Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-08-06
RUSSIA IN THE GREBT WAR;
OUR DANGER.

The Orient has become new
country again. The plains Of our
trans. Mississippi regions are un-
rlvalled by the attractions of Asia
Minor, Egypt, Syria, and Meso.
potamia. The Suez canal and per.
fected railroads from Europe to
the Indian ocean are rapidly Civ.
ing a new aspect to to the ancient
East. The Mysian Olympus has
been surveyed by civil engineers,
aud the route Of Zcnophon with
his ten thousand Greeks ont Of
Persia has been travelled By the
counted steps andI scrutinized by
the spectacled eyes of the Age of
Steam Navigation from the West
to the East has been for a genera.
ton the prospect and the forecast
Of the great Cossack power Of the
North. France and England. and
subsequently, nearly the whole OF
Europe combined to postpone
that Eastward movement, because
if Russia should plant the imperial
dais on the Bosphorus and her
greatness amidst the ruins OF Per.
sepolis, Baglad, Ninevah, Palny.
IA, and Jerusalem, from Constan.
tinoplc to Bassora, the Mediter.
ranean would carry her domina.
ton to every country on its shores,
while Britain's influence would
disappear from all Asia.
But now the great powers are
pre-occupied with the war. II
they continue to fight the num-
her Of belligcrcnts must increase.
If the war goes on, where is the
power to come from with which 10
support another Crimcan war:
The Gar need not necessarily
come into collision with the Sui.
tan. Why should they not unite
for the common aggrandizcment,
the revival ofa Greek Empire in
the East, nominalIy independent
OF both, TO which all the migrate.
ry classes Of Europe shall I've in.
vited; The war will incline mil
lions TO migrate who hitherto
were content. We do not doub.
the Orient offers greater incentives
than the Occidcnt What, then,
is our danger: Not that We are
likely TO be involved in any perils
Of war. But what would become
Of our national destiny il Eu.
ropean immigration would cease:
Would We not necessarily close
our book Of progress and stop the
great career 81 much vaunted:
How, then, should We avert the pos.
sible reverse tendency Of the Eu.
ropean migratory spirit;
We should forthwith and com.
pletely cut off all possibility Of
Mongolian immigration. Once a
prevalent apprehension among the
European peasantry that contact
with Mongol settlers is likely in
America, and all history tells us
they would 90 elsewhere, Already
they hesitate. Let the tide one set
in for the East and only a miracle
can save them to us. But that is
not all. II Mongolian immigra.
ton turns the tide Eastward there
is nothing to put limit upon the
momentum Of the migrant column
from Asia.
The combined physical power
Of the American people could not
withstand the pressure Of -four
hundred millions behind the col.
umn. Great migrations are phe.
nomenal. This country would be
like the Habitans Of Canada
among the English or the Fellahs
among the modern populations Of
Egypt in respective numbers.
The instincts Of our children
would carry them East too after
their kindred, and America would
become a Tartar tradition.
II the Mongol comes here the
white European will 20 East.
These are things to consider
Nor. Virginian.
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= The case of StaIe vs. Craad Tav.