The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-11-11
THE POLICY or RUSSIA.
Tran&tatcd fran the Rcvae Encycfohediqne,
tor tie .tczc York Daly .fdpertiser.


in the policy otthe Russian government, is eX-
hibited in the art of assimlating conquered
nations with the empire. Since the times OF
Rome, whose laws seem to have been plan
ned for the conquest of the world, no country
has been constituted, like Russia, for the eX
tension and the preservation sacqusltlons
Russia, like Rome, having perceived It nc
! cessarv to form her empire OF Il crowd of ma
tions, differing in religion, manners and IAN
giagc, has established Il rule allowing to each,
all those things which are held dearer than
political existence. Thus all religions arc
equally tolerated /; nay more, they are
equally protected Their exercise is public
and pcaccable, even in those parts of the en-
pirc inhabited by people OF different faiths.
Each religion has it's own temples, affairs, and
ministers. In Petcrsburgh, for example, are
erected places of worship for Greeks, Jews,
Roman Catholics, and Protcstants, i'll al their
varieties of I.utherans, Calvnists, &c. In the
southern provinces, lslamism is freely pro
fcsscd, bv those who obcycd the laws OF Ma
homct before they were reduced to the Rus
sian government. In the cast there arc still
idolatcrs; and the government does not per-
secutc their ldolatry, well knowing that, i'll
the course of time by the progress otinprore-
ment, men will rise of themselves to purcr
belief, to a system better fitted for our nature
and less opposed TO the majesty OF our Crca-
tor.
Russia never attempts by violent measures
to make conquered nations forget the Ian
guagc of their ancestors that intellectual in
heritance with which arc always connected
so many delightful rccolcctions and hcreditsl-
~ virtues but the government trusts to the
inscnsiblc, but etiicacious operation of those
r,f.1n Gin ,it,lEt Etart
the interest of every man to learn he Ian
guage of his conqucror, particularly When
that conQueror is adv vancing with bold strides
along the path of civilization. With these
circumstances also, are combined all those
which flow from the intercourse OF man,
drawn from different nations, and assembled
in tile same camps, underline same standards,
and finally, all the motives OF ambition, and
the hope of private fortune, which, sooner or
later, induce the conquered to acquire, and
to employ alone the language OF the conques-
or.
1t is farther permitted to every people to
preserve its own customs and manners. he
Tartars are allowed to fight, as they have
done ever since the times of the Parthians
and Scythians the government having con-
tented itself with forming chosen bodies of
this irregular cavalry, to place them in the
ranks ofthe Imperial guard, to offer them as
model to the barbarous bands, which by
degrees have learnt all that was necessary
to increase their force i'll discipline and eX
crcse. Already 10000 Cossacs Oh the bOl-
tiers of the Don and Danube, arc oganizcd IN
to regular mounted lrnccrs, and other light
armed troops, with well mounted and well
managed light artillery. This immcnsc
body Of cayairv, ready ut the first signal to
ht.J f,.,s
tory which furnishes them with tic neces-
sarits Of Subsistence.
Militnry enthusiasm is the rulins passion
amuna these tribes, who have heretofore ne
yer known any other path TO renuwn, than
that Of battle. When the Frf ncl army had
penetrated into the interior Of Russia IN 1872,
this body Of Tartar cavalry, rus, iil-c one
man, took up their Inc of march y 4 terri
bic winter, hunyry for their pre!, and pur-
sued without pity the victims OF a dcvourinG
climate. Companion" they would cry
TO each other, ehraBed at the valour OF our
sol,';crs even in the midst Of their misery
and nakcdncss; Companions, what shame
il will be to ua, ii we leave these skeletons to
rise from the graves and escape us p And
1 so saying, they Would throw themselves up
4 on the remains of our plalanXcs with re
doubled tury.--I'hiS is the support which
4 Russia may rely upon obtaining in time Of
need from the mCst uncyili4cd part OF her
\ population.
We must therefore acknowledge this disa-
J grccublc hut iucontcStible truth, which is
forced upon us by an examination into tic
state Of things, that from the Baltic to the
Adriatic, from the mouths Of the Cattaro, tt
chat Of the Niatula, tho unhappy system
adopted by the great Gernlantic powers, il.
rcsistibly urges the Inhabitants OF an in
mcnse zone Ct provinces 10 stretch ont thci
arms towards thc Muscoyitc dominien.--
4 Germany has but one way to escape the dan
ger which threatens her; and that is to ini
tate Russia in the depth OF her views and tEr
generosity Of her measures towards her sUb
lects.
The following is from Il letter, written h,
the Rev. Pliny Fisk to gentleman in tn
city of Hartford, Connecticut. The letter WI,
not intended for publication, but the charac
ter of the writer, the opportunity which II
has Of observation i'll Il country 50 interesting
as that in which he is laboring to fulfil tn
: purposes of his mission and the attectonat
, regard which is iclt for him by SO many, wi
4 make it acceptable to the public. 4Nrro'
!, BEyRoor, May II.
/, Very Dcar Mr---Your truly acceFtabl
II letter of Jnly 15ta did not reach ne I'll
: January 4th. have delayed answering
: till now in order to send with my answer ant
o thcr boN of minerals. Inc box is now full
e and | send it to the care OF Mr.. f.varts, b
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