The Chinese soldier. who was once content to confront his enemy with the beating of gongs and the parade of elephants. under the discipline of the finest European officers. has been transformed into a dangerous adversary. as the French learned to their cost in the Tonquin war. This nation. quick to appreciate and apply the missiles of destructionof her more enlightened neighbor. has now the most approved smallarms. with the largest guns frowning from her forts. while her war vessels have not been neglected. The immigration of large numbers of Chinese to this country. with our efforts to exclude them by force and by treaty. as well as the treatment of our missionaries and traders in that country. have presented some of the most delicate and difficult political questions in our diplomatic intercourse. In our treaties with that nation we have been met with 9 generous and liberal spirit. We have been prompted by no spirit of aggrandizement. and hence they have felt confident of our disposition to deal fairly by them.
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Generalization about Chinese soldiers and their transformation into dangerous adversaries.