Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-03-01
DAILY NATIONAL ERA.


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1t has been affirmed from time to time, BY
observers ofevents, that the war between Rus
sia and Turkey has had its incipiency simply
in JeaIouses between the Greek and Latin
Churches; and, whatever appearances may
now be presented, the truth Of this declaration
has not been disproved Russia sought Tor a
pretext and upon grounds Of this character
found it. Whatsoever results therefore, may
proceed from the conflict, history will point
with nnerring precision to its origin, and show
"how great d matter a little fire kindleth."
In confirmation Of this opinion, we quote tho
following from among the items Of intelligence
brought by the last arrival:
The Court Of Rome is divided on the great
question Of the day The Pope and several Of
the Cardinals apprehend the aggrandizement
| OF Russia, because il would be the triumph Of
the Greek Chnrch--of IL schsmatic religion,
| which would aim Mt the overthrow Of Cath0li.
clsm while Cardinal Antonelli, the Secretary
OF State, and all the members OF tho Pontifoal
Government who are only interested in the po-
litical question, hold good for Russia"
We perceive, also, that M. Michel Chevaler,
French journalist, who advocates the cause
Of the Roman Catholic Church, recently ex-
pressed his views in the following manner, in
the Journal dts Debats. Facts" it is said,
have logicfand power which cannot DO ro-
ssted.n
Il cannot shut mSeyes to the facts that mil
itate against the Influence Of the Roman Cath
Ollie spirit--facts whish have transpired moro
especially during the last third Of q century,
/ and which are still in progress-facts that are
fitted to exert in every mind that sympathizes
with the Roman Catholic cause, the most lively
apprehensiOns. On comparing the respective
progress made since 1914 by nom Roman Cath
Ollie Christian nations, with the advancement to
power attained by Roman Catholic nations, one
is struck with astonishment at the dispropor-
ton. England and the United States, which
are Protestant powers and Russia, o Greek
power, have assumed, to an incalcnlable de-
gree, the dominion of immense regions, destin-
cd to be densely peopled, and already teeming
/ with large population. England has nearly
conquered all those vast and populons regions
known under the generic name of India. In
America she has diffused civilization to tho
extreme North, in the deserts Of Upper Canada
Through the toll Of her children, she has taken
possession Of every point and position Of an
island New Holland (Ausralia,) which is as
large as continent and she has been sending
forth her fresh shoots over all the archipelagos
with which the great ocean is studded. The
United States have swollen out to prodigious
extent in wealth and possessions, over the
surface Of their ancient domain. They have,
moreover, enlarged on oil sides the limits OF
that domain, anciently confined to a narrow
slip along the shores Of the Atlantic they now
sit on the two oceans; San Francisco has be-
come the pendent Of New York, and promises
speedily to rival IL in its destinies They have
proved their superiority over the Roman Cath
Ole nations Of the New World, and have sub
jected them to dictatorship which admits of
no further dispute. To the authority Of these
two Powers, England and the United States,
after an attempt made by the former ON
China, the two most renowned empires Of the
East, empires which represent nearly the nu.
merical half Of the human race, China and
Japan, seem TO Be ON the point of yielding.
"Rnssia, again, appears to BIO assuming every
day . position OF growing Importance in Eu-
! rope. Daring all this time, what way has been
made by the Roman Catholic nations? Tho
foremost of them all, the most compact, the
most glorious - France, which seemed, fifty
years ago, TO have mounted the throne Of civil
ization-has seen, through u course Of strange
disasters her sceptrc shivcred and her power
dissolved Once and again has she risen to
her feet, with noble courage and indomitable
energy; but every time, as oil expected to see
her take rapid flight upward fate has sent
her. rs curse from God, n revolution to para
Iyze her efforts, and make her miserably fall
back. Unquostionably, since 1889, the balance
Of power between Roman Catholic civilization
and non. Roman Catholic civilization has been
reversed"
Mr. Ira Aldridge, the African tragedian,
continues his successful performances on the
Continent Erehanges
We suppose Mr.. Aldridge is not, as Mrs.
Chick would say, "a nativen In what Ian
guage or languages does he perform on that
very ample stage, the continentq
u Some ill-natured critic says that dit has
recently been discovered that il is necessary
for ladies, who wear wafer-soled Shoes, to have
from ten to fifty dollars worth Of furs around
the neck and wrists, in order to maintain
uniform heat Of the system"
A vmLArS.--Wm. Forrest, nineteen years
old, has been committed to the Kings county
jail, New York, on charge OF having three
wives, all Of whom were present at the court
10 appears that he married his first wife rome
two years ago; and ON the 9Th Of January
last, married the second, Miss Margaret Mo-
Elroy; and on the 9Th Of February inst, mar
ried Miss Mary Stevens.
Mn. SUMMERS SPEECH. - The Worcester
Daily Spy says that this Ills statcsmanly
document, rsfating by unanswerabIo argu-
ments, and long array Of historical fact, tho
miserable pretenoes and sophistrics by which
tho friends OF the Nebraska measure ore en-
deavoring to commend their intended villanous
purposes to the people Of the North"
THe JAPAN ExPEpITToS.--The death Of the
Emperor Of Japan, the assumption of mourn