, 1866-03-20
AISSIA IN ISGG.

rs barba5ons power at the time Of our first
war OF independence, has since attained 10
snch prepondcrating and beuehccnt int1u-
cncc, that it actually became our most lalth-
ful champion during our second war. So un-
pa1alleied were the strides Of progress Of the
Colossus Of the North, that the Western pow
crs combined to arrest it in the Crinca, by
force Of arms, rs they conspfrcd against the
American Republic du,Ing our conflict with
the South, by means of per1dy. But the .au-
tocrat Of the Tuilerics and the ruling classes
Of England were bataed In one scheme Us
completely rs in the other. Russia rose like
q phGnix from the smoking ruins OF Sebasto-
pol. The enemies Of lussia md America may
now we'll look With wonder at nations whose
greatness is evolved by their difficulties, and
whose strength Is .crystauized In conflicts
which were deemed their ruln. Russia has
steadily increased her power in Central Asia.
md in the direction Of China, since the
Crimeau war, and now knocks at tho
gates of Thibet and Uindostan. In
the less remote East, In Asia Minor, and on
the shores Of the Euxinc md the Bosphorus,
ss well as in Bulgaria, Wallachia, Servia and
Moldnyin, Russian influence is still ali power
full, notwithstanding the Crmean war, the
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tween the As1atIc Tartr aud the Asiatlc
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Of Russia tower Of strcng:h in the land OF
the Moslcm.
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ose!lo"i"e "to olseonIea., as IN 1ns past'
DOS 1an 10 become ~ lne ."1a1e one o. lne
greatest manu1aetotlns anu commercial en-
porloms o. lne empire. Inc year iooo 1inds'
also, 1he 1Eeed eer1s tak1ns Their place in hus-
sian society, without encountesine, PERSONAL
ly ut least. any ytndictive spirit on the part
I Of their former masters. md meeting on the
part OF the Car with every encouragement
compatible with their own welfare end that
Of the Crown.
1t wonld be idle, however, 10 deny that
Russia is still in the Infancy Of political de-
velopment. The noblos, though stripped Of
their ee1fs, are still invested with all the
prestige and influence OF caste, and the gen
crnl regime must Sill be described rs bn-
| reaucratic and military autocFacy, tempered
By war and seasoned by corruption. The
Czar continues 10 be, now as Of yorc, the
Bog Ze'n.ot, or earthly God of the peasantFy,
md Of all other classes, high or low. The
I mighticst noble oi St. Petersburg stands
In no higher political relations to the Car
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