The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-07-17


sad res,a,msnt .si,sss 10 an sn~on,sd mind
nsoxicstsd With sbsolls po~st HIS aorsl rsspanslbl-
" H. ia endops. fo is la proportion to tho un-
i,ed au,hosy be WELD, atd IL legal barrier Is ms
sposed hts path aud the precipice befme him.
the greaeS Is his need Of clear head AMI upright con-
science direct steps lie stands alone. for he stands
alnst public opinion Of Easops and the rights OF
ions The anaesn Of the Russian people, or the enhu
sasm of his which he may appeal only Increases
the difficulties aud per of his position for, " he per-
suados his subjects that he can dictate conditions beyond
his dominions. absolutely within their bonnd-
aries those petensons will be annhated, II ever they
are brought into collision with the laws recognised 10y the
Of The world We still hesitate 10 apply the ler,s
which Europe would apply 10 vioa,or of the peace
which she enjoys and of the treaties she
spectsj but II anything coaid heghen the public nJ,g
nation ut the commission OF such actions, wont be the
fact thai this outrage Is contemplated by sovereign who
has hitherto invested every legal obligation with despoic
authority and pfoessed his nloe of the slightest in
fraction OF existing rights lhtase N4t saE
.'The equcn. reports OF the passage OF the Pfuh which
have been spread over The continent and have again
and again affected the nuciuang Bourse OF Palis
are probably all premature The russian government
had already given distinct assurance some time ago
the greai powers of isope that final resolution
speeding the occupation of the prime would be taken
by the Emperor until the return to ST. Pesersburgh Of the
last messenger with Count Nesseode's dispatches OF
the 3st OF May the Porte As that could
8 Petesburgh before The 9Th Of June, the de-
cision Of the Imperial Cour scarcely have
received by the army the Puth, and IL has
yet reached this county There is however, as we have
already stated fresh eKpec, that the menaces
which have been addressed the Porte will not be realized
Throu xhou the month Of June the concentration Of Rus
sian troops the frontier has been going on. An intma-
on of unparalleled arrogance has been conveyed to Hospo
dar of Modava for the reception OF these I'M
welcome guests, already oo well known to the people OF
the municipalities. whom they reduced and poverty
by their last occupation l. even appears that some meas
impede the navigation Of the prin-
cipal mouth OF the Danube. which would be matter OF
49,.
and some armed vessels have been up tho river
the Russians having right under the treaty Of Adranope,
navigate the Danube with ships-oi-war from the con-
auence OF the Prah the The imperous Language OF
the last Russian 10 the Porte which publish in the
original distinctly intimaies that although the Russian
army the frontier Of the empire in weeks,
make war; yet that the man,ensnce Ct peace de-
ponds OF submission Such documents deserve
to be riamatized by Lord Lyndhurst's eples OF fen
sve illogical, and insulting ; and they have this double
evil, thar while they defy to yield they render
more difficult to the other party recede.
"lf, assume, The Emperor Of Russia
mand his the RI uh he will place himself
in a fresh dilemma The territory of the pnncpalilies
either be regarded Turkish territory, The
ory OF neutrality-suspicious. prince called The Hospodar
II be Turkish territory in the full sense of the word then
the entry Of the troops is act Of INVASION OF
which gives the incidents of war; and in pac nar
in this sHspends the operation Of the convention Of
the Straits, and opens them, with the OF the
Porte the OF foreign II the principal
Christian vasssI OF the Porte, ,hcn invasion. which is
intended the Porte falls with all its weight The
heads Of another people. What renders such ng
iloScs and absurd is. that the Emperor of Russia,
havinx put forward claim to The protection OF the Greek
Christians in the Ottoman empire makes these identical
Greek Christians his iss victims.
"The pncpsies altogether Christian they have
distinct administration under Christian prince tn
qnire further protection they already virtually dis
severed and from Turkey yet this Is the
oIy and this the people which the Emperor Of Russia
threatens TO seize, by way OF establishing his prepondcra
ting authority a Mahomedan empire Turkey will
protest against that and she would be entitled regard
of hostlities, because she is bound
protect her Christian sui the princ-
pal,es from foreign invasion. But in reality, the
lion of The municipalities. though fragrant OF vioe
and Injustice would leave the just where II be
fore in relation the essential Interests Of The Ottoman
pre. Those provinces would simply receive
the blow aim al Constannople, and the Emperor OF Rus
a would have gained absolutely nothing Of his spiritual
dem ands EH
unfortunately. the occupation OF the psincip se.
ends nothing and settles nothing o the contrary IL opens
fresh and serious geevance sets the example OF
direct nfractoa OF territorial treaty, and brings
Sa'es already much excited against another,
point which cannot be distinguished without extreme
subdety from actual war. Russia told will nego-
ate when sbc has devourd this first moutLfu We hope
she may; but II will be singular departure from the
binary OF affairs if the asasn chooses display
his moderation the weskcr party AT The very
when he has obained his first and il the emperor
Nicholas rocedes 10 the very BIZ
which he threatens TO compel Turkey yield The Turk
h has already done It's par, by the prom
ton OF the last edic Of tole ration 10 the Chrans Moth
ing legitimate reasonable remains 10 be asked. The
deep a1ront, Of which The EmT complains. is hc-
ton Of his Invention; and II he perseveres under
conclude that he is governed by motives and
passions which nothing viii satisfy control but the
chances aod the penalties of war"