Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-07-20
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Ru.s,. and Turkey.


rrha tome of the late news from Europe IS de-
c;aedly warlike. The Gar has assumed oei
rrsran, attitude towards Turkey and the othe
,ows,s and the next steamer will probably bring
,;a;ors of the commencement of hostilities.
Nv the former arrival, circular issued by Coun
= Nrssy1.RopE, the Russian Minister, dated June
l2,h, and setting forth the causes OF the pre'e"
c,;,,s was received. While this paper declares
the Emperor to be averse to war; 1t co'n"'''' "ii
10 a course which seems almost necessarily " e">
% that r.suh Its style is extremely naughty
,,d al i,s illusions TO Turkey, breathe genera
..na IN concealed contempt. The disaffecaor 0
the Emperor is of several years standing seeing
..,be evident partiality Of the Porte iOr the Lay
ins, - he opened negotiations with the view Oh %
tanning terms of equality for the GreeS onurcn
sser many acts Of .'tergiversation" and "dupli
city, the Ottoman authorities granted nrna'
coneeeding the privileges demanded But tins
6rman has never been registered and executed a
Jerusalem. THE most fragrant violation OF IT,
saws NEssELRopE," "has been the delivering u
the Latin Patriarch of the key ot~the prihciPa
church at Bethlehem. This delivery was contra
~ to the express terms Of the firman' IL wouhu-
cd deeply the clergy and all the population OF the
Greco Russ faith, because according to the Ideas
which are current at Palestine, the possession o
the kew seems to imply by itself alone, that oil the
temple in its entirety This then Is the grave
cause of complaint, which induces NICHOLAS u
demand such terms from the Porte as are lncoh
sisteut with its sovereign power.
Count NEssELRoDE argues very plauSioiy' u'a
his master could not desire the ACKNOWLEDGMENT U
Turkey. or he would have availed himself OF the
favorable opportunity to effect that purpose wher
nearly the whole of Europe was embroled In war
he states moreover explicitly that no other objec
is sought but the arrangement OF the Holy Races
But the concessions made to the Latin or koinaI
Church under the protection of France, are evil
IDENTIFY regarded as French triumph, and that Il
too much for the pride of Russia to BEAR
In anticipation of Russian invasion, the sub
iscts of the Sultan, in every part OF his vast DO
mnons, are said to be mastering their forces Al
are united and enthusiastic in his support
Throughout the Empre-on the borders OF Persla
and Arabia, as we'll as in Europe, Musselmans and
Christians are ready to take up arms against the
Car. NICHOLAS will undoubtedly fud his hands
full in the event of war. He now stands with
out an ally in Europe. Prussia is neutral, Aus
tria is undecided, and England and France are a
gainst him. A war between these Powers VIII
set the whole continent in fame, aud the re-
suit cannot be foretold Some Of the existing ter
ritorial arrangements will doubtless be broken up,
and the people of Europe re-grouped more IN ac-
cordance with their natural aflinites.
In the mean time, the Sultan has been making
most liberal concessions to his Christian SUBJECTS
and the prediction is hazzarded. that unless the
Empire is overthrown by Russia, greater de-
gree of religious liberty will soon be enjoyed In
Turkey than in any country in Europe. The
Greek Christians, whose rights the Gar is NOM
inally laboring to secure, said to be much more
afraid of him than of the Turk. The Patriarch
of their Church recently questioned all the Bish-
ops assembled at Constantinople, as to whether
they had any thing to complain of, or wished any
further privileges, and they answered unanimous
ly in the negative.