, 1870-04-17
stepping stonc1 OF rrngress tn Enst-
crn Europe.
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stepping Stonc1 OF rrngress tu Enst-
cfn Europe.
Erinen for The ctinoo Tfbnnt.
1heeAstern hmite Of Europe are held BY semi
civilized nations. There, nnywhexe, Just On
Ills aide Of Asia, uo might expect a nniugling
Of balbaIism and refinement. Tho Russian
Empire, stretching its hinge lody nearly across
the north Of the Eastern Continent, Is not
severed, Is other European States, from its
ba1barous origin. Like wild vine, 1t draw
nourish1nent from unculnvated ground. The
roots Of ita nhtonal character and custorna arc
buried in Asia. Pruning the outSrown branch
ea that lie tangled over in Europe does net
aiIoct tho nature OF the fruit. The Slavic race
must I've transplanted as The Gotllc WAS, or 1t
1eaet cut away from the East Even in its
present unfavorable state, the Russian people
have laid down sturplng stones to progress.
4 ukase Of the Car recently proclaimed aboG-
tion OF the caste restrictions Of the priests.
For tho sako Of education, not only
have learned unlreraities been founded Ut st.
Petersburg and Moscow, but army schools hAre
been instituted fofShe half million ever in the
field, aud ten million rublcs are 1t tho disposal
OF the Minister OF instruction Tor Russian po-
Land alonc tho current year. Gigantic railroad
enterprises % are M nos planned s md ps.t ere, ss
land and command its resources. The routes
are struck to contralizo power and perfect
army operations even to complete disregard
q tho rceda and highways Of commerce.
%he can s.y hoSese., that the cz.r is iTs t.
people. Certainly he ia 4 more reasonable
ruler than his debauched Mahometan neigh.
box, the Sultan of Turkey, wlIoso donliniuna
arc douhlx degraded, sunk back from the erui-
neneo Q! civilization that Russia is Approach-
| ing for the first time.
Who stops to think that Turkey is = claasi-
cal land, that Creek colonies once aourished
on tho shores OF tho black Sea, and that tho
civilization Of Rome was t1ansplanted to
Conetantinople ard aourished there seven
centuries. II any Of this pctiahed glory re-
wives, the minority and lis absolute control
must be overtluown, or banished to Asia,
] whence they came. The ferre fauarc,sm that
| rnade Western Europe tremb1e, in the middle
| ages,. when Spain was over1un By the Moora,
and tho western shores Of tho Hcicspont saw
tho crescent float over them, is reacting now In
| feehlenese and petty cruelty Wocan inferfrosn
Turkish foreign loans the Dependence Of tho
State in civilized nations. and FROM tho ennr-
mons rate Of interest paid, tho ptecarious con-
dision Of hor credit and existence. Willis
foreign greed requires home extortion, it lays
open, in it's own interest, the RESOURCES Of the
| land, fonuds industriea, and securcs protection
for them-in abort infuses civilization. Al.
ready there is religious tolerance ut Coustsn'
| ul0E4lu Nl al 4ug4Hl1 kkDlQc- 4uG
bloody hate OF the Sasacen for the infido1 has
been short lived, compared with that OF tho
Pope for the hcrotic, which would be eternal
4 Protestant spire oye5looks the golden horn
hut mono is eeen on the Tiber within the sere1
hills. There u already growing promise O.
the emancipation Of women, first Of all frou
wearing wells, and OF her introduction int
the eociety OF men from the concealment ant
limited company OF the harcu1- The Empires
of tho French started the moyoncnt By tax
| capital, and obtaining her request for the I'd
mission Of the wives Of His Majesty to Il pub
lie bsll given in her honor. Not half enoug
, attention has bcen given to thctrbutAry State
Of Turkey. on tho Danube. Here simple bu
etgrdy pegPle s5e p,s ptsp.%ag % for R1onss me-,
led by chooen Frussian Prince, bs
joine1 the march of tho constitutional State,
> Of Europe, falling in with the rapid adranc
. Of its mighty neighbor. Austria. no land ha
: atrode 30 gigantica!ly, within our memory, =
i'm, secure against I priett-ridden people, b.
1 reft both Of will and intelligence, il pesyade
y by the mode1D impulse Of Constitutional peac
> | Among the last Catholic nations to break Il
:, y warn tho Rcumenieal Council that IL
Sasn'' essin aui 1' and tH' ro,s a''sss H'tbsn nq
a borders. Whereas former 1Iiuia.ri
nave controlled tho empire By netting o.
r province and nationality bSainst arothe
:. Beust and lis Cabinet rcek to govern upon Il
y y grand principles OF mutual friendship and II,
y, versal Justice. lnAsmuch As the antfp2thies
"a the SlAyic, Czech, Hungarian and Germ
y ., races sustained the former policy Of Austsi
oi they still prevent the thorough and spec
development Of the liberal constitution otter
e. the compleat nf a,5no,oOo. What the Hung
" 1iana secured in M independent Ministry, {
~ Czechs clamor for in Ilohenia, the Slaves
"a "a GalciA. and the inil1ba ants Of Croatia Judgi
~ ~ from the recent PROCLAMATION of religious Ii
20 crty in Hungary, Tho privilege Of national {
Z istence haa not been disal1owed. Dut IL is ha.l
~ possible for Anstzsa to divide her territory a
- parcel her power any further without cnIl
10 Ee1ing her throne. The discomfort is unft
+ tunately famed By the priests, who h1ve be
~ ~ deprived Of untold authority and wealth By I
- - new laws. II the attention Of tho State c
~ remain centred nron itself, the inner conH
~ ~ can be atilled Peace without viii be follow
= i ty peace within, and prosperity viii bcas SO
Z = will In siew Of the new pui,ic echool 3,
u. tcm, Of the right Of suffrage, Of tho impro1
~ ments in tho execution Of Justice, and the
y ctesse OF freedom, al trade, Austria eau
y I. seckoned second to England only in tho {
= World for tho enlightenment Of hcr- consu
~ iiop. ". n. EYERrs, Jr