Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-12-02
THE QUESTION IN ENGLAND.

From thti london Times, NOV =
The natural curiosity The public respecting Tho lutEsh
war is likely be disa by frequent Intervals OF s
pense contradictory communications, and uncertain iheh'
gence NowhsIandr! the aid OF the telegraph, we are
compelled wait day aier day for accurate Eno~ledee OF
rvcns which have nndo5tfdY occurred on hs size oi inc
Danube and the nfornhon which actually arrives by This
means is never The wholrulh If il is tho truth at all We
not, however in The resent case anticipate any decisive
ELECTS from such inciden of the contest as we punlsh TO-
day unless indeed they aoud operate by contagon on Inc
other States Of Europe Already we observe IeniatEco'
with come eyullaon, thu the presence OF an ottoman ar
my Little Waachla my klnde the combus'ioe elements
Of Hungarian dsaecon ind that in this respect Inc move
OF Omer Pasha ma have been saeaclousy
We do not deny rist the contingency, but We hardly
think that any but proessd revouonsrs could regard such
nrospect with much satfaction Thus much undoub'ed
" The Turks may accomplish, though how they can obtain
any successes properly called except on the superstition
that Europe long beeuaboring under prodgluus dcu
slim we cannot well see.
The assumption of Eurpcan governments has always
BEEN that III. Turks cOul resist The RUSSIANS In The
field that the forces OF IN Sultan must inevitably be- de-
noshcd by the forces Of Car and that the conse-
quences of this struggle TO the vanquished party might he
productive OF vast injury toEurope became their duty To
ntecre-to prevent colon ADD accomplish The desired
end BY other means But The contrary assumption this
interference is ridiculous, All amamens and conicren'
ces are nothing but monments OF our folly when the
Car made his demands upo the Sultan the Sultan refused
When The Sultan refused H. Gar occupied The Danuhian
Prncpates, ia order 10 'oerce him. But II Inc TURKS
strong enough 10 annate this coercion by driving
the Russians back again 10 heir territories Inc dispute
would have bren terminated is il was begun, ard
Europe might have irinhlnet ease II IN short! There Is any
probabliiy Omer Pas completely defeat Prince
Go,lschaku as bring The Dlnuban provinces again un
the authority OF the Poc France and England need no
longer concern themselves laboously about the matter,
seeing The presumed result is exactly such as they would
desire.
IL will be said perhaps, at though the Turks, may be
successful In their present opaons they con never expect
resist The whole strength q The Russian empire and that
the forces therefore, OF The Western required as
against The vindicve Of the Car. But in
this case what beneto be derived from advantages
thus momenarily obtained Ii the OF Omer Pasha
only him in the possession Of Wallacha until
the strength Of Russia ia extre cectualy 10 expel
him again. and if the respective petitions OF the Car aud
The Sultan 10 become what they were at first,
where is The utility of the which, only be tana-
mount 10 agpravaton OF the difficulty, and proonsa.
lion Of The wa2 If The Porte can indeed mske head against
Russia the Of Europe will be relieved OF an enor
nous perpex,yi ii not the campagn Is era
tuous expenditure Of blood That the enterprise may gra-
lily the natural animoses OF The Ottoman is true enough
but II as Is also 10 be anticipated 1t should compcaie utl-
maiely the work of pachcaon the indulgence will nave
been dearly purchased.
We observe earnestly maintained that the chances OF the