New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-23
French Reply 10 the Nesselrode Note.

La P,,.,, publishes an analysis Of important docu
ent the response Of NJ DIouin de Lhuys to the note
de- n, rode The note is very long Ike that which II
l. designed 20 Iefute DrOuin dc Lhuys commences by
noticing that according TO the Russian statement OF the
case the mission of Prince Menohkh had bat ono co9ct
the settlement If the differences relative 70 the rights OF
different mmuni ms in the Holy pl.c.s and that the dis
iiibuon OF rights has been effected 10 satisfactory
msnner Hence be concludes the question "hich Is now
in ebate quite a for has nothing 20 do with
right claimed At Jerusalem or Bethlehem, while It has
ey y ing do with the independence and the sovereignty
the Sultan How be pretended that IN order TO
guarantee of two three sanousres to Christians oi the
Greek Chucb is necessary 10 extend over the whole en-
pe and oc Al protection, which Substitutes the moral Al
tuoy of The Emperor of Russia for that ~h ca belongs
ig;,, .stely 10 IN. Satan Whist condition does there
t1s between two facts so different aud OF Shich the
greater made appeDdsge or necessary consequence OF
IN. lessl DrouiD de Lhuys then sBsys the N-ss-
roce note and frds three orders OF arguments namely
tese. invoked historical srsogies essbir bed and grew
ances alleged. 80
having failed in r spe,t The French Cabinet readily ad
mis- that i Tor every Government TO uoge for Itself what
it, dignity requires But still the r-psrst,n ought always
10 bear some proportion TO the Osnse. Ordinarily,
cues or resr-s constitute the r-psrson of odense Of
merely formal hara ter Never until now have seen
sovereign require an ner IN such case to abandon
biz moral influence over the most considerable portion OF
bis sui ects
If Russia makes grevanc Of the erglversstion Of the
Porte the of the ly Places France might with
equs justice prefer he like comp ANTS H. h,veve has
not cone So because il made consderate allowance for
the Embarrassment # power which, impeled by two
ntrsry currents of equal force thought to preserve equ
hbrum by contracting contrsoc ory obligations Drouin
d. Lays then eDumera-s the various conventions upon
which France mt have founded demands as mPerous
a those now pref FRED by Russia and concludes IT, then
the If France had been less concatoyif she
hao not been penetrated by the idea that none Of the par
ties who sign the COny ebtion o July 49, 1871 could en-
poy its nor rights the risk of compr missing the re
pose which the collective guarantee Of the to
assure 10 the OFT man Eupire-she would have I'D the
right OF only 10 oppose the demands Of Prince hench
kof h which constantly employ ed in dplo
macy but also TO employ menaces III her turn
But France bss nothing Of this kind, and her mod
Grafton be sces removing from Der all responsibility for the
present cri-s gives her the right Of hoping that The ssc
fees which she has made TO maintain tranquility in the
East will not b. lost and ihs the Cabinet If 81 Petersburg
n Owed b, analogous consderaii will also find
of concsung It's preensons with the sovereign prerogs
yes Of the sultan and TO determine Othersse than by
difference in which so many parties are Interested