The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-17

Russia seeks 10 establish fresh rights ia furSe5
abo an influence never before possessed, ~
reduce The negotiation on the Vienna note 90 hol'
low pie'enee uttedy unworthy If the great powers
ano great Interests concerned in t. IL is true tina
ssia stu pIeends To DEM nd what nobody has cser
"sbed 70 otny hec vz:-the maintenance of treaties,
ana OF the status quo In religious matters That she
can have whenever she chooses be content with it,
but nothing mole In the interest of peace eyery
etsst bas been made t. keep Russia to her word
and 10 secure her all that she is entitled to; but all
attempts 81 further epcroachlaent will be resisted
as they have been from the commencement of her
present aoeres.ions In dealing, however with
power that evidently seeks to gam time ana that is
avoweCly avaiug itself OF pro,ricted negotiation
TO secure position iu which negotiation may be dis
peMed with altogether, 1t is obvious that, while
many reasons might exist for friendly remcostrance
at the iss appearanc or suspicion OF such conduct
time must come when the mast will ne thro wn off
on one side ana forbearance cease on the other. The
full disclosure OF the Russian policy cannot but give
new character t. the resistance of the chief inde
pendent powers Of Europe Such pass mast have
been ioress eli by the Emperor OF Russia, who could
hardly have supposed either that Europe would
look on quietly NJ the sudden ana uprovosed lrfrup
uon OF his hordes into the domiuous OF a pea ,efd
and friendly heigbbor or hat il would content telf
with barren protest ard truiteSs negotiation
But now thas the Emperor stands arraigned at she
court OF common order, civilization, aad honor,
us causeess distirber OF the public peace the
discrepancy between his fair words and his
violent ac3 cannot but iniuse some misgiying;
into conscience not wholly deadeDed by 90 ger
ard ambition. The Emperor risks tbs peace OF
Europe and Goes his best to lignt flame which
neither he Dor his may live to see
extiI guished-ior what? Either TO Obtain VIII It he
has not even color of rig 1T to. or, If are to al
low him certain sort of honesty, to crafty his pride
by rejecting some harmless notifications, necessary
to allay the alarm of the Porte, and thereby to
cure the Emperors own professed intentions. This
he does on the petty plea that they proposed by
the Turk sh government and that therefore his hon
or is concerned not to accept them though ever so
pvlItin Enrf. ,f
jeopordlzed, and struggle commenced which must
indeed be ruinOuS to Turkey but which will he so
assuredsy TO other powers also, and not the least to
that vast but poor and unmanageab'e dominion
wb ia threw down the gauntlet and defed the ndig-
nation OF the civ lized world.
from the London Morning Chronicle Oct. Al
AT meeting OF the OtfoUan Council held at
Constautinope, on the 23d a6oepteniher, and which
was attenoed by upwards OF q hundred persons, it
was unanimously decided that, Is Turkey could
make no further concession to the demaL ds of Rus
sa and as the Emperor declined to pt the Vienna
note In its modified form, was the only alterna-
tive; and the Ministers of the Sultan entrs ted
with the duty o. adoptiog the measures necessary
for giving effect to that decision, Such solution,
however franght with momentOus consequences to
Europe, is not more surprising than the final con-
SUNNI alton of any fatal disorder. 1t certainly has
not been formed hastily without deliberaton; for
few instances will be found in the annals OF history,
of pfOvocation so great On the one side, o. for
bearance 50 exemplary on the other Those who
question the title of Turkey to vndicate her invaded
independence by arms, would refuse her the right to
uss those weapons which wrong may WELD with tri.
umph; but those who, with more generous instincts,
espouse the cause Of ustjcs and weakness, against
oppression and power will applaud che manly de-
termination Of her government and people.
At such moment as the present, it il desirable to
bear In mind the exact position in which the govern
ment OF Turkey was placed on the 23d OF Septenl,
Der, and 10 view calmly the ste ps which have led
to the present crisis. 1t is now nearly six months
since Russia first putorth pretensous to interler
ence in the nternsl atas uf Turkey, under the pre-
text of religious proteotoraJ, over the Greek COM
nlunlon within thr Ot cni&u Juiuiuipns. Such de-
marc Hss wholly inconsistent with the independ
eEce of TIE TufklSa suse,e'a nty. The Cza: demand
ed, il th first place, treaty convention, which
would have rs! ured 70 HIM the right Of unlimited
nterven'i n III the fara ish empirs. The clam vas
neither N los r4cter tmb gaos IN its oh
Ject. Ever since the treaty kaInaroj, in l77i, Rus
sian diplomacy bns sought - uaderGnne the
avenues cf COnstantinOpe under the mask OF soiic
tude ior the wel being OF the Greek Christian subjects
OF The Porte, The proposition for q syralar matte
conyentit n was, however, so pegemptJr,y rejected,
that 4 @as not further pressod but note was de-
manStj OF the Poite by Prince Menschkoh, con-
tanning deceraiory admission, on tlie part If tae
Sultan, Of all the claims OF which Russia had pre-
vlously required cesson by treaty On the merits,
OF those claims II Il not now necessary TO enter for
they haye been examined aud rejected by Europe
The wallreasoped dispatches Of NJ. Drcuyn de Lhnys
and Lord Clarendon were hardly needed tn ex.
pose pTetersicns which were supported by no
other argument than iorce. t is sufficient
TO remark that the diplomatic basis from
which the four powers set cut, in entering
on the Vielna conference, was recognition Of the
inaims ssiblty OF the demands Of Russia as conveyed
in the Menschkof ultimatum. The deliberations OF
Englend, France, Austria and Prussia for the pur-
pose Of deyisng substitute for the Russian note
implicitly Involved declaration Of the injustice OF
the claims which that document embraced. But al
though they were thus condemned by the great Pow
ers II Europe Russia did not hesitate TO invade the
tpyrtDriQS of her upigb bhpv the
peling the Porte to concede ell that she had re-
qured The Danubian provinces We're occupied by
the armies Of the Emperor the stipulated tribute to
the Ottoman Porte Was diverted into the Russian
chest and the suzesainty OF the Sultan over the
Hosp dars was superseded by the mandates OF Rus
sian General.
Such has been the situation of things ever since
July. Al independent country has, without provo
cation, been invaded by foreign power, who still
holds possession oil eI provinces, in order to enforce
prefensions alike insulting and injurious. An I'M
pfeJudlctd person might well ask under such cir
cumstancea, not why war was declared in Septon,
ber, but why ~ was not declared several months ago
The status beiit unquestonaby commenced On the
day when the first Russian soldier crossed the
Prath-and such was the view taken by the
western powers as is manifest, not only from the
io'cs of tbeir ministers, but from the move
Ments oi their fleets. England and France by TIE
passage OF the Dardanees recognized the fact
that Turkey was at war, and they will now have
neither the dL position nor the right to dispute the
Iao0elatiop, oni0ates ber councils. For two tn:
the Porte suspended that declaration of hostite:
which, by The aw OF nations, she was entitled TO
make. ana she cannot now be justly charged with
Ire.iphaGcy or want OF moderation. The for.
l6aranco and self control which this barbarous
ard Hiisbel!eviDg nation has shown, stand in
striking contrast to the nso rent atd overbeariog
dtnfapcr Of the civilized aud Christian power y
which his brought Europe TO he bfrk Of the great
Ell u hpmaA evils. Russia, Il Rn u st quarrel cut
sh1t negotiations by an arned INVASION. Turkey,
tho ish smqTtng unGer insult ana wrong, has sus.
ItlGgG resort 70 arms until . pacific arrangement,
seems mr0ssibe. Sgci Sre the relative positions Of
d soverc gn who processes tie faith OF the Gospel,
snd Of tie lDfdel whose reliance ia on tie sword Of
the Prophet
In Judging Of the decision Of the Turkish council,
it must lie T,memhe.ec that the declaration of hos.
iilities, which Tie invasion of the Pincipaites
would have iKstified, suspended at the instance
of France ana England. IN the hope that diplo-
matte accommodation might he effected. The his
tory Of the Vienna Conference il well known. II
supplied tke Gar with opportunity Of coming to
au honorshle arrangement blt he only avaod him.
self oi IL 10 renew his pretensi1ns without abatement