Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-05-16
The Ottoman Empire.

Ine ottoinan 1sliEAC
The results Of the contest now in progress
cannot bat involve many important changes Il
European affairs. The struggle is not for iur
kew alone. II is for European mastery. IL !
far mower and dominion. Nicholas has oertsii
objects in view. which cnnflict with the Interests
of England and Fran ,e, and he has determined Il
carry them out, if possible, even in defiance o
the active interference ofthose Powers. lie al
ready occupies Moldnyia and Wallnohia, aud hc
treats with digni6ed contempt the peremptory
demand made upon him by the Allies, to eFacu'
ate the Principalities within given PERIOD. 4
late letter from Constantinepe says
THE Russians are making as much progress
in their march rs by their propagahdish'' on
,hs ono hand they repulse the Turks, who begin
70 he intimjdated: on the other, they excite The
fame of revolt. having for that object the Hell
lanes n. tber heck and service. Omar gasha has
every reason to complain OF the present " ar
Minister. In vain he asks to have snceor sent
10 him; Rize Pasha does not grant IL oa' aief
long delays and against his VIII. ne uehefal.
;ssI,o. We are assured, has been Obliged to write
on the subject directly to the Sultan The rumor
circulates. and not without probability, that
Thessaiy is in full revolt, and that Macedonia al
ready feels the effect of il, and the spark Is al
ready kindled al Salonica. IL is thought here
that the Sultan, in consequence vt listening too
much TO Redsehid Pssha, has done wong IN DIS
missing his brother-in-law, Mehemit All Pasha,
who is an honest man, partisan OF war. and
whose opinion on that point has been found cor
rect"
Some Of the British newspapers also begin TO
express alarm. The Liverpool Journal for ex-
ample. says that ''ihe Empire of the Ottoman is
not to be preserved" II contends that the very
attempt to give 1t perpetuity win let in the Mus
covite, and 1t follows out the argument thus
1.-The Turk must retire into Asia The prov
;nces on either side of the Balkan might enjoy
self government, and Coustantinop!e can he made
free port. Ii this, something like 1t, Il of
effected, the Russians will long assist at high
mass in the ancient church at st. Sophia. Be
tween him and the Christian population Of Tur-
key there is religious sympathy acquiring
strength in ardent political feeling. The fact
can no longer be denied, for the Dlyan ncknowi-
edges il and acts on it and the government IL
expelling from the territory all Greek Christians
suspected of sympathy with all the Christian in
habitants at Turkey. OF necessity we are
strengthening the influence Of Russia over the
DISCONTINUED Christians; for. as our object is to
protect the Sultan against the Gar, we cannot
tolerate a reyolt-in presence, Of the subjects
of the Porte. We have, therefore, demonstrated
with Greece, and Lord Stratford has reproaohed
the insurgents with defective gratitude and pal
psble folly. We are, however, operating for the
perpetnity Of the Mussulman, and that is sufi
eieni 10 ALLEVIATE from us the disatected majority
despite the publication Of the secret correspon-
denee' and the concessions wrung from the Di-
van. Behind the Cossack would arise the whole
Christian population and at the heads Of the peo-
pie, as the other day at Mafsehin, would come
forth. the clergy with their crosses and the pri
mates of the town, with bread aud salt, Ia meet
the troops The was would then become a re-
iigious war, and in short time would. in this
country and in France, become a most popular
one"
Blackwood also throws out these limitations
There is no doubt that Russia is deeply into
rested in the possession Of Constantinople. 1t
is equally certain that whenever she becomes
mistress Of both shores of the Bosphorus, ST
would, in an incredibly short time, add to her
present pre- eminent military character, that If
first rate commercial and maritime power
The populations that would then acknowledge
the supremacy OF the knout would be over egh
" millions and the seventy millions of Chris
tians protesting the Greek faith would bow their
neeks to the political and religious autocrnt.--
Russia would then indeed hold at her girdle the
keys of the Caspian Sea, the Lake Of Azotf. the
Black Sea, and the Mediterranean. The posses
sion of Syria and Egypt would before long fol-
low, as a matter of course that Of Turkey in Eu-
rope and soon, the fairest regions in the world,
the most fertile shores of that inland sea, would
fall under her rule. A single glance at the map
will enable az to comprehend the magniheence,
the vast extent of such acquisition and the
mind may dwell with wonder on the immensely
Of the new Russian Empire in Europe and Asia,
and anticipate the supremacy she would gain by
the conquest of Constantinople, which opens 20
her a path 10 the very heart Of civilized Europe.
That Russia should make gigantic efforts, and
risk. as she is now rsking, her rank as Il first
rate Power, if not her existence to attain such
object is not astonishing. The fair capital that
stands on the Bospborus is the guarantee of the
empire of the world. Ii is more than the ambi
tion of Alexander, Of Charlemagne, of Napo-
leon, ever dreamed the realization of and if
treachery or violence ever gives it to Russia the
irresistible and universal domination of Rome
over the rest of the world, after the fall of Car
thage, alone furnishes example OF what Rus
STA would then become"
The reader may infer from the foregoing opin
ions that although the fate OF Turkey may be
protraoted for a time, its destiny as a distinct ma
ton is foreshadowed.
The Richmond Examiner is calling attention
to the next canvass for Governor. The haste of
the Examiner induces suspicion that it viii not
be sorry when the time of Governor Joseph shall
have expired. Weextraet portion of its arti-
Gle
1T is generally conceded that he is to be an
Eastern man but it is also considered that the
future grand division of the State should cores
pond with its natural division, that portion wa
tered by streams flowing towards the Mississip-
Iatx.a, a. a.