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Published: 2017-10-28

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 9781527920798

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Excerpt from The Chinese Repository, Vol. 7: April, 1839 Furthermore, Observing the present condition of the popular mind, I find so universal a spirit Of indignation aroused, that, should you foreigners remain dead to a sense Of contrition and amendment, and continue to make gain your sole object, there will not only be array ed against you the martial terrors and powerful energies of our naval and military forces - it will be but necessary to call on the able bodied Of-the people [the militia or posse comitatus], and these alone will be more than adequate to the placing all your lives within my power. Besides, either by the temporary stoppage of your trade, or by the permanent closing of the ports against you, what difficulty can there be in effectually cutting Off your intercourse? Our central empire, comprising a territory of many thousands of miles, and pos sessing in rich abundance all the products ofthe ground, has no bene fit to derive from the purchase of your foreign commodities, and you may therefore well fear, that from the moment such measures are taken, the livelihood of your several nations must come to an end. You, who have traveled so far to conduct your commercial business, how is it that you are not yet alive to the great difference between the condition of vigorous exertion and that of easy repose - the wide distance between the power of the few and the power Of the many? As to those crafty foreigners, who, residing in the foreign factories, have been in the habit Of dealing in Opium, I, the high commission er, have early been provided with a list of them by name. At the same time those good foreigners who have not sold Opium must also not fail to be distinguished Such of them as will point out their depraved fellow-foreigners, will compel them to deliver up their opium, and will step forth among the foremost to give the required bonds, - these shall be regarded as the good foreigners. And I, the high commissioner, will at once for their encouragement reward them liberally. It rests with yourselves alone to choose whether you will have weal or woe, honor or disgrace. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Chinese Repository, Vol. 7 written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-28 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Chinese Repository, Vol. 7: April, 1839 Furthermore, Observing the present condition of the popular mind, I find so universal a spirit Of indignation aroused, that, should you foreigners remain dead to a sense Of contrition and amendment, and continue to make gain your sole object, there will not only be array ed against you the martial terrors and powerful energies of our naval and military forces - it will be but necessary to call on the able bodied Of-the people [the militia or posse comitatus], and these alone will be more than adequate to the placing all your lives within my power. Besides, either by the temporary stoppage of your trade, or by the permanent closing of the ports against you, what difficulty can there be in effectually cutting Off your intercourse? Our central empire, comprising a territory of many thousands of miles, and pos sessing in rich abundance all the products ofthe ground, has no bene fit to derive from the purchase of your foreign commodities, and you may therefore well fear, that from the moment such measures are taken, the livelihood of your several nations must come to an end. You, who have traveled so far to conduct your commercial business, how is it that you are not yet alive to the great difference between the condition of vigorous exertion and that of easy repose - the wide distance between the power of the few and the power Of the many? As to those crafty foreigners, who, residing in the foreign factories, have been in the habit Of dealing in Opium, I, the high commission er, have early been provided with a list of them by name. At the same time those good foreigners who have not sold Opium must also not fail to be distinguished Such of them as will point out their depraved fellow-foreigners, will compel them to deliver up their opium, and will step forth among the foremost to give the required bonds, - these shall be regarded as the good foreigners. And I, the high commissioner, will at once for their encouragement reward them liberally. It rests with yourselves alone to choose whether you will have weal or woe, honor or disgrace. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.