The Arkansas advocate., 1830-05-05

| - e'osAAi VI S'Sh1o Iii progress. dlf- iefing indeed from those of the south
 aid west of Europe, but of absorbing interest. Russia, long dormant, was be- coming sensible to the stimulus oI the times. The gigantic projects of it's guiding genius, the Semiramis of the north, gave energy to every source of political power. From karnschat<a to the Baltic, from the Euxine to the Fro zen Pole, her ambition pervaded every region, every cline! Under her auspi. ces tie interior of her vast dolniliions was made to disclose its wealth. and towns were created in the midst of the desert. Every provision was made for the welfare of her subjects; population was promoted; industry aneouraeed; li- terary institutions ensio, f; knowledge dltiuseds the internal administration m- proved, ana distant seas were wiitened with the commerce of Russia. Even in the land of the rough Scythian, a dwelling place was found for the elegant arts of life, and the solid pursuits of sci ence, as well as for the finer forms of li- terature. But all the endeavors of Ga tharine to promote the civilization of Russia, cannot atone for that deed of in- fanny, the dismemberment of Poland.- Humanity weeps OCT this esbloodiest picture in the book Of tiine;' ? but her grief is not wholly unmingled with con- solatlon. Short-sighted is the policy. which the unhallowed lust of aggran- dlzement can impel to outrage the ob- legations of international faith. and de- stroy the most essential ingredient of national influence; but far more short sighted IS the policy which for the sake of present advantages dares to insult the feelings and stir up the indignation of the whole civilized world. Tyranny has its strongesttoundationsin anti viee, and whatever measure tends to quickenvirtuous feelings, to give yigor to free discussion, is in tyrants an act of political madness. Theirvery excesses become the most efficient weapons in producing their overthrow.
 How beautiful is that great system of fetflbution aud compensation, which is found to prevail, as far as our experi- ence reaches, throughout the physical and moral universe! By the mysterious order of nature, connecting the human mind with the various circumstances of life, an inseparable league is established between virtue and happiness. How universally do we find the evil to perish by their own devices, wrong to involve its own antidote. No wonder that some of the ancients, ignorant of the grand truths disclosed by divine revelation, were led to regard the combined mate rial and moral world as divine being. and the laws of nature as the einana- tions of itssuperior intelligence. Well might they do so! for the Greater had fixed his seal upon his work and pro- nounced it good! In conformity with this economy of nature, the high-handed violation of faith and justice in the par tition of Poland was indirectly beneficial to the cause of civilization. It's triumph continued to increase. In India. mer- cantile enterprise was subjecting to British dominion, nations and kingdoms, of which Europe had never heard.- Knowledge, wealth and industry began torevisit their primitive habitations. The country, from which these streams of civilization were poured upon India, had long been the bulwark of liberal principles, the envied model of liberal institutions. The government was po- pular. The nation was attached to it by all the ties of deep-rooted prejudice and mutual sympathy, for it was the es- tabilshment and patrimony left them by their fathers, and under it's banners the British name had been borne by victory into all quarters of the globe. They were attached to it by all the ties of mu- tual dependence and mutual interest, for the nation felt itself portion of the state, and knew that on the maintenance of the national prosperity depended the efficiency of the constitution. Great Britain did not remain entirely unscath- ed, but the mass of the nation was al- ready in possession of those rights, for which the greater part of Europe was on the point of revolution. Truly the period of Washington was momentous period. On the character, on the sue cess of the first movement was at stake the present destiny of civilized man. Shall tyranny prevail9 Shall oppres- sion and error, and superstition draw from the contest fresh vigor to the work