The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-11-19
ferss,a and the Allies.

|. Rnas,n and the Allies.
The scurvy diploma.is.s If Europe are
still. 80 they were in the GAYS OF ,saAs,,
spS.sr, seeming to see-the things they 90
not. Tbev follow old beaten tracks, are
guided by old prejudices-and affect Won },
derful wisdom and forecast. so 'ne otu
idea vvas that il would not do to allow hus-
sIa to extend her power towards eons''. WV
nople. However far. she might 70 mso
.s;, ..,tbo,,eh she may, pass the caspian
~. md nlant her banner upon the border OF
n.;,;sh Indis-she must not be allowed to
raan; the Dardanclles and drive out the
r,mk from Europe. England may take
India and swell her possessions there as she
nIeases. France may take Algeria, Prussia
NAV rob Denmark, italy absorb the Italian
states Of Austria, and Prussia may dis
member France. All these things are
nroper-they do not disturb the balance
of power. It Is only when Russia looks
towards the Turkish capital that the ma
tons of Europe are alarmed, under the
pretext that the balance Of power is i'm
perilled. a~.r:tt
Great Britain has finculcated this idea.
and the other Powers have blindly followed
her lead. She feared that Russia, by get
ting an outlet to the Mediterranean. would
establish great navy In the Black Sea thar
might, one day dispute the supremacy OF
the seas with her, and she was afraid that
if Russia got to Constantinople she would
have the highway to Inda-England's nest
with the golden eggs in 1t. But what Is
this to the other Powers? England IS IN
India already. They have been subordl-
mated to the English jealousies of Russia
for these causes, while they are not directly
interested in them. Thus English
jealousy was incorporated in the treaty
Of 1856, which was shamefully ungenerous
and unjust. 1t was designed TO perma-
nently cripple Russia. 1t deprived her OF
the Use of the Black Sea altogether-even
for the purpose Of self-prosection, not TO
sneak of the means of offensive warfare.
She could not, under the restrictions OF that
treaty, rebuild the forts which the allies
had destroyed. The following is the part
of the treaty imposing this humiliating con.
dition ,.,~.. ..s.. ..--..s
. aThe Black Sea IS declared neutral, and
although it remains open to the merchant
marine of all nations its waters and its ports
are formally and perpetually closed to YES
sells of war, whether they belong to nations
whose territory is bathed by this sea or to
other nations.
The Black Sea being thus neutralized,
Russia and Turkey mutually engage to nei-
Their construct nor maintain any arsenal,
naval or military, upon the shores OF that
sea-"
Russia being beaten by the powerful COM
bination against her, had to yield to this
outrageous condition. presented in the
hypocritical form of prohibition OF all
men-of.war in the Black Sea, as If this were
any self-denial to the allies, who did not
want to send ships of war to that sea. AS
we'll might England be prohibited from
building Notifications and maintaining
arsenns upon the coast of the English
channel. or introducing her men-of-war
into the waters of that channel -......-,
1t is not surprising that Russia is chatting
under this gross outrage and humiliation.
1t is not surprising that, she proposes to
avail herself of the present favorable OPP
portrnity to seek relief from it. 1t is
wrong done to the justice and fair dealing
of civilization that such condition was
ever imposed, and the wrong is all the
greater when we remember that II was i'm
posed by Christian nations upon a Chris
tan Emperor, ostensibly to protect the
Turks in Europe, whose cruelties to the
Christian population they rule have shocked
the world time again during the present
century. -:
Nobody can blame Russia. Under con-
straint she assented 10 that which the world
over she will be justified in repudiating
whenever she has the power to do so. We
wish her all success. ....
The whole theory Of the preserva-
ton of the balance of power in Eu'
rope is farce. Time will come when
it will be looked upon as a great folly. Yet
it is worse. 1t originatedin selfshness and
ambition, and has begotten succession OF
intrigues and lesser alliances that have illus
trated national greed and perhdy. The
system has shed more ptoou tuah IL nas
saved from being shed. ..@.
What is to grow out of this movement Of
Russia time will tell. But the world cannot
help wondering how it is that the nations
who looked upon the carnage of the Franco.
Prussiau war with entire composure,
should be in such rage because Russia is
about to break the slavish bonds which an
INSCRIPTIONS and overbearing alliance i'm
posed upon her. That outrage is one that
cannot endure. When it is wiped out some
of its authors may fear. the resentment that
they implanted in the Russian mind. ...,
1t Is estimated that of the sixteen hun.
dred negro voters in Henrico county, only
some seyenty-fve or SO pay; taxes, fifteen