National Republican., 1874-05-14

in that great staple. Which Of these two peo-
Piles, Cubans and Egyptians, both subjects Of
decaying empires, but possessing in themselves
the little remaining life left in fheif respec-
tive systems Of government, 70 the nost 70 b
censured for permitting the curse of slsFeryf
Cuba u eeogfapaicaliy Z g,eat ocean redoubt
ofAmerica, and must, BY the irresissible logic
ofevents, in time, pass under the "stars and
stHpes,n Il would seem, to the careful Politi-
caiobserver, that BY 9 logic equslly ineontro-,
ysrtihle, Egyps being the crest gateway
through which England must communicate
with her Indian possessions must one day be
prosperous province under the banner Of st.
George, and that she is not now 90, y mainly
owing to the baneful political idea Of the
"balance of power" in Europe, which made II
almost professional ruin for Brltish diplomat
to even attempt the protection Of . British sub
ject within the borders Of the Turkish empire.
The late Sir Henry Bulwer, sfterward Lord
Dalling and Bulwer, who was for years Eng
lands representative ct the Ottoman Porte,
and who nursed the "sick man OF the East"
with such tender assiduity that he was called
g Turkish minister In British pay, grew to be q
hypochondriac in his task, and actually sick
ened and died when the great Powers threw
the "balance of power" idea to the winds and
told poor, coddled-up Turkey to up and arm and
take care Of herself II she thought her exist
ence worth the preservation -.
Happily the face of the world 10 changed;
there is hope for better state of things. Bis
msrck with q bloody sponge has wiped out the
lines on the political slate around Prussia.
Spain is proving to her enemies that her ruin
may safely be left to herself. Three great and
the globe, the United States, England and
Russia. We may justly consider Germany to
be a mere nation of giadiators kept together by
the iron will of Bismarck and the mementary
cohesion of successful foreign war. Russia
must needs be powerful on account of her in
accessibility to invasion; her vast extent Of ter
ritory and her countless hordes Of obedient
subjects. England and the United States are
great, and are daily growing greater, because
of their intelligence, education, and CONNER
cial prosperity. .- ...ar NJ ---. ..-hs o % -r-
Let these two nations, then, set the example
and become the high constables of the world.
Let England establish q protectorate over
Egypt, with Ismail Pacha as tributary king,
and teach the ignorant Musselmen to nd them
selves of the bigoted thraldom of the Koran,
and then suppress with real and rigid severity
the lingering remnants Of the White Nile slave
trade. Ifthe Gar Is permitted. in pursuance
of his policy Of grasping the sovereignty Of the
Black sea and its outlet, to drive the Sultan
out Of Turkey In Europe into Egypt, England
will simply have, when the struggle comes,
the green banner Of the Prophet to fight, Gun
der which will be ranged all the living fol
lowers of Mahomet from India to Algiers,)
instead Of tho mushroom pennon of Moham-
med Ali's family, which, since It's warlike found
er's death, is now but holiday rag in the air,
signifying nothing. Let the United States
celebrate their Centennial In q truly glorious
manner, not by feasting and fireworks, but by
purchasing Cuba outright from Spain If she
will sell, and II not, send o few thousands Of
our unemployed braves in the South, who de-
light In deeds Of daring under the gallant
Phil. Sheridan and Longstreet, and give to the
Thousands Of enslaved negroes there, as well
as their misguided Cuban masters, the benefits
of Intelligent freedom. Thus will the great
Engiish-spesking nations, marching shoulder
to shoulder, and keeping step to the music of
civilization, free the earth from its last dark
shadow of barbarism and finish the work which
those pure philanthropists, Washington and
Wilberforce, commenced three quarters of q
century ago, and bequeathed to their country
mon as sacrad leoacies q H r.