New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-03

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TO sbsolve his colleagues from all personal responsibility
in the matter And as for the Administration though
We have never thought Of holding accountable for the
ucubratons Of any Journal is perhaps proper to add
that neither the President nor Cabinet any Of its
Members hsd anything to 90 with suggesting or concocs
inc this preposteruus audaiion Of the Car and his sy
tenn The glory belongs to Mr.. Roger A Pryor e1cla-
svev He NAV rejoice in it, and in the knowledge that
Lsdsouitiop has been officially forwarded to St Peters
bureh By the Russian Embassy Washington proof
of the innocent ingenuity Of the American Democratic
Press
Our readers may be that il is not for the sake
of Mr. Pryor that TO the subject Neither
bis original essay in The Union nor bis subsequent de-
fence of it in The National IieHgsner merit con.id
GRAFTON in themselves, They are composed Of false
reasoning based on false least superficial facts and
resulting in absurd conclusions We are told that there
is complete identity in the interests OF Russia and
the United States, that their politics and diplomacy
follow coDcdent ends, and that pure AID eternal
friendship is their 'int destiny All this, common
sense Judging from history for instance, that Of the
Hungarian war and from the vital opposition between
absolutism and democracy condemns as absurd
But as the relative position Of the ts) Governments
and the dury Of the United States in that connection
may ere long bee me grave practical questions, h is
eminsntIy proper that the public mind should be
correctly informed important points, with re-
gard to Russia and its Government.
First it should be observed nothing proved by
referring to declarations of friendship for Russia in the
messages of Mr. Jefferson, any other President.
They said what was proper and becoming at that day
aud did What was necessary TO maintain good under.
standing with Russia, with other governments Nor
in their time bad any antsgonlstic moral or ma
teria interests been developed betseen the two
countries. Jefferson may have expressed friendly
feeling toward the Gar, and Alexander may
have admired the American Republic: but had Jefer-
son been Russian subject, the chvarous Alexander
would have sent him to Siberia. Thus he dealt with
Speransk and Others who far from beng radical Dem
ocrats like jefferson or even liberal Monarchiss, de-
sired but TO reform abuses And had this country aud
lis institutions then attained their present potent ac
ton upon the world Alexander would have felt for t,
spd for them anything but admiration Circumstances
have greatly changed since that period Then the
Soveregns Of Europe, and the AutOcrat OF Russia
among them could pay homage 10 light and ruth in the
Young States Of America without eOpardng themselves
Ii is 80 no more The evidence Of prosperous selgov
eminent given 20 mankind by this Republic i. poison 70
the mcparchrs arstocraces and beyond the
Atlantic Itis the sword Of Damoces their heads
And if America were called nov for second time 20
conquer her Independence, the courts of Vienna aud
St Peersbureh- which in the past century appauded
her efforts and her triumph-would most assuredly
either be mute, or would back the foe. The Cabinet
of the Car would BE- the last 10 recognize the United
States at the present day IL has not yet recognized
Mexico or the Central American Republics, nor even
Queen Isabella of Spain, because the origin OF her Gov
eminent tends to the subyersOn of all legitimate ideas
Of authority and divine right This is one reason why
il has not united with France and England to guaranty
Cuba to Spain-a fact which Mr.. Pryor adduces in sup
port of his theory Another reason that there has been
nonecessy occasion for doing Neither has Russia
ever protested against the Monroe doctrine and for the
same reason Russian diplomacy is sbrewd as il is
dangerous and makes premature needless demon
STATIONS
But let the United States commence a serious move.
ment toward the acquisition of the Sandwich Islands, and
We shall at once the nature of ths alleged harmony
and friendship Russia desires to have a naval station
at those islands at least for the present her own Gulf
Of Okotsk and the harbor of Peter and Paul closed
during lalfthe year and neither England nor France
will half 80 eneTgetcally resist their transfer from the
control Of the present King. Russian Consulate
General with unusual diplomatic powers, is on the
of being established there Russian feet, the first
ever seen in the Pacific has been there this winter and
two Cabinet cOurie, the diplomatic, the other mill
tary have recently passed through this City their way
TO the feet, bearing important dispatches to its conn
mander
Russian policy and diplomacy always work stealthily
ana fsh IN troubled waters Such has been the case
for the lat century and half The present troubles
IN China offer excellent opportunity, which We may
be cure will not be neglected An army at once be
composed from among the hundreds Of thousands Of
Uomad Kamucks, Tartars and Bashkirs living in the
Russian empire, between the Volga and the Chinese
frontiers At the head Of such body together with the
comparatively email humber Of disciplined COssacks and
other regular troops scattered in Siberia, carrying a
few pieces of light artillery, skilfu leader-and there
is DO want of such in Russa,-may successfully invade
China BY this process or by other may be
fdent that large slice of territory will be annexed 70
the Russian possessions before all What is the
territory TO be annexed We ASK this question be-
cause the has bearing on the future relations
Of Russia with this Republic.
The country Of the MantchOu Tartars,-a dependency
Of Chns-extends its pyTamida apex northsardy into
Eastern Siberia. IL also stretches down along the
shore Of the Gulf of Tartary, parallel TO the Islands OF
Japan. Its ws'ered by the large aud naygable river
Amour OF SaghalIen. which emPties int, that Gulf
The possession Of this region would admirably suit
the purposes Russia and there many Indications
that Murawiof the Governor General of Eastern Sbe
ria one OF the most daring active and enierprsing men