The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-05

to England; Financial and Commercial news, &c.
The Coming Cow ulssons.
Our last advices from Australia announce
long expected fact-the commencement of DIS
affection among the colonsss. "We must b.
free" says the Melbourne .1rgus, and from tn,
tone in which the intention is declared from
the confidence with which the writer appeals tt
his fellowctizens, it is manifest that disconten,
has already assumed alarming proportions
Nor can the occurrence be productive of aston
ishment. The unparalleled growth Of the colo
ny, the usual misrule of the Colonial Office, the
intolerable burthens imposed by the Imperial
| government and the inevitable results of an
enormous increase of wealth among the immi-
giants could not but lead to general desire
for emancipation and freedom. Australian
cities, which five years ago were mere villages
can low compare with the large towns of Eu.
| rope; indeed in all that pertains to material
development and progress, the former are i'm
measuraby the superior. What more natural
than that the colonial yoke should press heavi-
| ly on the necks of those who more than realize
he commanding position they occupy? Raised
already to a respectable rank among nations
and contemplating prospective greatness only
second to that Of the United States, Australia
may well deride her Legislative Council for its
timidity, and call for men who will sever
the bond Of union to the mother
country with unfinching hand. The cry
for freedom, which we publish in another
column, is no empty murmur. There is little
bombast in the threats of the Australian
patriot. With untold millions at command and
an ever swelling host Of sturdy colonists from
England Scotland and Wales, to enforce their
rights. the popular party in Australia have
little to fear in the contest they commencing.
But few federalists and 40 foreigners, are there
to support an Ubiquitous government, In order
to gain private ends of their own. Stript of the
aid of those whose sympathies are purchased by
the Colonial treasury, Great Britain has few
allies to expect among the gold-digging army
Were the Imperial agents even less extortion-
ate, independence has charms to which the most
fanatic monarcbist cannot be insensible. Fate
has obviously designed Australia to take rank
among the great powers of the world its de-
crees are not to be frustrated by the strategy
of few British troops. or the timidity Of few
narrow-mindsd capitalists The " freedom
demanded by the .drgps must come When it
does, the world will possess another noble re-
public, pregnant with power and might. peoplcd
by Anglo-Saxons. and dsputng with us in
generous rivalry the first place among civilized
nations.
This is a prospect which must send thrill
through the heart Of every man of enlarged
philanthropy. Nor does it stand alone The
age in which we live is big with other revolu-
tions, of at least equal significance and equally
valuable to the cause Of human progress anl
civilization.
The dissolution of two great empires, whose
names have long stood foremost in the catalogue
Of nations, is close at hand. Both Turkey and
China are drawing to their last hour. Both Of
them have welded sovereign sway. and bent
fate to their will for centuries. The one has
ruled the world. There was time when all
civilization radiated from Byzantium. Many
/ dynasties have held the sceptre at Stamboul
many fitful war has swept like q whirlwind
| over its mosques and minarets. But, until within
| the last century Providence has watched over
the destiny of the Oriental Empire.
Time has laid its hand
Upon its crown, gently not shifting IT,
| But as a harper lays his open palm
Upon his harp, to deaden its vibrations.
That age has now passed away; and whatever
be the result Of the present attempt of Russia.
the ultimate fall of Turkey can no longer be re-
garded as problematic. Peril has already stript
the Moslem Of his pride and power. Victims
are no longer hurled headlong into the Bos-
phorus; and boatman, striking corpse with
bis oar no longer passes hurriedly by, tremb.
ling lest his untoward discovery should have
been noticed. The Turkish sceptre is now sus
tanned by Christian hands and though mutual
jealousy and fear among European nations may
| combine to preserve 1t erect for space, its