The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-29 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1854.

The great object of the AUTOCRAT and his
abettors is to obtain, at any sacrifice of truth and
honour, a renewal of negotiations. For, this pur-
pose every effort will be made and the most specious
pretexts resorted to. We accordingly hear signi-
ficant rumours of a renewal of the Vienna confer-
ence, and that. Prussia will take part in the pro-
ceedings. This is held out as a great inducement
to those who have already suffered so much from
the vacillation, and wavering, and undecided policy
of the German Powers. France and England will
not, however, a:gain be easily humbugged. They
have seen the mischief occasioned by diplomatic
hair-splitting the encouragement afforded to
the aggressor by the notion that' the discussions
were taking place not on what he should forfeit,
or the securities which he should give in conse-
quence of his unconscientious attack, but as to
what further concessions should be made by the
deeply-injured Modem ; although these con-
ferences were managed on the assumption that it
was the SULTAN who should be prepared to sacri-
fice a portion of his independence, and not the
CZAR who should give adequate security to keep
the peace towards his deeply-injured neighbour.
No further discussions can, therefore, be car-
ried on, save at the cannon-mouth or bayonet
point. NICHOLAS Will be much better prepared to
enter into an equitable and permanent peace when
its terms are discussed at Cronstadt or Sebastopol.
Then we shall be enabled to dictate the various
provisions, and he must, perforce, content
himself with the conditions which his conquerors
may be pleased to enunciate. At Vienna he will
still practise every species of deceit and trickery,
and strive, by quibbling and special pleading, to
retain some portion of the privileges which he
extorted at various times before he had forfeited
the prestige previously attached to his name. He'
is now, however, a convicted disturber of the
peace—a would-be robber. His seeming mo-
deration has been unmasked, and be stands
barefaced before the world. The war which
he rendered indispensable by his infamous in-
vasion
has abrogated all former treaties. He
has no longer the slightest pretension to a pro-
tectorate over asy portion of the Turkish
dominions, or any body of the SULTAN'S subjects.
We must now deal with the various questions as
if no such claims had ever existed ; and, as
NICHOLAS has occasioned all the disturbance, he'
must not feel surprised if his wishes are disre-
garded, and that those who were unwillingly corn-
pelled to take up arms should not sheath
their swords until they have placed the rights
and privileges of their ancient ally on a substan-
tial foundation and obtained satisfactory security
—or, to use the language of the AUTOCRAT,
" material guarantees" (we " thank thee, Jew,
for teaching us that word") for the permanent and
lasting tranquillity of Europe.
It is already asserted that the modifications de-
manded by Prince GORTSCHASOFF (the Minister,
and not the General) are—
" let--That no future demands shall be made
by the Western Powers e"':her for pecuniary or I
territorialririfices op.the part,of Russia.
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hat Russia shall
participate in the pro-
tect
nge shall orate over the Principalities, and that no
cha be made in the position and
leges elf the Greek Christians in Turkey.e privi-
Now, theie stipulations are clearly i
inadmis bl
They:cannot, in fact, be entertained for lnl single
moment. If they were so, a d
s
they woul
NICHOLAS and his congenial friends, Dr. Caols7
KN H
A and JON MITI:3IIEL, an opportunity for the
most unblushing mendacity, and allow the former
disterbing the peace'
an opportunity' of again
opportunity, and
when he saw a More favourable
encouraging him to do so by the practical impti-
nitY permitted to his past crimes.
If these propositions were
,at all listened, so
they would preclude the Allies from obtaining the
most trivial indemnity for the expenses,of the, by
Turkey, France, and England must bear the heavy
outlay to which they have been subjected, without
seeking either a return of the money they have
been compelled to expend, or any species of equi-
valent. Could this be termed an "honourable"
conclusion of the war . We fear not. On the
ch the
t it would be so mu
con-
trary, it seems to us tha
otheriway, that it would only invite to future l
ag-
gression, and to even heavier den ands on our re-
sourceS another time. If he maintained his
fleets at Sebastopol, his establishments at the
mouth of the Danube—if the Euxine still re-
mained mare e/coh3tcm, and that there was any
shadow of a protectorate over either the Princi-
palities or the members of the Orthodox Church,
an excuse would.' never be wanting for new diffi-
culties and disturbances. The CZAR would tor-
ture even the most •
innocent acts into
ieriourNirovocation. Re has already shown his
powers in that resPect, and we can therefore,
way credit; experience
what Wore he may

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