Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-11-13

Mr.. Utermehle held that the, good citizens
could not do II. Legislation was necessary 10
Was not the good citizens who went to these
places, but blaokguards and rowdies.i These
houses are largely on the increase, and grow up
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The Russo. American Movement The
state of Warsaw and Fate of Charles
ton and Richmond-The NFapatics Of
Despotism' in st. Petersburg and
Washington.
From tho London Times, oct. 2O.l
|. The waEmest sympathy with Poland and its
wrongs scarcely enables the west of Europe to
follow with much interest the reports OF tho
skirmIshes between the insurgents and the Rus
SLAMS In the field. They have NO result that
| fixes the attention, and, though the courags
| that throws lives and fortunes into tho scale
90 lightly ought no command admiration, il
does not give eithsP the leaders or the locali-
ties a lasting fame. These actions ore more
like riots than battles, aud the national strength
seems to expend Itself la them in vain, Many
victories are claimed, yet the total result Of ell
the asserted advantagea falls short Of one sub
stantiai success. Now, however, tho war ep-
pears to be transferred to the city Of Warsaw;
and ths conflict Ia taking q new form which
attracts, and excitos the interest of the most
Indifferent by its extraordinary character, In
tho capital Of the kingdom of Poland aud
among the concentrated thousands of ita i'd
habi,ants the Russian rulers arc fighting an in
vIsible enemy.
- Whether the kingdom was made
over TO Russia In the last settlement Of EurOpe
A...a rtr a -. L.. 49,
possession. Poland has been ruled By three
Russian emperors since 1915, aud has been a
difficulty TO all of them. Alexandoi aud Mich
olas wonld have left better namea in history,
had they not been klngs,of Poland. The judg-
ment Europe has passed upon them has been
materially influenced by the system Of govon-
ment they authorized or permitted in thls poT.
tion OF their domInions. Il identified the Rus
sian power aud tho Russian name with she
worst kind of despotlsm, and made IL kind Of
terror to the nations OF the West. To Eepel
any further entertainments in any direction, by
/ such Government, appeared worth every sac
Flice, and the feeling at last found its express
slon In the war, from the effects of which Rue
sia has not yet recovered. Francs, England
aud Germany judged the WHOLE tendency OF
Russian policy by what Poland suffered under
Il, more than by the internal administration OF
Russia Itself. And what material advantage
has the Government Of the Emperor derived
| from the possession OF Poland 10 compensate
for the aversion Of Enrepe7 IL has not added
10 the strength Of the empire nor its prosperity
| In peace, 1t was always necessary to keep q
large army in Poland. Ii has always been
garriEoned and occupied as hostile terri.
tory. Peor and discontented, the history
OF the connection of Poland with Rus.
ella is one unvarying record of calamity TO both
nations. Contact, asEulera, with q moro civ
IiliZed people than themselvea, seems only Il
have developed oil that wac barbRrous In III,
Russian character. A people with any capscl
| ty for governing could have found some bette
mode of administration possible than the brut
fcrce which can only destroy what II find, OK
isting, even its own prosperity. If the author
ity of Government can only be maintained
by, exterminating iis own subjeets, com ethinf
higher than the obligations OF treaties is vio,
lated. The Russians are now to Poland wha
the Turks were to Hungary. Government, il
the ordinary sense of the word, has cessed Il
exist. Russia has lost every thing that make
tho possess ion Of territory al advantage
The army 1t is obliged to keep up must absoTl
more than tho revenue of the kingdom. Com
merce, agriculture, every kind of enterprise
is perlshiI &. IL would be an incalculRble gsil
Il ~
land to itself; to govern 1t, even by the sword
: against the hostility Of the whole population
is impossible. .t- s--- ....
II there is science Of government che tv
most modern Powers in the world are the mos
/. deficient In IL. Russia and tho great Woster
J Republic seem to have no principle o. OF
: pedient at command except the savage PRO
: cess of oxtermlnating all opposed to them -
: The operation Ia not 40 easy "a the extermina
. tors imagine. The attempt to RussianiSs Pa
land hos now been carried on for thirty years
and has ended, 90 far, by leaving Russia will
! ! nothing in Poland but its army, which the Ma
= tionai Government defies. In tho mldst of th
Russian guards, the Hotel de Vile of WarsaI
.. has been set on fire, though the tToops hay
full command Of the Polish capital The Fed
!, erals have, they assert, gained possession o
!. tho Mississippi, yet fourteen steamers hav
been burned on ito waters, and no veseel Cal
: : pass up or down the steam without running tn
!, rick Of being fred on from the banks Th
i cases are exactly parallel, Tho war is con.
1 tinued by the people Of the country In tn
untriug spirit Of hatred. In what Russ
a has to do, to keep her improbable an
useless hold on Poland, the Fcderals may 60
the tack they will have in the future. tn
a most unfortunate thing that could happen TO
tne N0ftn Wouiu DC conquest OF tue South
J Its difficulties would really begin with the IA
: : tai acquisition. II would have fve or six PC
lands 20 deal with, very much, we fear, in til
. Russian manner. In both cases, the immedl
ate appeal TO force indicates q want OF m
! higher qualities of statesmanship. Govern
msnts were made for mon, that they might liy
n under them with fair measure of prosperit
! and well-being. The Russian and America
! idea is, that man was made for the Cover
!. ment, and that the human race must be extei
!, = minated rather than that their peculiar system
! should be modified or abandoned. The preser
= = state OF Warsaw will be that Of the ciiies
a the South, If those which are selected for sscr
+ fee can not avert the catastrophe. There
. very little difference between the fanetcs
a despotlsm, whether they rule fsom Wssblagtc
u or 81. Petoraburg. .ss esbt -,