The Nevada journal., 1854-09-22
The Eastern News.


The great event of the world at present
is the eastern war. Till that event the
discovery Of gold on the Pacific, in Cali
fornia and New South Wales, attracted the
attention of christendom but now these
new growing empires are forgotten in the
magnitude of interests consequent on the
approaching fall of the7 empires of the old
world. The fate of Turkey hung in the
scale till its cause was espoused by En-
gland and France, but it is now averted,
at least postponed. But the friendship of
England is little more to be desired than
the hostility of Russia. For long years
it has enforced by its wighte of influence,
arms and money, the balance of power in
Europe, which interpretated to its Ultimate
meaning signifies the continuance of pres
ent forms Of despotsm. Impelled by the
nobler spirit of the English people En-.
glish Statesmen have sometimes volun-
tcered words Of pre.encouragement to dis
contented subjects of other powers, but in
no instance have they ever kept their
promises of assistance, or prevented the
Cruel punishments incurred in consequence
OF their encouragement. The motives of
England in its present efforts are not to
be laid to sympathy with Turkey, or to
dislike Of Russian despotism. With Russia
! in possession of Constantinople, English
trade must receive serious blow, while
| the overland route to India is of enough
importance to England to warrant twice
lis present expenditures. Therefore the
measures Of England at. present are de-
signed more to check than to punish Rus.
sia. Therefore the war languishes, and
negotiations are renewed after every skir-
mish, in the hope that Russia is sufficiently
humbled to leave English interests alone
If England really was in earnest in its
defence OF Turkey-if it looked with Tar
ksh eyes on the struggle, long ere this
Sebastopol would have been in ruins, and
the whole Russian coast Of tie Black Sea
and the Baltic in the possession of the al
lied forces. Poland and Hungary, Bohe-
mia and Crotia woUld have been invited
to join i'll the struggle, and this revolution
ary element the only one that can ever
make real headway against Russia would
have been set loose. But no, Eng lana is
true to its ancient policy of upholding the
! blood thrones of Eastern Europe,
and it seeks to secure its OWN interests in
the eastern quarrel, without answering the
wishes of such nen as kossuth and MAJ
zani. The war has already taken the
form of marches and manocvres, inter-
spersed and interrupted by negotiations,
and thus will it end, with Poland and
Hungary still in subjection, Russia in
waiting for more convenient season, and
Turkey as exposed as ever. Much Of this
is owing to the nature of the English min
istry. Although coalition, it is strong y
Tory in It's tendency, and is headed by a
tmid and feeble prime minister, and has
such men as Clarendon and Palmerston
for its directors. December oath, 1853,
Lord Clarendon wrote &c Lord Cowley
to dictate peace to the Sultan, and assigned
as the reason; Her majesty's government
cannot allow the peace of Europe to depend
on that national spirit in Turkey, which is
now manifestly beyond the control of the
Turkish government That is to say,
that the high spirit Of the people gave the
Sultan power to resist the ambassadors,
when they proposed dishonorable terms of
peace! England is under the guidance Of
such statesmen, who would make peace
by which the oppressed nationalities Of
Europe must still be ground to powder.
The most ominous feature of the war is
the alliance of Austria with the western
Powers. Her help is not needed, and the
price of her alliance is the enforced sub
jugation of Hungary and Poland. En-
gland and France will be compelled to pre-
serve the integrity Of the Austrian demalns,
and thu, be fighting against the very lib
critics that, with hollow professions they
now claim to promote. The assistance of
Austria mus. be slight, while the oblisa-
tions she will exact will be most embar-
rassing In fact, the great error of tho war
is the alliance with Austria. 1t tends to
drive the Hungarians and Poles and Croats
into the arms Of Russia, and strengthen
the power Of the Gear; and then Austria
VIII be busy enough in its own affairs to
require all its resources, and have none to