The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-05-04
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r,, 4,rirsxh Lion TO Dispute The way
of .nc Uussian Hcar--.The Countries
NO usl7 Take Possession OF, and HIS
PARTIAL Cause OF the Defeat and FL
mai Dessruction OF tho latter. ~
The interests Of England In India naturally
Mace her in the way OF Russian designs In
that direction. To guard her possessions
tbcro. she will make the most Determined
efforts. and will doubtless frequently nave
to fee, the powerful blows Of the paw OF tue
GREAT Russian bear. Naturally, as she nag :
aIready indicated by buying largely OK
thn shares OF the Suez canal, ana pug.
cling her feet at its mouth 10 watch wei
interests there. she viii not onty w. -
shadow that shipway, but take couLlu.o,
the countries through when IL 1850 &C.
Ecyrt and Arabia, and also SYRIA auu W.. ~
Persian Guli-and defend them sSai"se er sIo
advances OF the northern ehein!' .hs
policy has been closely adhereo 10 y! 'no
ii' 'uoa Government, and indeed must be
nv Snture ministries IL they would maintain
tba welfare Of the Empire. This Power,
ma its course also, in this great struggle
&c ve showed in former articles was the
n.So with some other Powers-has been
clcorly designated by the Seer OF old,
which will appear plausible to the nina
a, tho careful reader in the following
ouo,ations: Ezekiel, XNNviii., writing OF
rhe conoucs:S Of the chief Prince OF KOS
Nosc. and Tohl-the Russian CzaT-of va
lions countries il, the latter days, and espe-
c;aIIv Palestine, the country formerly desc
late but then reinhabited, in the 18th verse
use. these words: "Shcba and Dedan and
the merchants OF Tarshish, with all the
Young lions thereof, shall say unto thee,
Art thou come to take spoil? hast thou
gathered thy company 10 take prey, to
carry away silver and gold, to take away
cattle and goods, TO take a great Spoll Z"
THE mower that at that time shalt possess
Sheba and Dedan-tw0 portions OF Arabia
will be a merchant power, and her ensign,
or coat-ui.arms, in part the lion; and she
will challenge and oppose the designs OF the
sutocrat, as above indicated, and that power
we will show to be England.
After Russia seizcs Persia, England will
most likely seize Afghanistan, but surely
Dedan, ut the mouth OF the Persian Gull
or sea, the sea itself, and SHEDS She has
strong defence at Alden now, which is IN
Sheba, called the '"Gibralter OF the Red
Sea and key to Egypt" Daniel H., Al, says
further on this subject: "He-Gog, the
chief prince OF Russia-shai enter into the
glorious land" Palestine, "and many coun,
tries shall be oYerthrown. but these shall e.
cane out Of his hand. even Edom and Moab,
and The chief OF the children OF Ammon.'
These countries that are to escape hin will
also be overshadowed by England, laying,
rs they do, adjacent Palestine on the south
and east. and will be necessary rs defence
for the new settlers of that country, who
will be encouraged and defended by Eng
land. This will not only be done because
il strengthens the countries north OF her
shipway, but because it is her destiny to
bcfriend the Jew and aid him in settling his
own country. Egypt shall not escape,
but he''-the Russian-''S shall have power
over the treasures of gold and silver, and
over all the precious things OF Egypt
Ezekiel 80, AZ, As. England, therefore, Will
not be able to hold Egypt.
The words "the merchants of Tarsbisb
with all the young lions thereof" deserve
our notice, and will assist us in seeing more
clearly England as the Power referred to in
these quotations. Anciently there were
two countries called by this name. 1t is
written that Solomon Of Jerusalem and Hi
ram OF Tyre fitted up vessels at EziongeDu,
a port on the Red Sea, and made trips 10
'rarshisb, and brought back "gold, silver,
ivory, apes, and peacocks," which are
the products Of India. This Tarshlsh
LDeQ udfC Uccu SdSts ~ eoSy
could not sail west, and it Is not
likely, In that early period OF naviga-
ton, without the compass, they would at
tempt to round the Cape Of Good Hope and
60 west. 1t is also written that Jonah took
ship at Joppa (Jaha) and sailed for Tarshish.
This Tarshish must have been west, as
Jopna was on the eastern coast of the Medi-
terranean sea. The prophet, addressing
the city of Tyre, on the same coast, said :
" Tarshish was thy merchant, by reason OF
the multitude of all kinds Of riches, with
silver, iron, tin, and lead, they trade in thy
fairs" You observe the products are very
different from those OF the Tarshish OF Solo
mon and Hiram, and point west. .-..
Britain has been celebrated for these pro-
duets in the past, and the old PhGnicians
called her Bara1anac, or the land OF tin, as
some interpret 1t. Thus England, q hon
power, now possessing India, the eastern
Tarshish. and being the western Tarshish
herself, is evidently the merchant Of Tar
snish, and young lions who should .antago-
nize the Northern King" in the latter
DAYS. The expression "young lions " may
be applied to the Government OF India and
other provinces that will help the mother
country in these wars. England will meet
the enemy near the site OF the old city OF
Bozrah, in Moab, and afterwards near Jcru-
salem; but the results OF these conflicts
must be given at another time.
Respectfully, &c, BANlsTER.
Haifaz Courthouse, Fa., May /, 1877.