Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-11-21
From the LONDON Time. Nov. 1.


We remain still withou, any positive intelligence either
OF the military operations the Danube Of the effect
produced by Omar PAshIs movement on the Cabinets
most Immediately Interested in the dispute but ndica
tons are happily, observable both home and abroad
Of general inclination disregard this outbreak Of f.
rOcity Impotence and look rather the attitudes Of
European Governments than the incidents of anon
aOus It's well kuOgn that the Emperor Nchoa.
DESTROYS Of escaping the eItTees E1 had provoked
and the Ottoman Government had actually asseuted
conditions OF peace at the moment that toe Ottoman
my beginning hosdt.es. Under ordinary ctculn'
stances, we might anticipate that campaign opened
would terminate w .e arrival OF the first courier lou
Constan,iuopc but il clearly hazardous assume that
troops whose arduur could only be satisfied first by dec
araton and then 10y commencement OF war in oppo.i
ton to the views OF their Government can now be
Stopped in mid by the injunction. Of distant au
thoriy Possibly the orders Of the Dvan reach tue
Turkish commander before tue of an aetna
collision possibly his army may be- rendered c's warke
by the reception it encounters. possibly the Russian
may aIvi-edy make way iofths Ottoman columns 10 pur.
suance Of soioe settled policy but CONSIDERING the avow
81 resolutions Of Omar Plsha drive the enemy before
ni and rass the 1T Of November in Bucharest Ne d.
not see that any event probable that Of an en-
gagemcnt.
u
the two theories protection and independence and what
embarasment- aoy result when State which notorious.
" depends the support Of others lOF it, preservation
a-sume5, nevertheless the regulation Of IL policy
without Difference 10 IT, protectors The Turks have 4
clear case against Russia aud absolute ubt
10 Gal upon the Rus-ln army they doing noE Bot
lasmuch their ultu.t. rcnncc must bc placed upon
the cooperation of foreign Governments attention
incOuc-aby duo 10 she interests Of the GOyctre
thu. engaged in the quarrel II il the interest Of Europe
to miiutan peace; IL Is the desire Of the Turkish pOpu
ou o q atty themselves with the indulgence Of war; and
this desire has been s1iifrd The expense Of those
upon whom the eventual responsibility must fall. The
Turks have thus combined the privileges Of a self
supporting Government With tie advantages Of pro
tcctel State, and have gone to without incurrng
the roll r.-k Of rs penalties On the suppo.itou
that they unailsd can eNrcl the Russians from tho
rnncipturs their course jIstHabc, but his .ui ro
sou whole trouble Tor to lat Fix month"; has b,cr
utterly gratuitou.. ON the contrary hypotoa they
hardly be warraDcl in attempting to DO after their owl
fashion what they must ultimately leave 10 bo done b.,
Others under conditions u greater pcrplcxiy than before
A. Europe had taken the responsibility Of protecting ~,
Ottoman empire IL should have been LEFT to pur,ue IT,
own policy ~ peace give its signal Tor var, where
charged with the obligation Of prcsety D..
Turkey, and yet threat ned NJ the same time with h,
los Of that peace Tor the AXE Of which the obligation
W-.a-sumcl. g. ordinary Transaction the hsEultt
alt- such CmDifrasEeuts j. TIE conditional character
affixed 20 the protection afforded, which Is naturally mad
contingent upOu thc proper department nf the protected
party. Here however. this surety llr, Tor the support
HItopcs given European grounds, aud would DE cne
Tor with the same mpcrItiveuess whatever might be th
policy Of the Porto u h. perfectly true that, tbougl
the Russians created cass Jcii before Midsummer To-
Turks diI not declare ill after Mchaelpas, that
uis declaration conditional and that further
pension ~ hOstcs asscned ~ by tbs DivIn NJ ~
earnest Instance oft' supporters Bat thepo circumstan
ces prove only that the Porte di exhibit ofbcatan~c
whereas We nus' needs thnk shat iobearance ,hou
IN The position o. the Ottoman empire, have been com
mensurae IN lie extent With the vicN Of IL protectors
Tho Governments Of Europe eagerly engaged IN pfo
curing the evacuation uf the Pfincipales nor need th
Iurks have tekcn the matter iutO their hands unit
the Efforts Of their supporters bad been abandoned. Thu