The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-01-26
THE Gro ssTalUMPHAHL THE Gafs'
CENT ON THE WAVE,

CENT on THE WAVE,
Late events in tho Orient are iraughl
with results important alike to Europe
aud civilization generally The long
cherished ambition Of Russia seems
about to be realized in either the abao'
luie possession of Conslanlnople, or Ia
obtaining such an asoendenoy Ia the
east ~ that her policy, fleets aud
armies will be- omnipotent la tho Hack
aud Mediterranean seas. 10 all human
observation Napoleon's prediction, that
in an hundred years Europe would he
either republican sr CoaaaclS, seems
about 10 be fulfilled, aud the Cossaok 10
to be the ruling power not oi Europe
alone, but Of the world For With her
immense territory and almost innu'
merablo population and unmoasurod
resources, with an equal show on lhe
ocean, Russia in u few years viii be- IN "a
position 10 laugh 10 seOrn any effort TO
bind her by treaties or control her by
military power, England, the power
which will suffer first from the advance
Of Russia, has silently suffered her ops
porlunity 10 pass by Tho wise policy
which caused her to meet the Russian
autocrot under The walls oiSohoslcrpool
has been exchanged for q weak
neutrality, aud now not only
her oasiorn colonies and Indian ascend
ency have been sacrificed, but her ems
pra ON the ocean IL II thing of the past
Her colonies IN all parts OF the world,
the East Indies, Africa, Australia and
Canada, will, one after another, declare
lndependence or fall into the hands OF
either Russia or the neighborinR power
strong enough TO gather the tempting
fruit. The entry Of the triumphant
Muscoyito lcgions into Constantnoplo
will change the face of the world rovo-
lutioniae tho policy OF Europe aud
check the advance OF republican ideoS
for centuries. The cause of the people
Ms opposed to the aristocrotic forms OF
government must, liza remedy Is not
speedily provided, 80 down in darkness
The pale ghost Of constitutional liberty
will haunt the British ministry and
/ bring its earthly remains to tue
foot of the throne, "A murdered Occuser
powerful only in death, and after piom>
sc has fed forever
The founders of this government
whether wisely or unwisoly, remains to
be seen, inaugurated the policy of mons
interference in European affairs There
Is but one policy for us to pursue, il
Russia succeeds in her extension Of
power and influence in the east. We
must extend ours in the west, The
| United States will then be the only
power on earth equal to the task Of con-
fronting the Car. The final struggle
will be between absolutsm and repub-
licanism. intermediate iormsand grades
will be lost sight of, 1t il clearly our
p, duty as not nation only, but the rep
rcsentativo of the great principles Of
the liberties and dignity OF the people
to strengthen our arms and grid ON
lions for the conflict, which may come
in two decades or in two centuries, but
come it inevitably will. No mawll.
iSh Monroe doctrines should prevent ~
from extending our eagles over Mexico
Central America, South America, and
even Canada, before such II necessity as
the one which is coming sooner or later
when Russia succeeds England in the
east and on the ocean.
These are some of the results which
are to follow the pNling of the Crescent
weak and siclily MS it has always beer
considered and these are the stakes
that rcpubicanism have in the interest
ing events occurring in the Orient, ano
which now hardly excite passing com
ment, bnt which will then rouse every
energy and every passion of our fifty
millions of people and employ every
dollar of money, in defending this last
stronghold of human liberty in the last
struggle, it is possible for the principle
to make.