The Empire County argus., 1855-02-17
ORfOiNA

WE are indebted to j. W. Sullivan, of San Fran
cisco, for file of The Empire: We extract the
following, showing the Australian editors views of
American politics. He draws picture of the EN-
peror Nicholas in style well calculated to frighten
naughty children. Perhaps The Empire has heard
that Senator Douglas paid Russia visit last year,
and thinks the Gar arranged the prelimnares of
the Nebraska bill with him on the same day that
Senator Douglas discovered that Moscow was not
burned, on the occasion of the visit of Napoleon
and his army. Here is the extract:
1t is not easy to say how much of mere conjcc-
ture there is in the belief that the Gar of North
Europe has been at work in the Nebraska agita-
ton, and in the passage OF the Fugitive Slave Law.
We are too remote from the scene to be aware of
the exact state of the case. But there can be no
risk of error in admitting that if it could be done,
no man on earth, scarcely even an inhabitant of
the neither regions would be more likely to stir up
the alleged mischief than the Emperor Nicholas,
He must love slavery and serfdom from the centre
of his soul He is the very lord of slaves for every
inhabitant of Russia is at his mercy, and must do
his bidding. The ranks of that ill-fated country
are only many different degrees of enthralment.
The noble is really as much slave as his own serf,
only with longer chain, aad that of gold instead
of iron. The knout may be applied to the lower
extremities of the system, and not to the higher;
willed. Scarcely any mans soul is his own in
Russia. The only freeman there is the Autocrat,
in whom all authority and privilege centres; and
even he is the slave of suspicious and darkhear
fears. No one but he possesses anything by right.
In this state of society he delights much any
man can find delight in wrong 1t is the putridity
in which he wallows and fattens He is also the
apostle of it, for he never moves but to fasten
chains on the necks of all on whom he can lay his
hands. He propagates degradation subserviency,
and prostration of soul among the nations around
him. whom he cannot bring under his own iron
sceptre. Could he have his will, there would not
be a nation of freemen the face of the earth.
There is scarcely nation of Europe, except Eng
land and France whose evil genius he has not been.
His very embassies are embued with a spirit of es-
pionage, and are almost more dangerous than his
enmity These are facts borne out by the history
of the entire imperial life of this crafty dishonest,
and violent man. Wers it, therefore, to turn out
true that he has been mixing himself incogndo with
American politics, and that for the double purpose
of keeping the citizens of the Republic too busy to-
interfere with his proceedings elsewhere, or even to
think of them, and of dashng to pieces at last an
image whice cannot fail to be an eyesore to him
long as it remains whole, it could take no one by
surprise. He has to considerable extent cajoled
successive British ministries till he has nearly
quilted another independent country, and laid the
train for further designs westward. Why should
we be astonshed to learn that Brother Jonathan
has been simple John Bull, while busy else
where?