Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1853-06-22
RUMORS OF WAR.


feet that the Russian ambassador, having left Con-
stantinople the 22d May, had arrived at Odessa,
where large Russian force had been assembled.
Indeed, Russian army of 100000 strong was,
said to be concentrating on the Turkish frontier.
The ministers of France, England, Austria, and
Prussia had made joint attempt to reconcile the
parties, but nothing could be effected. The young
Sultan of Turkey, who is known to possess spirit
was fully aroused, and had despatched messengers
to various parts of his dominions for vessels and
troops. The whole warlike resources of the Otto
man empire were to be at once called into requsi-
ton.
A Correspondent of one of the London papers,
writing from Constantnople under date May 9th,
makes the following statement of the demands of
Russia on Turkey, which the latter power had re-
fused to concede: .
"Rusia demands that the Porte guraniee all the
iumun,es and privileges accorded by the predeces.
sors Of the actual Sultan TO the Greek Church in the
Ottoman Empire, and that any favor privileges
granted TO any other Christian church OF community
shall also be accorded to the Greek Church. That
the Pairarchs of Conrtannople, Antioch, Alexan-
dra and Jerusalem, and the Archbishops and Bish-
ops OF the Greek Church, be not deposed for the fu
ure, except for legitimate motive, and that the ber
diplomas ofinvesitture granted by the Porte be
no longer dead letters. but receive full and entire
application in all the clauses That the ambassador
o. Russia at Consan,inop!e, and the consuls and
agents Of Russia elsewhere, shall have The right to
protect the Greek Church agains, all kinds Of perse
cution and oppression on the part OF the Turkish
authorities. That the cupoa of the Church Of the
Holy Sepulcher be rebuilt under the inspection of
ihtreek Patriarch. and the priority Of The tomb of
the Church Of the Virgin be assured to the Greeks.
That the sa nctuares be confirmed perpeiuaily and
forever in the hands of their present possessors.
That Church and monastery be constructed at Je-
rusaien, IN " hich Russian monks shall oficiaie.
The most important privilege the Christians Of this
country possess is that Of selEgovernment. The pa
iriaTch OF each Christian community is elected by The
people and clergy, and receives hrman of investi
lure from the Sultan, and is then tire spiritual and
temporal head of his people. All The jurisdiction Of
the Greeks is managed through the Patriarch, the
POKE not interfering, but regarding him as the res
ponsbe agent for the good order of his people whom
! he can punish by fines and Imprisonment, and per-
sonal chastisement.,
All this is expressed by the berat diploma of in.
vesliture which, at the dictaon of Russia, is lon
ger 10 he dead letter, since all temporal power viii!
be exercised Tor the future (,hrough the Patrarch)by
| the Russian Ambassador, Of Constantnople. Thus
does Russia demand the exclusive proiectorate
IL ,O0O 0GO Of the Greek subjects Of the Sultan. In
other words their allegiance is 10 be transferred from
ConstanlnoPle,o 81. Petersburg"
England, France, and Prussia, it is thought, will
sustain the Sultan-Austra will either play a
neutral part, incline to the side of Nicholas Of
Russia. Referring to these important movements,
the Richmond Eng says:
I'm suth a crisis it is well to recur to history and
to nulice The pelinacous consistency with which the
Russian sovereigns have carried the policy OF
their most iilustrous Car. PETER TIE GREAT not
only buiita capital amid marshes, and called nation
| into civilized existence among the families of the
world, but he foresaw the prubabe destiny of the
barbarian hodes he organized and, at his death, left
them political testament" which is the bible OF
| his successrs:
" My descendants on the throne," said he, L" ought
carefully ioestabsh the closest alliance with Austria:
and, while they seem 10 support her pretensIons 10
the sovereignty of all Germany they should in secret.
| foment a jealousy among the German princes. Be-
sides this, my shouid STRIFE to make IL
necessary r them to ask or assistance which will
enlite to sort Of protectorate, and in time, will
open the way TO absorption of the country that
! demands cid.
Austria must be interested by us in the expulsion
| Of the Turks from Europe, and should Constantine
pie fall, Austrian jealousy must be neuiralized either
ny arning the other European powers against her,
by abandoning in her favor portion OF the conquered
territory, ,oheh afterwards may retake.
The Greeks in Hungary, Turkey and Southern
Poland, who are DIVIDED among themselves,
mus, be rallied around Russia as central point.
Russia must be their pivot, and, dy The means 9f a
certain ecclesiastical supremacy, we shall soon obtain
a6soiuie sorereignty."
The passages we have rapidly translated from this
horoscope OF the Russian future display the remark
able foresight and knowledge Of Peter the Great.
Whether the policy is wise We do not pretend
TO decide 1t the Northern hordes again lei
loose the South, they may return to their
colder regions with the refinemen,s and civilization
that century and half have failed TO insti into
the nomades who hived in villages and drilled
into descent respect for humanity. Russia in truth
is Tremendous power. Her organization is enlirey y
military and her force is obedien a single will.
Placed in the centre Of the old world, she mnges in
herself the sauguageric of the Calmuk Tartar and
the elegance OF the French Top. The efforts of the
present emperor have been rather direced towards
the concentration and development Of what he al.
ready possesses than the expansion OF his territory
Yet has always been his object. it was Alexen
ders, to obtain entrance from ha Black Sea into
the Atlantic through the Mediterranean. Ii he car
subdue Consianiinoplr-ihe Gibraltar Of the East
and obtain the consent force the compliance O
Western Europe, he may pass his final adminsira
, tion account" as The Executor Of Peters poiica
wi.''
We think, however, that France and England viii
oppose him. We have the hest authority 10 say tha
he hates the latter and he has surely loved TN
former since he refused TO salute Louis Philippe,
we'll Louis Napoleon, with the royal aud iraterna
address " mon jrere."
There is a prophecy current among the Turks tha
their empire in Europe i'll last four hundred years
As Mnhomet took Cons,an,inople on the 29th May
l453-(Oid Style)-this period terminates on th
, 10Th OF June, 1853"
1t is possible that the difficulty may have bee
adjusted, but more than probable that the next al
rival from Europe will bring intelligence Of tn
clash of arms. The result Of war betwee
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