Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-01-13

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,1t. ho1UDoosnondent of the Journal of Commerce,
peln the following interesting facts from the
col"'o If AIison's History of Europe. 1t may
az roIuiLS oor in mind that Alison writes under a
wen anti Russian bias
Ieseru""Sn that the British funds were depressed
vas El ,rs from the Black Sea. But the French
the nS"' and quidnuncs do not interpret the Rus
iscuatoI' access as unfavorable to the cause of
n naVTib o leader of the London Times, of the day
sace. 4sr3ov is deemed absurd. Our morning
ssore es.EonIe this sudden howl for immediate
rurnaS Frnnch hOstilities on the ground that
dnn an oon,nitted in the attack on the Turkish
asia n'I Nd transports, a new and intolerable ag-
rgaes any, What. after formal declaration of war
ressCn .,lo--bloody engagements in the Principal
eacH o ~ Asia-Russia was not to act on the de-
es anL ~ land or sea-Was not to strike when, how
s1a'9i w " she could with advantage" The Lon
d .rnnc Chronicle of yesterday, recognizes, on
On AO 4LnrT the rights of war, though that paper
1nn regularIy enlisted for the Ottoman Porte,
Os Ia dawn of the question.
ID ,I yr;J see in the Times Of yesterday. an admit
lou Grnation of the Moniteurs report Of the af-
rc:onn and intelligence, of positive aspect
pr u SL6h of Persia has resolved to side with the
Ia' nv Our politicians do not believe that the
I'D' odrons Will be ordered to enter the Black
lieu e. the nurpose of preventing further naval
fF%atns." and they cry gramercy to the suggeS-
"Gtbo London Standard, that the French fleet
,roud be sufficient to destroy the Russian at
que ,,oJ Touching the new German advices of
rictores in Asia, of Circassian achievements
,IIor, instructions in the province Of Georgia.
,,ajIt is postponed in this meridian. The Lon
Times, Of Yesterday puts forth an able and very
+;,c nlca for the Christians of Turkey: the
:. and hearing of the article are almost the re-
# lis breathings the day before. Il coup d'etat
gvrected in Spain.
%i work connected with the Eastern question
.m. n have found so much favor with the Lon
.Tross. as a volume entitled The Ottoman En-
dard IFS Resources, with Statistical Tables, by
.cord Nicholson, Doctor in Philosophy. Who the
bor NAV be is not mentioned in the articles [
-, seen but the extracts show that he had tho
,rbIv studied his subject, and embodied various
F22mati0n particularly wel-tmed and useful. Be-
has furnishing abundant statistics he presents the
Isorv domestic and external, of the Empire, dur
1.-The last twenty years, and the causes or imme-
F2o astecedents Of the war with Russia. Know
lro conciseness, and Importantly distingushe this
,5gction He does not expect that the Porte will
able. in the end, to withstand the power of
g@ia.
yog have learnt from me that the second volume
Sir Archibald AIison's History of Europe from
Fall Of Napoleon, came into my hands some sew
Or eight days ago, and that one of the chapters
1.-The 8b, Of nearly fifty pages-is devoted to Rus
ian history, progress, resources and prospects TIC
n last years of Alexander and the accession and
aracter Of Nicholas. Alison being dilligent in
srer intelligent and fair in his choice Of facts
the Cars Empire possessing now, the strongest
aims on tho attention Of the world, you may wei
ne a portion of my memoranda derived from his
ges have read the whole volume, and can pro
DCe ii to be not less instructive and vigorous thar
l. ~,
fer objections to the style and sentiment that arr
nmOn to his writings.
Alison thinks that the Simultaneous growth o
asSia in Europe and Asia of the United States c
nerica and of the British Empire in India an
utralia g stand forth pre- eminent in this age G
onler8 e" With the first he associates The dwin
ing away of the Mahomedan faith and the bound
IS extension of the Christian. For Russia, tn
eat and lasting acquisition was the Grand Ouch
Warsaw Kingdom of Poland. The con
imtional and representative institutions concede
the kingdom, by Alexander, proved worse thai
eess in practice" Their entire failure adds an
her to The numerous instances which history at
DDS, of the danger and futility of transplantin
StutiOns suitable to one race and state of society
people of different blood and in a differen
lge Of social and political existence. With Pc
ni, Russia has her advanced posts in the heart c
TOpe-within $50 miles Of both Vienna and Der
b. AlCXanders sister, the Grand Duchess Anne
lrled the Prince of Orange, now monarch of HOl
nd and Nicholas obtained the hand of the Princes
Prussia, sister of Frederic William. These all
ces were important in their effect on the interna
1aI relations of Europe.
Russia is backed-like the United States-as Ma
OeOn said, by two invincible allies-Time IA
pace The historian estimates her population i
35, including her army at seventy Millions Q
nom, the ASiatic amounts to about five. Sixty mil
sare inhabitants of the country and engaged /
uvatiOn. The population doubles every seyent
&S This ratio is greater than that of any othe
ae OF Europe Prussia excepted. The entire ST
fhcIeS of Russia in Europe is 2 100000 square gee
aphical miles. In Great Britain it is two hundre
d twenty thousand. Unity of feeling and purpos
pply ncalCulable force to Russian physical mean
mere have been instructions and revolts, but nor
Nch aimed at a change in the form of governmer
separation of one part of the empire from til
her The Russians devotedly attached to the
uthey have the strongest bonds of cohesion while
n exist for people-dentity of religious belief ar
nty Of temporal interests In regard to govern
lent, they are oriental in their feelings and habit
hey are universally and at all times loyal to tt
Ear; as such, he is their supreme chief and tt
cad Of their church.
HERE IS no nation more profoundly impressed wi
lsIous feelings than the Russians; but the Bible
Wv" " shldll part OnIy; pIedCnIhS Is very IdI'
Pm, nte is all Ill all. Their religion enters the ey
the intellect or ear The clergy are a very n
0us body; as they are allowed to marry, the
laren are still more so nearly all of these recei
clements of education, and they form the chi
ass from whom the functionaries of the governme
drawn. The class of mobiles in 1929 embrace
ont 100000 individuals some possessed of immen
@unes the majority not rich, has employment
army. In l84S, the Serfs, or peasants, the pr
fly Of masters had increased to nearly twelve m
U.S. IN European Russia the are adscupti gleJG
a7 7, to the soil, and for the most part, engaged
aOorS OF agriculture. Alison thinks it quite
sake 10 suppose that this immense body of m
saves in The English or American sense of t
va they are, indeed, liable to be sold with the e
and cannot leave it without the consent of t
1,.s I they constitute, as property, the main part
,aIue' but they enjoy important immunities a
ellaSeS, such as might warrant the doubt wheth
~ could do SO we'll In any other circumstances