Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1853-11-18
From the Washington Sentinel.

Nepubished yesterday, in an extra, and we
publfh to-day in our regular issue, the last adj 4
vicesirom the East relative to the long threat
enedcontest between Russia and Turkey.
Or readers may remember that we stated |
sorF weeks AGO our conviction that an Euro
peal war was unavoidable. That conviction /
wasklot founded more on the plain, aggressive /
polist Of Russia than on the enthusiasm which |
that FOLEY had created among the people, and |
more especially among the soldiery of the OF
tom8l empire. The condition OF things was
such hthat the Sultan Of Turkey could not avoid |
hosdities, but on the supp0sition that the Rus 7
| siam Gar woud make retractons utterly in
cong with Russian policy, rs presented |
andeyemplihed in the course which the Em
pesr Nicholas has hitherto pursued. The his
to4 of politics does not present an example
/ of hore undertaking consisteney--of long con-
I iiIEel pertnacious diplomatic and military eff
! fo4 4-than that presented by Russia herself
! nav be that the announcement of actual
( ho4iiies is premature. \ ct we have but little
( dodhHthe actual hostilitias have been Or will
sooa be.eammenced, sfhe condition of Europe
IS sush rs 20 force that result at no very Instant
/ dar; unies5 obstacles be iuterposcd which no
! onk at this distance from the theatre of Opera
/ tit1s can foresee or understand And although
/ vi regret 10 see bloodshed and shrink from
/ ID, contemplation OF the uns3cakable woes
Which cling around all wars, yet we are not to
+ bg numbered amongst these who do not look
yita hope and satisfaction to the great contest
Which must soon c0nvulse Europe. Violent
/ diseases require violent remedies; and although
much useless suffering Las been inHictedon man
| kind by the pride and jealousy of princes, and
! although much suffering must be inflicted by
even necessary and proper contests between ma
! Ii,f |,
4 ing from the condition Of things has never yet
failed to yindicatc great principles or to secure
important advantages or them,
English diplomacy has been almost rs c0nsis-
t,nt as Russian diplomacy; still the British cab
! net committed = great b.unher when it permit
/ ted the lIoiStain war to close under cIrcumstan-
ces that enabled Russia to transfer hundred and
/ fifty thousand troops from her western to her
eastern European border-placing in the pow
er of Austria to crush Hungary and Italy
( But there is a Divinity doth shape our ends,
! ropgh-hew them how We viii. He has read
historv but to little purpose who does not believe
| that there is an oyerrulng necessity or Proyi-
deace which directs the great decisive move
ments of society But for such providence,
there could be no continuity III history, and no
philosophy could be extracted from its teach
iings. The facts of history would be bnt as
dry bones strung upon cord labelled IN chro-
noo rical order, giving no idea OF form or
shape, or system. The present condition OF
affairs between Russia and Turkey bids fair to
correct the errors which English diplomacy
committed four years ago.
! For many vears-fOr many decades, Russia
has been pressing 10 the East. Napoleon Bo-
naparte, when assailed by England and desi-
rous of making an ally of Russia, drew up a
plan of campaign, with all the care aud minute
ness that always characterized his apparent
boldness, for COssack invasion OF India
| The paper is vet in the possession OF the Rus
! snia---->-.Ar,lant- hilt what ats contents are
no one in America, we imagine, Is able to tell;
vet Russia has always been pressing to the East
Only two practicable roads were open to 1t. The
indomitable courage, and unsleepmg watchfuL
ness of The Circassians-taking advantage oil
the strong defences of the Caucasian mountains
have thus far blocked up one CT these roads.
The other road asseuds through Turkey,an the
great Russia Turkish question resolves Itself IN
to this: VIII England and France permit q
g:eat buwark, necessary for their own security
TO be broken down? When the Gar of Russia
desired the possession of Constantuope; Napo-
Doleon Bonaparc, who was then disposed to
make large concession, said that he could not
concede that for the possession of Constantine
ME was the Empirs Of the East. If the Otto
man Empire be destroyed the road to India is
o0ened, and the way to AIgerais opened al
so.
But there are other great points in this pen
dino war. England and France must sympa-
tbise with Turkey Prussia and Austria must
svmpathise with Russia. Hungary and Italy
can interrose on the flank of the Russian ar
mics They eau check, if they do no more, the
movements Of the house Of Hapsburg. The
democratic sentiment Of Germany, which was
BETRAYED not fairly beaten, five years ago W i'll
force Prussia to be neutral,o or rebuke breach OF
neutrality by speedy and condign punishment.
Looking to all the bearings of the war question,
and discarding from consideration the plain
and manifest interests Of the United States
looking upon it only as involving the advance
ment OF correct ideas and better institutions in
Europe-we really and truly desire that the
next arrival from beyond the Atlantic may bring
the news that war has begun. In the sound
Of the first gun we will recognize voice that
tells of iucalculable advantages to the United
States-a voice that procams that republican
! ideas have yet another chance for asccndency
in Europe.
4 Long ,Spcech-Mr. Solan Borland, our