Butte record., 1853-12-10

es2 The great feature Of the news
by the Cortes is the almost entire Ger
tainty Of war between Russia ana Tur-
key. The diplomatic fnesse Of England
and France has come, apparently, to
lame and disgraceful result. Russia
has steadily pursued her policy, has lis
tened quietly to propositions, has replied
with plausible expressions of desire for
the continuance of peace, but all the
while the tramp of her soldiers has been
towards ConstantinOple, and the wheels
OF her cannon have not ceased rolling Oh
to the Bosphorus. All the indications
seemed TO be that war could not be a.
volded. OMAR PAsHA has written u let
ter to Prince GoRTscHAKoFF, deman-
ding in the name Of the Sultan that the
Prlnclpalities should be evacuated with
in fifteen days To this firm and deter
mined letter the answer from the Rus
sian commander is, that he has no pow
er to commence hostilities, conclude
peace. or remove his forces.
All knew before that the will of the
Gar was omnipotent. The world knows
ROW that upon his word depends the
chance Of an European war He has
not been idle during the progress Of this
question. He has crowded the Princi-
palities Of Moldayia and Wallachia with
immense armies. On the other side, the
nations affiliated to the Porte, by reli-
gious or political ties, Tunis, Smyrna;
Egypt, kurdistan, Persia, Arabia, had
all been forwarding supplies of auxila-
ries. Abd-el-kader would Join the Sui
tan in his contest for crown and faith, as
soon as the consent of the French En-
peror could be obtained. The combin-
ed fleets would enter the Dardanclles.
The pusailanimity and hesitation Of Eng
land and France have allowed Nicholas TO
carry all his points, and now, fully in pos
session of what he has long coveted, he
will not readily yield the Principalities.
Austria and Prussia, although appar-
emily neutral, will rank themselves with
Russia, after the commencement Of hos
tilities. with the keen scent and sympa-
thy which tyranny ever exhibits towards
its like. From all appearances, Turkey
will be left to cope single handed with
Russia. England has taken water like a
spaniel, and NAPOLEON, after having been
the originator Of the whole disgraceful
position of affairs, by making bigot's
demand upon Turkey, and having in COM
mon with England, made a grand bun
gle in all the diplomacy resulting, leaves
Turkey to her own resources. There is
little doubt Of the insecurity of those
governments who profess to sympathize
with the Sultan A new edition of the
partitian of Poland is what they wish,
and portion Of the spoils is their am
bition.
No confidence need be placed in the
intimation III the London Times, that
England would be assisted by all the dis
satisfied Of all nations if she entered the
lists against Russia, upon "Dcmocratic
principals" " simply from the fact that she
has no design Of doing so. If she would,
she could lead the people. But she
cares less for the fate Of the Sultan and
the freedom Of the oppressed, than she
docs for the acquisition of some portion
of the present dominions of Turkey,
6hen, by her bungling and deceit, she
has assisted in prostrating the Crescent
before the Russian Cross. 1t is not pos
sible TO think Of the downfall Of Turkey,
without regret. Her monarch is the last
of great race, and if she dies it will be
with armor on, and with the scimeter at
her antagonists throat. But her fate III
Europe Is sealed SO surely as the war
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