The Chinese Admiral Kwang, in an interview with Capt. Eliot, proposed, that as the Emperor expected a battle from him, it was necessary for him to have one, but says he, “spose you no put the plumb in your gun, I no put the plumb in mine.” This anecdote all serve to show the sincerity with which the “son of Heaven” is served by his officers. From all accounts we should judge that he is the most humbugged of all monarchs and that the present war, will be the means of breaking up a system of peculation, deceit, and oppression for more disastrous in its results upon the country, than years of warfare. China, like a man long disturbed by some painful disease, requires a powerful remedy for its deep seated malady-or rather maladies, the deepest and most inveterate its political world is heir to; pride, ignorance, and falsehood.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Admiral Kwang (1841)
Source: The Polynesian. Honolulu: Saturday, August 14, 1841
The Chinese Admiral Kwang, in an interview with Capt. Eliot, proposed, that as the Emperor expected a battle from him, it was necessary for him to have one, but says he, “spose you no put the plumb in your gun, I no put the plumb in mine.” This anecdote all serve to show the sincerity with which the “son of Heaven” is served by his officers. From all accounts we should judge that he is the most humbugged of all monarchs and that the present war, will be the means of breaking up a system of peculation, deceit, and oppression for more disastrous in its results upon the country, than years of warfare. China, like a man long disturbed by some painful disease, requires a powerful remedy for its deep seated malady-or rather maladies, the deepest and most inveterate its political world is heir to; pride, ignorance, and falsehood.
The Chinese Admiral Kwang, in an interview with Capt. Eliot, proposed, that as the Emperor expected a battle from him, it was necessary for him to have one, but says he, “spose you no put the plumb in your gun, I no put the plumb in mine.” This anecdote all serve to show the sincerity with which the “son of Heaven” is served by his officers. From all accounts we should judge that he is the most humbugged of all monarchs and that the present war, will be the means of breaking up a system of peculation, deceit, and oppression for more disastrous in its results upon the country, than years of warfare. China, like a man long disturbed by some painful disease, requires a powerful remedy for its deep seated malady-or rather maladies, the deepest and most inveterate its political world is heir to; pride, ignorance, and falsehood.
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