Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-02-24
From the London Times, Jan. &C.
The Peace and War Policy of England.


Now in the first place, we entirely deny that it is
solely or even principally, account of any dread
that Russla should become great maratime power,
that we deem it expedient to prevent her overrunnng
Eupean Turkey, and possessing herself of the Oar
danelles and the Bosphorus; nor should we deem it
suthcen ground for going TO war; that by such means
we should prevent another country from rvalling us
on the sea-a laudable ambition which is open to all
the nations Of the earth. But Russia seated in Con-
stannople, is full of the most portenous dangers not
to England only, but to Europe, and, indeed to the
whole human race. Drawing her strength from The
resources, not of civilization but of barbarsm; DOS
sessing among her higher classes Just as much know.
edge OF European arts and civilization as is necessary
to destroy them, and IN her lower orders of g
norance so dense, and OF opinions so degraded as to
lind IN single their lawgiver their sovere;pn
and almost their God, this nation is peculiarly calcu-
lated debaSe wherever it conquers, and to demolsh c
Vzauon, winch can neither appreciate nor receive
Manchester may view with indifference the accession
10 the dominion OF such power of some of the finest
provinces in the world, of GOO 900 Subjects and Of
their ancient capitalize Key of Europe and OF sa
and may hope that when the barbarous Turk has been
expelled by hordes scarcely less barbarous and in
hntelY more dangerous, things will go on as before
and the European system, relieved of it's Mahomedan
element, enjoy renewed vigor But is this execution
reasonable! We give to the most anti-commercial
country OF Europe hundreds ofmies Of the navigation
OF her finest river and must expect that bV that
change the Danube will be as efectuaIly closed To
commerce as the Dnieper the Dnester, or the Volpa
VI course with Russia in possession the Dardaneles
me rising commerce with Asia by way of Trebizond
is al an end the CIrcassans must fall in their isolation
ana ASA Minor be open TO invasion at once from West
and East. Has it ever occurred TO Mr. Cohden ~
consluer Wha In the case supposed would be the in
evltabe destiny the Austrian empire Cut offfron
communication with the Black Sea-her natural ont
Iet-Wlth Russia her neighbor in the Adr;at;o :
would not be difficult to dspossess her of her nort -
that sea- and to reduce her position
on the will of the Car 0o
IL IS needless to trace step by step the inevitable
course oy which power which has already absorbed
foaho, Finland, Bessarabia, Georgia, and So MANY
other provinces. would proceed to deal WITH 49,
Sinaiier prlncIpallties and kingdoms of Germany -
Without supposing Russia to possess anv considerable
marianne power, but merely to carry on her advances
l'nu IL OBVIOUS that from the conquest of Euro
Pean uTKey' and the occupation of Constantinonla
would follow necessarily chain of events which -,
leaVe England and France the only States canahla ~
opposing her onward course towards the fonn5otio
ol ah Empire passed on universal fear and universal
oarharIsm. 10 this condition it must con,e a. 1at
anu d0 IL must come, were ii not wiser to meet tb;S
power IN It's hrst onset, before it is strengthened b.
~ arms anu Vooles OF so many conquered provinces
" " 0uuer inc cockatrlce's egg to batch in order
may see we lave strength crush the full
grown monster? 1t is not a question of marat;naa
| supremacy any more than the invasion of The CT
ana Vandals, the Romans or the Macedonans -
conquered the sea by the land 1t is nnest;or Wy oe
representation and of the assertion of that law IF
hurope-the only defence of the weak aoains+ ~
sIrong' OF the trampled against the oppressor-the
only guarantee of future peace We canno, ;.o1a.o
ourselves our from the great commonwealth of patons
atv na TO De the nation We are 1t is the pen
MI w Py Aor our hlgn destiny, our glorious mission
end we will pay it without repining. ''''''"
Ci.ANEE of GAUGE OvERcoME-THE ERIE FL,
-hoa aI.tA ~ new arrangement of car
wnees' they can be accmodated TO railroads If de-
.eaene gauges The Cleveland Herald mentions the
arrival that city of train of eleven cars
m h0g % M. Were loaded at Indianapolis and
htlyfour miles the four feet eight and baif ana
guage. % Muneie' and thence two hundred and TWEEN.
miles over four feet ten inches gauge to CIsra
BOSTON BOSTON, FEB: i9-The merchants Of this c;tv oav.
Kim Itnner last night to Capt Watkins of the baTaue
N'iny' ana presented him with Testimonial fue
Alley Heborn was yesterday surreOdersd - a.