The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1855-12-05
THE DEATH blow TO BARBARIsM.

The London Christian Times thus dis
courses
j" Russia has inherited the dowry OF that
mysterious dread with which. in all ages, the
drsarv northern regions have clothed their
children, in the ewes of the luxurious and
ener,afed ,lwellers in soft southern climrs.
Tie great battle Of need aud wealth, ni those
Vim want aud those who have. which ha. f0
be- fought out in every community. !. fought
alsn through the ages, on the grandes' -cair,
on the arena Of the world. Scythians, Gauis
Ieufons, Huns, and Normans have success
iyrly been the dread Of the nations who had
made good their Judgment in the fertile sun
nv regions which border the We'd trrraneAn
Sea. The force oftheir in aiding armies has
always been magnified BY terrms, and BY
the tastness aud grandeur OF the inh">pita-
Bile lands which we're their native homes =
The barharism Of their manners, and tie le-
ruciiy uf their courage, have never failed ia
deepen the fears inspired By theii NAME
For Tie last Ten centuries. tie mantle 81 tins
northern mysler, has fallen upon Russia. and
size ha. enpIoyed il with no little skill IN
extending her influence aud establishing her
supremacy OVER the nations oi tie East
Her pnwer, always formidable, has been mag
nifc,l hy the llea Of her vast dominiuns aud
b1rbaric force. From the. day when Oleg
first swept. with his futila, down the tata.
facts Of lie Dnieper ou his wst IL 'nnsfan
! tinople, her encroachments have been stea,l,
and perseyering. The yellow haired race,
under the successors nf Rurik, hlng atnu q
tie dying Byzantine Empire like Fate II
the fourteenth century. this dread cluihrd IL.
self in prophecy, aud ghost.like has haunted
Europe fir tie last fourhundrsd years. Twt
year, ago lie prophecy seemed IN tle eve o
its accomplishment. The tolls ~ Rn..ta
which tie greet Peter made strung and sure
had been closing for generations around th'
European Empire of Mohamaril. and IL,
] mission of Prince Menschik0ff seemed dies
/ tined to strike the final blow.
:, Two wears have sufhcsd TO Illustrate tb,
prophecy and 10 dissipais the dread ol Eu
rope forever. Two campaigns hass prnfsl
the essential weakness oi the hsrDlr,c pO@
rr, when measured agsinsl the Campici
4 tree AMI sustained courage Uf fatI.rs ahlcl
Z WELD tie resources Of civilization and rep
resent the rights Of Humanity. ln Two srali
the veil has been rent, behind phIch Rnssi'
I luomed 20 giant.like before lhs ,nsr.4ir,
Greek aud Muslrp, and men hass lrsrne,
with strange Joy aud ssncs Of ,lrln srance
that the force Of ths world is h,ussiarti
mot With bartirism, but with order ~,
law. Tile victories which We hs,s ssins,
ave great, as ,iudic ltins III. ti-hi, II ma
tons, aud adjusting IL. balance u p"vtr
but greater FAR. 10 that they ha's d,s'on
slraied the weakness Of bit0arisn. and de
liyercd Europe from . psral, zIng dread.
!. he Russians have fought sits assperat'
resolution, but without q shadps u = clanc'
of victory. Far Irus revealing. when III,
veil Wa. lifted, that form b,fore sho.. siiall
NV not the East only. but Eurpf. has ireis
blrd. they have been beaten 10 s,erv battle
aud driven from eserv stronghold IN whiel
they have been assaifed. fnr months past
the extent nf their endurance las been th
unknown quantity on whica Europe has bee
specializing. not tie chance or possibility d
tSeir hh1l susss.s. FOR the hrst time in bis