Washington telegraph., 1854-04-19
The Cars Reply to NapoIeon's
letter,

The Paris Moniteur publishes in full the
Czar's reply to the Emperor Napoleon's let
ter The Czar writes as follows
ST. PErErsBURG, Jan. % (Feb. 81
"SIRE-I cannot better reply oyour Ma
jesty than by repeating, as they belong to
me, the words with which your letter ter
inmates, our relations ought to be sincerely
amicable, and should be based upon the
same intentions-the maintenance of order,
the love of peace, respect for treaties, and
reciprocal good feeling Your Majesty, in
accepting this programme as | had traced it,
says that you remained faithful to it. l dare
believe. and my conscience tells me so, that
l have not exceeded the limits; fer, in the
affair which has excited division between US,
the origin of which is not to be attributed
to me. have always sought to maintain
friendly relations with France, and | have
always endeavored to avoid anything which
might clash with the religion professed by
your Majesty | have made for the main
tenance of peace all the concessions, both of
form and substance, compatible with my
honor, and in claiming for my co-religionists
in Turkey the confirmation of the rights and
privileges which they have long acquired at
the price of Russian blood, | claimed moth
ing which was not confirmed by treaties
If the Porte had been left to herself, the
difference which has SO long kept Europe
in suspense would have been solved. A ia
tai influence has thrown everything into con-
fusion. By provoking gratuitous suspi-
cions, by exciting the fanaticism of the
Turks, and by deceiving their Government
as to my intentions and the real scope of
my demands, it has so. exaggerated the ex-
tent of the questions that the probable re-
suit seems to be war.
Your Majesty must allow me not to enter
too much in detail into the circumstances as
they present themselves to you in your let
ter, in which those circumstances are mark
ed out Several acts on my part apprecia-
ted with little accuracy. according to my
opinion, and more than one act perverted,
would require, in order to be properly rec
tilted, at least as ! conceive, long develop
ments, into which it would not be proper to
enter in correspondence between Sover-
eign and Sovereign. For instance, yonr
Majesty attributes to the occupation of the
Principali.ies the evil Of having suddenly
transported the question from the region Of
discussion to that of fact but your Majesty
leaves out of view the circumstances that
this occupation, still purely conditional, was
preceded, and in a great measure caused, by
a very important previous fact-the appear
ance of the combined feet in the vicinity OF
the Dardanelles; and besides this, much be-
fore that period, when England hesitated tc
assume hostile attitude, your Majesty took
sinitiative in sending your feet as far as
hmas. This wounding demonstration
tainlv exhibited little confidence in me-
was calculated to encourage the Turks
to paralyze beforehand the success O.
,otiations by giving them the idea that
nce and England were ready to support
r cause under all circumstances.
n the same way your Majesty makes il
al ear that the explanatory commentaries
nv Cabinet upon the Vienna Note ren
ed it impossible for France and England
recommend its adoption by the Porte
your Majesty may recollect that oul
,mentaries followed, and did not precede
pure and simple non-acceptance of the
te, and | believe that the Powers were 81
seriously desirous of peace, that they
fined themselves to the pure and simple
ptioa If that Note, instead of allowin:
~ Porte to modify what he had previously
9tcd without change. Besides, if an.
Of cur commentaries had given rise t.
,ities, offered satisfactory solution