Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-09-07

one OF his Own Generals ~ was an incyl-
table CONSEQUENCE Of what bad beetf al
ready done THAT be- must explicitly der
clare bis disapprobation. Short sfier
this event, lie resurrection broke OCT With
far greater violence the South OF Iur.
key. No reasonable man will say, that
the Emperor ought to have seen this insdr.
rection in different light from that In the
north. II was therefore in. the nature Of
the case that he judged Of the troubles In
the Morea in the same words as ot those in
the north, that's, that he dlsapproyed the
one as we'll as the other.
There have been, indeed, men 10 Eu-
rope-men Of kind, benevolent, dispo-
sition. who, while thinking Of their tel
low Greek Christians. forgot all other con-
siderations, and because the Emperor OF
Russia has exertsd himself in preceding
Conventions and Treaties TO tighten the
yoke of the Cracks, looked on him as the
man who was in some degree bound i'm
mediately t. take arms in defence Of bis
proteges. The pious wishes are refuted
ny the development Of the situation 10
which Russia then was. and the circum.
stances which obliged the Emperor TO ex.
press that disapprobation of the Greek IN.
surrection.. Ia case Of a change in the
Emperor's way Of thinking, would not all
the Cabinets have reproached bin with
the greatest inconsistency, and perhaps,
even with ambitious views?
Our difference with Turkey IS purely Of
diplomatic origin. Our Ambassador was
insulted.-The insult began in the viola.
ton OF the law Of nations in his person,
and OF the treaties which Russia had for
merly made and this insult was 80 out
rageous, that our Ambassador was obli-
ged TO declare his mission ended, and to
leave Constantinople. 1t is true.the Greek
revolution and the measures employed
against it gave rise 20 the offence. But
the veil known notes in which Baron
Strogonoif states his grounds of complaint,
do net contain one syllable defending The
Greek Revolution itself; be did moi COM
plain because the revolution was checked,
but because the arrogant Divan refused
to recognize the privileges 10 which Strog-
onnff was entitled az Russian Ambassador,
and because the persons who, taking part
in the revolution, claimed the protection
of the Ambassador. were, Notwithstanding
this protection. prosecuted with fire and
sword. The violation Of treaties and OF
the law Of nations was, therefore. the
cause of the breach oil the existing rela.
tions.
In what point OF view then is our con.
test with Turkey to be regarded! 1t pro-
ceeds from private difference which the
two States have 10 settle between them.
selves, and which the emperor has admit.
ted to the mediation OF foreign powers,
and rather has accepted this mediation
because his direct relations with the Sui
tan are broken of-because the present
political interest with Russia makes the
maintenance of peace necessary-because
his magnanimous heart prefers peace to
military glory-and, lastly, because all
the monarchs are unanimous in maintain
ing the statutes Of Europe, as laid down at
the Vienna congress.
The state OF the case is simply This
l. Russia is iD state OF difference with
Turkey, but which has arisen from breach
of Treaties and the law Of Nations 90 the
part OF the Turks and in which the Greek
Instruction has no direct share.
e. Russia has not by any means sbewn
3 tendency to offensive war, but is able 10
repel every attack.
8 Russia has signifed 10 the Turkish
government by the Intervention of Eng.
land and Austria, in what manner the an
cient relations may be re-ests blished.
4. Negotiations are actually on foot re-
speeding this matter. II we securateIy
consider the contents o. the Notes of the
Diyan OF the 28th of February and the 18th
OF April as answers to the Russian Ulti-
matum, as it is called, which is not yet
published, it will not escape the attentive
observer that this so called Ultimatum can
have had no other object than the restora-
ton Of things to the same state as they
were in before the departure Of the AM
bassador, and that Russia has on the whole
merely called tor fulfllment of the ancient |
treaties and conventions. Ii under such
circumstances, even after the real delive-
ry of an ultimatum, Russia still leaves it !
TO the mediating Powers to obtain some-
thing later by new and energetic repre-.
sensations, the tultilment of the conditions |,
ofthe Ultimatum which have not been at |
once complied with, nobody surely can
say that Russia has in the least compro-
missed her honor and lastly, when the
Porte shall have complied with the mode-
rate demands Of Russia, and in this man.
ner peace be preserved, in conformity will,
the policy OF Russia, and the wishes Of our
emperor, surely no reasonable man will
be able to discover in it any circumstance
injurious To- the honor Of Russia.
The possession of new land, besides,
desolated) provinces can De Of little use
TO Russia. The Emperor requires greater
and more sacred duties than that Of en-
ploying his own and his peoples blood
and property in such conquests; and our