The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-04-18
RUSSIA AND THE IT,, STATES.

present time Two nations, which, starting
from different points. seem 10 advance to-
wards the same end; they are the Russians
and The Angle o.Amercans. Both have grown
in obscurily, and whilst men were looking
cIsew here, thcv have suddenly taken place
in tho first rank of nations. and the worlI
has heard al the samct'me Of their birth and
of their greatness. All other people have
reached the limits imposed by nature and to
he engaged only in preserving; they increase
while others have stopped or advance with
great effort; they only march with all easy
and rapid step in career TO which The eye
secs no limits
Striking as these sentences were when
they were published, sane twelve or fifteen
years ago, they seem more remarkable still
when We read them at the present time.
Within The last year The discovery '"i fine
gnId in California has made the parallel
whch the French writer draws doubly I'M
pressive. Since the Ural mines were first
wurkcd, in 1928, tho amount Of gold in cir.
cnIa,ion has been vastly increased accord
Ing TO some statements they furnish more
,hln ne-haIf 1i the annual produce of gold
at the present liuc; and 1t is only by the in
crease in general production that the prIce
of rnld has been miinaincd. Now tho u
nilcd States have found large deposits os
gold IN their new territories, and will here
after co.oprralc with Russia in facilitating
commercial intcrchangeS by makng tho
circulating medium more abundant. Rms.
sa has got the star, nf lis in furnishing the
world with gold; and it is probable that the
Ural mines will prove richer and more mex
haus,Ib!c than those Of the Ser; Nevada.
BIT in securing the Eastern trade. which
will enable us ln command the cnmmerce
nl the world more cftcclualIy than by dig
ging and cniIlins gold, we think that we are
little ahead of The Russian Empire. We
have secured California. and hold San Fran
cisco in pcaccahc possession. We are c.
ven talking about railroad from that port
to the Mississippi. Bu' Russia has not yet
got 10 Conslanlinoplc: and 1t may cost her
some lime and considerable trouble toreach
that Golden Horn which she expects To
make the Horn of Plenty that is To pour out
on Europe all The treasures of China aud In
d Il. She must gel CnnSlanlin"pIe or else
she cannut get The trade of the East; for
railroad n.cr the Cral Mountains IS imprac.
lihle, and Nicholas. in aIlhis q ganllc schemes
Of Improvement, has never thought of such
project.
In our article Of yesterday on the Russians
~ rransylvania, we eHdcavorcd to make it
appear that through all The troub es and d'i.
fcllrcs of European politics. Russia Is stead.
rIy purSu ng The great pr:za OF Constantine.
pie. And If the Gar can succeed in gam
ING possession of that port, he may raise IFS
fallen fortunes aud make it what il was III
the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the chIcI
emporium Of As:atic trade. A railroad a.
cross the islmus of Sucz would be bu,
ch,lds play to him who planned the road
from Odessa To ST. Petersburg.
In other things, too, besides time, we have
the advantage Of Russia. We have more
commercial enterprise. mnre maritime cx-
pcr;cnce, more sci rel wing habits. We have
history, also, in favor. The trade "t tho
East has been steadily travelling westward;
if we NAV he permitted to Use s'lncthlnS "f
ball. FIRST, i, was the Iadmor OF the
Desert. then Tyre, then C"nsian'lnnplc,
| Venice and Genoa, that commanded the
! Chinese and Indian commerce. Afterwards
Portugal. and lastly England, got the rich
priz. in her hands NV VIC are struggling
for il; aud we may depend upon II that II
the Gar even anncxcS CnnSianllnnp.c Ths
Iosscssiolls it is with the Russian and n"l the
British Emp;rc that wc will have To contend
for the Eastern trade.
The recent events in TransyivanIa. anil
lhe tlrnand lately made rpr the passage ni
Russian fleet through the BoSIhorus and
! Dartlanclrs in,o the Mediterranean. show
| us that the Gar is rlrl d:Snnscd {" wait long
for Cnnsan,ianplc. The pear has been a
long time ripcnug: !c Is becoming anxious
To pluck it, 1--WE are wise we will make no
unnecessary delay in getting connccIInn
with California five wait ten wears lor
the road that is To connect the Pac.fic with
| the Mississippi. we may find nal that we have
been TO, late. Aud drubIc will he the shame
| il we are E,rcsIallcd by such u government
As the Russian; double ought to be our dSap.
ointment if we find n,u that wc have been
at II in the race by government f"'ndcd
nu dcspoism and utterly snbversIre "l al. hu-
man liberty. fur the sake Of lh: whole
human race, as well as for oar own sake, we
nuuhi TO hasten our movements and speIdI-
iv build up port on the Pacific that will
make lis the neIg ghbnrs Of Canton and Cal
cuta. With a CITY at San Francisco, we
viii he nearer To China and Japan than the
Russian Emperor is though hr lr'!d all the
| wastes Of Slbcria, AMI tear down the Great
Wall that has resisted storm and tempest
and mans rage for 50 many centuries.
~ o. Crescent.
LOVE AND AnsENIc.--A Miss Johnson
daughter OF Leverclt Johnson, representa-.
tive of tuvahnga county, OHIO, died very
suldenly the other daY and q post mnrtCm