Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-06-02
VOL xXI.-NO. "a.


diet is capture; but whether captured
or not. Il is plain that not q Russian
ship can sail the the Black Sea-. The
same Is true OF the Baltic, and all other
Russian waters.
Now let US see what effect this Tact
will llhave on the Danubian campaign.
IL the English take the siropg place,
in the Crimea. ON the Black Sea. they
can throw an army OF French and
Turks into the Ciimea. attack thc1eft
flank Of the Russians. and cut of their
The consequence of
This would be the immediate evacuation
Of the Danubian Principalilies. the
retreat Of the Russian army, and thc
limitation OF their own operations 70
their own defence. The circassians
would be free to advance, aud the finest
grain states Of Russia would be cut of.
This may be the clan Of The campaign,
and Il so. Russia, deemed BY some
so powerful, will be reduced to impo-
tency. iIEs T
But, what is the power Of Russiag
or rather what is her weakness? The
power Of Russia has been greatly over
rated. First of all. Russia wants
strength. Suppose she has sixty mil
lions Of people. This appears senor-
nous, but '0do are they. and sodere are
they? They arc cxisnded oyer an
extent Of country so great that the
population is less than 80 TO square
mile; while England and France have
200 to square mile. II takes months
10 hear from the extremes OF the Rus
sian empire. while eyerv part Of Eng
land aud France can be heard from
in single day. Again, large part
Of the Russian population haze, an
incapacity forrapid MOTION They are
not ouly. nine-ten,hs Of tbenI barba-
rians, but they have no Ways oF rapid
locomouon. Take Odessa. for exam
piea There are notppIy no railways,
but there are no Stagt.s. DO highways,
no anything, adapted 70 rapid motion.
The CONSEQUENCE OF this is, that for
the want Of concentration. Russia is
not as strong as the United States
would be With less than half her pep
ulation. In fact. within our own Ter
|ritory. the United Siales are much
more powerful than Russia.
Secondly. The money power Is a.
gainst Russia A nation not coramer-
cial, may defend itself. in modptains.
and fortressos, as the Circassians have
done; but when L comes to raising
large armies 10 contend. IN the field,
against all the discipline. and art Of
modern warfare, money is the motive
power and Il is commerce which cre-
ales money. Rnssia,-a bad money
government professedIy, has been
issuing paper money largely, aud will
issue more. IL may be supposed that
Despotism. can drive men into armies
asiI pleases. But who is to cc.be
and feed them? Money by the ml.ion
is required nc every step; and the
A ltoerst of all4lse Ruseias is no more
able 10 get along without money. than
a Cincinnati merchant. Russia can
raise men enough to cover the Danube
with armies. and why has she not
done itg We may safely sarmise that
.it takes all the Emperor's wit to supply
the troops now in the field, and this
difficulty will be increased every dav
There is one great fact which makes
a strong contrast between The nosition
of Russia now. and that she held
against Napoleon in 1915 The tables
are completely turned. Then ENGLAND
subsidized Russia al ali E1rone
against Napoleon twas money tbat
won the victory For ths moor mover.
ty stricken despots Of Enron, conld
not keen their armies h tbe felJ with
ont Engl;sh oold Va. ,L;s F,rl;sh
gold l. eoa;nst Pnss;s sha 'n',s,~,s',
ole on in her noveyty
716;rdyv Ano,l,s c,,.,
element enters tbe field AGAINST Russia
-oestilence. In the var of 1900
aoainst Turkey the p,ss;ans lot more
t6an half their armies bv d;scord :
They are now los;nx $ -. me : rsn;d,~
bv camn disorders =, TS,~;,i .on,;nus
SO to do. Tbev have gone into warm
and do,,n cl;naas. ri L.
H. 80 thpt aara ,.La "-N Ia.I - - .,,.'ah
.d;sc;n,;rs aood sonsa,S .,s.l';aa "a
great medical sk,l1: secure s,, % Eog,ish
a''u 1'i's''e"n So'uieis ING nsAsn
lose ou' iew troops comparatively, IN
lnuia, Africa, emma. or the West In