The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-06-16
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.
FROM our PARIS CORRESPONDENT.
PAnss, June 4. 1851.

Qaa0ek gaoack te CaRdrds ~ Part Treaties and goto
eoThs Western Poieers defenders of The Liberties oJ
The World-ea4sia and Conantaople, United States amo
Cubd.-Americans ~ Turkey Yankee Hassulaen.--TA,
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Legation, @
Gagnani Messenger must have stereoyped the following
phrase There Is line worth giving from the original
columns of the Paris Journals 81 for il has said nearly
every day during week past But Yesterday IL added
explanation Of the This however is not surprising
the public take little interest in any subject than the
Eastern question: and contemporaries having exhausted
their arguments regards the general discussion
for events upon which TO offer comments. Meanwhile,
journals not Of Paris only but the whole continent
playing at ducks and brakes The eacking of geese
saved Rome, and Paris least its journals will perish
in the dearth Of for lack Of Canards The French
you aware, call "a take-in story eanard decoy
duck, because, like the bee it huns For a month past one
might say that flock of canords have flown Europe
pigeon carriers. One of the biggest has just reached
after crossing the from New York; refer to Barnum
and the Tribunes Fairy Light Guard" All the papers
copying from the Pre detailed of this latest
invention of the Man Of the Mermaid oice Heh, Tom
Thumb, the Wooly Horse and the Crystal Palace One
the French exhibitors" who had been dazzed by Sill
bermanns ingenious transfer of the spendOrs of Mr.
NUNS style into the language of Racine ee the translation
Of the speech at the recent opening of the Crystal Palace
almost shocked and quite mysed by the story in la
Presse. He hurried and asked anxousy, al Mon
sieur Barnum serious 2" He fully satisfied
by my assuring him that, if not mistaken, the
Serious Family had often been Barnums Museum
and he with most dubious shrug of the shout
ders without from New York the present
week has abundanty supplied Paris with more of the
sorthe canard Of the taking of Gusafsvern with 500
Russians made prisoners that of the lombard
men of Sebasopo and that Of the second bombardment
Odessa the conard of the bombadmen of Riga and that
of the taking of Revel the ccRard of the taking of Ssria
and score of other canards Quaack quaack!' Pope
said, initiating Chaucer.
In the absence of positive from the fleets in the Bal
tic and the armies in the East the journals have lately pub
ished several important documents the
treaty concluded between France England and Turkey the
relative to captures between England and France
and the treaty between Austria and Prussia. The latter
document has been the text sufficiently long and quite
comments in English and French well German jour
nails and has been the protocol of the conference
Vienna. of this letter from Vienna to the Moneur
The protocol of the conference signed the Esd May
the unity of views and efforts among the four
powers founded their mutual recognition of the engage
ments entered into between France and Great Britain the
hand and between Austria and Prussia the other
The Anglo French convention for actual ascot
aed with the Prussan treaty for eventual The
integrity of the Ottoman empire, and its evacuation by the
Russians remain the and object the
cabinets and they give proof Of their firm intention
their efforts in order to attain it, The Constitution
mel says in its usual confident one the transformation of
the Anglo French alliance and of the ALI
London Times says that this protocol may fairly be
cred the last step bat the part Of the German courts
in that of policy which the British and French gov
ernments have Systematically pursued The London Daily
News like the Steele at Paris docs not neglect both
against excessive confidence and against excessive msrus
the purposes of the German indicated by the
ing of the protocol Indeed the Daily News expresses
opinion that this substitution Of diplomatic papers place
of action is but for fatal delays We shall
Continues this ourna believe in Austrian alliance till
w IL. q
will be beguled by the promise of it and hearted
lover of freedom viii feel ythng but relief shades
Of mystery melt away and it appears that under the
of that night and the na nu ires
oluon Austria and Prussia have gone TO the OF
the despot and unurng their banners against the be
ties Of the world"
Mind, reader, these last expressions mine. They
Engshman but not bigoted sup
porter of bis and from his point of view
naturally enough used by him. But while should be
little surprised he inmaes that he would be Prussia
and Austria should at length act with Russia instead of act
ing with England and France yet far presume
intelligent Americans from imagining that the
actual struggle which Europe engaged struggle be-
Russia the champion Of despotism and France and
England defenders of the liberties Of the world The
had scarcely been declared when the MoneHr the official
organ Of the French government formally announced that
the allies pledged to suppress every symptom Of revolt
In Italy, Hungary Spain Greece Germany To redeem
this pledge in part English and French forces occupy
the Piraus. An American writer perceive has hit the
nail the head that the john Buism English
and the sensveness Of frenchmen Ia gore have
been named Of dynasc Jealousy Russia and for the
sake Of wretched political swinde called thc balance of
power" The balance Of powerY Aye for the balance
Of desposm for the right Of few potentaes control
hundred millions Of subjects the right Of close corpora
ton Of office holders to exnguh free speech the press and
all association Of the people for trade any other purpose
and to grant monopoes Of trade their avorite and
To exort luxurious fortunes by arbitrary II is
for these palry purposes that France and England
banded together but to these ends they win
attract the sympsthies Of the American people. Our
hearts kind TO the Of the people in Europe,
and not 10 the Of their oppressors" The article
from which this expression Of American sentiment
taken appeared in Putnans Monthly for May, and hap
pens have attracted much notice here that my reader
win permit to refer to II TO French and Eng
fish curiosity about American views Of the Eastern question
He win also allow me- perhaps TO cite another significant
passage What" asks the writer, is the cry against the
Gar Why armies and fleets mustered and prejudces
aroused and the God Of Battles soemny invoked Mich
oa meditaes the subverron Of Turkey That IT, he would
build great maritime capital Constantinope he would
the shores of the Mediterranean given "a
devastation and the crescent with thriving villages and
active peoples he would the forests OF Bosnia
ships and open and immense marts for trading and
uacture in the provinces Of the Baltic Well this might
terere with the Of England her East Indian posses
sions; IL might put naval power the Mediterranean capa
bic Of holding the French navy in check might ncreas
vastly the wealth and plendor Of the Muscovtesbut we dc
not that the United States specially concerned In help
ing England France either emergency. We do
the other hand that they directly concerned in the speed
lest and largest development Of civilization and trade wheth
er Il be done byMongo Caucasian and do that thu
ambition Of Russia acquire outlet for her immense ter
rtories to the south natural ambition, while the effort