The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-23 00:00:00

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LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1854.

Whatever else may be the result of the present
gigantic conflict between the CZAR and his
mighty maritime antagonists—it is as absolutely
certain as any human conjuncture of circum-
stances can be, that the Russian Protectorate
must, in any event, be removed both from Greece
arid the Danubian Principalities. The continu-
ance of the authority hitherto exercised by the
AUTOCRAT, whether at Athens, or at Jassy, or at
Bucharest, is at last recognised to be wholly in-
compatible with the maintenance of tranquillity
in Europe. No further reliance can be placed on
the integrity of the Councils of St. Petersburg.
The atrocious malversation of every one connected
with the Muscovite Government, from the highest
Ito the lowest, from the E3IEEROR to his Minister,
and thence downwards, from NICHOLAS to
NESSELRODE, from Prince MENSCHIKOFF to Baron
OSTEN SAcimi—all tends to demonstrate beyond
the possibility of doubt, the folly of reposing any
faith from this time forth in the sincerity of the
Itussian AUTOCRAT, of his administrators, or of
,his representatives. Duplicity and daring appear
to be the chief ingredients in the " hell-broth"
of his diplomacy. Lying appears to be the
habitual resource of the, Russian in every diffi-
culty, whether it be in a reply to an enemy, or in
a prayer to the OnnTrroxsavr. Insomuch, that we
have recently seen the most flagitious falsehoods,
emblazoned, as it were, in the presence of the

-whole world, in an Imperial proclamation—we
:have listened, so to speak, to the echoes of the Te
Deurn chaunted gratefully to GOD by order of the
CZAR, for a disgraceful defeat lyingly transformed

by the sacred head of the Greek Church into a
hypothetical victory. We repeat, therefore—no
faith can be placed in Russia or the Russians
henceforth. And henceforth, consequently, it
-will be the obvious duty of France and England
to destroy the malign and ,pernicious authority
hitherto eiercised by the'Government of St.
Petersburg over Greece and over the Danubian
Principalities. Otherwise than by the overthrow
and destruction of this authority, the restoration
and ultimate preservation of the peace of Europe,
are altogether impracticable. Russian influence,
therefore, must by necessity, at the close of the
present war, be removed entirely, and perma-
nently, from Athens, from Jassy, and from Bu-
charest.

To talk of closing the present struggle by such
an arrangement of differences as would leave Russia
for the most part precisely as she was when the
conflict commenced, is simply preposterous. It
may be reasonable enough to speak of the inte-
grity of the French Empire, or of the integrity of
the Spanish gui• gdom—but to talk of maintaining
the integrity of the Empire of the AUTOCRAT is so
absurd a raisapplieat•
ion of terms as to be really
and truly ridiculous.
The " •
integrity"
Russian Empire, forsooth of the
herited by the Succea
Why, the Empire in-
nothing less than an a sors of PETER the Great is
gglo
meraion of enormous
robberies---robberies from Sweden, robberies from
_Poland, robberies from Turkey, robberies from Tar-
Lary. And with a knowledge of all
these gigantic
thefts from adjacent territories, We
are
listen quietly while
.g
the friends of the to
CZAR
babble about maintai
nin at the end of the present
contest the integrity of his dominions ! It may be
matter of question certainly whether, when France
again sheath the sword, t},,Band England shall
Steppes of Kbirgbi hall be returned to the Xu,R,z s
Hof Tartary, —or whether Circassia shall be
restored to the rule of the Moslem at the mandate
Warrior of the Caucasus
of SCHA MITI, the Prophet
—or whether Finland shall be given back to
Sweden—or whether the disrupted kingdom of
Poland shall be re-established. All these changes
of course may, with much reason, he allowed to
be very questionable. But not so can it in any
way be as to the propriety, or rather as to the
absolute and imperative necessity, of putting an end
at last, for once and for all, to the evil influence
hitherto maintained by the CZA.R atAthens, and in the
Danubian Principalities. That influence has from
first to last been disastrous in its consequences.
It must be destroyed. That, at least, is indis-
putable. It is a necessity no less certain, and no
less clearly demonstrated, than the necessity of