The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-01-26

Dy -NtthOuS bUch AID the faitcnt part OF ths
continent wiii bs ruin only the worse bccauBe Ike
the Paxthenon its fragments viii remain 10 sho. the beau
% aud richness of its former condition. sf q a faEr
In conclusion, the policy have indicated with respect
90 this continent and the application OF which TO Cuba
Central America am, Mexico will be of such benefit TO
them win enable US TO conform TO that law Of growth by
which alone w~ have become great and by which alone
we shall bsoone greater This is the policy OF either ma
tons, and they have met obstacles TO accomplish IL We
shall accomplish it, but shall have them obssa
cles England has swept with her power the Sham
non 20 the Indus She coutsnt, and we, 20
her greatness repeated ia the offspring Of her loins Yet
she daily calls attempts to expand by the ludest
terms France has twice threaened Europe with cont
mental conquest and organizes the Arabs of north
ern Africa, the granary OF the Roman world, for hen
march upon Egypt aud her domination OF the Mediter
ranean Russia the great land animal, is piercing Asia
at every vulnerable point with her lances and press
ing for an empire Of which there adequate prophecy
IN the Sculptures Even Spain Joins her arms and her
priesthood with Francs and is waging against Cochin
china war which her journals call the civyng spirit
Of the age impeng the force OF Europe to break down
the barriers which divide that race from humanity. d
Yet all Of these nations except Russia which has
been kind and tolerant toward u.s. this dry in league
60 prevent the stretch OF influence over our CONT
nent England. holding half Of North America jeal
GUS OF our growth, and would choke at the isthInan
neck France would crush out the sympathes of the
white republic Of st. Domingo for the United States by
her Cheyaer Reyband charge at Hayti; and she used
that burlesquc OF empercrs and that ape Of manhood
SoulouQua, to Acnize the island overthrow Santa
Anna, and to break down the Casenau treaty for free
port and steam depot and for advantages to citizens
IN the mines suear lands and mahogany forests of that
island France again appears ia the Sandwich islands
at the isthmns with NJ Belly; and at last in Mexico
aiding the apaniars and n sympathy with the Spaniars
of Cuba TO foil III In every attempt TO adjust national
relations with that country. Every steamer brings
Lecture from Exeter Hall slave pfopagandist fill
busterism and may not 90 for its commentary to
Copenhagen, to Iona, to Gibraltar to Malta to the
Cape Of Good Hope, the Red sea- to Jamaica to New
Zealand, to China and to the sheks of all India Why
he IpIo
exquisite than regal spiritual tyranny before de-
vsed The sepoys yainly tried to copy its atrocities
Were we left alone, we might be content to let France
alone no American would whisper may to her
king the Mediterranean French lake. Her genius and
vyacity can make its waves glow with the light OTHER
days Thct sea on which navigation had it, blrth--the
maritime world Of Greece Carthage Rome, Tyre, sdon
turkey, Egypt Persia Venice, aud Genoa--the of
Homer and David, Jonah and St. Paul. Ulysses and NepA
tune; washing the base Of Arrat and Olympus with
world history on its bosom, and whole nations in It's
bed the American can we'll say let its guard be the gal
liant Sous OF France He could IL without envy and
with heartness, II France would keep her naves of
the Gulf OF Mexico and the harbor of San Juan ~ ~
We hAve made no remonstrance against England on
her coaseies& round OF emprebloody cruel and rapa
cious IL has subsdzng the riches of Asia to her
commerce and her greed. We know the law by which
these powerful white move Ii will be irresistible
France, England. and Russia are tending to q common
socus ~ the sthnus Of SueE, France England and
the United States at Darien Starng from opposite
points, extra European conquest converges here Eng
land seeks passage across Egypt Syria for India
Australia, and pounces on Perrin at the mouth of the
Red sea-as she did on Gibraltar and San Juan France
marching her army of Algeria presses toward the prize
TO realize the great Napoleon's dream of Egypt, and
urges her canal at Suez she is striving to do at Mica
ragua russia semi oriental, marches through Western
ASIA and Persia down upon the confines of English power
and French ambition, and finds her rivals In the field
What tine reproaces they url at each other and at
us for the lust OF dominion when they gather at this
focus of the former civilization! What shocks Of con-
tending forces will there and then be encountered Let
them come and strive. Let Russia push its caravans
across the steppes OF artry until the trade of Kaehta
and Hkantsh rival Canton and Shanghai. Let France
divorce Asia from Africa by marrying the Red sea to Che
Mediterranean at Suez Let England work its iron way
TO India from Beyrout to the Euphrates Let the steam
engine labor for the millions of Asia under any engineer
but let America alone in her armies of occupation TO open
the Isthmus, and control the steam and commerce centre
of our own hemisphere aiss iqE bu1 ,tget1 7asl rf
No change of dynasty of form of government can
check this ultimate condition Of European expansion and
collision Such change may affect the relations Of these
countries to ourselves The iberal policy France to
this country may return to plague its inventor the
have heard his hated name since the I'd az De-
cember that could repress the PRAYER which now /
pray with something republican fervor that France
may have barricades on the Bouevards the throne ia
amcs as that OF Louis Philippe in the Place du Carousel
the dynasty he seeks to peretuate cut off or vn from
the rage OF rad republic citizens and less sol
disrs and both fraternzng to the music of the Marse
ialse exiles returning from their homes in pestientia
swamps amidst gay and festive welcome prisons break
ang the press free the Pala Justice OPEN and the tri
color Of new republic flashing every part of France
and topmost on the Hotel de vlle made sacred by the
heroic elOquence of Laartne This would be- n AZ ref
nDuton from God for crimes end perjues and not ut
aii unit as the reward of ntelmeddling policy with
the republican interests of the New World if Sa1
LEI us DO decided These European powers cannot
and do not have peace The buges of truce sounded at
the conferences of Paris Heralds proclaimed peace In
every capital But the harness is not OFF tits bur-
nisneo anew, and the weapons within reach England,