Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-08-28
In. War 0.Aul.n.
"'.'rss CONDITION. or 'Hs ~Aa-eOsO',os' or NsAos--


fact that the Russian army Is proceeding to evscus.e Mol
dovia well walachs with the least possible delay
and tha limited yesterday the first Of the just de-
msnds OF Turkey aud the allied Powers will speedily b
obtained by the surrender OF that material guarantee
which the Emperor Nicholas Is unable to hold Had thi
concession been made mouths ago, in obedience
the summons Of tho Western Powers, IL tould haze re
nor,d the principal Of the gar aud Russia wou'
have escaped that series Of failures and which
have equally compromised the reputation OF her pol
icy and tho lusrc OF her arms. But at the present
ment and in the present state of aairs, there be
doubt that the of the Russians behind the Pruth
an adequate satisfaction tho ocligercut Powers-that
agord. Seisn! basis for The negotiation OF psaer
aud tia, IL ciecs no security for the future That thos
are the opinions of the British and French Government
was already we'll known from the language oil Her Males
tvs Ministers in Parliament, bu, official declare ito,
published by the Monitsur OF yesterday enables ad,
with certainty that the Austrian Government has formally
and sEce the evacuation OF the Municipalities was know
at Vienna, oppressed lis in IN, piors enter
faincd by France and England the conditions on
Shich aone peace be r.s.ored. Diplomatic notes
constituting preliminary engagement this effect
were engaged between the Austrian, British and ffench
Ministers the sth inst and the Cabinet Of Vienna fur
Their announced its determination to treat separately
with the Cabinet of St. Petersburg until those
for the future shall have been obtained which arc re
garded as Indispensable by the three Powers.
The allied Governments have wisely resisted the pre-,
applied by unwse adherents or by unfair
from them declaration Of the conditions ON
which they conceive that peace hereafter be made
The only to be given such questions L. that the
conditions of peace depend upon the fortune Of war; aud
must be regulated by successes defeats which
human power pretend to exercise absolute control
But, without attempting describe with precision the terms
on which peace may be signed, Lord John Russell and
IOri haya
Parliament aud the world Of three points without
which negotiations be opened and peace is pos
sible These conditions we take to be-Firs The evac.
uston Of the Prncpses, which shall for the present
regard as accomplished. Second The abrogatiou OF
the treaties under which Russia exercised an CT elusive
protec,orate Modavis, Wslacha, and even Serva
and claimed similar protectorae tho whole Greek
population OF the Ottoman Empire that henceforth the
institutions OF those provinces and the rights o. the Chris.
ans in Turkey be placed under the safeguard the
common law OF European treaties aud rescued from the
exclusive peponderance dominion of any State
Third The revision Of the Convention of the Straits and
the adoption OF such necessary reduce
the Naval ascendancy of Russia within limits less fomida
BILE TO the existence of Turkey and the independence
navigation both the waters of the Eu1iue and at the
mouth OF the Danube. These obvious and essential
points may, think, be fairly ELECTED from the known
declarations Of British Ministers and in speaking
OF the guarantee required TO preserve the Ottoman
empire aud the Of Europe from repetition these
csamiiies We assume that some material securities like
those have here described the least that would
be cIacted The Austrian Government is Of course COM
peely in possession OF che views OF the Cabinets OF Lon
don aud Paris these points and aware that the
objects for which carrying this war; cannot
any be satisfied with less those concessions on
which Lord JohC Russell insisted in his last speech to
Parliament. Such being the of the case il is re
aud important fact that dpon learning from the
Russian Minister that the entire evacuation of the Prnc
palities has been finally resolved upon and already in
of execution the Austrian cabinet not declare
itself satisfied with that amount OF concession but
Dounces on the contrary, the following day. that
tra sin common with the Western Powers continues to
look steadily for the guarantees DE eIaced from Rus
STA, TO prevent recurrence OF the difficulties which have
troubled the peace of Europe" So t1at the noment
when Russia may have hoped by her compulsory retreat
from the DanCeian Provinces dsarm the active
ty of Austria, that State pledges itself more distinctly
and formally France aud England 10 pursue and exac,
the same guarantees for which they conending Such
step is both important aud opporune and il the er-
change OF these formal assurances explanations shond
be the ioFeIunner OF more positive engagement
Austria and the Western Powers it will eectualy dispe
the uncertainty which has times appeared 10 prevail ms
to the real intentions OF that Court.
Another consideration Of scarcely inferior importance
h that in this transaction Austria hs the first time adj
dressed herself TO the Western Powers ard given them
further pledge of her designs without the concurrence
or intervention Of Prussia. Hitherto have had 10 de.
With the Arco-French alliance the hand and with
the Auso,Pussan league the ohes-tNo forces tend
irSs in the same direction but ty different means aud
possibly for different objects We now see that Austril
shaking off that restraint and control which Prussia had
hitherto conirved TO place her important resou
tons, declares to the Western Powers that she looks
steadily for hcJuIfment of those guarantees phieh the
CsLhgeTen. States require Of RhsG. In other worda
Austria has thus made considerable step toward the
avowed policy Of the Western Powers and TO the same
extent she has departed from that -Gefued position
which Prussia has hbored ogy assume herself but
to impose her German confedeates This declaration
OF the Court OF Vienna be regarded in relation TO
the internal politics OF Germany as the answer of that
empire TO the intrgues by which the King Of Prussia has
conrived TO put himself the head OF the Bamberg
Conference, aud IL indicates the choice Of the Emperor
Francis Joseph between the independent policy o
the great States OF Europe and the Russian policy OF
the secondary Powers The effect Of thi, declaration
therefore is TO isolate Prussia separate her from the
Conference of the Great Powers which she had already
practically abandoned, and ding her back Oh the minor
German States which her only allies because they
have been much depraved by Rnsssn influence az the
Court of Berlin itself When remarked some short
time ago that the effect of the policy pursued by Prussia
would be 70 forfeit her position the fifth Of the Grea,
Powers and 10 make her the first of the secondary States
We anticipated the speedy of an event which
shows that, although the Great powers descu.
acting with her. they the less able without
her. The Difference shown TO the Court Of Berlin ex
hausted, and the consequence IT, that all that portion OF
Germany which lies under Prusan or Russian influence
is neuriZed ia the present contest Except for
fare and the dignity Of Germany ITSELF cannot effect 20
feel much surprise regret this result Of the Degota
tons, for Austria is the only German Power whose
graphical position Is important. aud whose policy be
defined The other German States still continue to oat
in the limbo Of imperfect schemes and only nope tho
day may not too speedily When they will learn that
to orsske the alliance OF the Great Powers and the inter
ests Of Europe in this crisis is to betray their own