Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-09-09

Baron Hess In Pennsylvania ana the BuKowna the Cabi
Of ST. Peersburgh longer honoraby represent
the evacuatonof the Principaties concession made
to the diplomacy of Austria.
Despatch Of Count Nesselrodc to Prince Gortscha-
kcg Russian EnUoy al Vienna.
ST.. PErEnsBuRGH, 1920 JUNE, 1854.
My PRINCE: Count EsterhaEy has communicated to
me the despatch by which his Cabinet requests nous
engage to put term to the actual crisis by avoiding to
push further our Danuban operations andin evacu-
atipg the Prncpalties within short delay as pos
sble In notifying this desire Austrian and German
interests, which the extension of the struggle the Da
nube would compromise, Count Buol supports himself
the ground that occupation Of the Prncpaties was
the principal OF the We shall ask his leave to
make some reserves in this respect.
The occupation Of the Principalities had prevented
the opening and the continuation Of the negotiations 1t
not which provoked the abandonment of the Vienna
note, the rejection of the propositions made ut 0lmuz
with the and the appreciation of Austria
than the complete change of all the anterior bases
of negotiations; and If since then all attempts at
Citation have proved abortve the Austrian Cabinet
not dsown that it from incidents and motives much
more complicated upon which we prefer remaining silent
day to avoid dissgreeable denominations.
We replied by silence to the summons of France and
England because it Of offensive nature ore 6es
sant preceded by open provocaons, and devoid OF all
conditions of reciprocity and resulted therefrom,
it would be just TO impute the thereof less to the
nature of reply than to the tone and terms which
voked it. However this may be, (quoiqua soft, it, in
the opinion of the Austrian Government the prolonged
occupation of the Prncipates the motive of the
war; it would result therefrom that by the cessation Of
that occupation the would from the fact ITSELF
y hostte5 would be suspended.
Is 1t in the power Of the Cabinet Of Vienna ogive
the assurance thereof LeaCabina dc Wenna est en-
mesure de donnsF Passurance2)
1t cannot escape its attention that from the first
that the Porte declared u.s. especially since
the circle of that war; transported beyond Turkey into
our seas and our coasts has been extended beyond
hat hat
may have been its original character, has become
nothing else for us but military position, the mante-
nance and abandonment of which are above all things,
subordinate to straegca considerations 1t is clear,
therefore, that before voluntarily give up out of
gard to the situation of Austria the only point where
pushing the offensive, there remain for chances
Of re-estabishing in favor the equilibrium which is
every where else against we ought to know at least
what securities Austria offer for If the hostities
continue, If the Powers dsengaged Of oil apprehension
in Turkey remain at liberty either to pursue US the
evacuated territory to employ all their disposable
forces in future to invade Asiatic or European
coast impose upon unexceptonable conditions
it is evident that Austria would have asked to weaken
ourselves morally and materially by sacrifice en- pure
Derte.
To exact from Russia that she should place herself en-
trey at the mercy Of her enemies when the latter do
not dissmulate the intention of upsettng diminishing
her power to expose her to all the attacks which they
may deem it. suitable to direct against her by reducing
her every where TO the defensve to deprive her. finally
in the of peace of every of providing that
that should not be runous and dishonorabe for
her. would be act contrary to oil the laws Of equity
to every principle of military honor that fater our
selves in the belief nous plasos crone no such
idea could have for moment entered the mind OF his
Majesty Emperor Francis Joseph.
In communicating to us the protocol of the 9th April
the Court of Vienna lays stress with upon the positive
taken by 1t toward the Western Powers to
bring about by all means in its power the final
ton of the Principates but in taking that engage
ment Austria could not refuse itself the choice of the
means which might to it most proper to fulfil its
of placing Russia in condition to pro-
coed with the evacuation with honor and safety The
obligation which she has contracted gives her. on the
contrary the right Of insisting with the Powers that they
do not by their exactons prevent the success OF her Ell
forts The applies to the interests Of Austrian and
German commerce. invoked against the proongation or
extension of military operations They authorize the
Cabinet of Vienna to with the two Powers the same
with for if the interests of Austria and Of
the whole Of Germany may momentarily suffer from
operations the Danube with greater reason do they
suffer, and still more seriously like those of all neutral
States from the situation caused by the maritime opera
tons of France and England in the Euxne in the North
Sea- and in the Baltic.
Let the Austrian Government then, maturely weighing
these considerations, explain itself towards US on the
subject Of the guarantees of security which give u.s.
and the Emperor out of difference to the wishes and in
terests of Germany, would be inclined sera dispose to
enter into negotiation the precise period of the
alton The Cabinet of Vienna may, beforehand be per-
suaded that his Majesty shares in the degree with
-
the crisis which weighs at this moment upon all European
situations Our august master still wishes, as he always
has wished, for peace. He does not wish-we have
peated it, and repeat it aganeither indefinitely to
proong the occupation of the Princpalies to esta
bsh himself there in permanent manner, or to ncor
porate them with his States, still less to overthrow the
Ottoman empire In this respect he makes no difficulty
subscribe to the three principles laid down in the
tocol of the 9th April:
Integrity Of Trtey-This point has nothing which is
conformabe oil have hitherto enounced, and it
will not be menaced by long shall be respected
by the Powers which occupy at this moment the waters
and the territory Of the Sultan.
Evacuation of the PrncpdlitiesWe willing to pro-
coed Herewith suitable securities being given.
Consolidation Of the Rights Of The Christians Turkey
Starting from the idea that the civil rights to be obtained
for all the Christian subjects of the Porte nseparabe
from the religious rights stipulated by the protocol
and would become valueess for corefgionists if
the latter in acquiring privileges did not retain the
ancient ones have already declared that iii thus
the demand which the Emperor has made to the Porte
would be fulfilled the motive Of the difference set aside
and his Majesty ready to in the European guar
antee of those privileges.
Such being the disposition of the Emperor the CAPT
tai points indicated in the protocol it appears to my
Prince that provided peace is wished for without drer
Deste, which renders it impossible, it would not be diff
cult to arrive at it this triple basis at least to pre-
the negotiations thereof by of armistice
This is the hope which your Excellency will kindly
express (uoudra ben exprer to the Austrian Cabinet by
to it this despatch.
Receive, &c. NEssELRoDE.
Despatch from NJ Drosyn de LHuys to Baron de Bouque
neg, Minister Of the Emperor at Henna.
PARIS JULY 90 1854.
MONSIEUR LIE BARON: have received the dispatches
which You have done the honor to write to me up to