The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-01-08
The Conflict Between the Russn-Am nae rican
and AnglO-French AllIances-What Present
Intrigues are Leading uls to.

and AnglO-French AlllRDces-What Present
Intrigues are Leading to.
The antagonistic Developments which are
taking place between the Western Powers of
Europe and this country, in the policy which is
ca, have already attracted the attention of the
public mind and are causing to spring up every
where conviction that between ourselves and
the Anglo-French Alliance the same conflict will
take place as that which was developed with
such bloody ana costly results in the Crimea.
They are not temporary and passing causes that
are going to bind together at an early day the
United States and Russia against France and
England. They lie far deeper than such differ
ences as may exist in the policy Of reconstruct
ing government in Mexico, Of the canalization Of
the Nicaragua isthrnus, or of the acquisition Of
CUBA. These are merely points in the great an
tagonism now existing between the general
systems OF development OF these. the four
great living nations of the world They form
within themselves the republic Of trade,
and obey its normal law of free intercourse
and material expansion. But outward cir.
Observation-Disclosures existing before the
constitution of the republic Is trade had devel-
oped itself-have controlled in each of these na-
lions It's scheme ofmaterial expansion. England
and France, hemmed in and bound down by the
lines drawn across Europe at the Congress of vi
emma. and we'll contented with balance Of power
which gives them absolute control on that CONT
nent. from the shores Of the Atlantic TO those of
the Baltic and Black Seas have sought to perform
their part in extending the rule of the republic
of trade in regions distant from their own terri
tories. The extension Of her rule in India and
China, the building up Of an empire in Australia,
and the development Of the Cooiie trade to in
crease the production Of raw material, have all
been pursued by England, under the Irresistible
impulse of commercial development and not
under the old feudal idea of simply extending the
glory and power Of the King and his court In
France the same causes are leading her to in
wade Northern Africa, to desire Madagascar and
to deyelope the slave trade under rev form
Under the new order Of things that is beginning
to rule the world, the glory Of the prince gives
way to the material elevation Of the people.
The United States and Russia, hemmed
in aud bound down by no such lines
and checks and balances a. exist On
the Continent Of Europe, have obeyed
the law Of Development in a different way.
They have not been forced to 90 to distant re-
gions but have extended their rule only over
contiguous territories. The influence Of climate.
and Of the necessities of commerce, which are born
Of differences Of latitude and not of longitude,
have impeled them alike southwark. Russia
has marched to the ocean highway of the Black
Sea and the Bosphorus, and we have made the
like movement to that of the Gulf Of Mexico and
the Straits Of Florida. The same identity Of ex-
pansion longitudinally has marked the growth Of
the two nations; aud, the one travelling west and
the other eastward, they have Joined hands and
founded empires on the shores of the Pacific. !.
In the pursuit Of this natural developement
England and France have had no iealousies to
encounter from other European nations. and
they have been well contented with the Euro
pean balance Of power; for while il checked the
growth Of any other European nation, their own
material expansion gave them continually in
creasing power in the European scheme. This
led to the Anglo-French alliance But every
such alliance must be progressive, for to be
simply conservative of the smtu quo would
be practical retrogresion By il the ambition
OF Napoleon was fed, and be has become
the autocrat Of Europe with the hope Of
establishing his autocratic dynasty. In conflict
with the rule Of this alliance aud the hopes of
Napoleon, come the necessities of the republic
OF trade They are moulding the Intellectual
and the active classes, both of England and
France against them, and above ALL they are
Creating material alliance between Russia and
America, for the defence of commercial develope-
mept and progressive civilization 1t Is the
nsaasing altitude Of the Anglo.Fselch alliance