New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-09-20
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The EaSTERN AFFaIR.
NJ have but little now except rumor and
~ 9l1rs rsgardfpgxhe probabilities Of l hnal
adjustment Of the diffeulties in the East. The
English and French, presses afford us nothing
more satisfactory, their correspondents seeming
bewildered in attempting to account for the
singular diplomacy which is taking place and
the singular policy it indicates. The lukewarm
espousal Of the Turkish interest by England
and France-the signal manner in which they
have failed to fulfill the great things promised
" their formidable array of guns beyond the
Dardanelles, and the indisputable fact Of their
wavering policy and irresolution in matters
requiring decision of purpose and frmness Of
execution, deserve the censure and ridicule of
the world. and are receiving good share Of it
certainly, if wo account as anything the bitter
articles upon the subject appearing in many Of
the leading London journals-articles con-
ceived in all the acrimony Of wounded English
national pride. And in contradistinction to
the course pursued by these two great powers,
they point, with an earnestness that is amusing,
to the conduct of an American naval officer at
Of an individual under the protection of an
American passport, went so far as to violate
the law of nations-though surely he was justi-
fed il; doing so by the example which had been
placed before him in the seizure of the Hunga-
rian and not the least ridiculous feature of this
whole affair is the Austrian circular, in which
that Government appeals to the European
nd al In he -,
fringement of code which the world knows
how she has respected. Those of our cousins
across the water who so severely lash their
Government and hold up for its imitation the
spirited conduct of Captain Ingraham, can't
dispute the fact of such violation BY both
parties, nor do they; but they overlook it, 1t
does not suit their purpose, nor would it appear
reasonable, to find fault with conduct directly
the reverse Of what they so earnestly condemn
and they have boldly declared that il was an
example which the American officer dared set,
with full confidence that his Government would
sustain him, but which the English. and French
Governments dared not follow in their conduct
towards the Car. And they exhibit in con-
trast also the course Of this latter parsonage
so firm and unyielding, so full of confidence and
self-reliance, so defiant of them all And truly,
one must admire, however much he may con-
denim, the determination with which Nicholas
pursues purpose to its accomplishment, good
or bad. And we confidently predict that he
will not be bafled now. The claim he sets ur
to the protectorate of the Greek Church is but
the shadow which hides the substances, and
whatever assurances he may make of his wish
for pacific settlement of the difficulties, he
Inenacing attitude by Withdrawing his troops
/ from Turkish soil
Before he occupied the Principalties no one,
or at least no English statesman, would have
believed, much less admitted, that the naughty
Autocrat could commit such bold and clearly
unjust act without bringing down upon himself
visitation of French and English arms But
now his turbaned Highness, the Sublime Porte,
must feel forcibly that the support of his two
polite friends is not to be depended upon The
sagacious Gar knows that it will be impossible
for hostile fleets to winter in Besika Bay, and
it is more than probable that his aim will be to
prolong the negotiations and preserve the pres
ent condition Of affairs until the approach Of
l
| that period; and in the meantime his own
countless legions may hover like clouds on the
Turkish frontier. ready to burst in storm Of
war and desolation upon the unprotected mus
sulman, who must then turn his face eastward
and abandon his ancient city.
People in Europe whose interest it is to de.
sire such a state of things pretend to believe
confidently that the difficulties are at an end
or at least that the crisis is past but every
thing connected with the subject contradicts
this expression of confidence and proves that
such confidence does not exist in any quarter.
Among the thousand rumors that are borne to
us across the Atlantic is rather singular one.
to the effect that new feature of the pend.
ing negotiations is q demand by Russia that
the political refugees in Turkey be committed
to safe keeping or sent beyond the Ottoman ju.
risdiction. Certainly she has as much right to
demand this as to claim the Greek protectorate,
and it only exhibits in q clearer light her
| readiness and her determination to seize upon
every pretext for quarrel The Sultan him
self, while making vast preparations for war,
has shown his dread of the posture affairs NAV
assume by making unjust concessions and sub
hitting to fragrant wrong, and we may yet ex.
pect something more from the rapacity of Nicho
las than peaceful abandonment of bis ambi
tious designs.