Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-07-15
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
FROM OUR LoND ON CORRESPONDENT
LONDON, JUNE 30, 1854.

ter upon corporations and municipal institutions, IN
which he very clearly shows their great Importance,
as giving the power of self-government to great
portion Of the population of any country in which
they extensively exist. This sound principle of
local selfgovernment is, through its Numerically
opposed influence to centrazation one of the great
est projections to the liberties Of country, one of
the most powerful elements of its prosperity and
strength that exist and the present position of Tur-
key Drawing and subduing the Wanted power of auto
cratic Russia is striking proof of the truth OF this as
sertion The present condition of Russia and aspect Of
the war; far Turkey and Russia are concerned are
most solemny and profoundly instructive The lesson
Of adversely on the hand is precious and as pro-
fable is that Of prosperity the other the position
Of Russia is rich in suggestion and instruction as IS
the wonderful of the Ottomans and there IS no
party Government in the world that may not be made
wiser by due consideration Of the events Of this month
It would be folly and ignorance to overlook the fact
that the Turks have great Of strength in their
municipal institutions while the intense Capitalization Of
Russian administration is to prove runous when
ever it Is put any stress In Turkey the Gov
ernment may be dilatory, unsklfu and, in some re-
specs, in that transition state which is often one OF
weakness the empire may be ill-compacted; its COM
merce through the want of arrangements forced
to work its way through al sorts Of barbarous imped
ents and its sodiery badly differed as to make the
aH s is ba ass ss hess Turkey
merely functional not organic The sound principle
Of local sefgovernmen in opposition to the Russian
system Of Capitalization has saved Turkey under crcum
stances which made almost the wsest of her friends de-
spair But Turkey has always had friends who did not
despair of her success friends who perceived that in
spite of the poverty and unbusnesske proceedings of the
Government, commerce rapidly expanding and i'm
proving that the people had very strong and abiding
love of country and especially attachment to village
life that the constant and eager immigration from Egypt
into Syria testified to the superiority Of the dused Go
of Turkey the highly centralized of
Egypt and that wherever the vaor Of the Turkish SOL
dery fairly tried it had almost uniformly proved
domitabe Late events will cause these truths to be
easily recognised than they have been hitherto and
the of Turkish strength generally perceived
and morcorankly acknowledged The scattered commu-
mites of Turkey have long been used to manage their
local affairs, and hence has grown up attachment to
home and to country to national faith and to national
nsagss which has saved the empire in the day Of deep
calamity, by the strength of its righthand nger
ousy exerted before its best friends could Tor
least did rally to its Every has gone into
the conflict volunteer defender of his and his
counrys rights and has fought with his heart well
his arms, and has won success in spite of all dsadvan
tages Of discipline and deficient faulty command
Russia has become the sick man - and the sick
the nation is afflicted with has its origin in that very
Capitalization which was the source Of its monarchs
PRIDE and, he fondy hoped the foundation of his
power 1
We have felt, whilst pennng the foregoing sentences,
that much which asserting endorsed by the
history and the present position of the United States,
where the principles of local sefgovernment in their
widest application secured by elements of all
laws municipal national and where the practice has
foundation in the universal fitness of the people its
reception. al is selcSorsrnment with you for the
peoples voice is heard in aecumulang power in your
town meetings, through your county gatherings and
your State Legislatures until it manests itself in the
assembled council of the nation. In all sincerity and
truth, citizen of the United States and we'll
wsher to the universal liberties of the human race we
say, " este psrpstua -
News from Vienna states that the Gar has consented
to "retre from the Prncpaes from his high conside-
ration and regard for Austria Other accounts repre-
sent his reply to have been Of merely tcmporizing ma
tare, and third report is that he rejects the Austrian
and Prussian ultimatam in toto One thing appears to
be certain the Russians preparing cross the Pruh
not we believe in compliance with the wishes of Austria
but because they do not find very practicable remain
there. 1t is generally believed that the Anglo French
troops in Turkey viii be shortly on their way to the
Crmea, and that attacks will be made on Odessa and Sc
bastopol SUCCESSFULLY, both by land and sea- The Rus
slams appear to be aware Of this movement and to be
marching in the direction The regiments stationed
at Isma Galaz and Ibraia already the move to-
wards the Crmea Prince MESsoHIKoFr is said to be ap
pointed commandernchef OF the Russian forces in the
Cnea The Gar appears feel that he is about to be
attacked in his domnions and this may be another
reason for his abandoning the Principalities
The convention between Austria and the Porte pro-
7dng for the eventual occupation of Moldava and Wal
aShia by an Austrian army signed at Constantinope
on the l4th instant The expected entrance of the Aus
TRANS into the Turkish territory regarded both in Paris
ana London with grave misgvings although it is certain
that the Satan would not have signed the convention
with Austria without the Of England and France
The Moniteur gives summary Of this convention but
we cannot gather from its perusa any clear idea of its
object The Austrian occupation is said to be guarantee
for the maintenance hand Of the legitimate au-
thority, and on the other Of public tranquility and
order" We fear, however, that the Legitimate autbo
rty contemplated is not that Of the Sultan il is rather
the complex system OF government invented ct ST. Pc
tersburgh and forced on the Prncipates in which the
nominal and resident ruler becomes the puppet Of the
Car The interruption of tranquility and order
which the Austrans are TO prevent is possibly the en-
deavor up national government independent Of
Russia who the title of protecting
Austria fear, enters the Princpates the covert
friend Of Russia ready to become his open ally should he
accept her ltiadt8 and retire beyond the Pruth. This
will be the result Of the convention which France
and England have allowed the Porte to enter into with