The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-05
THE ASPIRATIONS OF RUSSIA.


The N. Y. Tribune translates from the N.
Y. Courier des Etats Unis of "Wednesday
the following extract from Brussels paper,
whose character and position it says are
worthy of confidence:
"Last December, when the Cabinet Of st.
Petersburg protested in the face Of Europe
that it was animated by no thought Of con-
quest, and that the object Of its demands ut
COnstantinople was to obtain certain relig-
ious guarantees for the Greeks in Turkey,
the agents of the Car highest in rank, dis.
patched into the central provinces Of the En-.
pire, permitted it to be said, and themselves
proclaimed publicly, that the war was decid-
ed upon, that the hour had arrived for Rus
STA to accomplish her destinies, that the o.
toman sway was on the point Of terminating,
and that it would BE- for the glory and safety
of the Empire to extend its boundaries to
the Mediterranean. This doctrine was not
only contained in confidential papers (of
which several fell into the hands of the En-
bassadors of France and England, or preach.
ed in the asscmblages authorized by the
Government; it was developed in popular
pamphlets submitted to the censorship, and
even in the churches of the great cities
Bodies organized in imitation of our Cham.
bers of Commerce have obtained from the
local authorities permission to address Off.
cinlly the Gar, begging him to break the
bonds with which Russia finds herself held
at the south. In the opinion Of the Agr-
cultural Chamber, it is not enough that the
Danubian provinces take their laws from the
Gar, but the Black Sea must become Rus.
sian sea, sort of vast dock and arsenal,
where Muscovite fleets can be formed, and
rule and bully with impunity all the fleets OF
Europe. In order that this may be realized,
the. Dardaneles must belong to Russia. The
Dardanelles will then form an inexpugnable
barrier, behind which the Russian marine can
in a few years assume proportions yet UNI
known to the civilized world. The day when
the Black Sea, thus defended, will be trans.
formed into a national ship depot, (fabrique
dc navires-this term is found in u printed
statement of two merchants Of Odessa, dis.
tributcd by millions Of copies at the expense
of the Governmcnt) Russia can undertake to
fortify all these ports, and ride triumphantly
the Mediterranean whenever she thinks tit.
A professor Mt Moscow, employed by the
State, has publicly advanced this policy in
presence of other functiOnarics and Of nll-
merous auditory. Appauded from the start
in three successive homilies, he was promo.
ted toward the end of December to superb
or grade, and received a rich present ut the
hands Of General s., in journeying
through the central provinces. Several mer.
chants of Moscow have dubbed the sum Of
about 10000 francs, half to reward the Pro-
fessor W., and half to print half mil.
lion copies of the resume of the political
system enounced by this bold geographcr
Copies OF the same have been forwarded tt
London by Lord Seymour.
"Another revelation, very curious, coming
from the same source, deserves the attention
of Germany. Four years ago, when the Rus
SLAMS entered Hungary, the report reached
Moscow, and was not contradicted by thu
Car, that his troops would never quit tina
country. A crowd of Russian officers them
selves believed that the Cars intention wa
to appropriate to himself Mt least portion
Of the Hungarian State. After the submls
sion of the rebels, the news was heard a
Moscow with regret that the Russian armies
would come back empty.handed. Importan
personages, never allowed to make dsa
VreCaUlC announcements W tuC SL"', u'u "p
Hesitate to beg him not to be swayed by hi
natiye gensrosity; they. showed him TINT j
would be easy FOR him TO keep Hungary, t
establish himself definitely ia Moldavia ant
Wallac:,ia, and to throw an armed occupation
over the Asiatic shore Of the Black Sea-
Far from being reprimanded by the Cza'
these personages had an excellent reception
and one of them now commands a brlsad
on the Danube.
"From the 18th to the 25th Of February
1854, all the Russians living in France an
England received an order to return homo t
their fixed residences. Several were permit
ted to beg an exception in their favor, o
account Of family matters requiring thel
presence in Western Europe. Having "a
perienced refusal, they demanded della
of some months. A fresh refusal cam'
with the announcement that the war woul
be sharp aud protractcd. At this, all thes
bent their steps toward St Petersburg
While the Cabinet Of ST. Petersburg hurrle
tho return of these natives, it retarded b
trickery that of strangers resident in Russl'
who intended to seek also their homes
Their is no difficulty in divining why tn
Russian Cabinet desired to stop tho emigrt
ton Of these foreigners 1t feared the indis
cretion of some Of them, and this artlcl
shows they were not wrong"