The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-01-08

mutllate this passage, much TO It's disadvantage.
Enough, however, is given TO prove the opinions
OF an excellent Judge on the natural CONNER
lcial advantages Of Ccnslantinople. and its pic
turesque beauty, combining magnifcence and
simple elegance in supreme degree.
| la the December number of Blackwood, we
have an article which is written with eminent
philosophical discrimination. It's title is 'Gui-
got p and il is devoted to the consideration of
his works and such collateral subjects as natu-
rally present themselves in an extended exami-
nation of an author so justly distinguished.
10 the passage subjoined, the writer express
es the opinion, now becoming manifeslly pre-
dominant with the British press, that the Turk
Ish empire is near its end. He assigns, as a
principal cause of its approaching dissolution,
the mode of tsxaton. No doubt this is cause
of great weight; but it is not primary cause
nor, perhaps, does he mean to place it in that
category. IL is cause arising out of other
eauses-out Of rapaeiIy and ignorance, which,
again, spring from religion which
"Oners permanent bounty on sensuality. Within
very lew years every public servant ually emascu-
lated BY that unmltsd righteousness, which, equally
the MoseLi Princes and he common Prophet Of all
Moslems, countenance as the proper object Of human
pursuit Here is the mortal ulcer Of Llisu ighieh car.
sper CLEANSE ibs from death and The OdoT Of death Il poll
heal ulcer ,OCuLd, NIGH haze found restoration for H.
SIT; tui his ulcer Is higher and deeper Il lies IN The
religion whieh is incapable Of reform II Is ulcer
reaching high the paradise Ohieh Blanlisn promises,
and deep as the he'll Ohieh IL ersalss"'
We now come TO the quotation from the De
GENDER number:
The which produced the extraordinary,
and al hrsl sight, unaccOuntabe depopulaon of the
country districts not only IN Italy, but IN Gaul SPAN,
and all the European provinces Of the Roman en-
pire, explained by GulZot IN his sssays on the hO-
~ u France, and hare been fully demonstrated BY Sis
mondi, IhIerry, and MicheleL They were a natu-
raj consequences Of the municipa system then uniyer-
sally established the very basis of civilization IN
the whole Roman empire, and may be urging
RON similar. cause the Turkish empire 10 dissolution al
tbs day. This was the imposition of a certain liked
duty, as burden on each municipality TO be raised,
indeed, by It's own members but admitting of no dim
mutton, save under the most special circumstances,
aud on an express exemption from the Emperor.
Had the great bulk Of the people been free and the
empire prosperous, this fxiy Of impost would have
been the greatest Of all blessings. But when the en-
pire was beset on all sides with enenes-only the
more rapaclous and pressing, that the might OF the
sgions had so long confined them within the compa-
ratlyely narrow limits Of their own sterile terrific.
ries-and disasters frequent and serious, laying
waste The frontier provinces, IL became the most
dreadful Of all soourges because as the assessment
on each district was fixed and scarcely ever suffered
any abatement every disaster experienced increased
The burden on the survivors who had escaped il
until they became bent down under such weight Of
taxation, as coupled with the small number of free.
men on whom 1t exclusively fell, crushed every at
tempt at productive industry
For some profound remarks and much useful
dissertation on history in general, we would re-
fer the reader, with a strong recommendation,
to this article. 1t traces the steps by which the
philosophy Of history has adyanced-shows
how greatly il has improved under successive
preceptors and encourages the hope that it will
go on advancing, until the lessons derived from
it shall be so much dtIuseG and so extensively
the rule Of action, as 10 bring a state of actual
improvement in society. far ranscending that
which now exists.
The English regard it as their destiny to
spread the name and influence of the Anglo
Saxon race over at least one half of the globe
The strong probability is, that they are not msta-
ken. But the Eastern world is to be the thea
tire Of this vast fame and moral and political
control. The Anglo-Saxon race of North Anne
RIGA will undoubtedly exert a similar influence
over the Western Hemisphere. Factions poll
tcians Of narrow views and narrow feelings
will disappear before the majesty oi the North
American People. They will be made TO know
their insignIiicance, if they do not reform their
views, and embrace the broad scope of our true
policy and certain destiny. The following passage
in the article on Guizot, to which we have re-
erred, is highly interesting alike from its truth
and the insight 1t affords us into the expanded
views Of Grea, Britain with respect to her own
control of human affairs. For the ardent de-
sire for the extension Of English power and in
uence Is Characteristic of nearly all her lead
ing journals. OF this we may say er uno
disco OnneS.
The vast agency of general causes upon the pro-
gress OF mankind now became apparent Unseen
powers, like the deities of Homer in the war of Troy
were seen to mingle at every step with the tide of
subunary affairs; and so powerful and irresistible
does their agency, when once revealed appear that
we are, perhaps now likely to fall into the opposile
extreme, and to ascribe too little TO individual effort
or character Men and nations are alike borne for.
ward on the surface of mighty stream, which hev
are equally incapable of arresting or directing; and.
after surveying the vain and impotent attempts of in.
diyiduas to extrcate themselves from the current
we are apt to exclaim with the philosopher He
has dashed with his to hasten the cataract: he
has waved with his fan to give speed to the winds -
| " A nearer examination, however, will convince
every candid inquirer that individual character exer-
cses, if not paramount yet very powerful influ-
ence on human affairs. Whoever investigates mi
nutely any period of history will find on the one
hand, that general causes affecting the whole of so.
ciety in constant operation; and on the other,
that these general causes themselves are often set in
notion directed IN their Effects by particular men,
Thus of what efficacy were the consistency Of Pitt.
the foresight of Burke, the arm of Nelson, the wis
dom of Wellington, the genius of Wellesley in
bringing to maturity the British empire and spread
ing the Anglo-Saxon race, in pursuance of its ap.
pointed mission, over half the globe What mar