THE RUSSIANS AND FEDERAL STATES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 52, 13 January 1864, Page 4

THE RUSSIANS AND FEDERAL STATES.

Wiiojlykh recommended tlu J.'dsM'-m Kmporor to send a squadron 01' frigates to Xew York niiiv con- ; lam ell una great siu,:o.-.s. \mv ih;,(, it I is done we see that it ivas i xactly the thing u, ,[„_ I and almost wonder thai il never 'occurred hoi,.re to | ihe a-tnte politicians of St. J'utcrsl.urcr. Tin- r, s, m- ■ Mane: beiween ;he Tnileil Slates ami the Russian i Kmpne have nut only lieen remarked hv every one I who lias thougnl on tlie present and the probable I nitim: stale oi tlie world, lint, tliev liave created a I sympathy between tie: two Towers 'which is bccomm- ; inaaT the iul!nem.o of calamity, disappointed ! ambition, and the rebukes of the civilized world. I ii.lh in their allowance and petulence ol a lew years j ..nice ami m their pre:-, nt lorn; ol moie limited preI lens., ns, tae American and Ku.-siaiw have .-howu an i .icemd wnieh aidicates tin: gravitation of the two I i'owers lo a permanent alliance. In the palmy davs j wian Nicholas allccl. d to he the arbiter ol the (»'ld ; V, "rid, and lie Anieiiean IVcsidcids were,-. iu l uciini>' ; provniees in tne New, tlie eoi..-.;anl theme ol' oonj -trat illation let ween tin: Republic and tiu: IVnotisni i v..:-, tae d.eae.eace ol' all Towers !,„t UicmMlvJs, and | tin: ccilain-y 'hat liii:y would sulj et all the countries . .H"i;i; !!.:■»,, cue alter the other, to Hair d.iminicn. ; n.oy h.,ih nail enormous tenitorv, and re-ions still i "• ':'i'i:en:e which they n >i>ld make their own | ■'■■.„ n they w,.„ld. They were 1.-th new IWer< an. ueumlereil with the debts, the traditions, and tae •uleiior social organisation of their older rivals. I Alley had a r.vmitesf, destiny, and were to I'ulfil the

I de.sisrns of Providence hy plundering and subjugating | nil who were nfit strong enough to resist. And who | should resist litty years h«ore, when the populations '! of the. two aggressive .11.pile- should have doubled ! anil tripled in a fashion impossible to the crowded 1 inhabitants of Western Europe r_ From these dreams ! Knssia was routed hy a war which showed liow un- \ able she was to face the Western Powers, which I forced her to dinnantl" a fortress and rede a portion ' of her territory, and which, if it, had continued i auditor vear, would certainly have deprived her of I valuable'provinces. The pride of the United States i has stiil more lately met its fall. The disruption of i the Republic, the proof that a large part of the people ! had ceased to ea.ie for the Union—nay, had imbibed j a strong hatred against the rest of their countrymen ! —the gloomy pm-peet of lingering warfare, to be ! ended at the very b'-st only hy the extirpation of tho ; Southerners and tin; ruin of their country, these : things are weiehing on the spirits of the' Federal j patriots, whoso Fourth id July orations used to paint ! sue!] a transcendent future. | In the hour of common trial the C/,:u' gives Ids i ollicers tiie opportunity of showing his Republican j allies how niucii thev svnipathizo with each other, i and resent the ill-will of' England and France. Not that tho discreet and guaided Muscovites would ever ! hint that their visit had a [lolitical object, or that I they had anything' but c.-teem for Englishmen, I Frenchmen, and all mankind. The coarser part of | tho speech-making is left to the New York orators, I just as the interpretation of the squadron's visit, as 'the sign of a : needy alliau-o between the two j countries f.,r the punishment e.f F.uropean perfidy, , is allowed to be given to ib" world hv the Ann ricu'ii | Press. Hut there can ho li,lie doubt'that what has I taken place is just what the Emperor ibresaw and j desired. At a time when both he and his brother ! Potentate at Washington are carrying on a relentkss ! war against so-called " rebels" and each is in some. 1 trepidation us to the policy of France, the Czar calls ! forth an exhibition of the mutual sympathy between I their respective nations. Tho time could not have been better elms, n, the success Could not have been ; more complete. The Russian olhecrs arc the lions of j the hour. They are invited everywhere : the British and French ofiii ers remain unnoticed on board their I ships. It is entirely understood lhal by tho unusual honours paid to tho t.V.ar's frigates is testified the goodwill of tin: Federal <■' 'Vi nimcnt and jieople towards him am! the wol k which his troops are cluing in F.iii'ope. Republican sympathy rises freely for one who is . ugaged ill putting down "rebels." When almost every nation in Europe protested • against the Russian atrocities in the spring, Mr. Seward ileelim d to condemn them. This was but I'm- diii' return for the Emperor's refusal to interfile in American ail'airs. Tin; good understanding still prevails. Xo American can see anything wrong in a Polish war, to which that carried on in Virginia and Tennessee hems so strong a resemblance. Xo Russian can desire anything hut tho success of a Government which lie" hopes will make a diversion i in favour of the Czar, whenever that Sovereign's | method of dealing with his Polish subji cts. is quosj tiuiiecl by Western Europe. j To what lengiiis the enthusiasm of the r.ewalliance can lead a Federal audience: is amusingly shown by ! the revioited speech of Admiral Ehovski 'at a banquet 1 given 'to himself and his ..iiiecl'.s The health of tile i Emperor had been iliimk with gie.it applause, mid I the Admiral ilulv i. mined thanks. The praise I which the American si.. alar lavished on his Majestv ! was, according to toe Admiial, really deserved. j " lie is certainiy ict only the IjLiiclactor of his suhj jicts," exclaimed the eloquent seaman, "ho is the I'friend of mankind. (Cheers.) From what he has ! already if me, J',wn in'ml he in duiinj irer:/ din/, he is i certainlv entitled to the same surname which once a I Roman Emperor claimed. 'The Delight of .Mankind.' " j When we ii collect that thee winds mil: spoken to i and cheered vociferously by a people who have for I till years in-cii preaching to tile world self-government j and the right of mankind to be free, we may see how I little .strength political principles possess compared j with the impiil-es or iain-ied mieiests of tile hour. j The support ~f Russia is valuable, and therefore all ' i 1 hi- national traditions loncerning nationality and i popular lights are forgot t. n in a uiomeni, and the j servant of a despotic monarchy is applauded for ! saying thai the Prince who is' now ordering the '; rule has been eiiici.iily denounced as a tyranny by : tiie mo-t eon-eivative powers iii Europe, is the ■" Delight of Mankind." That the .sympathies of i the audi, nee \\a ie completely with the Russian , j Government is mail" more evident bv their reception ] of liemral Wallbiiilgc's eloquence. 'This gentleman, who made the :pi ceh of th" evening, alter telling his i heirers that England had in tiie early part of the ■ i eentiny been "driv.-i from the ocean" by the ' Americans, said what i- perfcci.lv true, but what lias ,' ; seldom been so o[,eiilv avowed by American society, ' > -■" In the struggle wiiic'u Russia had in lS."il with , France and England, the sympathies of our people were willi Ru-sia." Ti .is as.-ei len was l eceived with 1 ; cheers and erics,,!' •• That's mi." His vision of the ' future was. that ■' Piovi.hiiee ins decreed that there 1 ! shall be two great l,,:ni-ple us, one the Eastern and ' the oilier the We.-l,m. The one shall ho represented 1 : bv Russia, and th. oilier bv the United Slates." '; I'iq.iallc m.-gnll. que!,; was t:,e lion. Hendricks 1!. : ; Wright, memh.i-.ii Congress who said that " there ' i was but two t;.:t-.'!:.ss Powers ill the uo: Id-Kilssia • ; and tin- I'mtnl State:..- became tiny were the only | two that could li'in ti.. ir own resources and within ' ! thi-insi ha s either ]iut down in-iineeiion or resist a ' ; combination „! all ike other Powers of the world." :: (Applause.;' lini: ,1, the con mnuity of the two > ! great Empires made more sensible by the circuin- ' j stance thai both ,ic . i-gagcd ill "putting down i ' rebels," seem- to have bcen'the idea pr. scr.t'to everv ■ I one's mind. I; wanted bid this bom! to make perfect fi the union lutweiu the two nations. Each will hid ! di dunce to iJ... world, lciying in its just right to i ilest'.oy i-very peinlali. n ami devastate every pro- :| viiiee which iLii'.'s lo i. ,; .-arratige its plans of empire . I bv iiiiv .-'.Hi words as "libcitv" and "indiiK.iiI deuce."--V'/Hev.