 H(. ot joy. L hriMittn H . iticinns of each side came wonderfully to -.. ' conclusions identical with those of their JtiiCMKSi.-Xever lot it be forgatten that! respective leaders. But what remains then U scarcily singU moral action of a iuKle j l' greatliistorical fact, which m,.obiel1otl.er.oenC1U.h.vSuchknbwl-;K,,,",' " us from the iast, that in the i, n Hlim.ll0 j .urmauding in ' T cidvius, and the real deteraiining of its Ue4 fabric of Chinese society. The pal-' governor of au importaut province, and metits, a to warrant lhir pronouuemg a cou- trv Jotaila whether this act was legal or , at the time we arewriun tho ilame may cIumv jeugmcnt upon it. wait. ', ... ' mds to California consid- ., .j -i i. erable quantites of batter, beeon, egga and smoked meats, which lattor are uinch fresher than these cured in the Atlantie Swutca. TUej- coiumundthc highest j.ricca. V svvyy- - - - ---! a-, TTT ZZZX-rr, '.I -. - MJMBEIl XLYI - In what Wirht will these dulmte on tlie Chinese question appear to the'lihstorian who is considering the question ome twenty or fifty years hence! The two v&T it register, to the justice or injustice of demanding an interview with Commis sioner Veh: but the future historian, if bv uatieut research he makes huuself ae- j 1...:- -Ill, l.i.n l...vMw Ilethelll passed into oblivion, will iercoive that tlie battle has merely been ene between those immemorial enemies the "outs" and the " ins." Indeed the chivalrous adherence of each section to its leaders is almost ludicrou in itacomjdeteues. Chancellors and Beeretaries, in or out or otiice, Hikhops and unotlicial politician , even Admirals and Generals, seem all to judge of complicated occurrence at the other end of the world preeUely Jjccord- ing to tuts one simple rule. This, however, i nothing new. We do not experience. The present are not the first Chinese debate to wuicn we have listened. Seventeen years ago we heard all that we hear now, and in a much more Cicorofiiau and declamatory stvle. Tue Clmiose were mncu greater ueoDle in those day, n e bad not eouie to blow with them; we knew little about them bnt their painted dragons and j wooden field pieces. They were still the virtuous and powerful Orientals, with a paternal Uoverument, an aristocracy ol J earuinu. and a relicion of ululoaophy. fThetMyeateilcaa, crucltyHnui cuwardicoyi their tumults and their anarchy, tlieirex-i ecuthms aud mutilations, have coino to light since. , Like many oJUier people, the Chinaman had somehow, gamed a reputation which no one cared to over throw, and he received the benefit of it. In the full bloom of this good fame khe came in contact with the IirittsUrower in the East. The Whig Government supported it officials as it support tlieui to-day. lue suiijeei was utaen up hi home. jeeu we siaieme reauni i. 1 . . .1 1. x.ve- ry Conservative was indignant at tlio conduct of England against this wise, this peaceful, this ancient people. There waa another cry at the time which we do not hear now, the danger of provoking the hostility of the first power of Asia, consisting of 850,000,000 of the people, united under the most solid of monarch ies. ,On the 7th of April, 1840, Sir James Graham, thetheu expected Home' Secretary, introduced resolutions con demnatory of the Government. He spoke of the Chinese as a mighty people, all governed by one code of laws, speak ing one language, professing one -religion, and actuated by the same feelings of urtional pride and prejudice,, They traced back their history, not, likeTmrselves, by ceuturies, but by teus of centuries. They boasted of their education, their printing, their civilization, thuir arts.- All the conveniences and many of the luxuries of life were theirs when Europe was still sunk iu barbarism. Their an nual revenue was 00,000,0007. sterling, and theyjbad acanal 1,200 miles iu length, one of tho wonders , of. the world. This was the eople with whom the imbecili ty of our Government had bruwiglit us into collision. Then camo the details." The Government were to be condemned for allowing their Plenipotentiary to go to Canton, aud to announce hi presence by a letter to the Viceroy, instead of a letter to the Emperor through the Vice roy; they were to be condemned for not enforcing certaiu Iloyal 6ign-mannal in struction under the China Trade Act, for not taking' into consideration v' uggos tioti concerning a mission, to Pekin, for stilting, that our relations with China were amicable at a time when thev were seriously compromised, and so ou. All, - . . A .i.nc. n..t .k jarjH awa nt o.misao n- dorsed by "every Conservative. Sir W. Follett, with' the Solicitor Generalship in full perspective, addressed the House, just as Mr. Whiteside did on Friday night, in the severest terms agaiu st Her Majesty'- Uoverument. He was follow ed by llr. Siduey Herbert, who oon af terwards became Secretary of the Ad miralty, and who spoke just as he did last night, by Sir Frederic, then Mr. The siger, whom promotion also, awaited, and who repeated himself lost night with the prospect of siihilar advancement, by Mr. AV. E. Gladstone, who thus won his way to the Board of trade, by Sir. G. Palmer, and Viscount Sandon (now Lord Privy Seal,) in favor of the motion, and these of course alternated with au equal uum were blue-book from which member crammed the facts, aud article in which their siKjeches were criticized. There was much research about iletaiis that aro now forgotten, the ostabiishiueut of' iV- licoat A hamia, and the distinction bo - I tu-iutli-tin. ntlt..r illlil tint inili'P U:Lf..t ill i w i.i i. ,.r vcc utu Miu uviu ri 1 1 vi ii isu wi tiltitt. Ill ftiltfsft Vltll (lit it Wit. j the other act judicious"feao passed into j oblivion. lu tlio regular aud iuevftablu development of the world it was necessa- ry that at stftne period an adventurous fit, u,,' English should force tliemsofves into counexion with fee- blu and uupogresaive race like the Chi.- ncso, inhabiting a rich country opcti to jOt' u:l L: . '.1 C".- Hi', Wei -j tat. und j result. 1 mi c!,iiii"(: ot SI inistry produced ' no chitn 'e of iioiic v. The Conervativea under Sir liobert reel soon succeeded in. upsetting tho Whig Government, which had begun the war, but tlioy did not hes itate to carry out all that the Wbiga bad. . begun, and Lord Kllcnbo rough, who waa even more declamatory against hostilities tluiu he is now, proceeded to India, and ' Carried on the war with a vigour, perhapa : praiseworthy, but. cerfaijily inconsistent. - May we uot fancy that 17year hence, when Uritish enterprise baa afTocted still greater things; when China is opened through it length and breadth to Lurop cans ; wlten teamer have penetrated hundreds of mile trp the Tang-tse-Kianjc ami the Iloang-ho; when Chinamen are working a the cuttings for their first railways when, in fact, under the be? nevolunt tutelage of tlii country, these.,, hundred of millions are being brought into communication with the busy world. and raised iu the scale of humanity and and render but a faint tribute to tho da, clauiation of Lord Derby, Mr. . Cobden, and Lord John Russell, er the legal sub-; duties either of Lord SL Leonard's or Sir i An occurrence like tlie eu 11 re of a petty craft ia the occasion, and not the cause, of such change as aeem impending in China- ( Lefaus, then, uu derstand things aright, and not forget the great stream of events ia watching the little babble which rise to the surface. The concerns of Englrnd in the. East are- . to uiomentous to be made mere party qnea tions, and the men to whom those con cerns are iut rusted have aright to expect that their conntrvmen will ooDose them "Alvea to suchmmafbry'deonnciationa , t., 1 t m i; 1 .ij as we uave iuieiy uearu. iuis ainuoi. ( rhetorical indignation about aggression and inhumanity is the easiest thing in the world; bnt Parliament should have a wiser judgment and a better taster and not iuijpcril the "great concerns of. the'"" country in deference to the interest of party, or even the impulses of humanita-; riau prejudice Fnm lit Union TimtM, Mvci 1. Hie Government is not disposed to de lay for a moment active measures for the settlement of the Chinese dispute.' Tlie, Opporttoti will be gratified to a certain extent, inasiiinclt as a Plenipotentiary will shortly proceed to China with full powers to conclude a peace. This per son, whoeverhe tnay Be, will not, indeed; supersede Sir J. JJowring, or in any wajr dispense with the assistance of the men' who are at present conducting tue affaire of the country in the Eastern Seas. ,Ue" wilt, however, nave tlie advantage of knowing the wishes of the Cabinet from ' tlie months of the Minister themselves,6 and lie will be acquainted with what has been said and done at borne, while Sir J. , IJowring, Sir M. . Seymour, and Air. Porkea will be able to supply hirn with the necessary local knowledge. A mili-' tary commander, with 5,000 men, willi , . i .i ... i '. .1.? a.o BV viids iv umwiuue w uw nwv of the disturbance, i Of course, if the area : of hostilities widen, this force will be !n-' creased. The Plenipotentiary, will, we ( believe, seek to establish direct ' commn-' uication not with Yeh, bnt with the Em . peror. Tlie Opposition which holds7 Lord Palmers ton responsible for the acta of officials at the other side of tlie globe can hardly deny that the Court of Pekin 1 should be held accountable for the acta ' of one of its greatest satraps, a potentate -disposing of the Uvea and fortunes of ten ' millions of its people. - 'isil'v J" From Lord Palmereton's statement on -llinrsday night we learn than an attempt to bring tlie civilized world into," closer" communication with the Celestial Empire- had been, under consideration by his r, (ioveniment long before the outrage ia ' tlid Arrrinr. 'In ftt thrt' -mlatlnnA luw ; tween onr morcliants and the native an thoritics had been for a long time in an n nea y state, especially at Canton.'' It' will require a mind singularly philan- tbroptcal to believe that the ouer or re - . wards for tho head of Englishmen by -Yeh, the mutilation and murder of the . Tliistle and sundry" European atragglote ' by tho samo (lersonagc, the.bnrnlng of the factories, the poisoning of the Hong ' J kong bread, and the threatening notices" of the Chinese mob in places so wide apart as Ilonijkong and Singapore Wore merely he.effects produced on untutored minds by onr own cruel treatment. - A rovernor and tieople so ready and skillful in tho perpetration of the vilest outrage ' must have bad some little experience in t . crime and insult, and some little pre vi- ous ill-will towards the objects - of heir' vengeance. How tme this is we find from the return of the outrages suffered by British subjects during the last few years, outrages which were latterly tend- were only avoided by the nnceasing'pre-'' caution of the English residents. A' clearer understanding with the Chinese -Government and-opportunities of morel frequent intercourse were therefore pro , bably thought necessary by the Home Government. The position of -the em--, -j.ire also demanded some such stop. Re bel armie held some of the most impor tant cities, and tho tottering dynasty of lie Tartars was unable to hold its osi tio,n against these domestic enemies or' to oppose the aggressions of the Russian empire, which has lately advanced ita frontier some hundreds of miler furtlier south, and taken possession of the valley of the Amour. V To endeavour therefore .. ...-.....? ;.l .1 VV .'w . .1 to uptju co.ui.tuuicaiions wuu uie c-emnu ' Oovennuviit in conjunction with other j nations, snc'i as France aud America, i was a natural course. So far from deir-. I 111 t, ..ml.A.il 1 1 . .-k n. Liititpv iti o t.w.al lia. 4t Canton, it was ti.e desire of Eng. j lish politicians to relieve oiyr trade from j the insolence of the- Cannon authorities j by drawing closer the rejatious betweeo iu and tlio monarchy itself. ' ; The conduct of the barbarisri Yeh, iiwui'yvr, j'rcciiuuiiou aum lucuiiuu iuo . j i iiiut .m Vii orA nAiw nf wu it-1 til tKaa i. . ,.:..:.... . i i u iiavusprtrad to every p:irt of the empire. It is useless therefore to tali of a merely peaceful mission. Whenever the Ploni- potiary is sent to "negotiate with - I .Court of Pekin, he uVt be preceded the or accompanied by such u force as will con i viuco that treaiic cannot be evaded with impunity, nor tho demands of civilized
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
April 14, 1857, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75