The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-08-08

The destiny Poland respect to Russia had been
to protect the giant from the West while in his cradle
then to exercise him in the of and lastly
turn into that great bond which embraces all Savonic
tribes
sThere can be but one savonic Empire and that must
be Russia"
But in contemplating the absorption of Poland,
it became necessary to form an alliance with Aus
tria, with view of making her bear the greater
s'part of the burthen and expense of the war"
The Porte alone OWNED the true extent of the
danger to be apprehended, and sought to meet it
by creating disaffecton among the Tartars of the
Crimea. ''The Porte was chastsed, y and the dis
memberment was accomplished In the meantime,
Sweden, through the influence exercised by "the
'French party" had become hostile 10 Russia
brief war ensued which resulted in a further &C
QUESTION of territory by Russia. During the
''war of the Austrian succession Russia left the
''contending parties to exhaust themselves" and
only, at the last moment, accelerated the conces-
sion of peace by an armed Intervention.
1.-THE alliance with Austria against Frederick H. of Prus
STA with view to dismember this latter State,
rely in keeping with the tendency of our policy As lit
tie could allow Independent Poland to exist. so
little could suffer- the eastern frontier OF Germany
the formation of Power capable of reardng entrance
into that country long as to give the other States
time To the par ton of Prussia was the more
opPosSu "
Poland In spite of the genius of her ruler should at
that have crushed Prussia and rendered her inocu
Gus, if the Empress Elizabeth had lived tweVemonh
longer.
Unfortunately the Prussian State continued to exist
during the reign of Caharine H. but nothing proved
much the irresistible power of our diplomacy and posi-
ton the fact that Frederick H. otherwise prudent
politician, remained always subservient to our policy
when the future of his State would have required
the contrary"
The writer asserts that it was through fear lest
IF RuSsia shonld no LET loose Pms.
sia, that FREDERICK II. consented to be party to
the dismemberment of Poland. The coalition thus
formed between the the three Powers disembar-
raised Russia in respect to Poland, and left her free
to carry out her designs against Turkey. The
Prince of Georgia was induced to throw off his al
legiance to the Porte and the Irrational work. of
making war upon Turkey was resumed. Austria
was summoned to assist in the war, not because
her army was needed, but to compromise her with
the Western Powers. Pressed by Prussia, she
finally concluded a hasty peace with Turkey and
surrendered her conquestS. But she had always
fulfilled the purposes of Russia, who at the close
of the war, had acquired more than $780, 600 square
miles of additional territory. "Since that time
"nothinc can happen in Germany independently
''of Russian contro.' 1t is instanced as proof
of the sagacity of the Russian Government, that it
refused to join in the war with revolutionary
France, and for the following reason:
nation fanaticised for an idea which it does not com
prehend is more than maniac the more its energy
of action is appealed to- the its irrtability is
HANGED while, when that energy finds no vent it is soon
consumed and arrested Had France been left alone,
suffered to her intesnes there would have
followed exhaustion and return to reasonable order of
things She would have found occasion that
military talent which lay dormant in the nation, and
once awakened proved for long period such seourge
to other nations nor would the royal family have been
destroyed.
1t is true that after the death of CATHARINE H.,
Russia fought against France; but she soon with
drew from the conflict, and it was not until her
influence over the affairs of Europe was seriously
menaced by ia parUcnue of genius that she felt
compelled again to take part in the struggle.
eve showed to the French in 1885, 1799 1906 and 1906
fight with Germans Italians. Generally, with inferi
forces gained victories than the FRENCH but
fools only would have made for States like those of Ger
our position. Our gain was Bialystock, with 15S Ger
man square miles
We are told that NAPOLEON I. ''never exercised
''the slightest influence over the policy Of the En-
''peror ALExANDER;" that the Berlin and Milan
DEGREES afforded Russia pretext for making war
upon Sweden and Selling large portion of her
territory, and that from Austria was acquired soon
afterwards, further concession of 1873 square
miles The war carried on with the Crcassians
ended temporarily with the treaty of Gulistan,
which gave Russia an additional territory and
firm footing in the Caucasus. By the compromises
embraced in the treaty of Bucharest, in 1872,
Russia extended her boundaries in the direction of
Moldavia and Bessarabia and acquired control
over the mouths of the Danube. After the peace
Of Client a wide field was open to Russias diplo-
macy As to Prussia, ''she suffers from militia
FRY system which eats up her marrow, and
''from frontiers extended in the most disadvan-
''tageous manner she maintains, but with Difficult
'ty, place among the great Powers" She must
either fall to pieces or extend her jurisdiction over
the whole of Northern Germany. In the work of
ACKNOWLEDGMENT the policy of Russia is Ito pre-
''serve in Italy, as well in Germany, the exist
Sing territorial divisions, and to gain ground
Through the dissensions between governing and
'the governed The Germanic Confederation is
inherently weak and it is part of the Russian pro-
gramne to keep it so, and mot to allow any I'M
Outstanding and good feeling to grow up between
'princes and nations in Germany" Russa's
inheritance, nevertheless, is in the East and 'she
must not suffer her activity in that quarter to
| ''relax for single moment"
"Our aim is and remains, Consantinope-des in
hands become the centre of the world and the eter
nal door to Asia For long time England has had the
supremacy of the ocean, but the position which
have attained land will be occupied by maritime
power The possession of Constannople the Dardauees
the whole shore of the Black Sea- indispensable to
The great Catharne foretold, in prophetic spirit.
that the execution of the grand scheme would be reserved
| second grandson, Emperor Nicholas
taken the task upon himself Everything Of higher
der which Mussumsn life rested has disappeared; old
forms and habits are upset. all higher education and &C
tivty are wantng complete dissolution is near at hand
The great CATHARINE was mistaken. The effort
made by the Gar NICHOLAS to accomplish the pre-
diction cost him his life, and his successor has
proclaimed his adhesion to very different line Of
policy. But whether the singularly Machiave-
liam production from which we have so freely
quoted, did, or did not, emanate from the Russian
Cabinet, it certainly contains many startling facts
and sketches wildly the aggressive spirit of Rus
STA, and the motives by which her rulers have been
governed. What yet remains to be accomplished
may be briefly summed up as follows: Turkey is
to be brought under the sway of the CzAR-Poland
is to be wholly absorbed-the Slavonic provinces
of Austria are TO be annexed to the great Musco
vite Empire, and, finally, Austria is to be com.
pletely dismembered. The programme is a sugges
tive one and many years must pass before it car
be carried out successfully; but steadfast believer:
in ''Manifest Destiny always possess tnls ad
vantage-they are in earnest in what they do, and
they are never wholly disheartened by failures
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