Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-09-15

hs,ss sssss@s.i b, Islsss isssssssss. ID ILs PEE.
ss OF sa.ss saa t@eak the oa'!stl.a pspaLiioas Of
Turkey "sueh revolutionary Weapons may, indeed, DO
familiar to tho unseruaulous writer's Of the wes Who
have taken under their protection the sanguinary ana
cism OF the Sultan but the Imperial Of Rus
sa can hardly be required defend itself against the
charge OF letting loose the horrors OF Of exter
nation on those unhappy regions" Yet, IL there be
part OF tho secret history Of these transactions
tain than another tho fact that Russia has
abored to kinde Instructions against the Ottoman Co.
vernmen the more to DO dreaded aud deprecated inas
much a. they were inhsmed by the passion OF religious
hnaticsm That was the spirit aud the intention OF her
cisndesne relations with the Prince Of Montenegro
whose roooer bands ready to fight and plumber
the Russian cross until very distinctly made known
to them that Austrian corps daee would
surround their mountains That the object Of tho at
tempt to subvsrt the existing Government OF Serva and
restore in Prince Aosch humble tool Of the Russian
party That above the Of the disturba nces
In Greece, and on the Greek frontier Of Turkey which
were begun with tho direct sanction aud assistance Of
the Russian Minister at Athens, who was present
at the meetings Of the conspirstos, aud excited by
false promises Of efsctual assistance all the pas
sions OF the Court The truth IL that the Russian
government has employed all these with the ut
most activity, though with indifferent success For not
only did II find that the Christian population Of these
countries was less easily reused to take than had
been imagined but the other powers Of Europe show
that on this ground they prepared to ycd an
inch to Russian influence Austria took timely and sue.
eessu measures to stop the agitation carried upon her
own frontier by the agents OF Russia and France and
England, by landing troops at the Peus aud changing
The policy OF the Greek Government proved that they
mad not intended their proecorate Of that State sink
into Russian vass'age. For Russia to dissaim the
intention OF letting loose those unhappy countries
war Of DETERMINATION when the language Of her own pro-
CARNATIONS was that of acrus.de against the nade aud
her agents we're whete preaching that tho total
solution OF the Ottoman power was at hand Is attribute
TO tue world an amount Of ignorance Of mo-
~ OF which We have not many examples. II certainly
not her fault or her merit that Of has
not begun aud IT, instead OF awless and sanguinary cons
test Of rival aud creei the future condition Of the
East seems likely to be determined by the regular author
iy and assistance OF two Of the most enlightened aud toll
Grant States Of Europe. But this circumstance does not
IN the least restrain her from putting forward claims to
public consideration grounds which least founded
or from dputng the charges which easily proved
against her. so that OF all the memorials OF tho
war which history may day review with ishment
the most curious aud nastiea are the annals Of dpo-
macy as contained in Russian Notes. aud the achieve
ments of armies described In Ru.sian hullatins-