The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-07-08
WAR-TURKEY-MEXICO- ENGLAND
FRANCE-UNITED STATES.

The three powers last named above, abso-
lutely govern the world, and fashion its fu-
ture, either by the influence Of the arts Of
peace, or by the power Of the naval superiority
and martial character, which they hold in re-
serve as the Its Of Jupiter to compel cOntu-
maciOus rebels to obedience. ALI other ma
tions, in their commercial policy, diplomatic
courses, their military arrangements and their
political philosophy, are obliged to consult
the strength and direction of that current
which has been created since the middle ages,
and is now cOntending against the rocks left
by the feudal system. Time has worn away,
by simple attrition, the ragged edges and sal
lent points Of Sncient institutions; and it is
every where felt that he is undermining the
relics, preparatory to their final disposal, by
precipitating them into the ocean Of oblivion.
Nations, like individuals, cannot, if they
would, act independently neither can the
pulses of the great heart of humanity be d.
vided. Expediency may rule for the hour;
but the great principle Of solidarity applies
alike to princes and peoples.
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The triumphs Of science have rapidly accel-
Grated this condition Of affairs; they have con-
solidated the nations, and mind and heart as
well as the natur i elements, are constantly
seeking an equilibrium. Mankind are Of one
family, with orc Almighty Father, and one,
n teach this, however much they may lbe toK-
tured by the political and religious dcgmas,
creeds and traditions Of the past. 1t is not,
perhaps, extravagant to say, that France, Eng
land and the United States, represent the
modern political system, inasmuch as they all
recognise, more or less, the sovereignty Of the
the great physical colossus of the era, is the
center, around which the feudal dynasties,
when threatened by popular intelligence, re-
vOlve as satellites. They gravitate to the
MuscOvite. Whatever may be the pretezts,
these seem to be the moving causes of the agi-
tation of European society. The feudal syS-
TEN is counterbalaneed by the popular 81 stem,
and as the moment approaches when one or
the other scale is to prep0nderate, grea actiV-
ity necessarily prevails in Church and State,
end every species is disintegrated and absorbed
by its central generic character. SOpowerful
has been this development, that the shock, as
of electricity, has been felt in the Western
hemisphere and the reaction in Mexico, as
we'll as less important indications, prove the
truthfulness Of this hypothesis.
The church of Rom, and all other church
es, have been made willing and unwilling in
struments in the struggle. The Emperor Of
Russia wOulI protect " the subjects of the
Sultan of the Greek church, the national faith
of his empire. The possession Of the holy
places Of Jeru'alem and Palestine is diplO-
matte question. In England and Holland,
the papal power has been galvanized into mo-
mentary activity, and here IN the United
States, an intelligent democracy have been
called upon to rally around their educational
institutions, and defend the liberty OF speech.
There has not been a single bslligerent move
meut of any kind whatever, Of late years, upon
the continent of EurOI g, that has not its root,
as we believe, in the two antagonistc princi-
ples Just noted. Measuring, then, the policy
and movements of Russia and the other pow
ers BY this standard, and also the intrigues
of Spain in Mexico, we may we'll say that
every nation Of the whole world is closely
united, indissOlubly connected, we may say,
in the pending struggles in EurOpeand Amer
u lea.