Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-05-13

such measures they may think expedient
are not able to lay the consequences to his charg,
responsibility of the calamities of belongs
Power which declares it, not to the which limits
to its acceptance.
ST.. PErERsDURGH MARCH 80, 1854
THE SECRET RUSSIAN CORRESPONDENCE.
The St. Petersburgh Journal of the 31st of March
(l2th ApriD contains the following article on the
publication of the |" Secret Correspondence -
The British Cabinet has just published all the conf
Dental correspondence to which the article in the Journal
de St. Petersburg alluded the 18th of February. In
addition to these documents it has thought proper in
troduce not only the Cabinet exchanged between
the Imperial Court and that of England but even the Sc
cre reports which Sir H. Seymour made his Govern
ment Of his private conversations with his Meesty the
Emperor.
1t natural that public curiosity should be most
excited by the latter Without examining how far the
English envoy allowed himself, however unwngly to
be influenced by his preudces and Impressions party
spirit and bad faith have not failed draw from his ac
count the most unounded differences and the most false
interpretations Msled by expressions Of which the
porter himself avows he not always certain Of having
exactly retained the precise meaning deceived by
fugitive ideas thrown out by chance in the the
confidence Of conversation without restraint he thought
he saw in the words Of the Emperor such they have
been reported the proof Of objects determined before
hand Of territorial arrangement at the expense of Tur
key in one word of plan Of partition which his Majesty
had proposed to England without the participation and
the exclusion of other courts
his discussions with the English representative the EN-
peror did not to repeat that he did wish
cude either treaty protocol with England that there
was no mention made Of any plan by which the Cab
nets might dispose without the of and with
out respect to the other Powers Of the provinces govern
ed by the Sutan that all he had in his mind was simple
general understanding upon events that might arise which
each OF the two Powers might prevent much posi-
BILE: in short by simple exchange Of IDEAS 5y The soord
Of 3eeman to bind both with the intention of avoid
ing political combinations that might be contrary to their
mutual interests These assurances are contained in
form and in terms not less positive in the memorandum
which the Emperor caused to be prepared by his Cabinet
reply to the written communications which the reports
Of sH Seymour had provoked on the part Of the Bri
tish Ministry.
" is them supremacy unjust to say dshonorable
toendeavor to seek, in the motive which induced the EN-
pror to open with England correspondence on this
stbec the intention to induce that Power dispose
With himself beforehand, Of the possession Of Turkey
Nothing further from the ideas of his Majesty than
TIE notion Of partition, and Of partition effected by
anticipation. The expectations Of the Emperor related
the future net to the presents his views were quite
eventual The design of his Majesty in explaining him
self frankly solely to avoid any incident of ma
ure to affect the intimacy which he desired to maintain
his relations with England to prevent all differences,
III MISUNDERSTANDING and any kind of divergence which
events uncertain but possible, might suddenly bring
about between Great Britain and himself, they had
been left entirely out of their reciprocal foresight.
I" The two courts might have differed in opinion upon
the greater less immincnce Of the catastrophe which
foreseen but in the event of that catastrophe what
the views expressed by the Emperor? He dsavow-
ed expressly for himself any desire intention of pos
sessing Consantinope. He made beforehand engage
ment not to establish himself there in permanent
ner. This dsavowal, this engagement is confirmed by
the papers Of his Cabinet Is it conceivable after this in
the face of verbal and written
formal and bndingthat the English ministers should
have had the courage to his Majesty open Par
Lament of ambitious covetousness, and Of projects Of
the capital q & the me qa added to that
of all propriety in language which they have employed
towards his august person. was assuredly intended in
order authorize the Imperial Government to address
direct appeal their consciences referring to conden
tia communications which evidently attest the dsin
terestedness and the purity Of the political views Of his
Majesty
No only have the character and the motive of his
Intentionally misunderstood and envenomed
but it has even been sought to them means Of
attempting persuade other Powers that if the Emperor
on this occasion addressed himself particularly to
England il only because he paid respect to their
opinions or their interests We content ourselves with
rsmarng that the subject of these conversations was
brought condenay to the knowledge OF the soyeregns
oAustria and Of Prussia And far France
essential remember that the epoch at which they
brought about precisely when that Power crea
ted at Constantnope in respect to the OF the
holy places the difficulties which successfully have pro-
duced the present crisis, and when its ambassador in
Turkey had just employed oil his energy to suppsnt our
influence there
when France did every thing drag England int hos
tile attitude against it quite natural that the EN-
peror should not deem 1t expedent place the cabinet Of
the Tueries possession by halves Of its confidential
suggestions the British Government although that cir
cumstance ought give rise to the assertion that he
intended prevent understanding as to the eventual
fate Of the East SINCE has been shown the question
was not Of partition Of Turkey of making any
arrangement whatever under the form Of protocol or
treaty.
These short observations will be sufficient reduce
to Its proper value all the faseheod and mpropriety
which has discovered in the language of his
Majesty In the eyes Of impartial the publication
which has just taken place viii only one thing the
abuse Of generous confidence which has not been APP
p-eciated and the injustice of suspicious which have been
made the pretext Of disastrous war; for which, but Tor
hem there would not have been any cause"