Daily American telegraph., 1851-12-22
England and Russia.

! England and Russia.
We call the,attention of Congress and Of the
people of the United States to the following ex-
tract from Kossuth's speech at the dinner given
him by the persons connected with the Press in
New York. Speaking Of the idea Of the common
Language of the Sclavonic races, he said:
Russia got hold Of the sensible idea very
readily. May be that the young Alexander had
| in the first moment noble inclinations; he was
young, and the warm heart of youth is suscepti-
BILE to noble instincts. It is not common in his
tory; such Francis Joseph's, of Austria--so
young and yet such Nero as he is. But few
years Of power were sufficient to extinguish every
spark of noble sentiment-if there was one in.
Alexander's young heart Upon the throne of
i the Romanows is the man soon absorbed by the
Autocrat. The air of the traditional policies of
St. Petersbuygh is not that air where the plant of
regeneration can grow, and the sensible idea be-
came soon weapon Of honor, oppression and
! Russian preponderance Russia a0Giled hersesfc Of
the idea of Panslauism to break Turkey doscn, and
to make an obedient satellite out Of Austria. Tur-
key withstands yet, but Austria has fallen in the
/ snare"
And again, in his address to the military in
/ New York, he said:
! "THe power of Hungary wiU become The indis-
pensa5le basis Of freedom in the nations Of Europe.
The great enemy of that freedom is Russia. Aus
tra is its satellite, leaning on its aid. Austria is
going on to crush down Italy. NoD, can Hun
gary be barrier to oppose this poacer Of Russia
I answer yes. You are nation of twenty mil
lions, and have an organized militia of three mil
| lions. Hungary is nation of fifteen millions.
Then ii can at least haze one million of organized
citizen soldiers, hope. That is the positive basis
of these hopes for Hungary, that it can be q bar
n - IL. IN
negative basis is the weakness Of Russia itself"
These extracts show that the " traditional poll
cy'' of ST. Petersburg has been to break down
Turkey-that Austria has fallen into the snare,
and that Kossuth now seeks to interpose Hun
gary as barrier to the progress of Russia. He
asserts that the power of Hungary will become
the indispensable basis of freedom in the nations
of Europe, because Hungary can have one mil
lion of citizen soldiers.
j The traditionary policy of Russia has been to
sbreak down" Turkey, and the traditionary
policy of England has been to prevent the policy
of Russia. And why does England interfere be-
tween Russia and Turkey? Because England
has the same thirst for power and dominion, and
because England knows that if Russia is permit
ted to seize upon Constantinople, Russia viii
then seize upon her East India possessions, which
constitute one of the chief elements of her power
and greatness. England may, therefore, well
say to the Turkish Envoy, "we win send the
whole British navy to protect the Dardanelles." /"
England may well give aid to Kossuth, because
the citizen-soldiers Of Hungary viii fight the bat
ties of England when they fight for the indepen
dence of Hungary. But such is not our case
We, too, have our traditionary policy, and that
is jealousy of England. Why should we fight
her battles? Why should we protect her East
India possessions Isit to promote the cause of
freedom in India We have seen that India pays
to England twenty millions of dollars per annum,
for which England makes no return. That tri-
butte was once paid in India manufactures; but
now the improvements in spinning and weaving
by machinery enables England to produce like
manufactures at q cheaper rate; and the conse-
quence is, that whereas in 1914 India sent to
England 1,266608 pieces of cotton goods, in the
year 1887 England sent to India Ga 2l3 633 pieces
of like goods and the effect has been that the
Governor General of India, in an official report,
4 says:
"The sympathy of the court is deeply excited
4 by the Board of Trade, exhibiting the gloomy
picture of commercial revolution, productive Of
so much suffering to numerous classes in India,
and hardly to be paralleled in the history Of COM
merce."
The effect has been that famine and pestilence
have carried millions to an early grave. One sim
gle city where two hundred thousand were en-
ployed in the manufacture Of fine muslins was
in few years reduced to population Of thirty
thousand. Four million pieces of cotton goods
were received at Calcutta in 1912 from the inte-
rior in 1886 and 1885 there were received but
two hundred and fifty pieces! How was this
accomplished? England legislates for India, and
whilst she imposes duty Of twenty per cent. on
India goods consumed in England, she compels
India to receive British goods at duty Of three
and-a-half per cent Such is the condition Of
India, and such the policy Of England. To per-
petuate her dominion in India, she must arrest
the progress Of Russia, and to do this the battle
must be fought on the plains of Hungary. What
have we to gain by fighting her battles Win
, her power and influence be exerted to promote
interests or to advance the cause of civil lib
erty We say again, look at India, look at Ire
land, look at Cuba, look at Mexico, look at Cen
tral America and at st. Domingof These, each
and oil of them have claims upon our sympathies,
because the withering blight Of British influence
and British policy is destroying them. No; we
will not fight the battles Of England nor Of
!. Russia, because we must husband our strength
and our resources that We may successfully fight
our own.