New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-26

iu-' ard necessary change. bat ;hera is broad ds
iinotlou between this general yriaciple, recognize
by all the powers, and The exclusive protce u. -
csinef ~ Russia over lie great branch OF ths
Chr si-u I burrh in the East which she affected "a
ioeruy with ibe Rss.isn Church. Ga IL point
H.. htr change of apgus i remark .ble, snd her
defeat would be total IL il not lI',e caroIs TIA,
the exclusive prrtec'orA'e Of the Greek Church
which he made the prsie1t OF this whole dis9 lse-'
Tow rbe fret thing sac rrofe'ses - shaneon.
Tie tight Of free navigation Ia the Danube has
never beer disputed by she kGssitn Govern msot in
rrTCille bri it has bseH DESTROYED or obs'Tucsf IN
L'souce 10y ne occupation OF the delta pndsr me
1naiy of Adrian ople by The siitiog OF tue >ui'a
mouth ard by the estsblishr1ent of batteries snf
quarantine station. the right bank Of the river To
the exercise of this right, therefore, the terms
Q, the third article Of the Treaty OF Adranope must
lie altogether changed; the whole right bauk Of the
stream Gown to the Sulina mouth must be restored
10 Turkey and efeotpal measures token TO keep the
passage OPEN
Tie fourth proposition. which is in truth the most
important AID the meet difficult tn enforce, very
mperectly expressed by the Allied Powers when thsy
stated that they demandod revision of the Conven-
ton Of the Straits. Russia, says Count Nesserode.
" would not oppose the completeabolition of that
" Convention, provided the SULTAN consents; and by
such process Of revision Russia would be the real
gamer for the same law which shuts the rests Of Ed
rope out of the Black Sea in time Of peace shuts her
up within it. To open tee Dardsnees and the Bos
phorus is 10 place the Sultan in bis palace At tue
mercy OF every ship. ofwar that passes before his
Window; ard the fleets of Russia would find their
way TO the Mediterranean quite easily as our
vessels would reach the Euxine. The matter lie.
however, not so easily settled. The real meaning
of this proposition was and is, as NJ. Drouyn de
rHuys expressed it, the limitation of the power OF
Russia, in the Black Sea, and subsequent events
have shown that the allies conteD plaie not only
entire freedom Of access TO those waters, but also
the destruction of that huge fleet and fortress against
WI ca forces by AID land at this time
rayed. If Seyastopo was an objecr of Jealousy and
-
extent, lis enormous magazines of war and rs
strength. the resistance II has offered 10 attack
renders its reduction an object Of tenfold i'm
portaDce We hold it to be totally impossible to re-
gsrd The security of the East established while 8
Russian fortress and feet exist in a position where
thew can only for purposes of aggression. Ii
cannot for moment be supposed that the allied pow
will consent to desst from the vast enterprise III
which they engaged upon any terms snort OF the
unender and demolition OF SevastOp,i, for, till that
hos been accomplished, uotbng has been done for
tie permanent settlement OF these momentous ques.
tions; anG must also be in condition TO require
that 10 such ornaments and Notifications shall again
menace the inland chores of the Turkish domln.ons.
Such Wa conceive 70 be the minimum OF the condi.
tons Low required of Russia prelmnaries of peace
and, although they may not include all that may be
demanded, peace such terms would destroy al
the pretensons put forward by Russis aud would al
ford solid guarantees tor the future progress and tran
guilty of the East Is it, thep to be anticipated that
the Emperor Nicholas viii yield to these terms La
sober reason and mere prudence il were well for him
If he did He at no tin expect more tavora-
bic conditions The number of his antagonists in
creases and yet they have not put forth half their
strength. He wages that fatal combat of one against
ALL in which success is impossible and if the allied
armies succeed in Wrestling province from his grasp
II will De permanently lost to his empire. The longer
tie struggle continued the deeper and the more GER
tain his toss But, on the other hand he has still
enormous military resources-tho flower OF his armies
OF yet been engaged and, though his pride has been
wounded bis power has not been crushed by defeat
He has throughout misjudged the strength and de-
termination Of Europe; bis resentment against his
former allies infsmes his passions and controls his
policy and, when a sovereign of absolute power
stances between the two alternatives which are now
before him. the course he resolves TO take is usually
the bodest and the worst. For these reasons we be-
leve that war extended scale, and not peace
viii ahe out Of tie prese nj cOniuncture OF affairs