New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-08-19
.aFF.4IRS IN EUROPE-RU.MORS OF
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From the intimations received by telegraph,
we learn that the previous pacific advices from
Europe were not well founded, and that nppre-
tensions are entertained that there will be
war The best barometer of the state OF publlc
feeling is to be seen in the fluctuations Of the
London money market, and We perceive that
| these have not been unimportant. we hnu
| that the prospect of a general oon'inen'"l
struggle, and of the anticipated loans that Will
| be required to furnish the material OF war (oi
which England musAbear her part') has adj
yanced the rates of interest and reduced the
| value of the three per cents
No better foreshadowing of the darkness
that threatens Europe could be educed than
| this. The moneyed men Of England-the Bar
inrs the Rothschids, and others of that ilk-
| are those who keep the closest watch on the
grand panorama of events; who, by their ex-
tended information, can trace political proba-
bilties through their remote ramitcations, and
are able by close attention to their financial
interests to predict what national conditions
will affect their investments, whether for profit
OF for loss. 1t seems that these money changers
have made their calculations, and that the re-
suit has been an increased tightncss in the
money market, consequent on the probabilities
of more remunerative investments in case Of Il
general European war.
Affairs certainly do not present very peace
| full aspect. On the one hand we have the Land
Animal, the Russian Bear, putting his paw out
| to grasp portion of the fat domain of the Otto
| man Porte, and marshaling his cubs along the
shores of the Black Sea, awaiting only the
favorable moment to strike blow for conquest,
Already his black squadrons, numbering eighty
thousand men, hover along the Danube, and
from the bosom of his forests comes still the
clangor of armed legions, so that none can
count their numbers.
lie processes peace, but makes every prepa-
ration for battle. He demands of the Porte
certain concessions, takes possession of por ton
of his territories, and says that, though not iu-
tending war, he will hold them as a pledge
for the settlement of his pretensions This,
although not making war, involves all the cor
sequences of war without its glory and its ear
mage. 1t subjects Turkey to all the inconye-
niences and humiliation of a conquered Pro-
vince. The Land Animal does not destroy the
subjects of the Turk, nor sack his cities but he
quarters his armies on the fairest provinces Of
| the Danube, forages on the Industrious peasant.
paying him with promises that are never to be
redeemed, and lays waste his wheat fields and
brushes his hopes of vintage. Desolation may
| be the consequence to the fair fields along the
| Danube and famine may threaten the land, yetit
is consolation that, in name at least, the Land
Animal makes not war,
While this is the state Of things in this quar-
ter, we hear of negotiation and remonstrance
on the part of France and England, but nothing
like action. France is afraid to undertake Rus
STA ngle-handed, and England delays and tenn
porizes, calculating the cost Therei is ne move
ment to oppose force against the designs of the
Car. He negotiates with their ministers, and
| holds out hopes of a peaceful settlement but
while he is negotiating, and the opposing pow
ers are lulled by false security, he goes on
strengthening his out posts, filling his maya
zines, and making every preparation for an ac
tive campaign. Cons antly his forces are
strengthened by levies and his cohorts gather
nearer to the Hellespont But few months
more, on the approach of winter, he may tire Of
negotiations, and find it convenient to discard
the mild terms Of diplomacy for the harsher
notes of battle. Then it may be that he will
dismiss the ambassadors of France and England,
and subject his pretensions to the arbitrament
of arms. The Baltic will then be frozen over,
and the maritime powers will not be able to
lombard st. Petersburg for months to come
During this delay the Gar may march upon
Constantinople, and bring about the grand
struggle on his own element With the doubt
still pending on which side Austria would array
her forces, the issue of the contest would he
more than problematcal On the side of Eng
land and France, she might turn the scale
against the aggressions of the Muscovite; but
on the side OF Russia, with few provinces for
her pay, the result might be that Turkey would
share the fate of Poland, and be partitioned out
among the conquerors.
But in the latter event, austria on the side
Of Russia, should France and England conclude
to be generous, and promise independence TO
Hungary and Poland, another turn might be
given to affairs, and there might be yet hope
for the regeneration Of the world With what
a sturdy good will would the Poles rally around
their tattered standard, and how would the
Magyars, from the depths of the Black Forest,
gather at the call Of their champions to be re-
venged for the disasters of Comorn
There is beam Of hope in the dark cloud
this side the water await, with no little anxiety.
what results may arise therefrom in aid Of uni
yersal rcpublcanism.