The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-05-24

possessors and there too the spires temples reared
the true God pointed pathway TO the skies thousand
years before the eoquence of st Chrysosto had been
heard in It's streets and religion had sanc6ed that
city. Such Constantnople and the country of which
she the proud capital in beauty and fertility and in
the re6nements Of her inhabitants worthy of such
| capital.
horde of barbarans with the shout of "There is but
one God and Allah is His prophet" poured down in a tor
rent that beautiful country and submerged beneath ii
angry and filthy waters civilization Christianity and the
arts Millions Of Christians died under the edge of the
scmcar, and the Ottoman empire established Beneath
its rule the res portions of the earth have become desc
late, covering supercies Of than million and
quarter of square miles, with population of thar
thirtyfve millions; instead Of contributing the genera
wealth Of the world the harvest that is gathered there il
the plague and the pestilencehc legitimate offspring
deness misery and filth These various periods since
the establishment Of the Ottoman empire have sprung Vi
on the Bosphorus and scattered dsmay and death ovcl
| the world.
The Turk s,l hovers Europe and northern
Africa unchanged in character and religion with sword
ready drip with Christian blood and only harm
less because he is powerles As ever bloody maxins still
rule him As late 1920 1000 Janzaries the hired and
petted soldiers of Turkey, fell in night by the knife
| the assassin--victlas to Turkish jealousy.
Such in brief the character of that nation and such
the title by which it holds the countries ii nsrues
and the fate of 100000 Christians descendants of the
former of the country and its lawful propretors is
forgotten in nconsidetc sympathy with their cruel
and debased masters a@
II possession of four centuries operates perfect title
to the conquerors although the ancient proprieors
mingled with their conquerors, have remained distinct
people, separated from them by prosecutions religion, i'm
pacabe hostility side and inveterate contempt on
the otherif such possession does confer tile it is
best lgat title having nothing to recommend it to the
respect manknd and its reversion to its ancient
ts by
the faith with Them and holding out to them higher
civilization should be retarded by foreign interference
and regretted by no Christian people
The population of the Turkish empire excluding Tunis
and Trpo is about thirty live Millions and
area of one and quarter millions Of square miles. She
occupies the very gardenspot Of the world The valley
the Mississippi is fertile and her climate
through the whole gamut of temperature Corn, wheat
barley rice and tobacco wave in her valleys the fig pen
in her suns and the grape stoons the sides of her
1 tains At each elevation vegetation diversihcs
4 adorns and enriches them, till eternal he
peaks. On side she connects by the Mediterranean
and the Black and its auents with the whole
world eager to enter her marts and exchange with he
their commodities the opposite India and Persia oie
their spices and silks and seek through her doninon
/ highways to Europe. What should be the of
spot So favored? What is it, Ofso little importance tina
if annihated the trade of the world would hardly feel III
loss
/ been still ess--absolutely nothing.
The policy Of Turkey never be reformed Her poll
ties less than her religion have their fountain in th
Koran and neither be changed until she to b
i Mahomedan
The Chinese write from right TO left Turkey equal,
reverses the commercial maxns OF Europe Other nations
sensible that exports must bring back imports and ha
the of the former the latter the
gain that commerce has made, encourage the one wh
they lay duties the other But the Turk considers ever
export as so much lost to The national wealth. and aims
swell the Of the country by keeping its product
within It's own dominions.
Let us now suppose that the immense regions occupied
by Turkey and aose controlled by her influence shoulC
be brought under the sway Of Russian institutions and pol
ICY and conjecture the change that would probably taxi
place.
Commerce. instead Of lnngushing under policy repro
bsted by the experience of centuries less than by th
common Of mankind would be stimulated refreshed
and invgoraed regulations and udicous patronage
vigorous Russian population would transfuse its stamn,
through them carrying with it its nborn passion for trade
its sagaty and industry and the arts and habits
sary to continue the power they had usurped
The opening Of these regions TO the Of thu
world and the full development Of their resources woult
be epoch Of such Importance in the history Of trade tina
1t would compare with the opening Of China japan ant
the Amazon country the free trade of the world and in
troduce Russia into the front rank Of commercial nations
To avoid Misrepresentation LET explain the essentia
difference between Russian conquest and French and Eng
i hsh dominion.
II in the nature Of Russian expansion TO ntegrae with
herself The countries she conquers to make them thorough
y RUSSIAN; obliterate former institutions usages and
manners and to annhilae what she ia unable TO assm
i late Her history establishes this Finland and the Cr
essentially Russian they had been occupied
by the ancient Russ and ID passed from his sway
Their institutions and all Russian their mag
traes all Russian either by birth by the transforming
influence Of the fear the gold Of Russia and Poland
| rapidly settling into the same condition.
Indeed Russia the only nation of Europe capable
tho harshness necessary TO render civilized nation homo
gcncous with herself The French with the most iron
wiIed and ablcs Emperor and with the amplet means
failed from well of the necessary rgot as the
necessary power to execute difficult task We hold
that earthly force would be equal the establishment
OF transforming dcspotsm the nations of western
Europe and hence not Of those who fear The pro-
gess westward OF the peculiar Russian dominion Nor dc
believe that this apprehension enters all into the mo
vcs Of the Two allies On the other hand any consider
able assimilation of adjacent territory by France Is
seems equally impractcabe and its npossblity sufficient
II ly demonstrated to the French themselves
Ireland is the last Of English conquosts this kind Tht
nearest approach II is in her Indian possessions; bu
here and cruel she has been the deenc.
striking between the conquests of purely commercial
! nation and the radical conqucsts Of Russia
u In short both parties in this contest seeking hc
respective interests by the and weapons peculiar
appropriate and, TO speak natural to themselves
i The Roman policy generally different The CON