Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-07-25

by the Grace OF God.
ave, Nicholas l..
emperor and Autocrat of all the Russia:
and Gar of Poland, &c, &c &c,
Inform all people
BE IL known 10 our Lowell and faithful sub
jecls.
The defence of our Gai:h has always been
thesacred duty of our blessed ancestors.
"From the day it pleased the Almighty 10
place me on the throne Of our falhers,the main.
ienauce OF the holy obligations with which II
is inseparably connected has been the object
Of our constant care and attention;these, acting
on the ground work OF the famous treaty Of
Kanadjir, which subsequent solemn treaties
with the Ottoman Porte have fully confirmed.
have ever been directed towards unfolding
the rights OF our Church.
"Butto cur extreme GRIFFIN latter times, not.
outstanding all our efforts to defend the inv
olability of the rights and privileges Of our or.
thodox church numerous wllful acts OF the Ot.
,oman Porte have iniringed upon these rights
and threaten finally the entire overthrow Of
all that ancient discipline so precious ortho
doxv
"A efforts 10 restrain the Porte from such
acts have proved in vain, and even Tho word
of the Sultan. soemny given us by himself
was soon fathlessly broken.
Having exhausted all means of conviction
and having in vain tried all the means by
which our Just claims could be poaceably nd
jusled We have deemed il indispensable to
movc our armies into the provinces on the
Danube, in order that the Porte may sec TO
what her stnbbornness may lead.
"But, even now, we have no intention Of
commencing wnr: IN occupying those provin
ccs, We wish TO hold a sufficient pledge 10
guarantee for Ourselves the re establishment oil
ourrighls under any circumstances whatey.
or.
I'VE do not seek for conquesis Russia does
not require them. We seek to yindicate those
rights which have been so openly violated.
1--WE are even Yet ready to stop the move
ments Of our armies If the Ottoman Porte will
bind itself solemnly 10 respect the lnviolabity
OF the orthodox church; but If obsunacy and
blindness will il otherwise, then, calling God 10
our aid, we leave il To him TO decide our quar-.
rel and in full confidence in the right hand
of the Almighty, we shall move forward ON
behalf of the orthodox faith.
"Given at PeterhoF on the 14th (2Gth) day
ofJune, in the year of the blEth Of Christ,
1898, and OF our reign the 2Slh.
Sealed at the Senate in st. Petersburg on
the l4th, (26th) June 1853.
ITO the original of this document the own
hand Of bis Majesty is signed. "NIKOLAI"
The pretenson Of the Car that his iuterpo
sition in behalf Of the Greek Christians in Tur.
key is necessary for their protection is purely
hypocrlt;cal. There is no reason To suppose
that they are suffering under any oppression.
Certainly they have made no complaint-nor
have they songh the interference of Russia in
any shape. The quarrel is the old one between
the wolf and the lamb. The mutual relation
of these Christians to the two governments
furnished the best available plea at the time for
a rupture and it was seized upon. If this had
been wanting some other would have been in.
vented. The intervention of Eng lard and
France however has caused the Autociat te
pause, and his proclamation evinces willing
ness to reopen negotiations. Il he could nov
do so without disgraceful back out he woul,
doubtless prefer adjourning the execution o
the hereditary project to take possession o
Consantinople.
OAleara's works published some thirty year,
since entitled "A Voice from ST. Helena" the
following as Napoleon's prediction, uttered
shortly before his death, respecting the utimat,
fate of Turkey
ain the course Of a few years Russia vii
have Constantinopc, the greatest part Of Tur
key and all Greece. This hold to bc as Ger
tain as il 1t had taken place. Almost all tn,
cajoling and hattering which Alexander prac
tsed towards me, was to gain my consent Il
effect this object. would not consent, seeing
that the equilibrium of Europe would he de
stroyed. In the natural course of things Tur
key must fall to Russia. The greater part o
her population are Greeks. who you may sa,
are Russians. The Powers it would inure
and who could oppose it, are England. Farce
Prussia and Austria. Now, as to Austria i
will be very easy for Russia to engage her as
slstance, by giving her Servia and other provin
ces bordering upon the Austrian dominons
reaching near to Constanlinople The hypo
thesis, that France and England may ever b.
allied with sincerely, will be in order TO pre-