New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-10-03

her own retaining those eTtorie by AIMED
patton.
provided with unimyea,h liable bsN has hitherto
refrsinsd f.om any declaration Of war and has even Al
lowed IL province 20 be invaded thoui resistance
in def 20 the advice Of the ne iang Power. IL
only has consisted in DjudiciOus obecos 70 %
rang, nents devised sincerely in is own n'S'f g. ,b
sideriDg the relative positions Of Turkey aila ~
accord happily prevailing between the -Four 1feae
the force derived from this accord ana inc unrTy
that such advantages would remain awiys
think there vas grave political error N ta,h5 20 'oe
.sr erce.ons ,o Inc award upon which the Four Powers
had agreed But this error was agsns! inc Conerenoe
and not against Russia Il possibly lnVet the T. n
teror Nifbolss with any title "a exact rom lGrkey ny
force Of srns concessions admitted 70 DC incompetence
with the independent soveresaty OF the foe A. re4ara
therefore the two states directly cohoer1ed 'ne qae.oh
remains precisely a. before.
A. q necessary consequence from this conclusion the
duties OF tho nedsting Powers remain unchanged also
They were concerned 10 avertng the calamity Of war al
the commencement o the dispute and they concerned
with the object still though their task has been IN
happily complicated by the events Of the interval We
sincerely trust however that they may be successful IN
procuring the Of the Porte 20 such propositions
rather to such fomses may dispose Of the objection.
plausibly taken by the Gar 1t y prepoerous to
suppose that the meditation Of the Conference can be CT
ercised with any psriay 10 Russia with any view Of
facilitating the designs imputed 10 he Court Of St. Peter
burg IL ia only in opposition 10 such policy that the
-Four Powers H. for il they had looked
with any favor upon the encroachnens Of Russia or with
any Indifference upon the sovereign privileges Of the
Porte Il would Obviously have been far easier to lei the
whole quarrel take its way and find its natural terInina
ton either in the abasemen Of Turkey in the correc
ton Of Russian arrogance by the issue o the sword IL
/. entirely of regard for Turkish interests that the
Conference has been assembled for though the comm
security OF Europe Of indirectly concerned this
security tsefi- at present identified with the substantial
integrity Of the Ottoman power.
We f,usf therefore, that the Turkish Government may
be induced to defer to those representations which the me-
diang Conference will now he called upon to renew.
Whatever NOV be the intrinsic superiority Of n Turkish
cause superiority which have never been inclined TO
difsemblo there surely be nothing huniang IN the
acccepence by a weaker Power Of that arbitration which
has been admitted by the stronger; II the Emperor OF
Russais willing abide by award Of medators who can
not be thought prepOssesed in his favor the Sultan might
certainly consent without any derogaton OF his dignity Of
his rights to adopt similar course II the notifications
recently suggested by the Porte be shown 20 comprise
any points substantially important 20 the sovereisnty OF
the OTTOMAN empire there i reason for surprising that
such would be dsreg rded but the question OF
the greatest significance evidently the evacuation
o the Danuban Prncpates and the erectua protection
Of those provinces against such aggreson- Tor the le
These points the -Four Powers ready TO take into i'm
mediate consideration and they guarantee the evscna
ton OF the Turkish territory and provide for s immunity
in times 10 come think that friend of the Ottoman
empire could advise the rejection OF such terms
Even admitting that the abstract rights Of the Turkish
canse NAV oniite the Porte demand something more,
think not unreasonable that such rights should De
reserved in Difference to the facts OF the eounctue ANY
power, however independent must by accepting the pro
lection and mediation OF other powers IN dcuiies q" ls
own surrender little portion OF its inherent PRIV
legos IL may be perfectly true, that according TO the
strict aw of Justice Russia ought not only TO accept the
Turkish notifications but 10 give some compensation Tor
s0gressiona committed This, however, not the de
con of those -Four Powers whose protection Turkey in
the hour Of weakness glad 10 receive ami whose ar
brution ehe virtually acknowledged II those Powers
have judged it desirable in the interests OF Europe ana oil
peace g. adopt another course than that which the pro
ceedngs Of Russia might have jushed them IN proclaim
ing such o resolution ought TO have its weight with
Court vhch il ayang itself Of the intervention thus at
forded II undoubtedly competent TO the Porte 10 form
H. own decisions and TO light lite own battles We do not
deny that the present occasion wouid as against
=. tstos In il
The -Four Powers reasonably be exacted in course
Of policy opposed TO their recommendations, and
adopted to the prejudice Of their own interests 1t is in
shoi in the interest Of Europe that European interven
ton is now exercised behalf Of the Turks and this
interest in The opinion the dispensing Powers is involved
in the maintenance OF peace is hard to expect That hey
should support Turkey III declaration OF war
II could be proved beyond doubt that Russia has
right. whatever in the Danubian Frncpaties ana tha'
by this violent invasion OF foreign ier9,y Lne n
broken public law Il could be proved as readily mar inc
Porte would have been warranted IN resisting sucn ihVa
sion by arms aud might perhaps be shown that oher
Powers owed sympathy and uccOr. But, though nlme'
dn,e hosties might have satisfied theoretical Justice
they would have been of little real serNice 10 the oohi
emf ire and would unquostoDably have plunged Europe
into the caamies of general war Tie would be Doid
think who should assert that at the close ci saeh
war the integrity of the Ottoman dominons w(hid
be placed in condition of greater security IMAM ~ pre-
sent. Az such object is atainable. II Will be
gained much surely by the pacific action OF the -Four
Powers in with view to tbs end That such ac-
ton must be exered substantially in the interests OF the
Turks what cannot be denied for otherwise there would
be no occasion for exerng ut all but if the nterven
ton Of Europe either at this any other stage Of the
dispute is expected by the Porte not too much 10 ask
that the of proceeding should be t 10 the dccon
of the mediators themselves
notwithstanding numerous strikes' We have had
kind of disturbance There have been no monster meet
ing, no street riots sedou harangues tumutuons
professions, appeals 10 popular sympathy no cres oi
Bread or blood mus,erngs of troops. no sanxuinary
collisions Some thousands OF looms we are told are even
now stopped in the neghborhood OF Manchester alone
and vet with all these hands the turn out, the manu-
FEATURING districts tranquil as the Brighton DOWNS
The truth Is that the are taking he upper manu-
Instead being overborne and rsituned they are ex
renc atieast assuming such an Improvement IN ther
relative position induces them to demand better terms
for themselves They think there Is more money IN the
most II labor against capital and compound good case
a. they imagine ont Of the scarcity Of the latter and the
abundance Of the former
The painful inquiry into the management Of the Biz
minrhsm (aol has at length terminated and the public
hes been shocked by the series OF bruahe'
and horrors rivaling in arociy anything OF which we
read respecting the rscA Of the middle ages Human DO
TO undergo punishment 10 escape from the repetition OF
which hey have sought refuge in suicide And this has
taken place in the prison of great town IN the heart OF
ENGLAND, and al q time when hear 50 much Of the
rcomaiory process which being applied to our criminal
population
The disclosures which this invesg alton has brought II
Ichi leave dismal impression on the mind they produce
the conviction that many things which appear fair and IN
objectionable 70 the eye but agreeable cover TO the
toulness and corruption which lurk beneath and that per
sons in authority in whose humanity and Judgment the
world has faith either neglect their duties or perform them
in ahhorren. Ia natural ceiling that personal
responsibility becomes 8 farce.
Al interesting controversy j. being carried on in
Of the London journals respecting the exraysg mt
charges in the hotels of Grest Britain and the number o
The tx,ortion shows how scuicy it j. felt and how
generally il is pracced One Of the craft has rushed into