The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-19

hazardous step on the part Of England to send
an army to Constantinople, when she may find,
just after it landed, that the ships and gre 4
land force of her now powerful ally were tho
property Of another-perhaps hostile" >overn.
ment in Paris, acting on policy diffe, ont from
that pursued by an exiled or guillo' Anea Emne-
ror. This becomes the more parti nj ,r,v serious
when we consider that a coun' ~ Ike E,c,ana
whose manufactures extep ted "a much e ,ha
past year as to create a demand for moro
than fourteen thor sand additional loom
hands, is not v'r good one in which to raise
or rear an arm s, provided any mishap should
occur TO ina. now commanded by Lord Raglan.
1t is al 20 more in the line OF France to pro-
tect ,.ioly places" than it is for England to do
So France sent temper -ry army of occupa-
.ion to Rome some few years since, and it ap-
I pears to have become part and parcel Of the
Roman constitution for we never since heard
that there was any idea of removing it. Now,
suppose that Russia is humbled, perhaps France
notwithstanding present appearances oflove-
would begin to assume some airs about the
guardianship of the Holy Sepulchs~ pick
quarrel with England, which would result in
the latter been driven from the continent
Austria being previously humbled in her mill
tary prestige and embarrassed in her finances
would leave France the only Catholic power
in Europe, when the Pope could very soon
patch up an arrangement between Napoleon
and Nicholas.
Looking at the subject calmly, and remem-
bering that the population Of Russia has--from
the time of Peter the Great, in 1859, to
that of Alexander in l825-increased from
fifteen to fifty-eight millions; that her empire
has been extended towards Berlin, Paris
and Vienna over seven hundred miles,
by the f0rcible acquisition of territory taken
from other States; that she has gone five hun
bred miles towards Constantinople in the same
manner six hundred and fifty towards Stock
holm, and over one thousand miles towards
Teheran, we may very reasonably be permitted
to think that neither little war; nor short
war, will prescribe her limits now. Why has
she been permitted to wrest more of her do
minions from Sweden than what constitutes
the kingdom of Sweden now remaining; to take
from Poland a kingdom larger than the Aus
trian empire; from Turkey in Europe q greater
|
dom of Prussia, besides robbing Persia, Turkey
in Asia, and Tartary, if she can now be so
easily and cheaply curbed !!
Reasoning from the premises set forth, we
would not be surprised if we heard from Eu-
rope either that all the .'pomp and circum-
stance of glorious war; had ended even yet
in the production of some new vienna note"
a protocol of the Four Powers" the ac-
QUESTION of the provinces by Russia, or of
England emerging from the contest with a
very much diminished status of influence
amongst the nations Of the world, great addi-
ton to the taxetion of her people, who can now
only earn barely enough to subsist on, and
that, as natural consequence, each nation would
take its place according to the development
of its natural and artificial resources. Thus.
from the first, she will perhaps have to come
down to fifth or sixth rate national rank
fastening her fate by desire to overreach a
Napoleon. who drags her 10 war from her hui
initiation.
Should this bc the result, who could calcu-
late the commerce of America In any case it
cannot be injured.
THE WAR AGAINST TURKEY A RELIGIOUS
MOVEMENT on THE PART OF RUssIA-The dech-
rations of the Gear in the remarkable interview
which he lately held with the London Peace
Deputation, fully bear out the views that we
have taken of the origin and character of the
movement to which Russia has committed her.
SELF We believe that the Emperor is entitled
to credit when.h solcmnly disdains mere pro-
jects OF conquest and ACKNOWLEDGMENT as the
motives that prompted him to assume and per-
severe in his present attitude The natural
sympathy of Russia with her co-religionists in
the East, and the inevitable antagonism that
exists between the principles that she repre-
sents and those Of Mahomcdansm, are the real
influences that have actuated her policy. The
false cOloring given TO that policy by the
governments and journals Of Western Europe,
has involved the question in cloud of I'M
founded prejudices and Misrepresentation,
which only the progress Of events can remove.
Whatever may have been the impulses that
have gsIided the Gar. there is one fact respect
ing which there can be no doubt, FROM the re-
cent admissions of the French Emperor in his
speech in opening the Legislative session, and
that is, that it is consideration of their mate
rial interests rather than any chivalrous sym
pathy for the cause of the Turks that has
arraycd the Western Powers against Russia
The BOARD OF ALDERMEN AND THE New CHAR
4 TER.-The Board is opposed to Alderman Motifs
motion for radical revolution OF the city gov
ernment and seems disposed to give the present
charter further trial. This would be very
| well were it not proved beyond o doubt that
the charter is utterly inadequate to authorize
| the sweeping of the streets or the performance
of any other municipal work of necessity. The
truth is that for the last few years set of bro
ken down politicians have had the management
of the corporation and The city government,