The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-11-01

the India trade and dssixa OF encrcng and al ,srh
ing or Remembering the Ottoman empire She So its he
action her word takes possession Of the Ds nubsu
provinces, and thus gives practical demonsrs ton Of
her designs The designs OF Great Britain not o
palpsble. but not less certain. She bunow under
ground until the fit lime for denouemen and then she
proclas her real design with her victim he prize se
cured Al The beginning Of this dispute. meeting OF
the British binet. the proposition for maliy made
and placed be fore ito members "Shs the Ottoman en-
pire be dsmen ibered not J" Seven re entitled 10
vote the pre- position; bat Lord Palmer sion was alb
sent and sick, leaving six members 10 dec de The vote
stood three and three. and decision sss arrived Al
The abssn, on held the balance Of pc wer but he was
sick and absent Negotiations MsrsSpo progressed and
British diplomacy praised, and tckled, and deIuded and
leciured the Sultan whilst the fate Of Europe was kept
ia suspense few months longer. The British being in
Of the In dian trade. aud having obtained FROM
The Porte all could give The shu ting up the Bospho-
rus-avowed Tor i, the anxious friendship and the
oudest determination protect II against all powers
and especially tha at dreadful enemy at the north.
We have never believed that England had any intsn
ton OF fighting for the protection OF Turkey II she
fights Russia, it will be protect her own interests first
and in The winding up. full indemnity from the
Sublime Porte for her generous and 1sinesssd protection
One two hisor ca "reminiscences may be probably
studied in compreht ndng the interests of Great Britain
The Greek population of the Morea and Of The whole
Hellenic peninsula. the provinces of Turkey, and gov
erned by Turkish laws and officials, affiliated the
Russians not by emoes or traditions or hopee
but by religion simply both being Greek and Catholic.
These it easy for the Russian propaganda to excite
to revolt against the Ottoman empire. Great and noble
shotnp
dreams of q revived Par thenon. OF another Athens.
of another Marathon. OF Epics sounding like The
champiugs Of horse OF murmurng from lips
all pale and parted. and Of all those gentle dys which
fill the bosom of the scbo lar in his old days with the
alteration and the fancy Of his you,ha these inspired
the world with sympathy 70 Greek liberty. and hid from
il the true design against the Ottoman empire Of the Rus
sian propaganda Revo, revolt sprung up in Greece
The Turkish forces suppre. aed them. and the Russian
power came to the aid Of it's religious allies. II
beautiful ,abeau-as ak to the classic idea OF the
maiden tanning the lion or ding the spbyax could
behs sweet Liberty OF Gree leading her and
s,roking down the paws of that rough old Muscoyle
bear Up 10 that time Great Britain, the aniago nst OF
Greece. upholdinx and urg ink Turkey finding tina,
she could gain by wing enemy wheeled right
round joined her army to ,iat OF Russia brought in the
Gecian liberty. and browbeat her former friend a.
moot abomnable Turk The indignant Porte. old Sultan
AIahmoud, resolved 10 fight ii out like true Moslrm
Accordingly on the 2oh OF October. 1877, The combined
fleets of England France and Rassia. under the CON-
mand Of Sir Edwsrd Codringon. attacked the rurxo-
Egyptian fleet in the bay OF Navarno. commanded by
Ibrahim Pacha. The turkish feet annihiiated.
Since that day there has been no Turkish feet worthy
kn.nJ H.,
Codrins,ons guns The false friend became the ready
arbitrator. Greece was declared independent. and one
mighty province sliced OF the integrity OF the Ottoman
empire by England
The treaty Of Adrianope (is2o) declared the ndepen-
dence of Greece" That The loss OF Turkey only Then
also was sgreed bythe allied powers that Greece should
BE- monarchy OF their construction and Turkish rule
was much bet er, tina, the loss OF the poor Greeks
By il also the Russian fleets Withdrawn from the
Mediterranean into the Black sea and that was the
loss OF Russia. with the deas OF the Danube for A.
equivalent BY IT also the Dardsnelles were closed
against Russian egress Suez and Egypt kept open for
English trade and the Porte, Inundated. weakened BY
the loss Of its feet impoverished by the war. fell again
more heplessy into the power OF her protector friend
and this England's gain.
We have no time patience TO describe the memorable
Egyptian and Syrian AT it's close EngIand. with
Mehemet Ali in her power was in condition to dictate
peace to the East and to Europe. 1t simple op
Grafton Mehemet made Pacha for life, with the pa
chalk hereditary in his family Syria became part Of
Egypt; its fortunes in hands friendly TO England
Suez continued open the Bosphorus shut up
and the friend OF the Porte having dvesed OF Syria and
Egypt. and its feet amicabIy retired once more.
Without caring 10 guess whether war has actually
commenced will commence between Russia and Tur.
KEY the reader will have difficulty in seeing what
look 10 as the result The Ottoman empire is 10 be fur
Their dsmembered. perhaps annihated. but England will
keep an eye on her interest II she Aghis, she viii
fight Tor that interest. and then make Turkey pay the
costs She has n,erest enough to fight for; and il
nothing else will do. she will 6sht but not until dipo
macy has entirely failed. The French Emperor 10 here
presented with opportunity to play Napoleon bot
apprehend he prefers his present alliance with Eng
land
| The Meeting Of the whig Merchants.
BY reference to elesraphic dispatches II will be
seen that the merchants in New York have undertaken
to arragn the administration for the removal OF Coeco