The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-11-11
A PARALLEL by the Times-Russia
and America

Russians in tho fold. They have no result that
likes the attention, and, though tho courage
that throws lives and fortunes into the scale so
iigntly ought to command admiration, it does
not give either the leaders or the localities q
lasting fame. These actions are more like riots
than battles, and the national strength seems
to exp nd itself in them in vain. Many victo-
ries arc claimed, yet the total result of oil the
asserted advantages fall short OF one substan-
tlal success. Now, however, the war appears
to be transferred to the city Of Warsaw, and the
conflict is taking a new form which attracts
and excites the interest of the most Indifferent
by its extraordinary character. In the capital
Of the kingdom of Poland and among tho con.
oentrnted thousands of it's inhabitants the Rus.
sian rulers are & shting an invisible enemy.
The, secret government, which has not q soldier
or a cannon, can dispose absolutely OF a power
which sets tho Russian army at defiance. The
enemy ia everywhere, yet cannot be struck
down. The Russians would be less perplexed
If the revolt would show itself in any Of the
recognized modes Of instrnotion-stIeet fights
and barbados. But II does not gather in mas
SEES, or appear In arms. The hatred is silent,
im placablc, and universal. All the vigilance Of
the police has failed to discover those who d.
rect this terrible power. Executions by the mil
itnIy commanders ara retaliatod by the assas
%sination Of the Russian agents. The c~onfsca-
ton Of tho Zamoyski Palace il revenged by
setting fire to tho Hotel do Vile. 1t is war to
the knife and tho torch, and the unknown chief
OF the revolt appear to have at their command
Instruments as ready to meet death in carrying
out their DEGREES as tho fanatic dcciples OF the
sold man OF the mountains" who were the ter
ror OF the crusaders. Unless tho Russian ecu.
erals Gun conceal themselves as cffoctually as
tive opponents with whom they are o struggling. |
and issue their order from behind double doors
ind guards, they uro In greater danger than in
"A "a huNt1a- Aall IlalA.. Il. - |
na'o such q conflict, Il appears rs If they must
co hfseate oil their property und e%xterminate
the who.e population OF their Polish dominion
Whether the kingdom was made over tn
Russia In the last settlement Of Europe as n
trust or q gift, IL certainly has proved o fatal
possession. Poland has been ruled by three
Russian Emperors since 1915, and has been
a ~diffauity to all Of them. Alexander and
Nicholas would have left better MINES In his
tory had tEoy not been Kings of Poland
The judgment Europe has passed on them has
been materially influenced by tho system of
government they authorized or permitted in
this portion Of their 6ominions. 1t identi
He'd the Russian power and the Russian name
with the worst kind of lespotism, and made
It q kind OF terror to the nations of the " est
To repel any furthe: entertainments, in any
direction, by such q government, appeard
worth every sacrifice, and the feeling
~ aSos aSohN 10 CApACoStOh III tEG u
from the effects Of which Russia has not
yet recovered France, England, and
Germany judged the whole tende ICY OF
Russian policy by what Poland suffered under
il more than by the internal adminisi ration oil
Russia itself. And what mate: ial advantages
has the government Of the Emperor derived
from the possession of Poland 70, compensated
for the aversion Of Europe 1t has not adj
ded 10 the strength of the empire or its pros
perity. In peace it wos alwaws necessary to
keep a large army in Poland. It has always
been garr!scned and occupied rs q hostile ter
ritory. Poor and disconnected, the history OF
the connection of Poland with Russia is one
unvarying record Of calamity to both nations
Contact as rulers with q moro civilized people
than themselves seems only to have developed
all that is barbarous in the Russiun character.
A people with any capacity for governing
would have found some better mode Of admin
istration possible than the brute force which
can only destroy what it finds existing, even
its own prosperity. If the authority of a gov
ernment can only be maintained by extermi-
mating its subjects. something higher than the
obligations OF treaties is violated. The Rus
SLAMS are now to Poland VIA. the Turks we're
to Hungary. Government, in the ordinary
sense of the world, has ceased to exist. Rus
STA has lost everything that makes the possess
sion of a territory an advantage. The army
it is obliged to keep up must absorb more than
The revenue Of the kingdom. Commerce, ag-
riculture, every kind Of enterprise is perishing.
1t would be an incalculable gain to Russia if
she abandoned the kingdom of Poland to its
elf to govern it, even by the sword, against
the hostility of the whole population, is i'm
possible.
If there be a science of government, the
two most modern powers in the world are the
most deficient in it. Russia and the great
western republic seem to have no principle or
expedient at ommand except the savage pro
cess of exterminating all opposed to them
The operation is not so easy as the extermina-
tors imaginef The attempt to Russianize Po-
land has now been carried On for thirty years,
and has ended, so far, by l%eaving Russia with
nothing in Poland but its army, which the ma
tional government defies. In the midst OF the
Russian guards the Hotel de Vile of Warsaw
has been set on fire, though the troops have
full command of The Polish capital. The fed
erals have, they assert, gained possession OF
the Mississippi, yet fourteen steamers have
been burnt on its waters, and no vessel can
pass up or down the stream without running
the risk of being fred on from the banks
The cases are exactly parallel The war is
continued by the people of the country in the
untiring spirit Of hatred. In what Russia has
to do, to keep her improbable AMI useless
hold on Poland, the federals may see the task
they will have in the future. The most unfor-
tunate thing that could happen Tor the Nortn
would be a conquest Of the South. Its Difficult
ties would really begin With the fatal acquisi-
ton. 1t would re five or six Polands to deal
with, very much, wo fear, in the Russian man
ner. In both cases, the immediate appeal to
force indicates q want of the higher qualities
of craftsmanship. Governments were made for
men, that they might live under them with a
fair measure of prosperity and well-being. The
Russian and American idea is that man was
made Tor the government, and that the human
race must be exterminated rather than their
pecu lar systems should b: modified or aban-
doued. The present s,atcof Warsaw will be
that of the cities of the South if those which
are selected for sacrifice cannot avert the ca