Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-08-11
Russian Attempts Oh American vir-
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Under the alarming title which we have Civ
en- the London Leader, v Inch represents the
advanced Democratic opinion Of England has
some speculaiions " hich are curious enough
For example:
In The very restless community of the Uni
ted STATES, II we may interpret outward pro
ceedlngs lr,rn so great distance, two conspi-
racles appear TO be going on,oflalher n strange
kind. Ono IS the movement OF Russian agents
IL promote feeling of hostility against Great
Britain. We have heard the names OF persons
thus engaged, and one gentleman has already
been publicly designated in the journals as the
author Of some articles that have appeared in
the Union ri Washington, endeavorlng to rep.
resent the Car as the object of admralior.and
as sullablenlIionce for the Republic Of the
West. Apart from any question Of British
interest, our American readers will trust Us for
regarding any such proposition with feeling
Of revnlson on the score OF American sympa
tines alone. The endeayor to represent that
here is any similarity whatsoever between
/ e Institutions of RUSSIA ard those of the U.
ri ed States, could enter the head only of a
d. ,honest ntriguer or some crazy abolition
ist. We do not know whether the persons
40 have been named 10 us are actually in the
pay Of Russia or not. 1t may be amater of
speculation; il is possible even that, with some
sir'angely eccentric minds. it may be a matter
OF taste. But tba; the regularly appointed a
&c nts Of Russia are spread over every quarter
of the globe, is fact often asserted with con.
fidence, and confirmed to our own knowledge
bv remarkable incidents. In no class ofsoci
ely, III no town, in 10 political party, can wc
be shure Of not encoun,cring somc one ser,i ing
the purposes OF the autocrat'
The ref rencc in this passage to the Wash
lngton Union Is very charitable, and does hnn.
or 10 ~ bencvolence OF the writer. In this
part oi he country it is generally supposed
that the articles commencing the institutions
and policy of The United States were written
for the Union by some Russian agent, but the
suppositon of The Lender, that they were the
work ola "crazy abolilonst, IS certainly worth
consideration. If that point should he made
out, 1t exonerates the Union from The charge
of corruption, so far as the publication of its
eulogium on Russian institutions is concerned
That crazy abolitionists do sometimes write
for that print, we have always considered ex
tremely probable, and on one occasion, a year
or TWO since, we CHANGED to light upon some
things of very abotionist character in the
Union, of which we gave public notice at he
time. Tho charge of aboitionlsm, it is re
markabe, was not then denied or paliated 10y
the Union
Still this is point on which we should not
Judge rashlE. That Russia has her agents in
all countries where she has anything to gain
by influencing the proceedings Of legislatures
or the acts Of executive magistrates. or public
opinion through the journals is true beyond
all question She has bad them since the days
of Kotzebue Travel where you will in Eu.
rope, you v i'll find plausible, shrewd quiet
personagos natives of the country, of whom
the remark is made that they are not free from
the suspicion OF being Russian spies. OF course
they do not wear the badge Of their vocation
on their breasts. If anything is to he gained
10 the interests OF Russia or any mischief &c
interests TO lie prevented by the employment
of this class in America, they will assuredly
be hired 10 write for our journals.
At the same time we should be sorry to do
anything " hlch might deprive the abolition
lists OF their due credit in this matter. Al alb
oljtionist. in fit Of insanity, might, We are a
ware, compose an eulogium on the Russian
government and Russian policy, and recon
mend strict alliance between the United
States and that country. The Union is like
the sea "whchlak from every man hand
anything which is tolerably we'll sounding i,
admitted into it, whetherit be sense or non.
sense. Perhaps it will be fair to the severa
claimants for the honor of having written the
| articles in question, if we Compound the mat
ter and suppose that they we're written by q
crazy abolIlonist and revised by a Russian
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