The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-11-15

Rad BLOOD BETWEEN ENGLAND AND RUSSIA.

phases during the last four years AT first she appeared
highly polite and highly formidable ready alike with
force or fraud bullying the weak and oge~eachng the
strong With one infexble purpose always In view, to
which every other thought consideration was sterny
subordinated That abe might domineer Germany,
threaten Turkey and terriy Persia Russia content
cling 10 an obsolete commercial system TO keep her people
Ia slavery and Indulgence and to sacrifice the plough the
loom and the hammer 10 the undspued supremacy Of the
sword
War came and showed the Russian character under no.
bier and more eeyang influences Instead spirit ofag
gression we the spirit of patosm instead of foreign
Invasion the defence Of home aud behed not without
respectful admiration great nation struggling desperately
against the almost insuperabe obstacles which her de-
ective organization had raised against her and almost
supplying by prodBous efforts and sacrifices tbs want OF
the appliances Of modern science and Of those aids which
the arts OF must lend to the arts Of WAR; Russia
has now entered into third and entirely novel phase Of
Development
"a The busting vigor and rough frown OF war,
Is cold inany and painted peace
She has been forced YIELD because her means OF trans
mort were exhausted her armies persisted in inter
mnabe arches and all the that she had stored
nm for the destruction barbarous enemy proved ine
Gent against the hostility of nations better organized and
better civilized The genius of harbarsm looked civiza
ton in the face and was rebuked before her
II might have been expected that loss which had been
sustained without disgrace would have been borne with
dignity anu ,na Gss ..s.- to an inevitable destiny
would have turned her whole attention to the ara Vi
peace and left those who victorious In the conflict TO
pay undisturbed the most prominent part the public
stage But those who expected this knew little OF the
character of the Russian government profound dssim-
uaon bears no uncomfortable part in the policy OF this
semi-orenal people Having been defeated tho hrs and
dominant idea OF Russia seems to have been TO pretend
that she has not.
Like persons in society who take liberties which every
body FEELS but nobody is exactly inclined TO resent Rus
a aborng hard to present before Europe and the world
the Character of power that has out of the
perfect equality with the other beligerens In her anx
iety to avoid the renewal of hostes she persuaded the
allies leave certain questions to be dealt with after the
signature of peace Others necessarily in that con-
don from the mpossbiy of executing them at that mo-
men No attitude be less cedtable than that which
Russia has assumed with regard to these questions She
has seized without color of right justice upon the
Isle of Srpents and bias only been couneracted in her at
tempts by occupation by the Turks in greater force than
her She bound to deliver up to the allies the
fortresses of Kia smai and Kars The conditions were
performed by dismanng and destroying the Notifications
and delivering the ruins 10 the allies Russia was
pressed recy the frontier OF Bessaraba By the pro-
ducon of maps wully alsifed she entirely misled the
Congress of Paris and induced them to assent to from
tier impossible and nexpcable The six months fixed by
the treaty have expired and most of the conditions imposed
upon Russia yet unperormed In addition to this
she has issued nsoent end threatening manifesto,
in which she the allies dess from their attempts
to improve the condition of Naples and hints at
recourse Interior if her remonsrance be not
attended TO.
As all this not enough in the OF paltry yexa
ton and safe bravado Russia about send squad
ron to Bosphorus in order to take advantage of the
wrong she has already committed to perpetrate fresh
wrong Because she has not performed the conditions I'M
posed upon her by treaty the allies have been compelled
much against their WILL To keep their fleets in the Black
sea and their fees remain in the Black sea-
ing To her default Russia is informed about to de-
mand from Turkey that her feet should also be allowed to
those neutral waters
Letno6ody suppose nevertheless that Russia has not been
defeated in the late war; that she is in any condition to
IT, Were this really the these the PROV
ocaons Of enemy only seeking to the conflict
from which be has been forced for while to retirethey
might alarm, but could not disgrace But nothing is
further from the intention Of Russia at this than
To provoke second As they begin say Of the En-
peror has the wish but the will All these acts or
acngs intended for the benefit of the minor courts of
Europe give them for believing or still pre-
tending TO believe, that Russia Is still unconquered still
able protect them against their subjects still competent
to extend their lease Of tyranny and misrule.
All that be DONE short Of aordng the allies an
which would justify hem in the eyes of their sub
Jec In renewing The war, will be played of by this his
tionic and inscriptions power We only regret the mod
GRAFTON which led TO conclsde the struggle as we
bad gained the Of advantage necessary for
object instead Of protraOting it until superiority
only obtained but notorious be incapable
Of Misrepresentation.
We find IL difficult however TO believe that with all her
cunning and all her audacy Russia would have venured
upon playing the part she Is exhibiting had it not
been for encouragement received from the alliance OF the
western powers itself We do not mean for moment TO
imputC to the Emperor Of the French anything but the
most honorable and loyal persistence In the engagements
into which be has entered bat unhspp that honor and
loyalty do not extend In the degree those by
whom he s surrounded.
The idea Of dsmanng the forresses to be given up has
been traced TO source not entirely Russian and we can
not belp believing that the enemies Of both coun-
tries who stand high 10 the confidence Of the Emperor are
playing of Russia against England IN the hope that by 40
doing they win restore the presgs Of their enemy and
lower the consideration OF their ally We warn these
clever Spectators the endurance Of one party and the
arrogance Of the other TO beware es they meet with sue
cess entirely ranscending their most sanguine e1pecta-
tons There never when the people Of this
country we're less disposed TO be thed with and Russia
may have unless she awake wise oounse 10 buy the
false ca' Other present demonstrations at price which
she will be alike unwilling and unable pay Our resources
are untouched spirits uubroksn and having ono,
made treaty viii not suffer ourselves 10 10 held IN
70 ridcue unable unwilling to enforce lie conditions
We only hope that this dangerous game win he carried no
reasonable and what have asked are thoroua hy
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