The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-11-10
,,,ssp1NpENCE OF THE NATIONAL ERA.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
LONDON, Oct 81, 1883.

e'p n7tfe nv the Emperor of all the Russias
, go question whether the full extent of his
Vu' ob;e,ts has either been developed or faith
u That the paramount supremacy over
vL-'C,e.k subjects Of the Porte would be equiv.
Wv, N the reduction of that Government to q
-, Of dependency, is a manifest proposition
I,b,t the possession of COnstantinople, and
.I,.ommand of the mouths of the Danube and
". D,rdanelles, would be the acquisition oil
u.,E,ious and overwhelming power, is no less
Ey;ons. But even here we do not believe that
w. am of Russia stops short On the contra
w ~ are convinced that these are contempla-
~ "a. as finalities, but as steps to empire toe
w ', m he consistent with the safety or endur-
gar tho nocy of the other nations of Europe
Ss.'!rrsri;zation of a New Byzantine Empire
iaI ,sS5ond design Of the Unsuitable Gar. I'm
~ ron sceptre, with religion as the means
uo. ,as, territory already stretching from the
m ne 'a sea TO the Arctic ocean, would be
Caoo over the faircst portion of ilhmitable
SP',,a % the south; and the population Scandi'
n',% Cossack, Slavonic, Tartar, Armenian
Ut Polish. Calmuck, Arab, Circassian, Fin
u ,iG Cbinese even to the Hindoo moulded in
lno1o dasposism; and if not converted by fair
'r,v. ar foul, at any rate reduced to obedience
.apQrdPSS HtlkC Vi EICt Ihu SlONN 80 ~N->
use.d Of the Greek Church, even more than a.
the sovereign of Muscoyy and its conquest9, Il
!. that Nicholas aspires to accomplish this ire
nandous scheme, and the great monarchies 0
,bo continent must be blind or mad to perm
tho initiative to be taken by single poltica
rneasuro or material footstep of advance in The
drect:on to which the prospect points.
That the aggressor must be encountered or
.b, threshold, and not struggled with in the
;ntsror of the honse, is obvious to all men
mprb the different parts to be adopted by the
Countries most Immediately concerned, will bt
modified by various extraneous circumstances
Thus Austria, the position Of which is more Sc
rou.ly endangered than that of any other
Safe. hardly excepting Turkey itself by the
extension of Russian power, is nevertheless &c
chained to the invader that she cannot enter
into hostile opposition, but contents herself with
trusting tbs cluse to the Western allies, and
retiring within herself as a quasi neutral, re-
ducng her army, and anxiously watching the
progress OF events.
This, it may be observed, is presuming upon
the fact that Austria is honest, and entertains
no ortuous and concealed motive in regard to
balancing as well as she could, by a similar
violation of international rights, the prepon
derance OF Russia in the universal scale. 1t j;
true that such a course would be fatal to her
but we do not always foresee the certain ruin We
are preparing for ourselves, whilst plotting and
eontrying our aggrsndizement at the cost o.
others. Ca Prussia the pressure is not, either
in the first instance or ulteriorly, 10 menacing
and it is stated that her King has refused the
bride Of farther slice of Poland to induce
him to coales,e with the Car More clear
sighted, his Minister, Mantenfel, appreciate;
the end, and is we'll aware that the fruition Of
the tempter'S designs would reduce his roya
master to a second rate, if not vassal domin.
ion, first mouthed, and perhaps to be last
swallowed. Prussia therefore retres from the
lists and looks on for the contingencies of the
Threatened war. Except upon general princi
pies France and England have comparatively
little to fear; the former may even be glad o.
su opportunity to augment her force and EN-
ploy her armies, and the latter to curb en-
croachment, and secure or extend her com
merce There are wheels within wheels
throughout the complication, and the issue il
now at hand to try the action Of the whole
machinery
The Turkish manifesto has won COLDER
opinions from all ranks of men. Truthful
logical, and moderate, it sets the entire cast
before the eyes Of the world in light tina
cannot be questioned or gainsaid. If the Sui
tan's arms are as successful as his arguments
there will be few Cossacks on the southern
side of the Pruth, a month after the warfare
has begun. fastening towards his climax
0aar Pasha officially notified to the Russian
commander, GostochakOf, on the 9Th, that i
the Principalities were not evacuated within
fifteen days, I. e. by the oath, hostilites would
be commenced and the answer given is thai
that General has no instructions TO negotiate q
peace begin a war, or retreat from his posi-
ton.
Meanwhile efforts of some underlined kind
are continued by the Mediating Powers tt
avert the calamity; but the accounts of thi,
portion Of the transactions are so vague anC
contradictory that it is impossible to build g
rational speculation upon them. Whether the
Emperor Nicholas did or did not signify his
willingness to agree to pacific terms at Olmutz
appea,s to be lutte deserving of the weight at
tached to it, The trickery and deluson prac.
tcetby the Russian civil and military exposi
tors from first to last, have been 50 shameful
and monstrOls, that they must be fools indeed
who could pin their faith to any assurance
from that quarter It is well to observe that
tle very bascness and etfrontery of these lies
ana equvOcatlons involve the most valuable
Ingredient in the dispute for they have de.
nonstrated, beyond all doubt the hidden pur.
po'es of hypOcritical Government, and thus
"brewarned, forearmed,n the world is put
upon lts guard against the least encroach.
ments upon the independence of even the
weakest and most unimportant spot on the
map OF the universe. The mask has been com.
petclg thrown off, and mankind are awake to
the Wild ambitious project Of an INSCRIPTIONS
desTOt. This knowledge is a great gain
10 America, a to all the rest of the com.
mercia world, it is satisfactory to learn that
The navigation of the Danube and Black
Sea IN 30 FAR as Turkey ia concerned, is TO re-
flags
All The predictions in preceding correspond.
ence relative 10 the failure of cereal crops with
The consequent rise in the price of provisions.
and the alarming combinations of strikes, are
working up to the crisis we anticipated The
cotton factories in Lancashire are almost at q
stand and by the time this reaches Washing
Ton, fifty thousand workmen will be wander.
lng about destitute of employment At Pres
Dn, the most numerous demonstration has
Deen made and the most ruin0us contest is
carried on, the "Outs" being supported by
contributions from the associated operatives in
ether parts of the kingdom to the extent, il is
SAD Of $1,000 per week At Wigan, the
so"men, with wages at from 30s. to 35s. for
"ur days labor, have also turned out and,
~ snort considerable division of the country
e. involved in calamitous antagonism and con-
IHon The home condition of the whole
population. and the benefits Of foreign trade,
nc sacrificed to this contention, and the worst
yet 10 come No matter how the present
o'Gsgle ends, it will surely be renewed. Hopes
a. ,t sS Feitatlons have been excited by the in
.a., boasts Of supernatural prosperity, and
ia;d d" mas been raised, which will not easily be
,s, Laoor and capital are at issue within the
ora. m Jnst as democracy and absolutism are
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