Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-05-27
Tie People Of waIlachIa.

The Szechenyi road is continued along the northern
bank OF the river, the little stream which separates
the Blnnat from WalAcha and has been scooped out Of
the living rock at the base o the mountain the crossing
OF which used to occupy fourteen hours with bull
lock cart On the Turkish side faint YES iges OF ca
nal which Troin cut through the fat OF land
occurring there, for the purpose OF facilitating the COM
munica;on with his splendid bridge aud on the island near
TO which passed. be dscerned traces Of cnrench
ments probably thrown up BY the same hands.
1t is not without feeling Of humility that one com
pares these relics Of ancient greatness with the present
debased state Of the countries n which they may occa-
sonay be traced What enterprise and prosperity are
indicated by hess mignicen: works. we'll on the nesr
er as on the farther side Of the mountain which
separated the mother country from her coones and now
after many centuries OF boosted progress ue the
people Of generation which seems to have made the
rapid strides in civilization see at length the fulfil
Of works intended to lead to the same effects "a
must in the midst Of the Roman Empire have been o.g
in action.
Iu Slavona at the baths Of Hercules near Mehada in
the vale of Haiszeg and many her places in Transyvs
nis well n walaehii, evidences Of ancient taste
industry, aud splendor, have from time to time been
brought to view; but the excellent roads, the canals the
bridges, the cities with their palaces theatres and tenn
ples all telling Of hel a1urishing Of the Dioisn
colonies, mouldsring in ruin, buried beneath the
dust Of barbarOus ages. And when enter the ultra
Dsnubinn portion, walachia, where these marks Of
wealth aud power existed, end people relapsed
into almost primitive bsbGrisu, dwelling in holes In
the earth or 10 sheds more suited for the abode of
than Of me people Of slaves abused aud oppressed by
a few arrogant mobiles and their minioDs Turn TO tho
upper classes, and that their only idea oiViza.
tou consists in apeing the fashions and language of
people whose beet qualities they ignorant ot-tbat
their only pleasures gambling, show, and the nrmo
rahes which stamp Bucharest the dssolute CITY
In Europe
When Hsdran, with tmid policy unWorthy Of the
OF the enteprsng Trnjin, recalled the Roman
lcgous from the ursDsuubian Daeia aud DESTROYED the
bridge which Trsau bad with 90 much success erected
may Of the military colonists and the offspring Of soldiers
who had married Daesn women left exposed to the
ineursons OF the barbsn Although proud TO entitle
themselves RotaoHRi RotuRaHi they havn algays ex
bibited heSbe spirit in certain points for they have
yielded their country, often without resistance TO every
successive hos, which poured down from the north and
well treated probably In consequence Of their under
standing Of the useful unknown TO their less
civilized couquerors Theit language they have retained
almost ss was given them, provincial Latin, which
hardly be distinguished from Of the ruder Ital
ian dialects when puEied from the adnIture Of the
slavic uoids which have been ongraed plsntfuy ON H.
In contsct>Sith the Bugarians ard ServiAns.
Their social state, however, has gradually been sink
ing n the twelfth century they strong enough TO
bid defiance to AoIus Commeuus In some Of the for
resses OF the district they Occupied from the Danube TO
Epirus Subdued by the Turks they were held down by
rod Of irou; aud through their noe. Interfering al
though corrupt msgovernment were reduced 10 state
from which there appears to be prospect Of their yet
rising The Porte used 70 appoint rsgeu, HosPOdar,