The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-18
RUsslA AND TME Rest or EUROPE.

RUSSIA AND TH a REST or EUROPE.
The demand Of Russia 10 have free passage ipr
her flee, through the Dardanellea sill held under
consideration by the Sultan, at the last ndyices rom
Eufope.-The probability had amounted almost TO
granted and the especially as II was understood
That il mol granted IL would be takeE.
Russia finds II important 10 have fleet IN the
Mediterranean and TO have the means OF access 70
that at her disposal The condition of affairs N
Italy Is such that strong naval force commanaing
ie bay OF Naples would be OF great use IN me way
Of furihering the designs OF Russia, whether py
strengthening her diplomacy or adding TO the mum
The time 10 evidently approaching when the long
cherished plans of Russian aggrandizemen. IN .he
South Of Europe are 10 denand thelf consuh s,ao'.
The Emperor steadily pursuing his Internal system
Of rail roads by the best aids OF science ana mscha-
zeal Ingenuity 10 be had at home OF nbroad wiz soon
be enabled 10 behold the ancient and the modern
CAPITALISTS of his Empire connected togetner ano
both Of them in communication, By easy and rapid
intercourse with Odessa on the Black Sea. This
great point once achieved he will find himself capa-
BE Of concentrating the whole iorse 81 ms domn-
made the depot Of immense magazines and stores
und ornaments, such the world has never yet seen.
Then sweeping the Black Sea with his mighty
sqnadrons sezing upon Conetaniin0ple, and holding
The passage that eads into the Mediterranean, the
whole of Southern Europe will lie open TO the ap.
breaches of Russia.
Or, should her designsof conquest extend no far
her for the present Than the possession OF the Tur-
kish territories, which she can have for the taking,
her position, mistress Of the Levnnt and the eau
cdsns may make her formidable competitor for the
trade Of the East; and Il may become her policy 10
direct more through It's ancient channels that
lucrative tide Of traffic which, In former times, gave
greatness 10 Alexandria; which heightened the mag
nihcence Of Byzantium into an imperial splendori
which built up ths palaces of Venice and Genoa;
and left, wherever /, flowed. the rich deposites Of
golden current.
Whatever the immediate or prospective designs OF
Russin may be, the world awaits with anxiety her
next movement. Her step Is the step OF giant; her
Dtride Is thar Of Colossus; all Europe hears the
sound of her football and trembles with the rever-
barnton. II Is not forgotten that Suwarrow once
crossed into Italy, and that Paris has seen tho Cos
sacks.
History has told how the sunny plains Of the
South of Europe were once oserrun by tbs hardy
tribes Of the North, against whose assaults this bui
wHrks and battements OF Roman power-that armed
organization which made its empire one ramp, with
every town ciiadeicould neither afford success
full resistance, nor obtain any terms Of surrender
short Of demolition. Itmay ngain happen that Scan
dinavia will pour fourth her hordes; and that modern
Scythians joined with the rnces OF Iartary, issuing
from the "fIozen lons' OF Siberia, viii be smitten
with faacinaon a, the sight Of Italian beauties be
charmed with the scenery Of the Rhine, md quite
by the delicious favor Of the wines of Bur
Eundy and Champagne.
"There are at the present limo" says Dis TocauE-
WILLIE, .two nations which starting from different
are the Russians and tho Anglo.Americans. Both
have grown In obscuriiy, and whla men were look
ing elsewhere they have suddenly taken place In
the first rank Of nntons aud the world has heard al
the same time of their birth and of their greatness
All other people appear to have reached the limits
imposed by nature, and TO be engaged only in pre-
serving they increase while others have stopped OF
advance with great efforts; thoy only march with
an easy and rapid step In career 10 which the eys
sres no limits.n
These TWO progressive nations, alike In their rc-
sistless faculty OF progress, are altogether unlike In
their means of advancement; In the spirit that
spectiyely actuates them; In the nature and genius
81 their institutions and In the great objects which
they contemplate. They represent the two charac-
teristc types Of human nliure-the sentiment Of
personal freedom, the one hand, and that Of obe-
dienee 10 authority, on the other. Our progress
suits from the aggregate activity OF a multitude of
individuals, each pursuing his own ends or combn-
Russia advances by the concentration OF aggregate
energy, directed and controlled by one WILL and
steadily kept TO the accomplishment OF single pnr-
pose. How different the modes, YET how similar the
Tesultsi We are continually enlarging oursborders
by the spread Of our settlements, meeting with no
very stubborn elements Of resisance but our Euro
pean rival moves by conquest She has wresied pro-
Vince after province from Turkey she has partition
ed Poland and extended herself along the Baltic, by
possessing regions once owned BY Sweden and Dem
mark. We conquer by I'M army Of eqnatiers and
frontier eiligrnnts, who 90 armed with axes and
poughs; they have rifles chiefly for game and Use
cavalry only Tor wagons. Every pioneer settler Is
picket guard every log cabin, nm advanced post
The Government knows nothing about them until
they are ready TO make government for themselves.
But In Russia the subject never loses sight Of the
Government, nor the Government Of the subject.
These points Of difference are infinite. The two
greal empires are as we have said representatives Of
two tendencies, which embrace, in themselves and
in their accomplishments, all human characteristics
the tendency by which men seek TO be governed,
and that by which they strive TO be free The ono is
oriental and gives birth 10 despotsn II is blended
with profound religious sentiment dnrkened into
superstition or hardened into fatality. Tho other
tendency is Of Western ORIGIN and constitutes the
germ OF republics; II is prone 10 regard authority
not as parental guardianship, but asia power to OPP
press. The excuses Of both are easily perceived
II Is for civilization 10 harmonic tho two, 10
mako each productive OF its best and most useful
results. - Bali amer.