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the
of this quarter of the globe. Moreover,
consequences
es which will probably
future from the present state of affairs, are still
result in the near
more momentous. At the time of the last war with China (1858-61),
a Common national
feeling
could
hardly be said to exist throughout
the vast Empire. It was then little
- more than a loose confederacy of
Provinces
over
which
(as in the
decline of the Roman Empire), the central Government exersised very slight authority. In particular, the
southern
southern Provinces, of which Canton is the capital, sared little for liking,
which is situated at the extreme
- north. One significant illustration of the statement, among many that might be mentioned, is found in the fact that, in 1860, there was
no
a
difficulty in raising at Hongkong corps of above two thousand (2000) Cantonese coolies to act as porters to the allied English and French expedition against Peking. These Coolies even carried the sealing ladders at the assault of
Dome
the
of