Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-07-21
The Russian a Turkish Dimcuities.


cul,ies between Russia and Turkey. The re
cent intelligence by the Arabia has, however
somewhat changed the current oipresioos con
illusions. The Car. ii seems. Is unmoved by
the English and French alliance IN behalf OF
the national integrity of Turkey. and II It be
true. as reported, that Russian column has al
ready been ordered TO advance across the
Pruth, we may expect speedily to learn that
the drama of war his opened.
When we apply to Russia the rules OF poll
cy which ordinarily control The actions oil ma
tons. We are at a loss to comprehend the IN
Auences under which she so haughtily insists
upon her exraordinary demands against Tnr
kew With the existing alliance Of England
ard France against her, If 1t be in good ta'th
Turkey cannot be dismembered.-Ihat must
be deemed a fixed fact On the other handihe
interests of commerce, with which her own S
vitality blended. the truths Of the religion she
would feign foster aud protect, the genius OF
civilization, and the blessings strewn 10 It's path
way by the kindred spirits of ciencc and OF
Art, would seem of themselves sufficient to
Of conquest But neither the barrier OF I'm.
glish and French power, the spirit oil the age,
nor the seeming assurance of defeat appear 10
operate eiTecttally upon herpurpose. AS execu
tor of Peter, we know the craving OF the
Russian Autocrat for the conquest Of Turkey
and the command Of the Bosphorns with his
fleets. His insa,iaie hond was outstrelched
for the prey in 1928, and again IN ~. But, as
we have said. Russia cannon anticipate the
tdumphs which she tovets against the combIn.
ed forces which now threaten to reprl her Yet,
il seems, she moves steadily onward in her
course.
We know she is distinguished for the pro.
found cunning of her diplomacy. May We not
then anticipate, in the event OF war, the secret
spring other course in some political strata
gem as vet latent and unwhispercd'- dlplo
matte coup de main worthy al'ke Of NaPoteon
as of Methodist II Nicholas has legacy
bequeathed him in Turkey; revenge for the
blood of Waterloo, and the Rhine as "the nat
ura boundary of France" have been as sol
EMMY entaied upon Napoleon. We put a
q
latter potentafe. in every thing that will pro.
mote his grandeur and his power. What assur-
ance has the world that England with France,
once having met the shock of Russian arms
on the Bosphorus, may not find Belgium pros
tra,e beneath the Imperial Eagles Of Napo
leon. and herself solitary and alone the ally oil
Turkey and of Belgium, battling for their ma.
tionalityl L'EmPfe c'est Ia par has been
declared by Napoleon. but we remember 1t
was only eight or ten months after fidelity was
sworn TO the Constitution Of December which
he was then subverting. Can we rely upon
thatdeclaralion,when England may egrappled
with Russia, the nonntervenlion of the latter
power on the Rhine secured "A ustra perhaps
more fully guaranteed n her Italian possessions
and the high, of the eagle may be almost un
disturbed along the Rhinel
But these specuations may all be erroneou
and we hope they are, The questions how
ever. of peace or war in the East which now
engage 50 much OF the attention of Europe, ar,
Of profound Importance, in many regards I,
the people Of America A. affecting our grea
commercial interest alone,it must claim our Sc
rlous consideration. On this point our views CO
incide Nth those Of the N. Y. Times, that it il
one where the U. S find themselves party il
interest war in the Levant re opens the grair
trade with Europe. War, pestlence and fam
inc abroad are emnently tributary to our com
mercial success; fact which the speculation
OF lS47-'S inculcated memoraby. Fill III,
Bosphorus and the Sea of Marmora with hos
tile irigates. and load those prodigious guns a
the Golden Horn. one shot from which is war
ranted to sink lneof. battle-ship, and tn
number Of Black Sea traders will probably
fall of to a most inconvenent degree The
will be the harvest of American merchants ant
shippers. The profits will not even suffer thu
abatement TO which charity subjected then
during the Irish famine. To the cost of pros
ecuting the war, France must add and Engiant
must add that of paying American prices 70
the necessares of life; a method of burning tn,