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turies ; to her extensive literature, containing many works
of sterling and peiiaanent value ; to her thoroughly elaborated
language, possessed of a remarkable power of expression
to her hst of scholars, and her proficiency in belles-lettres.
" If these," says Dr. Nevius, " do not constitute evidences
of intellectuality, it would be difficult to say where such
evidences might be fqund." Further, China has given a
literature to nearly forty millions of Japanese, and also to
the inhabitants of Corea and Manchuria. If the Japanese
surpass the Chinese in skill and impulsive action, the Chinese
excel them in intellectuality and morality. The better
classes of Japan use the Chinese classics, much as we do, in
our collegiate coui-ses, those of Greece and Rome.
For centuries the Chinese have been traversingf the downward
segment of their national cycle. Compared with
Americans, they seem dull and phlegmatic. Though their
bodies are healthy, they lack energy, muscular force, and
mental activity. To see a Chinaman in a huriy would be a
marvel. They walk their narrow streets moderately, seldom
getting excited about any thing. Gymnasiums, and vigorous
athletic exercises, are quite unknown among them. They
have the appearance of being timid ; and yet they are persistent
in accomplishing what they undertake. Most of these
Chinese labor sixteen hours a day. Their industry is proverbial.
THE CHINESE COOLIE TEADE.
Portugal ancl Spain, Christian (?) nations, commenced the
coolie traffic some forty years since. Labor in China was
exceedingly cheap. Europeans were quick to discover this.
Accordingly, a Spaniard from Peru, while at Macao,
China, seeking a cargo, conceived the idea of securing under
some pretense a crew of coolies to work in Peru. This he
did under the false promise of conveying them to the
island
of Java, to return in a few years well paid for their services.
But they were landed in Callao, South America, never again