American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-04-18
A Russo American Alliance.

The great banquet given by the lead
ing merchants of Moscow, the real COM
mercial and industrial capital of Russia,
to the American Minister, Cassius NJ.
Clay, has actually become the topic of the
hour in the Muscovite press, and in no
small proportion Of the journalism of all
Europe. The French seem to be especi-
ally moved by the flaming after dinner
speeches delivered upon that very remark
able occasion, and the English organs are
only second to them in expressing much
and some apprehension. at the billing and
cooing, which, ever since the hearty re-
ception Of Admiral Lesoffsky and his
naval squadron at this port, in 1868, has
been going on between the American and
Russiqn Eagles. The interchange of
marked cigilitics between officers Of the
Yankee and Muscoyite fleets in the sea-
ports of France, at different times during
last summer, while the French and Eng
iish naval dignitaries were comparatively
held aloof by our own, had already given
umbrage to our Trans Atlon tic friends Of
the entente cordidle, but Mr.. Clay's de-
mandatory speech, aud the response of
the Cars officers to it, followed by the
enthusiastic demonstrations of the Mos
COW merchant princess, in favor of grand
Russo American alliance against the
world, has positively given them fright,
if not in view of immediate events, at
least IN anticipation of a future, not far
Off On the other hand, all the newspa-
pers in Russia that have the slightest
claim to be considered progressive are de-
lighted with the affair, and laud Mr..
Clay, and everybody else concerned in
the dinner, to the skies, Notwithstanding
the protests and sneers Of the IaUalide
Russo, the mouthpioce of the old conser-
vative Russian nobility. The Moscow
Gazette, an influential organ, among 9TH
ers. says very significantly:
The United States must feel as much
afronted by the Mexican expedition, as
VIC should be were France to seize what
belong to us, or is to become ours. Mex.
leo is the Constantinople of the New
World, and the Americans quite legiti-
mately desire to obtain possession of it.
When our eagles are seen flying over the
Bosphorus, and the American eagles are
at Mexico, there will be but two great
powers in the world-Russia and the
United States"
Difficult as the juztaposition in policy
and harmony of action between two such
Powers may seem, to American citizens
who reflect upon the radical difference
between the institutions and principles of
the two Countries, some of the most in
telligent European political writers find
nothing insurmountable in that direction,
but coolly speculate upon the reality of
such designs aud such an alliance as are
limited above The Courier des Etats
Unis, the Oldest established French organ
on this Continent, has been universally
regarded as uttering the views and senti-
ments of Napoleon Ill, since he ascend
ed the throne II, with full apparent
knowledge Of its position, and claiming to
be ycrsed in American, as we'll as French
affairs, it calmly admits the probability OF
such combination, and calculates the
effect it would have IN counterbalancing
the western powers. But the most weigh
ty utterance on this subject, and one that
frankly commends itself to the attention
of American statesmen and merchants
the terms are not infrequently synony-
ulous-is the truly valuable essay of Mr..
V. de Mars, in the great Partisan month