New-York daily tribune., 1853-12-26
THE L,sr sIEDI,y1Oy.

The possibility OF peaceful arrangement Of the East
orn Question has all aongturned on the disposition Of
Tie Car AID the Sultan to accede to such terms the
Western powers might agree upon. The diplomats OF
England and Austria long since assumed that
these soveregns could be brought to agree but finally
had to confess themselves disappointed and al their
labor futile. The pacifcators were willing to adopt
terms favorable to Russia hut these the Sultan rejected
while the conditions satisfactory to the Porte were
hauehty repudiated by the Gar. After thiscame the
actual fighting with its results unlike what had been
anticipated Tie Turks instead OF being driven Ike
sleep before the advancing Cossacks. have CALAMITY
held ler own proving themselves quite able to cope
with equal numbers Of Russian troops They are
choered by victory and flushed with hope. II is not
then to be expected that they will concele anything
more than they we're ready to cOncelc before the be-
ginning OF Lostlites II not inclined to require
better terms for themselves they will at least insist
upon al they demanded then. They viii not yield a
hairstreadth Of the ground they stood upon before
and if peace is to be made, no compromise is 20 be
looked for from them.
The question then is reduced 70 the feelings of the
Gar alone. II is for him exclusively to decide
whether tie new mediation shall be crowned with
cess or prove as vain its predecessors. In all his
public acts hitherto there has been nothing to Justify
the idea that he will make peace He mas steadily ad
Lered to bis arrogant and unfounded pretensions and
even when accepting basis of settlement which ap-
parenty resigned them be takes explain to the
world He has openly approved every act
of lis diplomatic agents and himsefsppealed to the
gcrs fsnaticsm of bis people and to that tradt
though instructive greed of territorial extension which
is st1org in all barbarian nations, but especially in the
bosom Of every Russian. Where then are we to found
an expectation that be viii low draw back, stamp his
past claims on Turkey as baseess and his conduct as
an uDjustifable outrage against all the other powers
of Europe Is it in the disgrace of MenchikOf We
doubt. Ii may be very natural for the deluded Auto
crat when reused By the defeat Of bis armies from an
Tor into which be had been led by the natica and shall
low Prince to visit lis rage upon the suhor of his del
sion but that does not imply that ne viii quit the policy
10 which lie is pledged in tie sight of the world It's
ore thing to understand that mistake has been made,
andanother to accept the aud
there is much more probability that Nicholas will con
tlue to fight the Turk till he his antagonist has sur
feTed decisive defeat than that he viii pocket bis
present partial reyerses adopt the advice Of the medi
atos march bis forces back into bis domnions and
sign such treaty as Turkey would be content with
under the CIRCUMSTANCES
For lucid statement Of the nature Of this last me-
daon We refer our readers 10 the letters OF our cor
respondents IN London. Both those able and welin-
formed writers show that the real object Of the media
ting POWERS 10 settle the controversy on terms "a
yoTable to Russia if possible, and that not Ouly VIII
all tie Objectionable features of former treaties be In
cludod in their project, bat that in some respects
Turkey viii be or By its adoption aud less inde
pendent than OF course the Porte viii not now
scccde to such conditions while the other hand the
UediaDg parties have intention of compelling Russia
toaccep any others Only Of these parties France
exhibits tie slightest readiness to back up its opinion
with tie substantial arguments of bah and bay
ouets France is indeed the only power in Europe,
aside from Turkey, which has pursued respectable
policy since the beginning Of tie difficulty Had Eng
land done the same, We may be sure Russia would not
have begun Tie war at all The disgrace of MeDchi-
ko cOneusvey proves that Nicholas woGld never have
abandoned diplomacy for the sword, hAdhe anticipated
sDy serious resistance and determined attitude on the
part Of tie Western powers at the outset wead have
ended all in peace six months ago. Now he is
in position be cannot retreat from both personal
vanity and political ambition command hin to 20 for
ward and bis infexible obstiraey must confirm the
dictate. Whatever may be the final result it needs