Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-07-06
From the London Daily News. June Is
The Russian Mar Ous<tl.,

some days must eapse before any certain intej,.nes
o. Russian operations reach this country from the
rnnc'p.ues or Conssantinople; and while the narrow
that still, le Of peace remains unnrinreJ Il l.
AVN. or a. who desire il to hope for the uninterrupted
Amy Oh me world IL may be that the last moment
smoon IAy draw uin and territorial rapacy DO curbcd
on we banks OF the Pruth. But private accounts OF the
nature and extent Of the made for
warfare while they than confirm those already p.b
hed do not tend to render more sanguine than we
nave ntherto been OF pacific termination of what Ia
somewhat inaccuratcly called the Turkish Question +,
might with more propriety, be designated the Russian
Tor the Fears and sympahes European the pre-
nomen are measurable, not by the or
wishes OF the Turks but by FAR more genuine nerhan
more selhsh, sense of common danger and detrmcn,
arising from the outburst Of new career of aggression
~ IN par ., me northern barbarians For barbarians
al political respects tho subjects of the Autocrat
esseuy are The diplomacy and cuisine OF 81 Petersbry
may be modelled upon thar Of Paris as its portcoes and
are copied from those Of Rome and Athcus but
,nat consists OF millions Of terate ,erf and some
thousands OF territorial owners without recognized
rights 70 take any part in the government of their
, anu every one OF whom liable any moment to be
Tue 'eum OF despotc suspicion or caprice deserves
no Dexter epithet than that of barbarian =
Hs tne profound sense which Europe enteta;,s r tho
"acn sush power Is capable Of spreading far and
wide should the political rauparts within vh;cS !,
connned be broken down. that has unted In ono
., hos'y and resistance of all parties and of ali
classes among civilized nations No instance of This can
Rn.s, than the manifestations of feeling against
ls " me popular parties Of France and Erpand
however they may differ in other prospects, both are
earnestly attached TO the caus, of pe,cc WL; E.
was so'e'neo oy Democratic Assembly nobody ever
suspected ner oil harboring designs OF war; and TO what
ever extent popular opinion may be supposed IN no
pressed IN tho journals which permitted TO exist undsr
he Umpire hs clearly aud Enthusiastically pronounced in
ANor OF civil and military retrenchnent and IN,
nance Of that state Of external freedom and sec;,v -,
promotes tho development OF commerce and msnuf.c
e, anu with them the certain growth OF social inter
anu ,eennss Incompatible with the maintenance Of
aroary power In England, the rccolecons of former
peeous OF Warfare and the practical of ,be
-, o',sShes we have reaped during long interval
peace nave rendered US intensely averse TO the idea
oi emoarking anew In continental onarrel. w.
snail never again submit TO be taxed and imnress
co. aud drawn into the raising of exborbi,ant
S Tans, 70 restore to the throne any foreign
o!na or to impose up,n any other people institutions
not Of their choice. We know that \, <. onr ;n,aas,
soove al things to have, willing customers all the ma
uons Q, the world and know that to enjoy their cs
!; r.; s. securely We must be at peace with them IL
IN ac 10 this feeling chiefly that those amongst ms who
u 'sop'r with the question OF Russian aggression en-
ueavor to appeal at The present juncure They
sSia commercial interests by reminding them that the
enie portion OF the trade between this co,ntrv AMI b
ports oil the Euxne carried on in British Sims and bon
'ney argue that IL would be nIos.b for our aaa,. 80
make any checual demonstration behalf Of Turkey in
tose waters without practically suspendinp our
tile intercourse with the countries whose produce Voc
IN exchange Tor our But If our manufacturers or co
iohia products were suddenly shut out OF any R,ss;
n' "ui'ner VIC are now accustomed to carry them 10
equai extent must suspension place in the export
OF goods thererom. In other words IL concerns tho
proprietcrs of corn land, and the merchants who
sup gram from Odessa and other Russian ports oute
Is much tina. mercantile intercourse should remain
unexpected with this country as Il concerns NJ. Tim,
u should do So And as it is toerably clear that The
power OF deciding such question must remain In
our hands and not in those OF the Gar We NAV take
or granted that whatever other instructions NAV bnv
been sent to Admiral Dundas he has not been told to
modest trading vessels In point of fact Russia Is equally
vens able by land as by Her huge empire consists
heterogeneous mass of varously dated acquisitions of
which many are but i'll secured and are ready at a mo-
nents notice to renew their oft repeated attempts ct self
enaneipauon Circassia has never yet been subdued.
ard Georgia stu trembes with resentment and wild hone
the recollection of bygone times The population Of
these frontier provinces have, at enormous cost been
gradually dsared by the jealous despotism Of their CON
queror but nothing will be easier than to permit them
10 repoSsess themselves of and all the munitions of
warfare On the day that the Cosncs
cross the Pruth the Liabilities of Russa TO this species Of
retaliation will begin. The Ottoman treasury NAV not no
very FULL but ia will hardly lack mean. OF raisin on
'he Hank offs formidable enemy, insugent auxiiares so
reliable a. those TO whom have referred Every ria
sent to Crcassa and every sabre sent to eorci, onI5
retain an additional soldier whom the Porte need nor nav
nor clothe, uor feed and upon whose ety implicit de-
pendencc might be placed.