The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-12-22

Well may Turkey be safe But this mighty
out-puttIng OF military strength cannot b.
permanent. The question is, then. are we to
, 'lisband these vast armaments, assembled a,
50 much cost and by 50 happy iuncture of
. circumstances. without taking precautions 70,
the future peace OF Europe? We have in.
tervened between h" robbcr and his victim
and now kneel upon the breast of the agcres.
sor The intended victim is safe as long as
we hold the dac :: ;he robbers throat
but are we no. to shcathe our arms and wal K
away, leaving the rotbcr unbound and free
to resume his onslaught? p? Forbid it, Ifthe
>hor:-s'shted polio o''he Peace party were
successful We should lose even in a none.
tary point OF view. We would find ourselves
neces>ltated either to maintain. year bv year
, A large standing force. naval and military
tor the repression Of anv new onset by Rus.
, Sia; or else Turkey in few wears would be
swallowed w by its colossal neirhbor. And
l.. Turkey would not fall alone. Her absorb
iion wonld be but another milestone in the
march OF MOscovite conquest There have
been "s'"k men, before Turkey. a,d there
will be ''sick men" after her. Poland was
. the Invalid Of last century, and where is she
. now: Swallowed up by the imperial robber
and now adding to the strength of his armie.
by twenty millions OF the most gallant ronu
'ation IT '!:e world Turkey, if we prove
s,;isc 10 ourselves. vii; share similar fate.
anf: CIV" "'nor Races and territory to swell
the military strength of the Car. Thus
, made irre>,shb'e. will Russia pause in her Ca
reer? Will she not find a "sick man" in
due time upon 'hc shores Of the Baltic. and
StIive 70 make that sea also 4 mare rI1u<u,n q
vast lax" within wh,c!. Russia can train her
sailors and augment hert!ce: until she be ready
, for her triumnh: LIT nrt England hug her
self now in fanci.d security. and sav, What
have 10 do with checking of RcSsia? Rus.
sia, at the beginning of this war. hal fleet
equal to those OF England and France united
what will >.!e Rot have when the Euxine
ard the Baltic are both in her power. and
when She can p~rss into her marine alike The
hardy Scandinavians and the a,lroit scamcn
OF the Greek Isles? Prace-scckinc. trade
seeking England isolated hv her selfShncss.
wou'1 then not only see her whole Mcditcr-
ran"an stations rent from her, but be utterly
crushed upon her own shores BY the mighty
fleets OF Russia issuing simultaneously from
;hr Baltic and tn" Straits of Gibraltar. Far
off contingencies, it may be said True, but
not the less certain TO happen. if Europe con
tinuc 10 >lumte. while Russia conuuers. Lee,
us say II. we DO not believe this lameptable
issue will haPren.--hut only hecanse we be-
lirve that England will fight be:imes. and
not when too laft.-bocause we do NOT be-
iievc that England viii be so mad or 50 mean
as 20 sacrll!ce h',r own iutnrc and that of Eu-
r>i'o Tor III. sak.. al snort II. I'd hour OF
lighter taxes. an! at the bidding of a CLIQUE
o! p",Illrlans VITO have already shown them
.,'..;"s h.v.orh NO. infatuated. dishonest
10 ''e "al"F' and as little resc;..., OF The fu-
'"rca as thrv have been taught by the past.
Let us recall two passages from our past
history We have tried the ce-po!icv be-
fore,-'c: us see if the two instances 10 he
related were nr actual. though distinct eau.
scS CT tac very isis IN which Eurone now
finds Itself. Iurn back nearly century.
Poland was The sick man" of those days.:
fn>>ia the Robrr then AS now. Ru,,ia.s
policy also was ,he same then az now. In
the assumed grlse OF a doctor, she adopt.d
toward the "s'ck man 4 mode of treat,nen,
1d"n''cal with that which she has since fol-
lowed toward tn Ottoman Empire. 1t was
ON 'he plea OF s'ruri0q The reijg;ous lNerty
81 ne m'mbcrs nj Me Greek Nmrh in Poland.
that Russia mad her first attack upon her
independence oithat country. Rus>ia's tli
p'o'nacy was aI>' then adrolt and living as
now. and played Is part so well that the 9th
er Towers OF Europe did not penetrate her
designs, and eve, aided her IN imposing her
terms upon the Pocs-a nation. be j, SAID.
whose previous history had shown them 10 be-
the most tolerant in Europe By the treaty
OF o'iva IN l't'. this protcctoraie of the
t'reek dlSsehtersin Poland was accorded to
Russia. S"vcra dcluded Powers. and Great
Britain among the number. became cuarantvs
OF this treaty. AMI hy this means give a a,a
legal sanction TO interference with the do
mrS''c affairs OF he sick man. "a letting
ont ot waters very analogous to the intcrmc.i
ding OF the Great Powers between the Sul-
tan and his Christian subjects which immed;.
ately preceded 'he mission of MenscIlikor
and tn" present onslaught of Russia. The
ilr>f PlrtI''"a of Poland CT72) followed
France, England. Sweden. and Spain had
guaranteed :llc integrity of that unhanry
country 10y solemn treaties. particularly those
OF \oaw and Olivia: vet the partioninc
Powers were allowed 10 work their will nm.
opposed, while the Western States looked
quietly or, rassivelv sanrfoninc-
The good Old rule. the simple plan.
hat ne shall take who fa, the power
And ie shall keei, who can
we know what was the issue of all this
how Poland was bit bv bit swallowed I'M. and
how Eussia grew and prospered upon the
peace-poilcy OF her neishbors. But let US
take another instance. Turkey was the on
ly Power that at that time penetrated Russia's
designs upon Poland, and struggled to pre.
vent their realization. On this account. "a
well as IN pursuit Of the cherished dream of
placing Gar upon the throne OF Byzantum.
and renewing the empire of Constantine.
huss'a had no sooner swallowed her first slice /
OF Poland than she bore down heavily upon
the Ottomans Through this gate lies the
roaa to Bysanhum.'" was the 0minous in.
scr'Pt'on Catherine II. placed over the west
gaze OF Cher>" al' - vas resolved that
her protecy = aid oe realized. The wear
l''S saw Turkey in great peril. In the
spring OF that year the CzarIna Catherine
and Joseph II. of Austria met at Chersor.
ana concerted a joint plan of operations,
Which embraced at once the partition of Tur.
Key and curtailment of the power of Prus.
sIa. The Court Of Berlin took the ALARM
Great Britain. led by Pitt, resolved upon
timely interfererce-Holland, Poland, Swe-
den, and Turkey joined them and in June
was concluded the convention Of Leo. which
had Tor lfs object resistance TO the encroach-
ments OF Russia and Austria upon the COM
monweaIth of Europe. What was the effect
OF this League? Why, it so effectuallv cbo-
ked the ambition Of these two Powers that
they made peace with Turkey within two
months OF its ratification "a proof, among