Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-11-21

u ''y one OF TWO ior'resseS OF little strength and
ready seems to posseGs value than rs it forms n
more secure frontier against the incursiops f rho
tioes, who at various periods endangered by their
"anton hostities theexistence ofpeace between the
swo empires In Europe not a foot of territory is
Sained or lost OH either sde far as the question of
posture ceSston Is concerned. When we have the
separate Conventions, before u.s. which reruate the
amount OF the Indemnity 70 be paid by the Porte and
Tue occupation of certain Provinces and Cities till
payment De made, wesha better be able to ascertain
whether the respect shown by the Treaty of Peace
to the integrity ofthe Sutans European dominions,
oe sincere or affected At present the subject is in
vowed III DOUBT which fuller information alone can
enable us to solve ~
On the 18th the same paper adds
we stated Yesterday that until we had something
more authentic before than the republishcd nc,
counts given by the French and German papers of
'he amount of the war indemnity granted bv a sem
afa,e convention to Russia we should doubt the cor
ectess or tnat amount d. the nature of the aranpe-
"iehtS made FOR its payment We understand how
ever tprt 1t DOES not fall short ten millions of Ju-
cats and that The lies in the statement that any
periods were fixed for s liquidation. The whole
Is matter fur flu discussion bet ween the Sultan
and the Emperor n icholas Altho' the rood Offices
OF the other Powers will of course continue TO be
lnterposed,i will thereof be more as n matter of
frendfEess than IN consequence of regular under
standing.
! As the amount Of the indemnity 1t is so evident
| ~ beyond the power Turkey to pay though it may
not IN reality exceed the expenses incurred by Rus
STA during the war; that there is s,rono reason IN c,
pect that the Emperor Nicholas. with due regard
the consistency of his acts and declarations and an
honorable anx irty 10 reconcile them together upon
being satisfied hat the terms imposed upon the Sui
tan by his Plenpotentiaries are really too rrevous
and, reinforced, would be equivalent to the destruc
ton oi Turkey, as an III dependent Empire will him
SELF relax hem and render them more cnmmensu-
rate with the power ofthe Porte satisfy them
The Morning Journal of the 10th, after STATING
thai the Russian diplomacy had outwtted all Europe
ana discussing the treaty generally, thus speaks of
the 18th article:
rbo ~,
lates TINT Russian subjects vessels and merchan-
disc shall be secure against all violence and cicnne
ry. The former shall live under the ecci,,siccri
dction and police oil the Minister and Consul o. Rus
sla Inc ttuss!an vessels shall tie subjected ia anu
utst on board tohaterer the part Of the Ottoman aa-
Morttcs, neither out Ut sea- any Of TIE ports or
iordsteads belonging to the doninons fthc Sublime
Porte.-And all merchandise and commodities he
longing to Russian subject, after having paid the
custom house duties required by the tariffs shall be
conveyed, deposited land in the warehouses of the
proprleors, or of his consgnee else transfer ID
to the vessels of any other nation whatever witbout
the Russian subjects being required to give notice t
the local au hoiitcs, and still less to ask their per-
mission!"
These are. to say the least of them, extraordinary
terms Constantinople is thus made Russian port
10 all lntents and purposes The Turkish authori-
ties are not allowed to interfere, be the reason of in
reference what it may. They are not permitted TO
! nave any control over smuggling vessel bearing
the Russian flag may enter into the port of Constan-
tnope, having on board the productions and manu-
iacures If various nations, yet she NAV try to evade
the GUS ons she may caldcstiney land the goods or
remove ihca! TO any % her ship--she NAV eude the
customs she may cheat the revenue, and vet the 10
cal authorities are prevented by the hazard of
breach OF this treaty from interfering, These we
say are harsh termS.-Th how are such terms as tha
Emperor would not dare to impose on auv town ar
seaport IN his own domnions. They a.e cruel and
they appear To he dictated by imperious and insHl-
ting spirit. I'ncy are offered to be re!used-thev
are made to be broken-they are concocted for The
purpose of leading To fresh Dros and more extended
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
The London Times of 18TH holds this lanouars-
The supplementary and separate articles OF That
treaty, which has fixed the expectation and attention
OF Europe tor some weeks past, it may affect her
reposc directly or indirectly for much longer period
throw urid col ring the policy OF The Govern
ment by which they were dictated
We % not now attempt raise, much less to pro-
nounce upon the question: VIII eth the virtual trans
fer of Turkey in Europe to Rus ia be Il sufficient
cause OF alarm tor the rest of Europe to justify mea
sures Of combined hostility against That all graspnr
government. but this assert without fear of con-
radiction that by the articles of the treaty. ORIGINAL
and supplemental, explaining and enforcing each 9th
er, Turkey in Europe no longer exists but is 10 b
IN form and essence province or Il mass Of provn-
ce5, under the immediate grippe anil sway Of Russia
Its observations arc concluded with this significant
remark:
Upon the whole, we consider the state of affairs
consequent upon the signature of the treaty in CUES
ton, as one which may be termed critical in the ex
trene Wisdom and firnness are mighty defensive
agents agunst caianities which threaten the general
welfare; but they animate the councils Of more
states than one, those who betray the common in
terest will. unfortunately, not suffer alone.
With these helps from the London journals to FORM
ing an opinion, We submit the matter for the present
| to readers
Tire Is one stipnla!iol however, in the treaty,
winch presents the Russian ncgoiators in the light
OF tunctonaries Tor all nations rather than for one
it is that Which cures the free navigation of the
Black Sea- and the Straits leading into the Mediter-
ranean, toa nations at peace with the Porte This
is indeed in liberal spirit.
The odvices from C0nstaninople are to the 10Th of
September according to which the inhabitants yere
thrHwn into transports Of JOY by the arrival of two
Russian officers who had come from Adranople in
the company OF Mr.. Won Roger, the Prussian Am
bassador. The Sultan alone u stranger to the
general eXutaOn, being, according to this account
continually haunted by the sense of his present diff
cutes and degradation and not daring to look to the
future for relief from the turmoil Of these reflections