Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML. Toggle navigation. Edgefield, S. We copy in another column an account of the bombardinent of Takoo by the French and Eng lish. This movement against China is one of vast ,iomient-it may be regar. The termination of hostilities by a treaty of peace, as announced in our telegr'phic columns, is an achievement which will make- an important era in the histor of conenoree-in the spread of Western eivili z.
Our telegr. We are, therefore, left in ignorance 'f its provi sions. We must renemb. Their rapid approach to this consummation alarmed his celestial majesty, and this treaty has been extorted at the nouth of the cannon. It amounte to a concession to terms exacte I by vi:torious invaders. What, then, is it reasotable to sup pose are the terms of that treaty? Why, clearb -in 'tommerce, su. We mixay fairly anticipate tliat it will throw open the ports of China; that it will remove all restrictions and discriminations ; and that it will thus give an unpreedented impetu to the coinumerce of th world, by opening to the adventurous merchant the trade of upwards of three hundred million.
The independence of China is now gone; as much' so as india, will she be under the military rotection of the s-vereignties of Hu rope. We may expect to see Enagland and Fauibe,. That these great Eur ,peaU nations will ever again be involved in war among themselves, we think exceedingly improbable.
These nations have beocome too civilized to war amoing ienselves. They will now league together and cotimi alies :n the conquering progress of pace. This is the commercial aspect. Though their forms differ, they all acknowledge and profess the same religion. We may expect from this union, a rapid dissemination of the Gospel truth; and the concurrent actioa of Greek, Roman and Protestant Christians, will probably effect a fu sion of whatever of discordant elements may nov exist, and the construction and consolida tion of a pure, holy, harmonious and truly catho lie religion, that will be acknowledged through out the world.
That those results will not be slow in elaborating their own fulfilment, it is but natufal to suppose. When we see the agencies at work-when we seo that steam and electricity are the instruments, While England, Franee, Russia and Amer:ca are the agents--what may we not expect?
