Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-06-21

BuChareSt; vhlCn Wnlie 'h'y P"NN
,ence Of The Pore and the integrity oil It's IRON
tiers under the protection OF the la" OF ha'io"'
mus, naturally have an influence on the dura,
lion Of the empire Scarcely was the peace OF
1919 signed, when it was thought tina. the az
6cult. 5ut eyen;ful circumstances in when Nus
Ala then was might be Said with impu"l'' 10
redouble the violations Of its engagements
Our ampes,y was promised 10 the oer'iahs'
instead of hat an invasion took place ana
Dreadful massacre. The privileges Of Mo'oaN
via and Walachia were guaranteed; OUT sys>
fem of nIunder completed the ruin oil '"ose u"-
-. ,roy;nr.s The incursions Of the tribes
,vhich inbabi, the left bank OF Kuban were to
Ls ,r.,en,ef; nv the care of the Porte; but Iur-
lev NO, content with raising 2rctensions TO se>
yeral Cortresses absolutely necessary Tor our Sc
curity Of our Asialic possessions; pretenslons,
,be weakness of which ii had itself recognised
Inv the convention Of Akerman, made them SUI
wp,ker. by f,vouring, on the coasts oflhe Black
Sea. and even in our vicinity, the Slave lrade
n;Ila,,e and disorders Of all kinds. Nay, more,
then, as now, ships bearing the Russian nag are
detained in the Bosphorus, their cargoe, Sc
oues,ra,ed, and the stipulatinns o, the Com>
mercial Treaty Of 1888, openiy violated. MS
took place at the very moment when the ?ur,
est glory and victory in sacred cause crowned
the arms of his Majesty the Emperor Alexan-
der, of mortal memory Nothing hindered MIN
from turning his arms against TIVE y toman
empire But that monarch, paolhc conquer.
or, superior to every feeling OF enml'y, avo!dea
even the busiest occasions TO punish the insults
off: red him, & would not again interrupt the
peace restored TO Europe by generous rxeruons
and with noble intentions, immediately are? l.
had been CONSOLIDATED His situation offered
ko
10 commence in 1916 negotiations with the
Turkish Government, founded on the principle
and The wish to obtain by amicable arrange
ment securities for peace, and faithful adhe>
renee TO existing treaties, as well as Tor the
maintenance of reciprocal pacific relations
securities which the Emperor's hand might
have extorted from The Porte which was not "a
bic 10 resist him. Such great moderation was
no, however, duly appreciated. For five years
,oge ther ih- D,van was unmoved by the cons
ciliatorv overtures of the Emperor Alexander,
and endr avoured TO tire out hiss patience, to dis
pu,e his rights, to cali in question his good IN
teutions, TO defy the superiority o! Russia,
which saw itself bound solely by the wish oil
preserving the general pr ace, and to try Us pa
thence % the utmost.
And vet a war with Turkey would not IN any
way have embarrassed the relations OF Russia.
No convention containing guarantee, no posi-
live obligation connected the fate OF the Otto
man empire with the cnnciliatory stipulauonS
of 1914 and 8 5, under the protection OIL whlch
ci,ilised and Christian Europe reposed, alter
! lis long dissenliuns, and the Governments iound
! themselves united by the rec objections OF COM
mon glory. S "a happy GonsiaensS N pf}he pies
vors, supported by the fepr' seniations OF Rus'
! sia, and equally long e,as,ons and delays on
the par, of the Porte; after several points
of the negotiation relative to the execution
| Of the Treaty Of Embarrassment 10 be AL
ready settled, a general insurrection In the
| Moreo, and the hostile INVASION Of the chief
of a party unfaithfll 10 his duty, excited mi
the Turkish Government and na,ionall The
emotions of blind hatred aga,ns, the Chris
| tians TO il, without distinction b' tween the
guilty and the innocent Russia did not hes
! itate moment 10 testify its just dsappro-
baton OF the enterprise ot Prince lpsllan!.-
! As Protector Of the two PIincipali, les, il APP
proved Of the legal measures OF defence and
suppression, adopted bvt e Di,an, al the same
time insisting on the necessity Of not confound-
ing the innocent part OF The population
wit the seditiou,, who were to be tlisarmed
and punished These Cnunsels we're II rc,-
ed; the representative Of his Imperial Mas
|
Chief Greek Clergy, with the Patriarch at their
head, were subjected TO an Infamous capital
punishment, amidst he solemniIrs OF our holy
religion. All the Christians, without any dis,
tinction, were seized, plundercd and mossa-
cred, without triui; the remain'.cr frd. The
flame Of inSurree.ion, f4r!irom aba,ng, spread
meantime ON every side, 10 vain did tac Rus.
sian Ambas ,ador end, avour 10 render the Porte
Il last service. In vain, did he show by his
note Of the 9th July, 1927, way to safety and
to reconciliation. After he had protested a.
gains, the crimes and ehullions OF rage, un>
par.llc!ed in history, he found himself Obliged
to obey the commands Of his Sovereign, aud TO
leave Constan,inople. About this time it nap.
peued that the Powers allied with Russia,
whose interests equally required the mainten-
ance OF general peace, were eager TO offer and
TO employ their services for the purpose Of
disptlng the storm which threatened 10 burst
over the infatLatep Turkish Government. Fus-
sia, on its part, delayed the remedy offs own Just
grievances, inihe hope that il should he able TO
conciliate what i; owed 10 itself, with the mode
| ration thai thr situation Of Furora and its