Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-04-01

which interests of the first order imposed on them the
duty Of combating will not go back to the past on
which facts speak for themselves; but must repeat
once again that it is permitted seek in the claim
Just as it is limited in its effects Of the privileges of the
Latins in the Holy Land the of what we now
This question regulated ut the Of the
visit of Prince Menschikof Constannople and it is
that which that raised when he had obtained
satisfaction the other which has placed the world in
movement and successyey united oil cabinets under the
empire of the sentiment of foresight and the
desire Of concaon Is necessary enumerate all the
attempts which invncble obstnacy has alone caused
fail! There who is ignorant of them who
does not know that if material demonstrations were
in the Of the negotiations, there not which
preceded by an aggressive act the part Of
Russia
a. will'con myself to reminding you that if the
French squadron at the end of March anchored in the Bay
of Salams it because since the month of January
immense collections of troops had been made in Bessar
bia that if the naval forces Of France and England ap
preached the Dardaneles where they only arrived at
the end Of June, it because Russian army had
camped the banks of the Pruth and that the resou
ton make il that river adopted and officially
announced from the 3ls of May that if fleets went
later period to Constantinople it because
was laundering the Danube; and finally, if they
tered the Black Sea- it was because contrary to the prom
Use remain the defensive Russian vessels had left
Sebastopo to destroy Turkish vessels anchored in the
port of Sinope, Every step which we took in accord
with England in the East had peace for its object, and
only desired to nterpose between the begerent par
ties. Every day. the contrary, Russia advanced
towards POW
ers whose past history and whose most recent relations
were calculated in conflict between France and
Great Britain, and the immense empire their neghbor,
make them ndugent Russia and attentive to our
movements, it Prussia and Austria. You know sir,
that their principles have been in accord with ours, and
that Europe constituting itself jury has solemny pro-
nounced its verdict pretensons and Of which
apology, however high the quarter from which it may
come, now transform the character. Thus the dis.
cussion is not between France and England (Which have
hastened to the assistance of the Pore and Russia it is
between Russia and all the States which have the sent
ment of right, and whose opinions and interests place
them the side of the good canse. 1 oppose them
with the fullest confidence the unanimity Of the great
cabinets to the evocation of the souvenirs of 1872 d
rectly made to sovereign who had sincerely attempt
cd supreme effort of conciliaton All the conduct of
the Emperor Napoleon sufficiently attests that if he be
proud OF the Inheritance of glory left him by the chief of
his race he has neglected nothing to his
sion to the throne be pledge of peace and of repose
for the world. y. ... @.. T..
g will only say word sir the manifesto in which
his Majesty the Emperor Nicholas his peo
pie the resolutions he has taken Our epoch, though
greatly troubled at least exempt from of the
evils which disturbed the world ormerly-I speak
of of religion The echo of those disastrous times
is caused be heard in Russia the Cross osens
bly, opposed to the Crescent and that support demand
ed from fanaticsm which is known be demanded
from France and England have need defend
themselves against the imputation addressed to them
they do not support Isamsm against Greek orthodoxy
They to protect the Ottoman Territory against the
croachments of Russia they 60 there with the conviction
that the presence of their armies in Turkey will
fall the preudces already greatly weakened which still
separate the different classes of subjects Of the Sublime
Porte and which could only spring up anw if the appeal
which has been from ST. Petersbnrgh by exciting
hatred of races and revolutionary explosion, should pa
rayze the generous intentions Of the Sultan Abdul Med
d For ourselves, sir sincerely believe that in lend
ing our support to Turkey useful to the
Christian faith than the Government which makes the
instrument of its temporal ambition Russia orgets too
much in the reproaches she makes to Others that she
far from exercising in her empire, with respect sects
who do not profess the dominant worship liberation
equal to that of which the Sublime Porte has good right
to be proud, and that with less apparent zeal Tor
Greek religion beyond her frontiers and charity for
the Catholic religion within them she would better obey
the law of Christ, which she invokes with much ta
"DROUYN DE LHUYS."