Identifier: cu31924029346875 (find matches)
Title: History of American missions to the heathen, from their commencement to the present time
Year: 1840 (1840s)
Authors: Tracy, Joseph, 1798?-1850 Peck, Solomon, 1800-1874 Mudge, Enoch, 1776-1850 Cutter, William, 1801-1867 Mack, Enoch, 1806-1881
Subjects: Missions Missions
Publisher: Worcester : Spooner & Howland
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
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e Imperial Commissioner, and afterwards destroyedby the command of the Emperor. A decree was published, that no foreigJimerchant should henceforth be allowed to reside or trade at Canton, excepton condition that his life and property shoiild be forfeited, if any opiumshould be introduced; thus making the innocent responsible for the crimesof the guilty. By order of Capt. Elliot, all the British residents and ship-ping then withdrew from Canton to Macao, and other points about themouth of the river. Other foreigners, generally, followed their example.The American merchants and ship-masters, taking shelter under their igno«ranee of the language, agreed to the conditions, so far as they understoodthem; and Lin, fearing that all trade would be stopped, assented to thequalification. It is probably understood by both parties, that they shallnot be responsible for the smuggling of opium by the ships of other nations.By this arrangement, the whole Chinese trade, for the time, has fallen into
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312 HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN BOARD. their hands. During these transactions, missionary operations were im-possible. Even Dr. Parkers dispensary was closed. He, however, has re-peatedly been called upon by Lin for information concerning Europe andAmerica, and on various important subjects. If these struggles end in theexclusion of opium, and the establishment of a system of safe intercoursewith China for those who do not traffic in it, the gain will be immense. Ifit ends in shutting up China as closely as Japan against foreigners, but lit-tle will be lost; for missionaries there are of little use, so long as merchantsfrom the same countries are destroying the people by a contraband trade inopium. * * * _ BoKNEo. Early in the year, a part of the families of this mission com-menced their permanent residence at Sambas. The Board has communicated, through the Rev. Mr. Baird, with the gov-ernment of Holland. It is now known that the restrictions on missionaryoperations in Netherlands India e

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