The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-12-17

earth lust consists Ia rendering nature subject 10
him. and in improving and fcocting Il, according to
the dictates Of For this very cause no lasting
peace, bat only srntstsoe, Is imaginable osh people
sho do 'oi acknowledge The abeps dssliay u man, bu
passing lheir eri.ieaos under despoe Government ia
state Of anarchy and la.oisssssss subject 10 the
biainsss Of their ruler, aud 10 bind Jaiauy founded
on sysiss Of predesaats supersion sheh propes ays
insirsolntdbe barriar 10 epery active advance % rd
tioaal improvement. Europe can neper lay dol1n her
arms ie,g her Southeastern territories are "a pos
session u people incapable Of raising Themselves u he
dsa Of legally political union, and ,cho prone 10
ealeh only The moment " tranquility, for snpad.ng lAe
heart Of our quarter Of The Globe pit The sespepie
fury whieh hurried them across the HsHesponi."
az as has been asserted, and which many prep'ra-
tory events seem 10 confirm that Catharine OF husia
entertained the daring scheme OF extending her kng
d, IN from the Black Sea To the Archpelagus, md
raising ConstaDtnople once more 10 The seat oil Cris
tian empire This plan might not appear sufiicieuly
ripe for the age she lived ill., and might seem imPsc-
ticable from the then existing unsteady ana Jeaous
politics OF the European powers, VINO wou'd haoiy
have permitted such aggrandizement buf upds
nevertheless grand idea, and Il may yet DC one day
carried into execution, The The common ,nteress Of
This ohoie portion Of HE globe become NE SUBJECT o. on
sidration. But 10 her belongs The glory o. hapng bsun
this great toork, and Of having formed setlemens on
the northern of the Black Sea- the ancient seat
Of Grecian refinement, Of which Odessa at east
has already risen 10 high state OF prosperity, and
has been admitted a recipe cal operative member
in the system Of European commerce" But this
plan cannot be fully deve cd, nor completed IT,
SELF before the Dardanelles, under Eripean petee-
ton and dominion, become accessible TO all nations FOR
this purpose, in concert with tie whole OF Euope
Russia coul.i lend helping hand from the Dne,ter,
and Austria from the Danube, and the reeonqust Of
the Turkish provinces, with the cooperalis IN
the north of the Servlans attached to freedom md
the new Grecan races in the south, would not Fob-
ably difficult task, as the expulsion oil the
Moors from Span. If then, as lays in the natuE oil
the idea having formerly existed in reality, Chris
tian empire were founded in Constantnople, nthe
centre of the Adriatc Gulf and the Black Sea, and
from the south point of the Moea upwards as far as
where the Save empues itself into the Danube, and
along the banks If this river until il loses itself in
the Euxine, point Of appui ,coud be found capable
Of supporting and organising every further pla'' to,O0rd'
re-esnblihing Euopes pristine glory and consolidating
her communication ,rith .4sia and .9fica.
"The reunion of the islands Of the Archipelagus
with the newly formed empire, would necessarily
follow of itself; and, in ancient times, colonies would
oul sh on the southern shores of the seas bounding
Europe, the Pontus in Asia Minor, and iD north
crn Africa, which at present is subservient to the
Turks For Europe is never secure from the attacks
of barbarians, and fresh popular Limitations, unit!
she again mistress other entire natural territory
and her opposite shore,t be reDsated civilization,
European manners, and friendly commercial inter-
course. CDsarea and Carthage, Cyrene and Alex
andra must arise again, under the ggis of Europe
Miletus, Ephesus and Smyrna must become enlight-
ened and free; and from Propontis TO the promon-
tory Of Rhetium, chain Of industrious cities must
be formed such as the ancient world boosted of 10
Prusa and Nicomeda, Chalcedon, Sinope and Ira
pezus
Such is The true colonial system Of Europe, to ac'
comp sh and establish which, we trust considerable
armies will be made use of for the last time!
The author from whom wehave now so lib
orally quoted, has but sketched the outline of
measures which there is abundant reason 10 be-
eve are nolD in state Of inception; and
which, in less than ten years, will be seen in
the full process of development, palpabe even 10
ordinary vision, and affecting in greater or less
degree the state Of all nations.
In the year 1894 there was not living soul nor a
hut on the spot where Odessa stands. AT pres
ent (lslS) this city has already 1000 stone houses,
and above 10000 inhabitants. Above 800 ships leave
he harbor annually.
By this he means the shores Of Africa and Asia,
opposite to those Of Europe on the Mediterranean
and Heespont.