The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-06-18
NO. 80.
RussIa and ths United stats.

The Russian feet which is waiting N
American waters the issue Of the com
plicatiOns Of European politics, ready
in case a war should arise between
England and Russia to make a grand
raid upon English merchant ships, ws.s
few days sgo at Boston, and the
officers were entertained at banquet.
The speech of the occasion was made
BY EDwARD EyERETT, who responded to
the following toast,
Rassia and The Jitjfsd Statcs-As their
territorial possessions together embrace
the entire circuit Of the globe, may the
governments and people of the two
countries ever be connected by the
strongest ties of mutual friendship and
good win.
In the course Of his remarks Mr.
ErsRETE said;
''In the last great struggle in which
Russia was involved the sympathies Of
the geople Of the United States were,
| think, generally with her
On the Polish question he expressed
himself as follows
When our respected guests were at
New York last year, receiving the at
tentions of the commercial metropolis.
that portion of the English press which
thinks the day lost when il has not
found something to abuse, or some per
son to vilEfy in the United States, was
profoundly grieved at the hOnors paid
to Russian officers. IL showed such a
want of sympathy for the poor op-
pressed Poles, on the part Of the pre-
tended friends of liberty
CensOrous people, Mr. Mayor ought
to have good memories. am old
enough to remember the acclamations
of Joy which burst forth in England
when the armies of the first Napoleon.
or rather the subdued fragments Of his
armies were driven from Russia. There
was thrill of popular excitement
which have never since seen eQualled
From many roaring cannon, from every
pealing organ, from every human
tongue throughout the British empire.
arose one jubilant choros of triumph
"Weil, sir, Alison tells US that for
that terrible campaign Poland furnish
ed Napoleon 5000 men. A fourth
part, certainly fifth part, of that army
over whose calamitOus deIeaI all Eng
land was in raptuTes, was composed OF
Poles. They fondly hoped that the
Emperor of the French was going to
restore their independence, and the
brayest of their sons dyed the SHOWS of
Russia with their blood. We Werufifty-
one years nearer the partition Of Poland
by Russia, Austria and Prussia, than we
are now, and the memory Of that trans
action was propoi t.onately fresher in the
minds of men In 1913, il did not lead
England to reject the alliance with
Russia, and if since that period, she has
entered into the most intimate rela-
tions-poIitical and persOnal-with
each of those three powers, ! trust We
may be forgiven; half a century later,
for following their example.
"Sir, the Emperor Alexander II, Is
not only wise aud prudent, but he is
kind hearted and a benevolent prince.
By his autocratic word he has perform
ed the most magnificent act Of practi-
cal philanthropy ever achieved by man
or government. That he and his broth
er soVereigns, the Emperor of Austria
and the King of Prussia, will attempt
to undo the work Of Catharine the Sec
ond Frederick the Great; and Maria
Theresa, by restoring the ancient King
dom Of Poland, nobody, ] presume, ex-
poets or desires If they did, il would
simply be the restoration Of the worst
government in ChristendOm
That he will do all in his power to
improve the condition and promote the
welfare of his Polish subjects may, /
think, be safely anticipated Of a sove-
reign who. by the word Of his mouth
and from the impulses Of q generous
heart, has spoken twenty-five millions
Of serfs into freemen and citizens