New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-02

m reexibe fatality, and by the unavoidable cur
rent Of events, than by Prcmedtaed individual de-
c;.;on. II wcnId. therefore. be prepOsterous ana
childish 70 claim the ultimate victory for either con-
tending Power. At present it IS only possible III
considering the subject, to review the chances'
with the various resources at the command OF TWO
irreconcilable antagonists.
ENGLAND now commands, and will long command
tbe immense resources generated by Liberty, TO-
petber with those created by highly advanced ma
teyis civilization, the accumuations OF industrious
actiyity and her incaculable wealth, these stores
beinc more peneralized than the mental develop
ment of the popular masses. But the last war has
ALREADY shown that these resources are insuiilceh1
in sipple-banded strife with Russia. Inc wooden
wall. exhibited their own nefficiency and dlsncli'
pation 70 approach those of stone. The contest
t.uobt 70 all engaged in it various and terrible les
sons. But these England, essentiallya commercial
country, will soon forget. Ere long her attention
will be diverted from that forced channel, and re-
turn to more congenal pursuita. few years OF.
peace and dread of increased taxation, will cool
her becose propensities, and warlike measures
and expenditures will one by one be abandoned.
The English Parliaments can never have in view,
like the absolute continental powers, the single
paramount aim of military organization. The En-
glish people will be FESTIVE under taxation
designed to meet emergencies certainly distant
and apparently speculative. England, by reason of
her advanced culture, hitherto principally confined
to the middle classes, is approaching nearer the
highest aims of civilization, and every year she
must become more aud more pacific in her pursuits,
opinions and habits Political power is daily pass
ing more decidedly into the hands other bourgeoiSs.
The temper of this social class in England and
throughout Western Europe u.s. Oh the average, pa
ciic. Its occupations, ideas and aspirations, and
above all, the methods by which they are pursued,
are not to be compared with those Of the middle
ages nor even with those of the sixteenth and sew
enteenth centuries. 1t is no longer compelled to
contend in the Commons or upon the battle field
for social advantages privileges and distinctions but
seeking these not individually but more successfully
in masses it reaches the hight of social enjoyment
by means of wealth, industry, mental cultivation,
and every kind of pacific pursuit But when the
struggle the approach Of which we have indicated,
shall have commenced the demand for various
material means will be multiplied, together
with their original cost and that of carriage to dis
tant points, the first being enhanced by the con-
sumption of war; Men, above ALL will be wanted.
England has nearly reached climax in the density
of her population. New wars will force upon her,
more urgently than the last, recurrence to enlist
ments, which are very precarious and insufficient
resource. In all human probability England will
never sgain be successful in securing the alliance
of other States against Russia. She partly failed
in attempting this during the last Eastern war, at
time when the general and intense hatred of
Russia at its hight, aud was provoked by the
fatal and mistaken policy of the late Emperor. A
ike mental condition of Europe cannot be repro.
duced. The Anglo French alliance is unsubstan-
tia 1t is possible for Russia to cultivate the most
intimate relations with French Republic upon the |
old NapoleOnic footing. But England, with her |
aristocracy and loyal middle classes, will fear as
she would a pestilence republic across the
Channel.
India, still under the Engli-h sway, is full of in
hammable and explosive materials. The HindOOs
are subdued but not reconciled to a rule which,
welded by mercantile company, must be always
ptiless, whatever may be the generous aud high.
minded prOtestatons of honest and philanthropic
members Of Parliament. Like Rome, the Company
cannot pause, but urged by fate, it must conquer
tribe after tribe, dragging in its train the English
nation. But the tribes in the north of Hindos, ~,
along the slopes of the HDalayas, have heretofore
remained indomitabe. If overruu by any con-
queror for a short time, they have always recov-
cred their independence. So they may more easily
preserve or IecOverit when about a century hence,
Russia shall make them overtures and promise
them succor, not from distant Europe and Siberian
deserts, but from fortresses, cities, armies and
populations in close proximity upon the other side
of the Himalayan passes.
England has a dark presentiment of this future,
nor has it escaped the attention of her statesmen.
No one can therefore blame her if she seeks al
ready to throw all imaginable impedments in the
way of Russian growth and progress. That nation
confronts her not merely in the Cabinets Of Eu-
rope, but Gusts her from the marts of TrebizOnd
and BOkbara as it must more and more from
those of Yhibet and China. 1t is but justice to
declare that England in opposing Russia is acting
entirely upon the defensive against the unavoid-
able future, against the indomitable current of
human events and destinies, against the condition
of affairs in which the preservation of her Indian
empire might be work quite beyond her ability.
Russia to-day containing more than sc, 600, 600 Of
inhabitants, many of them savage or half civilized
but all Of them warlike, could more than treble
this number without suffering from over. population.
She has scarcely touched the first strata Of her i'm
meme native material resources. Her every step