Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1851-12-22
The Power OF russia.

Several presses, in discussing the "Kossuth Inter-
venton dcCsrine,' argue in such manner, as would
lead the people Of this country to suppose that Rus
sia is, in all material aud essential elements pow
erfd empire, and chat, in the language OF the Boston
Courier, sit is accessible TO cannon and nothing
else." Wedo notthnk it will strengthen the posi-.
ton Of these Journals, to give impress
sion Of the power of the Autocrat; or that it will
the of peace, encourage the idea that
the civilized powers cannot by cannon, prevent
the spread of Russian Cossackism. Russia is really
weak nation. She is weak by reason of the slave-
~ that exists in her heart, and is only strong by
Of the exterior aid, which the money -ocracy
Of more civilized countries render her, when she at
sacks liberty. Russia is vast, incoherent empire,
OF upwards of sixty nations, amounting to about fifty
millions persons, and spreading territory of
nearly four hundred thousand square miles.
The unity Of this empire is secured by military
law. II is governed by one vast army of military
automatons, under the command Of the EMPEROR
Such country, which, in its Northern divisions,
is cold and STERILE and inhabited by rude, barbarous
races, cannot possibly be strong, except in recruits,
which are the raw material of war. She has not
capital even TO build railway, or harbor. Her
whole commercial intercourse with Western Europe
is one of credit. The products OF Holland and Eng
land are sold to her credit, and she pays in bris
ties, tallow. hides, sleeps wool, hemp, and tar
Russian armies cannot exist for any period in cohe
sion, without they are warning in country where
they can obtain abundant subsidies. Dependant on
the commssariat resources Of their own government
they could not continue three months campaign.
The Campaign in Hungary was evidence ol this
Starvation swept off thousands Of Russians in Tran
syvania, in ls49, in Consequence Of the utter bank
ruptcy of the commssarat, and. If Russian and Aus
TRAN agents had been refused loans by the Earrings
of London, and the Hopes and the Rothsch,lcs of
Rotterdam and the Hague, and if the traitor Geor-
gey had held out another six weeks, we have 40
doubt that Hungary would now have been free. The
war in the Caucasus is another evidence Of Russas
material poverty and weakness. Il she had been a
rich nation, like England, or the United States.
there can be no doubt that Circassia would have
been by this time, subdued. Its by logged antago-
nism to liberty by repeated and constant attacks p-
on foreign natonswith hordes Of troops, and by for
eign loans, that Russia has been able TO impress the
world with false idea Of her power
No nation in the world can be more accessible to
me moral influence Of America and England than
merce and monetary affairs Of the world, and il is
prePoseroSs to say, that they cannot morally affect
the poverty stricken, brigand Gar In few years,
the United States, herself will hold the KEY of the
worlds treasury and then she alone will be able TO
influence the whole policy of Europe, without firing
one gun.
We do not wish to discuss the question of ssIn-
terventon' in the spirit that some of our coempora.
ries do, because think that the idea of armed in
PREVENTION by US. in European affairs, is absurd
But, at the same time, we do not wish our people
70 be deceived by the idea, that sscannon are the
only arguments that possess in freedoms cause,
when our opponent is the Russian Gar. We have
abundant morai means, to serve the cause of Hunga
ry and of freedom, if we are willing to give that
cause our operative sympathy.