The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1854-12-06
The Gear Wounded in His Little
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affairs as anything we have met with:
"IIe will have lost the Crimea-for f.
tme-and may afford to lose Finland fo
the same, period. But what has he tc
dread. permanently, from enemies VIII,
spend a whole year to wound his little
toe! Evidently not much. say, there
tore, that Russia wiH not yield, even i
Sebastopol should fall. Peace is conse
quently out Of the question on that side. >
The above is one Of the quaint sayings
half fact. half prophecy-of Kossuth, in
his letter signed "Publicist,' in the N eu
York Times Of Tuesday. Let us analvze
It's meaning. in order to search out the
vulnerability of the Car.
The telegraph we published Yesterday
gives added interest to the analysis. 1t is
now almost certain that Sebas,opol will
speedily fall, if it has not already fallen
suppose that this news be confirmed
what then Wha, is done to crush Rus.
sla The Allies may cripple her mari
time power in the Black sea but the great
'.land animal" as Henry Clay called
Russia, has still ample room to range
The only way to strike Russia vitality, is
to reach her through Prussia and in Po.
land. Cronstadt seems to be invulnera.
Die; but suppose that Russia should be
sealed from the world in the Baltic, as she
will be in the Black sea ; it will only save
the Car the trouble of guarding his ports
and sea-coasts. He will gain in cohesion
what he may lose in extension. His peo.
pie will be unit, ralying under his bulle.
tins for the orthodox faith.
Reverses on the borders cannot weaken
very considerably power SO gigantic
indeed. it is true. though paradox, thai,
by disasters. Russia has become great
As Partisan pamphleteer remarks. "Pe.
ter The Great capitulated on the banks of
the Pruth. 1t was after successive re.
verses that Catherine arrived at the con-
quest OF the Crimea. All the campaigns
against Turkey have been marked by de.
feats and humliations and yet the in
iiuence of Russia grew greater each time.
In Poland, 1t was after many battles Tough,
and lost that she became mistress Of the
country. Her wars with France have
been an uninterrupted series of reyerses
and of bloody defeats; and what has been
the result 1t is superfuous to mention
It. Such are the military annals Of Rus
sla. What. then, can another humiliation
do to the Gar 90
With men. means and patience, which
the Car can afford to command, he can
prolong the controversy quarter of
century, and be still the great Au,ocrat.
kossuth. with his sagacious ken, dis
cerned the true course of the Allies, il in
deed they wish to humble Nicholas. The
London papers and the Paris writer's are
beginning 10 see it. when they are per-
mitted to propose this programme
LET the Western Powers, without los
ing time with useless negotiations. recog-
nize by common declaration the legiti
mate existence Of Polish nation atty, and
IN place OF complication. you will have
found prompt and complete solution II
Poland once constituted, the Czar is pow
erless against Turkey the Danube be-
longs de facto to Austria; exclusive do.
in the BLACK Sea becomes a !
chlmera. and every dream of ambition is |
at an end"
But how is this to be realized Through
Prussia. nolens uOlens? The head OF the
house OF Brandenburg. which rules Prus-
sia. is connected intimately with the Gear.
and has hitherto repelled all the attempts
OF the Allies to lure him from his fidelity
10 his brother in law. France and Eng
land have been engaged in angry expos
[ulaton with Prussia, 10 the end that Prus-
sia shall take sides for or agains st them
The telegraph informs us that the Gar
has refused to receive the Prussian Ambas-
sador. This we do not credit. Ills di-
plomacy is TOO willy to array agains, him
he very border of the most vital part Of
mis- empire. Besides. he will likely have
Austria to meet; and Prussian neutrality
in that event becomes doubly necessary to
aim. Ii is, indeed, ..Chinese wall'' be.
ween himself and the Allies, without
preach in which the surgery of little toes"
N the Crmea is mere child's play.
Ii Austria be secured in the Western al
lance, France will care very little for Prus-
sian aid. She would prefer to break the
vail and occupy the ground. Why p
Because the French have longing for
he Eastern side of the Rhine. to say no.
hing OF Prussian territory on its west,
which will ultimately seek qualification.
lnless the martial spirit of France is turn
ID into more peace loving channel.-
The souvenirs Of the Empire must be
irst obliterated the long line of paint
ngs at Versailles, illustrative Of the Ma
'oleonic glory, must be Withdrawn from
he gaze OF the inf1ammable Parisians the
ndigni,ies suffered by the French at the
lands OF Bluoher and his brutal soldiery.
must cease TO dilate in the French imagi-
ration, and The old boundaries of France
'efore the conquering allies of Waterloo
e e-arranged them, must be erased from the
I'D maps of France. before France can
title her dreams OF attaining her former
enown and greatness. The lortresses
which Prussia has planted along her
ahenish frontier. shows that the tradition
Try ambition Of France has not been era.
ed from the rulers of Prussia and so
ure as Prussia will not aid the present
'lliance in clipping the claws OF the "land
nimal,' SO sure will Prussia understand
hat Louis Napoleon has not encamped
N army of So. 600 in the vicinity oil Bou-
ogne for winter quarters only.
II Frederick William will not declare
var against his sisters husband, the pro-
ocols at present on the wing between
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