The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-06-29
From tho I.oudou Time..sf wednesday. Junes 8.
The Turkish Question

The Turkish Question
The fact which we were enabled to
state yesterday in third edition, that a
courier had been dispatched from st. Pc.
tersburgh to Constantinople with de-
mand that Prince Menschikoff's last
proposal should be accepted By the Porte
pithin eight days, is,on several accounts,
of great Importance, and it is, we think,
less unfavorable to a pacific solution Of
this dispute than it might appear to be.
In the first place, Improves that the Rus
sian Government has not proceeded on
the first intelligence of Prince Menschi-
kotfs failure TO adopt belligercnt meas
urcs, either by sending the feet from Sc
bastopol to the Bosphorus, as Mr.. Dis
raeli and Lord Hardwicke had anticipa-
ted, or by directing the army of Bcssar-
abba to cross the Pruth. On the con-
trary, the despatch Of another courier
is fresh proof that the system of TEN.
porization and hesitation which Prince
Mcnschikof had begun, is still pursued
by the Emperor Nicholas himself. II
his chief object bad been to pick quar-
rel, there would be no need to prolong
these preliminaries, and the Court Of
St. Petersburgh cannot tc ignorant that
every week and every day that passes is
an immense loss of its opportunities and
influence. while it increases the confidence
of Turkey in the combined support Of
the rest of Europe. But it appears fur
thcr that this courier is to insist On the
acceptance of Prince Mcnschikoff's last
proposal. That proposal, VIC believe, is
not identical with the convention so
haughtily demanded on the 9Th of May
on the contrary. subsequently TO that
date, and just before leaving CONSTANT
nople the Russian Envoy addressed q
last communication to Rcdscbild Pasha
considerably less Objectionable in form
though still not acceptable to the Turk
ish Government in substance.
If, after all, the demand made upon
the Porte can be satisfied by declara
ton of good will towards all it's Chris
tau subjects. and if this declaration be
addressed, not to Russia alone but tc
all the great lowers which are interested
in the welfare of the East, there is Nc
reason that such declaration should
not he made, for it would further csiab-
fish that policy which the Turkish Gov
ornmeut has already resolved to pursue
and il would demonstrate that Russia
has no peculiar claim Whatever to be con
sidcrcd the guarantee Of security Of tho
immunitics OF the Christian populat zion
AS the question has now again assumed
the form of diplomatic negotiation, We
think it by no means improbable that
some such mode mode may be found to
enable the Russian Government to es
cape from the consequences Of its AFRO.
giant pretensions and its recent defeat.
We are further corrobora.cd in tins 0
pinion by the circumstance that Count
Ncsselrodc 1.-THE same, we presume, who
accompanied Prince Mcnschikoff to Con
stautinorle,) has arrived in London and
we take this occurrence to be strong
additional proof that the Emperor Nicho
las is on al accounts,ruch more disposed
to have recourse to negotiation than to
arms.
Meanwhile, the language held by all
the other Governments of Europe is firm
united, and energetic; that of Austria
more SO than we had venturcd to antici
pate, though not more so than her pecu
liar position requires; that of France
temperate, and consistent with the gene
raj interests and decision Of Europe
Upon the whole, therefore, we are con
firmed in the hope that this crisis will
simply rccoil upon its authors. and, un
less some fresh cause of dissensinn should
arise. it seems not improbable that the
Russian Government will, under the
show of insisting on its claims, accept
such terms as Turkey may offer in con
junction with the other powers of Eu
rope. They, on their side, are interest
cd in not adding to the difficulties of til,
question; and it is due to Lord STRAIT
ford de Radcliffe, to express our convic
ton that while he has supported Tur
key against an attempt to bully her, he
has been not less anxious to find som'
cxpedient which may restore peace, with
out too deep humiliation to the honor
of either party.