Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-04-12

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I The OttoGa an empire was at the mercy of
the CSaSr g! lFR6n The tiltanl Consented 10
ne nepotiaeeS On the t14th of aSep ptembeF;
1929. the treaty, when the eomp plete pros
tration OF the Porte is considered, but
there was a cause for its moderatione eIt
/ l.; Restored the Porte, the principalities
! OF Moldavias iWallaeh hia, ,sB1lg lgafa and 4Re,S
melia. as g. It continued the Pruth and e
/ Danube The boundary lines with the IsieaA
lands of the latter attaching 10 Russla ---a
8, A new boundary W as m6de IN Asia by
! tAkhalEikJ and the rest of the Paohalfksof4
that name, aSRere left to RussIa lei5. 1t 2 ~
stipulated that Ad6ldasial and Allechia g
should be confirmed in all the privileges .1a
| of former treaties. A,,supplementafy note,
however, contained very severe terms as i.l9s
to these two provinces relative TO Il right
Iofiuterference by Russia, with their inter- san
nal concerns S5ism isf sIanssnt& ae1fa
1t may he asksdLwliy did not Russia
push on aud take Constanti1Upie when She
had the power to doiis3l tCoantl lNesseil
rode in despatch dated February .iiis a
! 1890, and addressed to the Grand Duke
Constantine, explains the State reasons for
forbearance,: 3 laEtner sstSsxki GNSsS 4sH ea9
:" 1t depended on our own armies to issb
marchy on to Constantinoples and to o,ett9i
throw the Turkish empirep ~ No power OioS
would have opposed 1t. No Immediate -
danger would have threatened US va
had given the last blowSat the 0tlomAh teH
monarchy in Europe. But the Emperor lAts
was of opinion that this mon sfchy. re
duced to exist only under the protection -
of Russia, and made to obey nootbet vii lsfe1
than hers, suited better our political and nsiE
commercial interests than any new conn.,
bination which would have compel led ls .aeb
either to extend our dominons - fapidly
by conquest, or to substitnto niace of
the Ottoman empire other sla..s which
might soon become our rivals 10 powoFsl ~
civilization, industry and riches It.isdsai
upon this principle ofhis imperial naiesty4s5W
that our present relations with the DibahiAgZs
are established. Since we donotwshthei
ruin of the Turkish government. We seek bnoq
tho means ofimaintaininglit inits presentyn'os
statsS'' a.. .ns. ataGgtof aoetIA 10 spilssl
! asI FROM. 1929 10 l8649q5id aso9as
The Russian influence in Turkey downq "a
TO the period of Hungarian Struggley liasf sit'
Been almost unlimited. Thelow condislsbia
| ton of the Porterin 1 832l induced ID stoiI
N.accepL the armed Intervention Of Russia islqoa
BRbd her military md naVRla force saved rs
7 fSGonstantinople from the victorious 1RFm88 od!
of Mehemet Ali a second treaty, JulyjdI
1888, secured TO Russaifurthers priVilgta bHa
ges; and by il the Porto agreed toIclo8o p1sw
the straits against every nation that shodidpisEd
be at arlwitl' Russia, Atalength the Hsm
treaty of 1871, signed by Russia, hand sli0
EnSlHnuS GAuSITIbB ITuSStay
guaranteed the integrity ftttho Turkish ing3
Empire. By this treaty all foreign Eves- ~
sells, in lime of peace, Russian as we'll MS qeois
others, were excluded from tho Darda.a 9ljt
nelles. and by it the, action of tho -four
powers is now regulated. ,aol1a 10 ~ 9sds liza
The present war grows out ola persisslT
tance in the policy markedaout by 6es-aiyiss
selrode. in $780, II that Of RussiA,sSa
regarding Turkey as protectorate. .,sI6sisno5
10 a
that Prince Menschikoff appeared, Feb. o ,iioiha
1858, in, ConstantnoPle, on the, missiOnis s1s
to the holy places Most ofhis demands nielh
were complied with. On the 9th Of MaE,t we'd
lie sent nn ulimstum demanding "a Rna.1o1
sian protectorate over tWelyeanillionSa of 4
the subjects of theP Porte, This Wasi de-gdi 40
clined. On the 26th of JUNO, the Gar Il. Iagqi)
sued almanifesto, protesting 70 act rs their
champion OF christianity On tho ed Of bsl
duly, his armies crossed the Pruth ! and lsi4A
invaded Turkey. This was followed on,ag
the parEof the Sultan frst by % protest, t,olr o.
and subsequently by a formal declaration. ID
Of war. .,,.s ,83 45 - a
We have thus gone carefully over the 5!ssl
wars have been waged between the -TurlIsss
and the Russians. 1t was the,maSterspi. .,aas,
rit Of Peter the Great which combined ,fiss
under one head the elements of power In. as5a{
Russia. He saw that the .Sterlitz and tbesi,q
Patriarch were the radical causes ofithe 4Yssl
the empire, and he boldly Suppressed "a
tthem and then IL was that's new. militia .luss
Ty power began its aggressive work., Thee 80
1 first great conquest that startled EuTope !.
4 was that 0f AzoPh. This power has since 4oa
I gone on advancing nearly yalWays--losing y ~
nothing generally gaining in every grea- = 4,
! ty, until il has absorbed large part ,of5an
Europe. Turkey never has soIidily gain 5ass
ed in her contest with her natural enemy; ~.
for Russia has pushed her conqucsts a. .re,
successfully in the direction Of Turkey as -,
1 she has in every other direction.--~r ~
From Turkey she has conquered 10 thcss Non
warsthe Crimea, Little Tarlary. ,Bessa-s Isl
4 rabia, and a part Of MoIdayia in word,
/ has advanced Eve hnn6red miles to,katds
1 Gonstantinople. From Azoph. the great =.
I achievemehG0 G0f Peter. on tlie Don, th 3 1tus. 3
sian empire has steadily pfoeTessed to
/ Killia at the month OF The Danube and
thus made for itself alirm foot hold on the
Black Sea- But how changed have 81. !.
4 come states during these two csntufies
since the esettlement OF our county { Pllf-
Tfendorf in the account We have dnSted
4 says. itHrs es' . 5ssa 2 - 's'sss. -
Iai 1.-THE kings Of Sweden Rave Ii ne e,
showed no great inclination % fght the
I Muscovites; bnt II the t5Redes "a com
junction With tile Poles should attack