The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-01-28
Russia and Poland.

From the in telligenco received by the last
steamer it would appear that the Russia Bear,
80 far from letting so what he has of Pc
! land /, DESTROYS to take anothcr slice. His
mobility. are very much enraged by the
c,tapc,paton OF III" serfs, very much in
: cay.ad wiz, Ausrr aud very much disposed
u kick up 81 fuss generally. To crafty this
2 enlightened desire the part of his loving
sab iecis, and probably 10 turn OF rs much of
The aris tocratic wrath rs he can, the Gar has
hin ftsi tina the acquisition OF Galicia would
not be- a very bad thing, and they are said to
have taken him at his word. Should he sue
ceeli--aEd if Austria should become en- tangled
in 4 war with France and Italy we see not
why he should not--he Will have all Poland
under his dominion, the portion stolen by
Russia alone excepted. He will be getting
nearer the gates OF Vienna with a vengeance
Nothing but the Oarpa THAN mountain will be
LETT between him and Hungary, and these he
can oyerleap with very little trouble. when
ever II may shit his convenience. The Scla-
yonians OF Hungary, Transylyania, and the
other doninions of Austria, may prefer the
rule of Sclayoni;,ns 10 that of Germans. if
there be no hope OF independence We have
not The least doubt that ALEXANDER looks up-
on GaEcia with wistful eve, and longs for
the day when The pear shall be ripe. There is
however, lion IN his path. Nothing can
be donc in Europe without the consent of
the Emperor NAPOLEON, and it is not TO be
presumed that he will look unmoved upon
such an advance 70 the gates of his capital, by
such power as Russia.
The general impression is that MARIA THE
EEsA, or her minister kAUSITz first conceived
the iniquitous design of hlotting out Poland
from the Nations. It has been attribu ted
also, to FREDERICK THE GREAT: but it has
been strenuously denied of late by the ad-
mirers OF that great Prince 1t is said
on the contrary, that he clearly foresaW
the danger to which such n step would
expose Europe, by bringing Russia into its
very heart. Previously 10 his time, she had
been more of IN Asiatic than European pow
er. He had experienced in the seven years
war the formidable means which she possess
ed of making herself felt wherever she ap-
peared. She had inflicted upon him a defeat
which had brought his kingdom TO the verge
of ruin, and himself to the brink of suicide
He was vehementiy opposed to giving her more
interest than he.already possessed in the at
fairs of Europe. Strange as it may appear i,
has been said, also, that even CATHARINE herself
was opposed, At first, to the partition. 1t
may be that she wished to take all hpr
self ii some future day, and Objected to tho
scheme because it implied Il division Of the
spolis. so ii is that oppose ii she did until
she found that ii would be done without her
and then she came in for the bears share
which, IN this case, was quite as large as the
lions. Austria, Il any rate. set the first ex-
ample, by seiZing n town on the borders of
hungary. on the pretext that it was Hunga-
Ran and had been MORTGAGE merely TO Po-
land. Whether she paid the money we do not
recoilect; bnt she took the town 1t is but
retributiye Justice that she who suggested that
infamous robbery, should III turn, be plum
dercd of her share by one of her confederates