Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-11-28

The patton 81 t5e gttat posefs Of Europe a.
Z this momeit, h"wessT inieI'sinRi 3 isr ifea
Itsli.glble-pr,hars aH be more interesting tr
is my>t-rl a. liuH he EsneIal belief that The
( fate OF nafiors ard tie peace If tue void harg
upon tie Iuudrrs and shmt-sightfdRe a.
much IS u9on cay confirmed schemes II the
Ststesm,n Of rance, England and Russia I or
Au,tra need net benamsd, as brIns q power
essentially passive IN the opening al the gIahd
drama. She has 40 uavy, 10 colonies, no
| schemes Of iorrign conquest, no cause Of love,
hut-d or dread dthe do'ngs OF sayings OF the
obstinate old crocodile Of the Mic, Mehrmtt
Al, general C. ton merchant, trant, philosopher,
conqueror, sntuoso, aud whatever Else is grad.
meau, grote>que ami coutiad Glory. Austria has
Moth IA. Ia do with the virtues or Inc vir,s, the
! gIeatn,s o. the httleness Of Mehemet Ali. lie
may shake h.s tlfn locks never so Nddly-they
cannot reach her, Pe>t'd quietly in the bns"in oI
! Europe. But Aust has something TO do with
RisGs, Prussia and England. With the for
ner she ON ted n dismemtcrnl Poland,lEd with
all three made common cause equally against
! FFnch liberty and Fnneh daspotsm ~ III; wars
OF the Rcvolution-it may be set down to hnht,
therefore, that she is found party IN the alliance
to settle the ownership OF syria. Neither has
Prussla any interest in the difficulty in lis present
shape, aud to her the +" eastern question:" mlglt
as we'll be dispute for thu Australian Island. as
tor SYRIA. II Is a que .tiun OF division OF spos,
sooner later, OF OF d strbulan of influence be-
tween England, Russia and France. The Mtd.
iteuanean is the first oblect--Enga land would
oontrol t-kussa would, get iont.ng omit, aud
France dreadinl the oyershadowlng naval power
Of the one, and the exhaustlfss resources, the
non government and graspns ambition OF the
| other, IS necessarily IN opposition. France could
gam noth'ng even by having her share in The d.
VISION Of he Ottoman Empire compared with
what she would lose by the distribution Of the
rest Of II between England and Russia. France
could gam nothing beyond the mere posses on
Of so much territory, diminished in value by the
disgrace OF entering lntosa conspiracy to dlsmem
Der an emplro because II was weak and peaceful
and unsuspectng. Whereas the other powers
| may seize the most important advantages without
the actual ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF Turkey. Russia
might gain free passage into the Mediterranean
for her fleets as we'll as her commerce; she
might get military pos. Trebisnnde for III.
stance on the southern shore of the Black Sea,
an ther point Of control equally over Persia,
Caucassla and Turkey. England only wants
possession of the lsthmuz, OF Suez, OF The city
/ of Aleppo, with merely the "riehI oiway" to the
Euphrates and the control OF that noble river,
and she will thenhaye opened two great routes
for steam communication with India, each Of
which wall greatly iacreaSe her commerce extend
her Influence and draw together the disjoned
| members ol her empire. The two great aggreS.
sors fear not France--.he cannot eliectualy
ihsart their successfully command and WILL
command the sea, BY which alone France could
check Their progress in the East,and It GAS most
polite Of them 10 involve Austria and Prussia in
their alliance, Who cannot share IN the plumber
of Turkey, and who f France determines on re-
siSnnce, stands convenient to catch all the blows
For # there he general collision, these results
| would seem the very first consequences that En-
gland and Russia quietly d'sp"se Of Turkey or
whatever Of il they choose, under their cloak,
while France pouIs her conquerng legioDs INTO
Prussia and AuStria--and how happy these two
las. will be in Their state Of the blessings OF The
Eastern question: Ii is true these consequtn
ces may be only momentary, and that the aaghty
trade Of general war may sweep them into in
significance II is true that all the schemes Of
the ambitious might vanish before domestic m
surrectiuns and social COMMISSIONS thit gene.
raj war might end IN a general revolution, and it
is probably this consideration more that any 9th.
er than restrains the statesmen Of Europe. The
national debt the Charsts and the corn laws,
are stronger arguments with British rulers than
ether the sense Of justice or the fear Of France.
Charleston Mercury.