Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-02-26
ENGLAND AND RUSSIA.

English writers regard it as an inevitable
result of the course of events, that England
and Russia shall, sooner or later, come into
collision in the East; and they evince nc
little alarm at the evident preparations which
Russia is making for this great conflict fol
dominion in Central and Southern Asia
The difficulty with Persia isascribed to Rus
sian influence "The wires of the automa.
ton Court of Tcheran," remarks recent
English writer, care worked from St. Pc.
tersburg;" and he adds:
The Russians dream of one day debating
the terms of peace to us at Calcutta. But
the British and Muscovite power will have
come into collision in another quarter of A.
sia, before their battallions can meet in mortal
strife on the banks of the Indus. The pen
insula of Syria is the key to the British pos
sessions in the East. Moreover, in the fu-
ture, it will be the most important CONNER
cial position in the whole world. 1t is to-
wards this region that Russia will in the first
instance seek to make her way. The hosts
now assembling on the shores of the Caspian
are not so much designed to measure swords
with the British in Affghanistan, as to con-
solidate Russian influence and power 10 Per-
sia, in order to secure basis for future ope-
rations. The Russian Government is the
most patient and wary in the world. 1t
rarely misses its game by springing at it too
soon. Having consolidatedits power in Per-
sia, and Influenced the Kurdish tribes Of
Anatolia, it will then press down into the
valley of the Euphrates,> and measure its
strength with US in right good ca nest.
In this contest Russia will possess extraor-
dinary advantages, and these advantages are
sketchcd with true prescience by the writer
to whom we have referred:-
We cannot doubt that Russian pol tdla-
ton will yet spread over the central zone Of
Asia, and descend as masters to the shores
of the Pacific The Slavoniau, in truth, is
semi. Oriental. He is connecting link be-
tween Europe and Asia. He stands half.
way between the energy and almost in6del
self reliance of the French and British peo'
pies. who care hut littlo for kings, and sel.
dom rely much on Providence, and the ia.
talism and instructive reverence of the Orl,
entail nations, which make them adorers Of
sovereignty on earth, and only too acquies'
cent in what seems to them the DEGREES Of
Divine Fate. Such race is we'll fitted to
be the rulers and civilzers of large por.
tion of Asia. The laws of climate will reg.
ulate their settlement in that continent, as it
has done that of the Anglo Saxons in all
parts of the world. In the temperate regions
of Asia the Slavonians will gradually colo
nize; in the more southern regions they will
spread as dominant caste. In this latter
manner they will extend their power intothe
Turkish and Persian territories, excrting
great influence over the populations Of these
empires, and coming into contact with Brit
ish power In process of time the Russian
colonies and settlements in central Asia will
surround with net work of civilized power
the rowing tribes of the desert and steppes,
who will be won or impressed into service or
cooperation with them. And then, in all
probability, the world will be startled by a
series of nomadic invasions, such as it has
not seen since the days of Attila and Gen
ghis Khan.