Peking the Goal the Sole Hope of Peace Comprising An Inquiry Into the Origin
Peking the Goal the Sole Hope of Peace Comprising An Inquiry Into the Origin
Gideon Nye
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"Mark ! England lulls suspicion in Europe by "sending out but half a dozen Frigates, - while in India she "makes great preparations!- What is the meaning? A new "settlement it is said is to be founded :- Where ! On the "mainland of China ? "Indeed j this struggle between the "oldest "Nation of the Earth" and the most powerful Naval Power "in the World, is fraught with consequences of the most "momentous nature ; such as but few in the World properly "comprehend and appreciate. "- "Heaven grant ...that in its results it be be- "ueficial, as it may, to both to the whole world. " I am, Sir, Your obedient Servant. (signed) "An American. " There were two miscon- ceptions in this letter : One that the force intended was to be much more powerful ; the THE SOLE HOP. E OE PEACE. 53 other that the preparations, being chiefly in India, were kept private in Europe and Ameri- ca ; whereas the British Government, in the sense that the movements of England con- cerned the other Western Nations, had com- municated its purpose of redress to the Ameri- can Government ; and disclaiming more than such redress and security for the future, had restricted its force so far within a requisite one for conquest, that it was quite inadequate to the real requirements of the occasion.
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