The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-09-24


Of course ready to run to the opposite extreme
and believe al the fables put In circulation by Russian
for the purpose Of spreading exaggerated
1t may be asked by what signs are we to detect the
Russian agent emissary, whether In the press
Russia Ia always Wanting the nvincible valor of the
Cssrstroops, and the inexhaustibe nature Of his
sources During the present struggle in Hungary, We
have ali witnessed with disgust aud indignation the
policy pursued by the Russian division Of the press
Whenever battle has taken place the partzsns Of
dard According to them. the flung arians have inva
rably been worsted while the Imperiasts have owed
their triumph entirely to the aid Of tho northern
barisus. As facts however though they may for q
time be mirepresented still stubborn things aud
will at last force themselves upon the knowledge OF
mankind, the skilful Russian emssary at the proper
moment, effects to discover the deceit that been
put upon him acknc Wedges. with the aifectaton OF
extreme caDdor that the Russian armies met with
reverse but is careful to add by way OF save that
though the Magysrs may gain some temporary sdvan:
tsgcs IL Is impossible that ultimate success should
crown their arms on account OF the prodgious power
Of Russia.
1t would betray . very weak system Of tactics in
those we'll paid agents to suffer their partially APP
pear the subject though their zeal does frequently
betray them into this sort of imprudence In
they appear TO be tho most Impartial of the human
race, Being moderate men 1t lie, Of course impossible
TOR them to sympathze with persons of extreme OPT.
MONS. They not for violence, they are not for
bloodshed they dislike insurrections they abhor civil
yet they would be glad were 1t practicable to
grant some sort Of constitutions to tho oppressed and
miserable nations Of the Continent But what is to
be done! Those nations remain uncivilized, and
ctrcumstdnco
vided among themselves contest would therefore,
be hopeless between them and the autocrat Of Russia
who, they assure the world, could pour whole millions
Of soldiers forth upon the face of Christendom
sequently, II the Nagyars gain victory IL IL only
protracting the unnecessary euson of human blood;
and II they defeated why this, though to be- la
mented in some Is upon the whole be- reoiced
st seeing that 1t likely ts bring the unhappy strug
gle the sooner TO conclusion.
Freedom, meanwhile, has no chance Of ultimate
triumph; Its cause must fail-it has Russia against 1t
And then there is France governed by another iutu
m of he M h.
another Of his Instruments and Naples Spain and
Italy are In the same predieament Wsmust not,
dinghy be too ssngune in visions Of liberty
TO mankind, for though such ideas may be extremely
amabie they are inconsistent with the
truth that Russia 10 all powerful and that people,
whether servile or free, can successfully make head
sgainet IL.
In this wsy the Russian portion Of thu press in Ger
many In France, ay and even il England hght the
battles CT despotsm Occasionally when con-
trsry influence Is vigorously at work, the Russian
agents relax In their efforts and affect for few days
to be impartial They put on the appearance Of SYM
patty for Italy or hungary, and will admit that
the extreme party In france may be aiming patriotic
objects But when public suspicion has thus been laid
asleep, the agent gradually resumes his duties to
Russia actively earns his gold as before Some-
times IL IL not gold, but something seductive,
that Ia brought to bear upon the Of public
opinion who is invited to grand parties and allowed to
fancy himself 10 high favor with beauty and fashion.
The cause Of bis welcome Is kept carefully in the back
ground lie Is suffered to vent his opinions, be they
ever 20 liberal and 1t Is only limited to him that pos
sbly much may be said In favor OF that great power
which hs appears to misundersand and be apprehen-
men have been cntrapped especially in Frasse where
the Russian party strong In the salons Such strategy
not altogether unknown in London, and 1t Is to be
feared that many an apparently sturdy and nde-
pendent wit has had bis public virtue undermined by
this refined system Of policy. We know that at Y.snns
ladies enabled 10 hre in the highest that they
might be the better enabled sytes. and further he
Of Mefferneh and his Emperor. suspected that
the Ds an oil the great capitals of Europe wik
sot,ees, aud balls an ne interest Of dsSpohsn The
OF unwilling the whole OF the system 1t would be dim
Al. M he pasf mart ~ he hS
once induced 20 inquire, much may be done towards
(From Russia a pamphlet by r. Golden
Supporting Russia were to seiss the first moment Of
her occupancy Of Turkey to begin to build ships Of
war and by aid Of Greek sailors TO a fleet at Con-
staniinople and presumipg moreover, and having
obtained violent possession Of Sweden aud Norway she
to employ similar for erecting power
In the Bsltic-et US then call the attention of our
readers 10 the defrnceless and dependent position in
which her territory would be placed owing TO the pc
globe The fole outlet for the waters Of the Sea Of
Marmora and the Black Sea Is by the canal Of the Dsr
danelles called the Henespont passage whose rsvi-
gable width scarcely exceeds 600 yards length Of
nearly 80 miles. 10 blockade the entrance Of this
strait would require that couple OF ships OF the line
a frigate, and steamer should be stationed mt Its
mouth and with larger force than this might the
egress any vessel be prevented from the seas
and not only So but these four men-of-wsr would
constitute In the eyes Of all foreign powers
ing TO the Law q nations sufficient blockade, they
would deprive Constantnopls aud the whole Turkish
empire, Of all foreign trade besides shutting from
The commerce Of the Mediterranean Sea and tie rest
OF tne entire coast OF the EutiLe anu
Thousands ~ miles 81 tributary rivers
fw now transfer attention 90 tho northern por-
lions Of the Russian empire shall find that the pat
Of the Sound, through which all the trade 10 the
Baltic 10 compelled TO scarceIy less than
that Of the Tablespoons and provided Russia had gained
possession Of the interior Of these straits according 10
The supposition Of the sarinists then half q dozen
thps Of might Dramatically seal the whols Of north
Europe against the trude 81 the world In short
Kussis with the addition q Turkey would possess bat
two outlets, each more contracted thsn the river
Thames at Tnbury Fort and as these could be de-
clsred In state ot lawful blockade by less than
dozen vessels 81 i s clear that herself hae
doomed Ruftia 10 be In condition Of the most ahjeet
and prostrate subsection TO the will II the maritime
powers This Is point q paramount Importance, in
estimating the future growth Of the country under
siderstion IL should never be Lost sight q for
Dent In arguing upon the subject that Russia In pos
session q Turkey and all the Of the Black Sea-
besides Der present stupendous expause 81 territory
would sti be denied by the hand % nature herself
navigation OF more than three miles In width to
meet her millions OF leagues Of territory with the
rest Of the gobes peculiarly the strking since
u could mot be found to exist In any other quarter Of
the earth
IL ~ deserving of notice that thes. straits
which guard the entrances TO the Black Sea aud the
Baltc, ere nearly three months sail distant from each
other and the track by which alone they commu-
ncate lying through the Straits OF Dever and Of OBJ
ratar, II msst To apparent that Russia the mis-
tress 81 those channels she could not pas from the
to tbs other. unless she In Amicabe connection
with Great Britain.
Thr HIM EnursnA