The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-24 00:00:00

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and as to the objeet,--the„ revelations contained in th
English document- sufficiently provelhat the accusationd
Of.: Fiance: and' (Treat: Britain ate lar:friiiii-beiiiiizagge
rated, . .09.ccording W.:the . declaration of the Russian
Cabinet, we have- ,'Mess respect for the iodependente of
the.. Porte, than it has; and one of the_proofs Which it
Addiicei for this ig, that the Pttornan Government has.
renouneed,l4 'treaty, the power:of making, peace wtth-;
Out its allies. —ln entering into ,that engagement the:
Porte only contracts' a recittrocal, obligation, on the.
tenting of a perfect.equality, and moreover in strict con-
formity to constant' and general "Usage and the law of
nations, when several unite together to pursue by arms:
a common object.
" The. Porte (adds the Russian Cabinet) is about to,
be, forced to subscribe to an engagethent which would
extend to all its subjects equality.of civil and political
rights.' That. assertion, far from being well-founded,
gives us an. occasion of showing, in a striking manner,
what is the- difference of acting between Russia and.the
Western Powers in their relations with the Ottoman em-
pire. Russia hai insisted on stipulating with the Porte,
either in a treaty or by means of a note, for the main-
tenance of the liberties of the Stiltan':s subjects. The
other Powers have' not for a single moment thought of
requiring from the Porte any such engagement, either
in the form of a treaty or of a note. They have not, it
is true, neglected any occasion to suggelit to the Porte
such measures as appeared to them best calculated to
ameliorate the condition of the Christians in the Turkish
empire.;, but they never could have thought of 'restrict-
ing the :sovereignty of the Sultan, when, on the con-
trary, they were taking up, arms to defend it against
the pretensions which were menacing it. 'lt is for
Europe, and not for the two powers (continues the Rue-
sian Government) to decide if the balance .of power in
Europe really runs any of the daogers, Which, -it is pre-
tended, arise from the excessive preponderance of Russia.'
On that point the wish of the RuOan Cabinet is already
realised. It is the great Powers Of-Europe, and not
France and Englandalone, who have signed the acts of
Vienna ; and these acts declare loudly that the position
taken by Russia on the Danube places the general
equilibrium in danger. According -to the Cabinet
of St., Petersburg, it is, on the ..contrary, France and
R gland who are exercising at present on Europe a
pressure, of a nature to disquiet all the neutral Powers.-
Every one, however, knows, that far froin manifesting
any-disquietude,' the neutral- powers, -on the contrary,
applaud the: attitude assumed by the two maritime '
Powers,- and that at the present "moment, froin every'
part of the world, they send to thank' the' two Powers
for the recent declaration which has just confirmed
the ensemble of the principles. under which tlfey had
in vain endeavoured hitherto to shelter their: liberty
in time of war. Finally, the Russian Government
thinks that the' isolation, into which it deolares it is
about to be thrown, will, only deliver the wrld upto a
moredangerous preponderance than its own could possibly
be. That Government forgets that not one of the Great
Powers aims like it at exclusive advantages, or wants to
act by itself alone. Far from permitting a preponder-
ance of any kind to be established, a common action
exercised by the Four Powers is for all the other States
a pledge of security and impartiality. The influences
which co-operate for the obj,lct in view constitute a just
counterpoise of one to the other, and guarantee in ad-
vance to Europe that the general interest which hits
drawn the Four Powers together will not -cease a single
moment to guide their resolutions, and will be, alone
listened to to the end. The observations whioh precede
will enable every one to judge of the new document
published by the Russian Government. The following
is its text."—[Here fellows the formal' declaration of
Russia, which has been already published.] I

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