Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-11-23

TTsT0RIC AND rROLIFIC.

The Emperors of Russia from the time
of katherine have, empire ward, taken
steps forward, not one back. In that
lapse of time, Russia, besides acquiring
Poland, has acquired threc-fourths of the
coasts of the Black Sea, including the
mouths Of the Danube, the Crilnea, the
Caucasus, and the dependent countries
She has extended her dominion farther
east, SO as to envelope the Caspian Sea,
and its Persian tributaries whilst the
country beyond, embracing the Arab Sea,
the Oasis of khiva, and the lower portion
of the rivers flowing from the Affghanis-
tan mountain, acknowledge her imperial
sway.
Her policy has been one of apparent
" mastery inactivity" but withno dead
weight" for her movements" always
constant, is the result of a normal growth.
Are the proportions Of the giant COM
plcte No: you might as we'll claim
that those of the United States were-and
you might, with the same success, attempt
to repress them. Before these are rounded
off, Russia will find her New Orleans in
Constantinople, her Teas in Asia Minor,
and her 1lfrtco in Persia. And let Eng
land look to it that the St. Lawrence and
the Indies do not acknowledge
Yankee and Russian sway
A! come no distant day.
Louis Napoleon is doing exactly that
which his immortal uncle would have
done, had England faithfully kept the
treaty of Anleins. He is aggrandising
France by commerce, manufactures and
by natural product.
For commerce he wants colonies, or
rather new provinces for France. For
commerce he lacks these provinces: and
for the natural product and especial for
its surplus population (wars being abated) J
he requires ampler verge. Can he get
what he lacks! Yes. He can and ariN have
his Constmfinople and New Orleans in
Alexandria his dslG Minor aud Louisi-
ana in Egypt; his 1eras and Persia in
Syria and his Panama in Suez.
Mark my words, Europe will neither
become Republican nor Cossack but the
hopes of the Cossacks and of the French
Dragons will drink together in the river
EuphrateS.
Neither France nor Russia desire an
inch Of christian European extension to
their territories. That is not their policy.
Their faces arc toward the East, whclc
their advices and fleets will SOON he
They will unite to preserve the in 'egrity
of the Northern, Germanic and Italian
powers. They will remain in peace, and
become wiser, more tolerant and more
humane, as the softening Influences of
commerce and peaceful pursuits are ex-
tended and felt, and the dangers oftumults,
revolutions and wars arc abated.
But what Of England all this time
She sees well into the future. She knows
that she cannot avert the progress OF
France and Russia Asia-ward. She will
give free trade with all the world to In.
dia, and, upon this score, as well as upon
others, place the United States lovingly
by her side, and thus limit the designs o
Russia and France to the Aflghanista1
mountains and tie Persian Gulf, and
prompted by good policy, these latter
Powers will open respectively the Black
Sea and the lstllmus Of SueZ to universal
commerce.
Nor is there anything to be deploree
in all this, if it come to pass. England
Russia and France have their world wild,
missions to fulfill, as well as the United
States. New countries must be conquer
ed, christianized and civilized. The eros.
must be advanced, and the crescent beater
down. Christ's affairs must be built upol
the fragments of the false religion in Asi;
and Africa, as well as in America. Eng
land has led the way, the United State.
have bravely followed on, and now, ncvel
too late, Russia and France are girdin.
themselves to follow their manifest des
tiny. God speed them, l say, and may
Christ's blessed cross lie advanced unit
it shall be kissed i'll all parts of the earth
Can christians deny the humanizine
influence of christianity, civilization ant
commerce If they cannot, then mus
they approve of the position of England
the advance of Russia, and the designs @
France in broad Asia, the acknowledged
mother of our religion, of the arts ant
science, and of our race.
WM. II. CHASE,
Major of Engineers.
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