The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-05-01
The New Balance Of Power


Der. Of the Derby Ministry, the one as Col.
onial Secretary, the other as Chancellor OF
the Excheauer, have both made remarkable
speeches to their parliamentary constituents,
touching the necessity Of an alliance OF
England with France, in order for her to
maintain her ancient supremacy among the
nations. Both say the face OF the world has
changed since the Congress OF Vienna, when
Castlergh sat supreme at the councii-b board,
and the ambassadors Of the Five Great
Powers barcelled out Kingdoms I'd primer
palities and powers. as they saw MT. The
cid system of the Balance Of Power, they
| both admit to be broken up.
Two new powers, both these statesmen
tell us, have since that time risen into pro-
portions of colossal magnitude; the United
States in the New Word, and Russia in the
Old Since 1915 both have become FIRST
rate powers Russia has shown her strength
| in the ease with which sha crushed the
Hungarian revolution, in the fierce war she
waced with the combined armies OF France
and England, and in her wonderful recuper-
alton and progress since that wwr closed
And il is only n e cur Second War of lnde-
p md nee that our own amazing strength
and fertility Of resources navs become APP
parant. Since then the Great West has be
come the granary Of the world, New England
the workshop of the American continent,
and the Southern States the feeders OF the
myriad fingered looms Of Manchester and
Glasgow. Since then California has poured
in upon US a golden stream, which has
made US rich in the precious metals, while
il has stimulated the growth OF our com
merce, and the expansion OF our business,
beyond ali former precedent. Since then,
we have been engaged in foreign war, for
the first time. Our volunteer soliisry have
repeated the wonderful march Of CortZ, and
carried the Stars and Stripes in triumph
from Vera Cruz, the ancient capital OF the
Aztaces; while the military spirit then
eviDced by our people, proves that 1t needs
but a months call to arms, TO ASSEMBLE IN
America, larger and better army, than that
SPLENDID array which Napoleon led to perish
rnIserably a, Boradino, and by the way sides,
and in the wintry SHOWS Of Russia.
Both Lord Stanley and Dlsrael concur
in expressing the belief that henceforth
there will be but three great powers IN the
world or rather these two france aad
England must join. Either alone must be
a power of second rank, unable TO cope with
the United States or with Russia. An ALI
anre between the rrcr On and English is th.r .
mos, a thousand years, differing n spnech,
manners, and forms OF government, they
must now CONFEDERATE, or sink to political
insignificance. They are under ponds to
keep the peace with each other. The pen
atty. if they do not, is the annihilaton of
their political weight and influence, among
the nations.
France and England are the great powers
of the Past. They belong to History. Ru-
ssa and the United States are the great
powers Of the Future. Its History belongs
to them The unwri,ten record Of the com
ing ages, lies open before them, for them to
write therein what they will Let US hope
that they upon its yet nnblottei pages, they
will inscribe annals Of freedom, OF enfran-
chisemeni, and OF enlightenment of peace
on earth, and good will to men; Of individ-
ual, and social, aod political progress; and
SO usher in that Golden Age
when reign the worlds great bridals chaste
and calm,
And springs the crowning race Of human kind >
Hock Island Argus