The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-04-25

ro.ore Nr s,:I,;oin the ruya! Gcclarat!"ti, the
proclamation and the most recent 'eies'"P"'c
intelligence.
From he s.l1cn,e,tio Ie Led'e Gazst'e Of Marches.
TIA, Declaration OF War.
T. with deep regret that Her Majesty an
nounces the failure OF her anxious and pf"tract-
cd endeavocs to preserve for her peops se an
Europe the blessing Of peace. Emperor
The unpruvuked aggression .ofitc has been
of Russia against the Subirceafd of consc.
persisteG in with su,tiection by the Empe
ouences, that afteris which the Emperor of
ror of Russia,1reror Of the French, and the
Austria, tdssia, as well rs Her Majesty, con
kina lust and equitable, Her Majesty is COM
S SIZED, bv a sense OF what is due to the honor
of her Crown, to the interests Of her people,
aud to the independence Of the States Of Eu-
rope, to come forward in defence Of IN ally
whose territory is invaded, and whose dignity
and independence are assal!cd.
Her Majesty, in justification OF the course
she is about to pursue, refers to the transac
tions in which Her Majesty has been engaged.
The Emperor of Russia had some cause OF
complaint against the Sultan with reference to
the settlement, which His Higliuess had sane
toned, of the conflicting claims of the Greek
and Latin Churches to 4 portion OF the holy
places of Jerusalem and its neiShborhood 10
the complaint Of the Emperor of Russia on this
head Justice was done, and Her Majesty's am
bassador at Consantinople had the satisfaction
of promoting an arrangement to which no cX'
ception was taken by the Russian Government.
But, while the Russian Government repeat
edlv assured the Government of Her Majesty
that the admission of Prince Menschjkoff to
Constantnope was exclusively diret ted to the
settlement of the question Of the iioly Places
at Jerusalem, Prince Menschikof himself
pressed upon the Porte other demands Of far
more serious and important character, the ma
ture of which he in the FIRST instance endeavor-
ed as far as possible, to conceal from Her Ma
iesty's Ambassador And these demands, thus
studiously concealed, affected, not the privileges
of the Greek Church at Jerusalem, but the po-
sition of many millions Of Turkish subjects in
their relations to their Sovereign, the Sultan.
These demands were rejected by the spOnta-
neous decision of the Sublime Porte.
Two assurances had been given to her Ma
iesty-oue, that the mission Of Prince Menschi-
kof' only regarded the Holy Places; the other,
that his mission would be Of a conciIiatory
character.
In both respects Her Majestys just expecta-
ton were disappointed.
Demands were made which, in the opinion
of the Sultan, extended to the substitution OF
the Emperor Of Russia's authority for his own
over large portion of his subjects, and these
demands were enforced By threat; and when
Her Majesty learned, that, on announcing the
termination Of his mission, Prince Menschikof'
declared that the refusal of his demands would
impose upon the Imperial Government the ne
cessity Of seeking guarantee by its own pow
er, Her Majesty thought proper that her fleet
should leave Malta, and, in cooperation with
that of His Majesty the Emperor of the French,
take up its station iu the neighborhood Of the
DardanelIes
So long as the negotiation bore an amicable
character Her Majesty retrained from any de-
assvTuuEagse ur IuTse military forces on
the frontier of Turkey, the Ambassador OF
Russia intimated that serious consequences
comply with unwarrantable demands, Her Ma
jesty deemed it right, in conjunction with the
Emperor of the French, to give an unquestion-
able proof of her determination to support the
sovereign rights of the Sultan.
The Russian Government has maintained
that the determination Of the Emperor to &C.
cupy the Principalities was taken in conse
qucnce cf the advance of the fleets of Eng
land and of France But the menace of inva-
sion Of the Turkish territory was conveyed in
Count Nesselrode's note to Rcdschid Pasha Of
the 10Th (3lst) of May, and re-stated in his
despatch to Baron Brunow of the Goth of May
list of June) which announced the dctermina-
ton Of the Emperor of Russia. to order his
troops to occupy the PrincipalNes, if the Porte
did not withina a week comply with the demands
of Russia.
The despatch to Her Majesty's Ambassador
at Constantinople, authorisng him in certain
specified contingencies to send for the British
fleet, was dated the , lst Of May, and the osder
sent direct from England to Her Majesty's Ad-
mral to proceed to the neighborhood Of the
Dardanelles was dated the ID of June.
The determination to occupy the PrinciPa-
ties was therefore taken before the order for
the advance of the combined squadrons were
given.
The Suitan's Minister was informed that un-
less he signed within Il week, and without the
change of word, the note proposed to the
Porte by Prince Menschikof' on.the eve of his
departure from Constantiuople, the Principali-
ties of Moldavia and Wallacl.ia would be oc
cupicd by Russian troops. The Sultan could,
not accede to so insulting demand but,
when tie actual occupation of the Principali-
ties took place, the Sultan did not, as he might
have done in the exercise of his undoubttul
right, declare war, but addressed Il protest to
his allies.
Her Majesty, in conjunction with the Sovc-
reigns of Austria, France, and Prussia, has