The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-11

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turkey, butoyer the destinies also Of Cbr;se MON
| ills matter OF profound anxiety to rememhsr
! now much q, Y dependent Upon the nature Of the
| ne4. ntenigence rom Constantinople. We have
| already observed, in these columns that II US
only the 5th instant that the ultiatum was sens
into the Divan by Prince Menschikoff. We have
remarked that the acceptance or refusal of that
utimatum was rendered imperative at the latest
BY the 10th instant, according to the naughty and
peremptory intimation given to the Sublime Porte
/ by the Russian Ambassador.
| Now, up to the moment of writing, we have only
! received dispatches from the Golden Horn up to
| the 7th instant, inclusvely. Consequently, when
those dispatches left the Turkish capital three day,
yet remained before it requisite that the Di
van should respond af6rmatively or negatively
to the ultmatum sent in by the Russian gov
ernment. Rumors have nevertheless been rife
of cOuFseto the effect that the Sultan has yield
ed, and that the Gar has been left in this mat
ter triumphant. Those rumors, it is needless at
this moment to observe, are without any founda.
ton whatsoever. At the best they are mere con
lectures. Nothing definite could possibly be learnt
as yet, and the information given to the public,
both in Paris and London-purporting to recount
the real nature of the result of the Russian ultima
tum-is, therefore, simply gratuitous, simply by
pothetcai, simply, in brief. fabrication. Suppos-
ing, unfortunately, that in the end it should prove
to have been In accordance with what has actually
taken. place in Constantinople-it will still have
been nothing better than lucky guess, none the
less, however, on that account shamefuly UNJUST.
fable.
It is earnestly to be hoped, indeed that the next
information received in this country from the Sub
lime Porte will be diametrcally the reverse of what
has been recently predicated, for reasons it were
needless to conjecture. Upon the decision arrived
at oy the Divan will depend the future, we repeat
not only OF Turkey, but indirectly, also, of Chris
tendon. Should the ultimatatn be accepted it will
band over the European dominions of the Sultan,
at once virtually and Internationally, to the Au.
tocrat Should it, on the other hand, be rejected
a q We firm ord holyn {INk -
Abdul Mediid will command forth with the aid of
instant co operation from the four great European
sovereignties. The Emperor of Russia would irevi-
tably, IN that event. find himself opposed, not only
by the monarchs of Austria and Prussia, but
aIso-and in a most earnest manner-by ueen
Victoria and the Emperor Napoleon Turkey
would discover her safety, not so much in treaties
or in diplomacy in the sense of Justice COM
mon to all the chisfStates of Christendom.
From the London Daily Ne,cs
The Crisis at Consantinople passes into new
stage, with the simultaneous rejection of the Mems
chicoH ultimatum and the appointment of cabi-
net decidedly ant-Russian. The telegraph an
nounces the reply of the Dvan to the Russian am
passador as absolute and defnitve; statement
which concurs with the complexion of the new
cabinet, to preclude the suggestion which has been
made In a very respectable quarter that the min
lsterlal crisis was an expedient to gain time. The
recall OF Reschld Pasha, the consistent reformer to
the premiership, and the establishment of Fuad
Efendi in the ministry, show more than the reso.
luton OF the Sultan to bis independence at
the head of an European sovereign State-they pro-
mise return to that enlightened system of inter.
nal administration which, under the present Sultan
and bis patriotic predecessor, has safely conducted
Turkey through so many difficulties and dangers
and secured to its people a degree of material
prosperity which some of their most boasttul
neighbors regard with envy.
The correspondent of a journal 1.-The TEmes)
whose eagerness to prophecy evil of Turkey has
led 1t into continuous series of mistakes on this
question, writing from Constantinople on the 9Th,
says: "Ihe Russian ports of the Black Sea are at
THE moment crowded with the munitions of war
and the heights above Odessa are covered with the
tents of large army. On the banks of the Prutk
we are assured the pontoons already made,
and the vast army collected there wait but the
signal to enter the principaties.''
There is no doubt that this is strictly true and
has been for several years; but in going to war
the "signaP' is every thing. Since lS4S the Gear
has protested nervous anxiety to see the peace of
Europe maintained At every seeming crisis we
have heard of him as sage adviser counselling
moderation and sacrifices for the maintenance Of
peace. He may be expected on this occasion to
have some regard for bis own consistency. Should
however, this consideration fail, there is another
which cannot but have weight with prudent des-
pot The opportunity for war in the southeast of
Europe with the forces of Russia thoroughly occu
pied, would certainly not be unimproyed by the
uneasy millions who now fret in the neighborhood
of the Cars frontiers, and the cost and pains of
prove to have been thrown away.
In the draught OF the proposed convention itself
the Porte is made to give to Russia perpetual
guarantee Tor the maintenance of all the privi-
leges, franchises, and immunities enjoyed by the
Eastern Church. and which it has received from
the predecessors of Abdul, Medjid. Moreover the
ambassador of Russia at Constantinople and the
consuls and agents of that power in the Ottoman
States are to have the right to protect that Church
against all kinds of persecution and oppression.
The Patriarche of Constantinople, Antioch, Alex
andria; and Jerusalem, we'll as the metropoli-
| tan archbishops and bishops, may not be deposed
except for Legitimate cause and the berat of in
vestiture which they receive from the Porte, far
from remaining, as hitherto, dead letter, will
receive its full and entire execution in all its
clauses and dispositions Every favor and every
advantage granted in the Ottoman empire to any
Christian communion whatever, will be by the
simple fact the right of the Greek Church. The
Porte will guarantee the maintenance of the state
| OF things established by the recent hrmans, and
will also engage to change nothing henceforth
without the previously obtained consent of Rus
| STA. Lastly, Russia will have the right to con-
struct at Jerusalem church and a convent, to be
served by Russian, priests and monks. To appre-
ciate all the significance of the Russian project, we
| must remember that it interests more than one
hall the subjects of the Turkish empire in Europe;
and that in the East the distinction between
Church and State not being made so broadly as
with US, the jurisdiction of the patrarchs and
bishops extends to multitude Of questions of civil
otueT, 80 tndt rellglOus prOtectOrdte may easily
be made to assume another character.
The Dsbats correspondent says:
"After resolving Menschikoffs dispatches of the
5th, which threw them into great perplexity, the
Ministers of the Porte FASTENED to inform the
French and English Ambassadors of their contents
demanding at the time their counsel and
support Lord Radcliffe, who seemed to see in this
question merely religious matter to be settled
between Greeks and Mosems, made an evasive
reply to the Divan. We assured, in fact, that
his lordship confined himself to recommending the
Sultan's ministers to respond vaguely the Prince
to appeal to the justice and candor of the Emperor
Nicholas, and finally to gain time until he sheuld
himself receive reply from his government. At
the same time he urged the Divan TO promulgate
some measure favorable to the Christians of the
East, at once to disarm Russia and conciliate
| the public opinion OF Europe. Lord Radcliffe then
wrote to his government to state the new turn
which things had taken, and demand instructions
| Such was the substance of the news brought to
Marseilles on the 18th by the Caradoc, and imme-
| diately transmitted to London
! Our own correspondent at Constantnople, wri-
| ting on the 9th, says:
.'Al is activity here, while the decision of the
Divan is still pending, and at the Porte, well as
in the diplomatic circle, councils and conferences
| are of almost hourly occurrence. 1t is believed
| that the ultimatum presented on the 9th will be
| rejected Tomorrow is the last day allowed by
| Menschikoff for answer. You have already been
informed of the settlement of the question of the
Shrnes about which Turkey has been SO unfairly
| tormentcd, having no interest of her own in the