The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-11-22
VIOLATION OF THE TREATY OF PARIS BY ENG
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The spirit Of vulgar COLONIZATION and frantic ytupera
ton Of all the principal governments in the world which
obtains in Engapd constitutes curious but most painful
exhibition Of the inhrmites Of poor human nature for
there no government in Europe vulnerable in the
character Of its princes and It's governing than the
Eaglsh there is which has pursued Of more
unscupuous and relentless ambition there is none which
has manifested such reckless disregard of the law of
ons and the faith of treaties there is which holds
Ia stern subsection many millions of conquered and
saved men, which weighs with such deadly influence
upon the liberties of Europe ASIA Africa, and America
And her statesmen and her presses unmeasured and
unsparing their denuncaton Of the acts and the policy
foreign and domestic first of and then Of another
of all the great States Of Europe and America.
Looking back only for the space Of two three years.
we shall find France Austria Prussia Spain, the two
Sicilies Turkey each has had its turn in that short time
In being the object of the angry denunciaton and vtu
peraton OF the English Louis Napoleon Francis Joseph
Frederic William, Isabella Ferdinand Abdul Medgid and
their chief Ministers have after the other been served
up to the London public with all the glowing eloquence
of personal detracton which distinguishes the orators OF
the purlieus of St Giles and of Bngsgate And the gov
eminent Of the United States has athe time had It's
full share of the spefu wrath of the leading English wr
tiers and speakers.
But Russia is the standing bugbear OF the English. For
some thirty years past the English mind, angry by fits and
starts with everybody else has tossed and aved ncessan
ly in chronic rage against Russia The explanation of this
Is obvious Great Britain and Russia the two most
powerful empires ofmodern Europe They also rival
auerors In Asia And Great Britain which going year
after year adding kingdom upon kingdom to her domnions
in ASIA which, under every successive governorgenera
makes an additional step in the path of conquest cannot
aeep of nights Ir dread of the similar advances of Russia
Although thousand niles OF intervening Tartar tribes and
painless deserts divide the English frontier posts in the Pun
lab from those of the Russians the Caspian yet England
has Russian emsars and armies moving before her dis
ordered vision necessarily in Bokhaa Aghanistan, 10
k.nd Persia, Khiva, Beloochisan and Turkey To this
exaggerated dread Of Russia England the greatest
disaster which ever plfl her armsnamey, her invasion
Of and expulsion FROM Aghanstan. For that campaign
of eaames and horrors and especially the English re-
from Cabul there is but parallel in ancient his,
tory-the march of the Roman army into Persia under
Crassus and its return with Cassius and but in mod
hstorythe retreat Of Napoleon from Moscow. From
that day this especially it to have been the study
England inuse into her people the relentless
hatred of Russia which distinguished the relations of Rome
and Carthage in the days Of the Annbas and Scipos
But Engand is not Rome and Russia is not Carthage.
Nay England nearly resembles Carthage, and Rus
STA Rome for the strength and wealth of England in
possessions mnisterng her commerce. accessible
to er only by while RUSSIA power
standing undivided upon the land. Without this intense
Asatc jealousy of Russia in England and the consequent
passionate denunciaon Of Russia with which the English
press has ,eemed for whole generation woud have been
impossible that causes of quarrel visionary and purely
ancifu the assigned could have plunged England
into the late with Russia and made her the
PLEASANT ally and agent in that Of the Emperor Of the
French And it would that England quite
much predetermined break the treaty Of Paris and
new the attack on Russia as she was under somewha
similar circumstances disregard the treaty Of Amiens
and resume her struggle with Napoleon How, otherwise
Is II possible account for the fact that simultaneously
with the preparation Of vast naval and military eHpedi-
ton Bombay for the invasion OF Persia by the Of
Oman she retains aud Is daily augmentng most formi-
dabe naval force in the Black sea- in front Of Odessa
The pretexts for this in the complaints she brings against
Russia trivial and peurile to RIGHTEOUSNESS consider
ing the extravaganza and violence with which those
plants are made and In contrast with the Of Eng
land herself In a recent article Of the Morning Pot
these OF complaint stated in which ndu
Of the American journals TO speak Of IT, not unapy
as Lord Palmerstons indictment against Russia
Russia It seems f before surendering her BsarL-
bian ortresses Of Kia and Isma and before restoring
Kars, dismanue 10 part their Notifications Il Ia very
clear that England would have done the thing The
same circumstances and those whether right wrong
are past present and continuing acts The eonnu-
ing Of which England complains that Russia as
sers right the town Of Bograd on the Besaraban
frontier and the Isls Of sspen Of the coast Of ssa-
rabia These petty matters any way the application
or construction Of the treaties Of Paris In regard 10 which
Russia Is just likely to be right England. And yet
upon these Insignificant questions the Morning Post IN
this andictmenp Of Russia crowds into a short para
graph such pretty phrases kuavery wckedne discred-
liable dishonest crafty, interruptions, evssye wrgge
falsehood fraud and diplomatic triCkery Are these
sweet voices to be uttered among friends2
We subjoin the article OF the Morning Post and some
remarks Of lie Nord the subject Of Bograd and the
Isle Of Serpeus also, three from English
and French newspapers which show conclusiyely that
Lord Pamerstou subeetipg Great Britain the just
putatsu Of deliberate violation Of the treaty Of Paris
Hesce the systematic endeavors Of certain portion Of the
London press TO conceal the true facts from the public
mind by entng and propagang the most extravagant
INTERPRETATIONS Of the purposes Of Russia
We have only TO add in regard to contemplate insnu-
alton In this srcls OF the Morning Post implied by IL
cnumsratng America twice among other countries as