Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-07-09

DISPOSED,
change peace to war; and set all Eastern Europe and
western Asia into fields OF deadly strife The Russian
monarch is a man. and no more, with human passions,
and his mansuetude may be tried beyond bearing were
he Hotspur peace and war would have long ceased 70
be matter Of prophetic speculation.
If events should so the anticipated war, what
are the reasonable prospects "a the sde oil Russia
there is the strongest military power ever organized on
earth and opposed it distracted empire, depending
for its defence foreign allies composed OF discordant
materials with at least twelve millions OF subjects within
its own devoted 70 Russia oy the strongest OF an
national ties religious faith.
Hinder such circumstances and in their
undeniabe as consequences the peace Of the world
broken and war substituted in place Of and hui
manity fearful responsibility viii be incurred by the
real agtators This the authors of it will be feeble
TO direct or to close Being IN operation, does any
person in possession of ordinary rejection expect TO
the Turkish Empire survive the conflict If it does,
will it do so without great mutations EuroPe, dur
ing the latter part Of the eighteenth and first part Of
the nineteenth century, shaken and dsocated by
Revolution which was opposed by Coalition but the
effects little accorded with the theories of their authors
What real use has been made of this experience?
This rather long article may be closed By few
brief remarke Constantnople .stormed by the
Turks on the Doth May 1853 just four hundredgears on
that day of ast month and among the slain in the as
sault was the Greek emperor Constantine Nv, bravey
defending the first Christian capital Of the earth from the
grasp Of the Turks.
II canuot be concealed and ought to inspire end
force yery serious he fact that public feel
ing IN the United States where it ought to be mPara
strongly favor of the Turks and against Russia that
when the bitter chace is obliged be tasted by the
descendants of those who in the hour Of their triumph
ramped on the body the Greek Emperor and he slain
1 oil he
dog the title given by these conquerors to
the fallen when say victory has changed sides, the
Turks martyrs, and feelings are enlisted not
alone their side but against Russia As far as Russia
is concerned in the reaction of power what the ef
fects Why this the recovery of extensive parts of the
primitive regions of Christianity from Mahometan
querors.
Placed in situation where we, the people of the
United States, may with the utmost mpartality and
guilty view the operations of European policy we
justified in the indulgence of such preference of Turk
sh interests against nation which has never word
deed evinced towards the United States single mark
aught but friendship do not state this my own
humble authority.
Since the general peace of Europe there has been
but single when the friendly relations of the
United States with Russia interrupted This was
in the issuing of the ukase of the Emperor Alexander in
1921 The act, also, may IN all probability be traced to
the influence Of individuals concerned in the trade Of the
| Russian northwest.
"This transaction derives almost the whole of its
| Importance far respects Russia from the cir
cumstance of its being the only of misundersand
ing though of transient the United States have
ever had with the Imperial Governments
To appeal to common sense and lay before the fact
that with between the limits Of the part
of Europe the United States the people of the
ought regard themselves spectators to gadato-
rial exhibition, and actors in struggles in which
they have no direct interest WILLIAM DARBY
Diplomacy of the United States, by THEODORE L.
MAN, vol j, chap. IL