Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-10
PARAGRAPHS OF HISTORY.

In these days when the alleged anu
Russian sentiment In the United states
Is receiving a great deal Of attention,
II Is interesting TO recall the cordial re-
lations that existed between this coun-
try and Russia during the war that
threatened the Union with dissolution.
The New Bedford Mercury tells the
story Of Mr., Fox's special mission to
Russia thirty-seEen years ago. Rus
sa had sent us a message OF sympathy
In q dispatch to the Russian minister
at Washington, dated at st. Petersburg
July 10, 1851, Prince Gortchakoff, vice
chancellor and minister Of foreign af-
fairs, babe NJ. de Stocked make
known to the Federal Government the
deep interest with which our august
master was observing the development
OF crisis which puts in question the
prosperity and even the existence OF
the Union" The dispatch added;
III within the limits OF your friendly
relations your language and your
counsels may contribute TO this result
reconciliation you will respond, sir,
to the intentions OF his majesty the EN-
peror, In devoting 10 this the personal
influence which YOU may have been
able to acquire during your long resi-
dence In Washington, and the consider
alton which belongs to your character,
gu n Af "a
animated by the most friendly sentl-
ments toward the American Union.
This Union Is not simply in our eyes
an element essential to the universal
political equilibrium II constitutes.
besides. a nation TO which our august
master and all Russia have pledged the
most friendly interest; for the two
countries, placed at the extremlties OF
the two worlds, both in the ascending
period Of their development, appear
called 10 natural community OF in
terests and Of sympathles OF which
they have already given mutual proofs
TO each other"
But Russian sympathy In that crisis
was not confined to words, The emperor
sent fleet to New York and one to
San Francisco, and Prince Gortchakoff
instructed the Russian minister at
Washington, Mr. Stoeckel to tell secy.
Seward that he was sending the feet
over, for no unfriendly purpose The
fleet came, and stayed a summer and
winter and the general impression was
that. while It's help would probably not
be needed 1t would be given II It were
needed.
The Los Angeles Times quotes Abra-
ham Lincoln. to show how the Russian
service at that time was regarded,
President Lincoln said to Seward and
Sumner;
Gentlemen. this Is one of the hap
pest conferences we have had during
these awful years. In the dark days OF
the past there has been one bright spot
always shining out of the sky Of our
foreign relations, We three know, bet
ter than anybody else, the struggles
we've made the men we've sent, and
the money we've spent TO keep Euro.
pean nations from interfering in our
contest. We've made these efforts in
pretty much every important court Of
Europe, except one, and that Is ST.
Petersburg. To that court we have new.
er sent man, and on Russia have n V.
er spent a dollar. She has been our
steadfast friend from the beginning,
Now, II has occurred TO me that we
three, knowing these things, ought 20
have common understanding that
whoever lives to see the whole country
reunited, and again prosperous, ought 10
do what we can to have our govern.
ment perform some great national act
TO show to Russia and the whole world
that this government is not migrate.
full"
In 1866, the life OF the Russian EN-
peror was saved from the murderous
attack Of mailman, and Congress con.
cluded to show the gratitude Of this
country to Alexander SO II was re.
solved to send a special envoy in ma
val vessel TO carry the message, and Mr..
Fox, the assistant secretary Of the
navy, was selected for the mission.
The double'turreted monitor Miantono.
mob was assigned to his service, with
the Augusta and the Ashuelot wooden
men-of-war as conveys, Never before
was such resolution voted or such
mission sent In such an unexampled
manner. Mr.. Fox and his ships were
escorted by the Russian fleet to Cron.
stadt and throughout the empire a
marvellous ovation was extended our
countrymen' There were banquets ev-
erywhere, at which the Americans and
Russians struck glasses and proclaim.
ed everlasting friendship. Said one
Russian speaker: If nations require
friends and must lean toward each 9th.
er Ike individuals, here are eighty
millions of people, one race. one Ian
guage, and unit In their feelings OF
friendship for the United States"
The Chicago Chronicle calls attention
to the fact that we are also Indebted
to Russia for the settlement Of the Ala.
bama question, At the end OF the
Franco-Prusslan war, England was no.
tilted by Russia that the clause in the
treaty Of Paris limiting RussIa's pow.
or In the Black Sea was abrogated. II
was for this that the Crmean War had
been fought and the note was, praotI-
cally a challenge to another conflict
The Chronicle says;
Thus placed between hostile Rus.
sIa on one side and hostile America
on the other, Great Britain took imme-
diate action to placate American senti-
ment' a commission was appointed TO
decide me Alabama question, which, as
all know, resulted in the award thai
upheld the principle for which America
was contendng, however unsatlsiac.