New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-03-17
NUMBER 10.

one hand and Russia on the other. He sbonJd
confne himself to this practical question. and IN
order to understand 1t, he would begin with the
negotiations of M. De Layalette, in 1851. witb
reference to the Holy Places. From that point
he traced the diplomacy Of the Western Power,
to the time Of the Vienna note, and eontended
that the only difference between the views Of
Russia and the Western Powers consisted in tt;s
that the latter wished the wrongs OF the Greek
tubjects Of the Sultan to be redressed by them
selves and not by Russia. Mr.. Golden further
contended that the Government of Turkey was
IN every respect q despotism, and that tbs
Western Powers were supporting Mahonedan
minority against the Christian majority Fur
ther, he stated that the Russian trade was OF
thrice the Importance to Britain of the Turk
ish tie next inquired how war was to b.
| carried ON With 50 great a military power, and
ne thought the best thing to be done was to fall
back on the Vienna note.
Lord John Manners replied to some of Mr.
Gobden's arguments, and paid warm trihutt
to the moderation Of the Ottoman ministers
He concluded by hoping that England would
not have cause to regret that her achievements
in arms had been rendered useless by her djJlo-
macy.
Mr.. Horseman expressed his surprise tha,
Mr.. Golden should treat the matter as a mere
dispute between two States. But the real cues
| tion was, shall the Emperor of Russia be alsc
Emperor of Turkey, and in pursuance of plan
long planned and deliberately carried out OBJ.
tain possession of Constantinople, The conduct
of Russia in this matter has been altogether
course of ferocity, force and falsehood that had
shocked all Europe, and with reference to the
objects of the war, he (Mr. Fl trusted that one
| Of the conditions of peace would be that Russia
shall pay the expenses Of hostlities, or restore
to Turkey some of the territories formerly seized
Mr.. Drummond, after some preparatory re
! mo rko . af xta 4
called ludicrous, urged that if England must
go to war, let her strike a blow at the heart oi
Russia and proclaim the Kingdom of Poland
Mr.. j. Butt wished to know if Great Britain
| is at war, what delayed formal declaration of
war!
Mr. ). Herbert warned the country against
the error of undertaking the military strength
OF Russia. He believed that the British people
| gave the Government credit for having endea
yored to preserve peace and would now support
! them in war
MIR, D'lsraeli went at great length into the
whole history of the question. The scope of
his remarks was that the policy of Russia in
this affair had been all along transparent there
| was TO be diplomatic movement to increase
her influence over the Greek population in
! Turkey, peaceably, if possible; and assuming
! this ground, MIR. d Israeli reviewed the eonducf
| OF the present Government, and saw in it the
| inevitable conclusion that the British Govern
| ment was either duped by its credulity or had
| conniyed at the schemes of Russia. He saw the
real cause OF the war in the negotiations that
had dragged on for seven months. After min
| utely reviewing the various steps of this pro.
tracted diplomacy, he discussed the relations Of
britain with France and with the German
| Powers, and blamed the Government for NOT
obtaining from Austria and Prussia distinct
intimation of their intended course in the event
| of hostilities.
| Lord Palmerston, although the hour was
late, must reply to Mr.. D'Israeli The course
| to take with government guilty either of Gre
| dulity or connivance. was to bring forward
vote Of want of confidence, which, however.
| Mr.. D'Israeli had not done After defending
| the cautious course of the British Government
IN endeavoring to avoid war, Lord Palmerston
went on to say that although it was painful so
| to speak Of a Government like Russia, he was
bound to say that through the whole Of these
negotiations it had exhausted every modification
of untruth! He then gave a summary of the
| views which had guided the Government. par
ticularly with reference to the German Powers.
But Russia demanded nothing less than the
right of sovereignty over 10000, 900 Of the
Sultan's subjects--a concession which the Gov.
ernment of Turkey was justified in refusing
| and the other powers OF Europe, whose duty 1t
was to resist the enormous aggrandizeme nt
aimed at by Russia, declared it could not he
suffered without abandoning the independence
| OF Turkey. He reiterated the sta tement he
had made last year, that no country had made
/ such advances in social improvement as Turkey.
and there was no political reason why Great
Britain, France and Germany should not com
| bine to maintain the Turkish Empire in its pre-
sent geographical position.
In looking at the prospects of the approach
ing conflict, there is no great State whose power
in external and aggressive operations have been
more overrated than Russia On the other
/ hand, the Turks have shown a vitality which
few believed them to possess; what the Rus
slams call g fanaticism,' we should call ma
tional spirit" In conclusion he expressed his
confidence that the people of Great Britain
would be satisfied that the Government had not
involved the country recklessly in war, but if
they did think that the present ministry had
i shown either the weakness of credulity or the
| infamy of connivanee, let them take from such
/ ministers the direction of a war which they
would be unworthy to conduct.
The House then went into Committees of Sup
ply to vote the army and navy estimates.
FRANCE.
A letter from Paris states that the reply of
the Car to Napoleon's letter is long and argu-
mentative, but at the same time couched IN
such personally offensive terms to Napoleon
| that it has been decided not to publish it.
There was an impression that Prince Napo-
leon Jerome Woulu De appointed TO the nominal
command of the expeditionary army to Turkey
OF course such an appointment would be merely
nominal, as the Prince is altogether an untried
soldier. Marshal Valiant will probably be ap-
pointed Chief of the Staff
TURKEY.
At Bucharest it was reported that no mme-
date attack will be made on Kaafat--not, per-
| haps, for four or five weeks to come A first
second and third line has been formed by the
| Russians around Kalafat. On the 9Th the Rus
| slams took possession of an island Just above
Muglavit, where they are erecting batteries
and the Turks are erecting permanent fortifca-
tions on the island between kaafat and Wiidn
On the 9th Omar Pasha issued orders for all to
be held in readiness to leave Widin for Kala-
fat, as, if the weather remained propitious, he
would attack the Russians. The Reserves at
Shumla left on the 24th, 2Sth aud 29th Jan.
uary, and February lst, for Rasgrad, Turtukai,
Siestria and Sistow. The camp Mt Sophia is
raised, and at last accounts the balance of the
troops were on their way to Widdin.
Omar Pasha at Shumla on the 4th The
change in the Turkish Ministry was known at
the camp, and orders had been received from
Ria Pasha to carry on operations with all
energy.
The fortifcations of Constantinople are pro.
crossing rapidly.
The health and spirits of the Turkish army
are excellent. Reinforcements continue to be
sent to the Danube.
The Cologne Gazette publishes the following
dispatch.