Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-07-13
ENGLAND AND RUSSIA.

- A~AoO W huSeio III reSaru TO
the Crim.a war. The understand
Ing between the two governments
was, that the cross of st. George
should; not be seen in the fight /;
that England would preserve strict
neutrality, if France brought on
the conflict. All the details of the
arrangement were perfected during
the visit of Nicholas to London.
But Napoleon was too strong for
the Northern Bear in this particular.
He not only compelled England to
cancel the bargain with Russia, but
also to send troops to the Crimea
aed aid in the reduction of Sebasto-
pol and the humiliation of the
Gar. This breach of faith has yet
to be punished, and that duty was
left as legacy from Nicholas to
his son, the present Car. From
present appearance, the ring for the
combat to settle this old score will
be formed in Asia. England and
Russia are almost face to face in that
country at the present time The
former has travelled northward,
while from that direction the latter
has steadily worked to the south
and east. Persia has been passed,
and Tartary and Turkistan, and
now the wave of Russian power,
progress and conquest kisses, with
its grizzled lip, the frontiers of
Afghanistan. But a narrow strip
of land, not many Leagues
In extent, lies between the
Russian outposts in Bokhara and
the English outposts in the Punjaub.
While Russia has been thus creep
ing with stealthy pace upon her
prey, she has at the same time
adopted the incorporating process.
Many of the leading chiefs and
warriors of the nations through
which the Russian current cut its
way have been attached to the army
of the Caezar, and now lead parties
of their wild followers under the
banner of the North. This is
bold stroke of policy. 1t protects
the rear of the advancing force,
and at the same time supplies the
Russian commander with a body
of acclimated troops, guides and in
terpreters. England trampled upon
the people she conquered in Asia
They had no standing in her esti-
nation. They could be soldiers, but
even then they were marked as de-
graded class. Such a policy pro-
duced the Sepoy rebellion and
other occurrences of similar char
acter, and has rooted in the heart of
each nation a bitter and undying
hatred for England and English
men. Russia is eager to take adj
vantage Of this fact, and already
some of the London journals have
announced that Russian agents are
busy at work fomenting discord in
the British East India possessions.
This is their policy, and it will
be carried out as one means of
bringing on the final contest be-
tween England and Russia, which
must take place in Asia. England,
for time, had things her own way
Ia Asia. That day has departed new
er to return. Ambition, the lust of
conquest, and the desire for ven
geance, all spur the heart of the
Russian government to an agrees
i've course in Asia. Sebastopol has
yet to be avenged. The army chafe
under the blows then inflicted. In
Europe, no opportunity for righting
the balance may occur for years.
But in Asia, the banner of the be-
trayer can be struck, and then the
issue will be made
Neither Russia nor England can
make another movement in Central
or Southern Asia without crossing
each others track. The dividing
territory is too narrow. How soon
the concluding campaign will b.
opened no one can tell at present
but the struggle must come, Russi'
cannot afford to be cheated and hu
inflated without returning tn