Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-09-09
RICHMOND WING.
To CORRESPONDENTS.
The Eastern Ouestlon, Once More.


Turkey and Russia won't fight il is now said and
there will be no war in the East then, after all the
noise that has been made about it. Our exchange
papers generally, set the question down settled
and the war prospects at an end Tho presumption
that there will he war, is based upon the belief
that Russia VU evacuate the Provinces, and that the
Porte V accept the terms Of adjustment proposed in
the Vienna note-two contingencies, the happening
of either Of which seems to still involved in doubt
The assurances given, either that the Provinces will
be evacuated, that the Porte will accept very
vague thus far The adjustment proposed does not
embrace any requsiton upon Russia to evacuate the
Provnces-though such was, at first, explicitly an
nounced to be the "oonditio sine qua non" for any
pacific termination of the difficulty, the part o:
Turkey, France and England. Yet, it tuns out that
oil the assurance those Powers have that the Provin
ccs will be evacuated is, Lord Palmerston says,
that the Emperor of Russia 'having that regard to
his honor and character which every sovereign Of
great country must be inspired with, will take the
earliest opportunity after the settlement With Turkey
of his own accord to make merit of evacuating the
Princpalities without the smallest delay Now, the
question may arise, if III, Emperor of Russia intend
ed, in good faith, to do So, why not embrace this
sine qua non in the terms of settlement and not
leave the question open, and dependant upon what
ever regard he may have o his honor and character
But it not done and all that is LEFT to rely on
what Lord Palmerston pronounces confident cX-
pectation and belief" that the Emperor of Russia
will "of his own accord" evacuate the Principaites
They appear to be easily satisfied on this point, and
any they have of its performance certainly
falls far short of the peremptory demands they first
laid down. IL the Porte should refuse to accept IN
the meantime such indefinite terms Of peace, the
promised adjustment is at an end, and a 6elii
still exists. These are questions which it appears L.
must be definitely settled, before it can be safely
said that the chances of war As yet it Is
only rumored that the results contemplated will tax,
place. 1t may be that the only alternative left Il
Turkey is to accept the terms proposed or contend
alone against the Russian forces. The vacillatin.
course England has already pursued from the first
in regard to the protection OF Turkey would indicate
that in the event of the rejection of the proposition,
FOR adjustment by the Porte, she intends to aban
don the of Turkey and leave her to the mercy
of the Gar The language of the London Times
whose article Oh this subject quoted yesterday, i
that it is impossible that the Western Powers Shout,
be bound by steps the Porte may take in opp sitior
to their advice; and If the present combination wcr,
to be frustrated the allies of Turkey would be fire.
resume their entire liberty Of action and govern
themselves according TO the events which might en-
sue" The plain English of which is that Turkey
must either accept such proposals of peace as are now
offered, the risk OF being abandonr to he
fate by her alies-that England is determined 10
ont ofthe difficulty ifpossble without conflict witt
Russia, purpose that she contemplated from tn
first.