New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-06

Of plsudbty II may b. used In favor OF STATE Sovsf
eighty, the history Of Greece al important Turn 1t
the other way, and we are net with the jest about
spans and furlongs" Get ont Of the demagogue clap
trap which prevailed In ancient in modern times
making Calhoun the foe smih Of the false Spartan OH
garch (or Conservative o. would now call him. and
our Woods and vanandigha miserable daguerreo-
ltypings of Aeschinis and Cleon-ook through 1t all
Into the awful political He'll that boiling below
or attempt to draw from 1t for modern times lesson
Of different character and We are immediately met
again with tic astounding argument: Greece was too
small TO give any lessons Of wisdom to NewJerssy;
why her whose territory not equal in extent to
North Carolina.
Tas Ford grevey undertakes to prove this by actual
map measurement The whole Of Greece proper be
fnds the scale Of miles, 10 Rave been about four
ffths Of the territory now. ely ruled over by Gov
Vance. We have not used scale and divider 10 test
accuracy of this calculation. The exposition OF it's
arithmetcal falsity 10 not at all essential TO our argu
nent and yet We cannot omit saying that this terri
torisl estimate involves gross deception In the very
manner Of making it. What was strictly Hellenic IN
territory, ehnoogicaly and rgus,ically considered
was question much disputed among the Greeks them
selves. Some Of the "high-toned" among them. the
conservative" toe Peoponncsan chivalry. or M
mixed descendants Of Hercules, they woud have 1t
believed very fond VI calling other Greeks ran
KEGS If We may sntlu.e TIE term They enlarged or
barrow ed the Grecan name very much according to
their generous national feeling the one hand, or
their narrow sectional pride on the other The critic
I in The World takes his dimensions from tho modern
Kingdom called by TIA. name. Now King Otho's do
ninions are about as good representative OF old
Greece and it's political place in the world tho Pontf
zeal States are Of tho Roman Empire. II by Greece
(even teItorally yiewe mean that portion Of the
earhs surface where Grccan IDEAS tho Grecian Ian
guase the Grecan politics, and the directly fell
Grecian power wsre the predominatng influence. we
must greatly enlarge tie limits given by The World
Let the reader open the map Of ancient Europe md
take his stand at Epidamnus. or DyTrhachium. Qhe
modern Durazso) on the lower part OF the Adriste
4 Gulf Wobegin here for this the place In which
Originated the long Peloponnesiln war. II was al
frontier Greoisn colony tie child Of the Corcyreans
aud grs ud-cbid OF Coriuth. Draw line rom this
which IL take in tie best part u Southern Italy, then
full Of Grecisn cities speaking tie Grecisn language
all OF Sicily all OF Epirus and the adjacent isles of
the 1onsn the Peloponesus the great island OF Crete
lying below the colony Of Cyreae in Africa. all the
isles OF the Egear the whole coast Of Asatc Ionia and
the country extending fer Inland toward tie yery heart
Of Asia Minor eontnue the lire the southern shores
Of the EuJine. studded all along TO ito far east with
Grecan cities and Grceian colonies cary 1t In sni
ar way, TO colonies the Western shores OF the
Pontus, beyond Byxaptiun. taking in good part oil
Tlrsce Uow European Turkey sweeping round Chau
donia which had tLen historical importance but as
connected with Greece and Cir ian politics; bat it
takes in al Of Thesay. and then carry this line across
the Northern inland Eled with rude tribes bearing
81 M. nd
the Apaches bear to U.s. until come back 10 the place
Of starting This would give Us fair estimate Of what
may be included under Greece politically aud histori
caly All this tersiory was the theater o; Grecian
power 1t was all gLiing ground for Grecian armies
Every portion Of it felt the tremCr Of Grecian civil
war Let fgh, break ont between Athens and Sparta
and directly was there trouble in Epdsmnus. In Sicily
in B. zasum in every part Of tho Ionan coss and far
along the shores Of the EuIne II ia fact an
earth eake widely fel. than sny territory DOMINO"
ton c1psIienced In the late English. Russian French
and Turkish war. This what the true political
philosopher would call the Grecisn rore the Grecian
Emporium In distinction from the Persian. the Egyptian
or the Roman power Quite respectable place on the
earhs map even when viewed in its territorial aspect
In is enough in itself TO show the sbsurdiJ Of The
WorlGs foolish argument
But there is another and higher aspect. When we
take into view the influence that Greece noiwiihftand
ing her broken condition. eIered ON the then woro'
% she has since eIertcd ell subsequent history how
very yery little does this comparison OF ttieness Mp
pearl The true history Of man, whether generic (
national or individual is tie history Of Lis thinking. OF
his feeling Of the things that have made the deepest
mark upon tie human mind and memory. and thus
oecupy the wider Tel rory in the spiritual sphere TIE
yorlds critic my cell this mysticism and invoke
the shade of Jacob Behmcn" TO give It's meaning but
we cannot heip him it is substantial solid truth, f ~
that and clear common sense TOO whether he can M
|derstand II or not.
This is the resl history OF the race; and how very
large portion Of il ia furnished by this little land o.
Greece so facetiousy compared to the Kingdom Of
Ohio and the dominioDs OF Gov Vance. This Dutch
Kingdom OF Ohio u.s. territorialy phsrs Greece once
gas but II IT, in no sense. Greece herself, nor evon
representative Of her, 1t lies over the old Hellenic
ruin as the sagnan waters OF the Dead Sea cover the
old cities Of the plain. But Greece historic Greece.
gone. She died. 1900 years ago, Of autonomy. She
died death that nations seldom die. Had there ever
been true Grscisn nationality 1t might have oon'
tanned resurrection germ 20 bring her mp ssain "
some widely different form, or forms perhaps but still
,reseryins what isigh DO called real continuity OF
being among The political powers Of the earth. So the
old Roman stste seemed 10 die. but she still lives in
her posterity the modern nations Of Europe Greece
died ltteryiied fntesta,vs ct snnole'. She has had
no descendants and this want Of national vitality Is
the reason why she could have none Tho bastard
byzantine Empire stole her name. but bore TO her 10
true political relationship. Tie old Roman stump
Though broken and withered In the earth" had ger
inating power. and Therefore is yet lives on in many
branches but Greece lay down 70 rise no more" No
scent of water shah ever make her bud again and
bring forth borghs IKE plant" She has STILL indeed
mnemonic power in the earth but noivng represent
,.aa CHI no had M politicsl contiuufy aimee that