Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-04-05
FAYETTEVILLE, TENN: THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1885,.

lies. This was in 1851. AT the
instance Of England, this hot-headed
man was recalled, the man-of-wal
withdrawn, and Lacour, a man Of pru'
dent and conciliatory spirit. was senl
to Constantinople, who, with SiI
Stratford Canning, now Lord Red
cliffe, pursued milder counsels
On February 26, 1853, Menschi-
koff came down from Odessa, in a
large ship-of-war, TO Constantinople,
making further demands for the
Greek Christians. To most of these
the Government yielded. On the
9th of May in the morning, irmans,
or edicts, were issued to secure the
falfilment of that part tha. bad re-
lation to the Holy places. All was
supposed to be settled. In the af-
ternoon of the same day, however,
Menschikoff, in order to save further
trouble and misunderstanding as to
treaties, proposed that another ar
ticle should be inserted in the treaty,
stipulating that, "whatever rights and
privileges should hereafter be conceded
to any Christian sect in Turkey, those
same rights and privileges should be
considered as of right to belong to the
Orthodox (the Creek Church" /" Ger
tainly not an improper request
Such stipulation the United States
made with China, and We believe,
with Japan,that any privileges guar.
anteed to other nations in treaties
made hereafter shall be considered
as granted to US, or that our nation
be regarded on the most favorable
terms.
The Turkish ambassador was
alarmed; if he granted that request
he could ccnceGe nothing more to
France than to Russia-no more for
Papists than members of the Greek
Church. So he conferred with the
English and French ambassadors,
who advised him not to yield to the
proposal. Next morning, a French
and English vessel left before day
light to advise their governments OF
the new turn of the negotiations.
The Turkish Government cast itself
on the French and English, and re-
fused TO entertain the proposition;
and in ten or twelve days Menschi-
koff left and went home.
On the 3Oth of May, Nesselrode
notified the governments Of Europe
that he would occupy the Principal
ties as a 'lmaterial guarantee" until
Turkey should agree to place the
Greek Christians on as favorable
footing as others. Early in June, he
marched an army across the Pruth,
and occupied Moldovia and a part OF
Wallachia. In the meantime, France
invited Austria and Russia to join
in negotiation, and the seat OF diplo-
macy was transferred to Vienna
The result of this was the Vienna
note of, we believe, September, in
which the substance of the PROPOSE
tion of Menschikoff was found. Rus
sia at once accepted il, but Turkey
refused and demanded that a clause
should be added nullifying the inten.
tion of the proposition, viz: "Thal
whatever rights ard privileges shal
be conceded to any Christian Sec
in Turkey, those same rights ant
privileges shall be considered o
right to belong to members Of the
Orthodox (Greek) Church that may
be subjects of the Sublime Porte.
Thus opening chance for France t.
| obtain for her Catholic friends favor'
still greater, because they would b
regarded as foreigners, to whom
/ greater favor could then be showI
than to Greek Christians at home
To this Russia demurred, and in DC
tober Turkey declared war, as sh'
had spent the interval in marsballint
her forces: Immediately Kalafat AM
the region round about was invaded
BY the Turks. Then all parties pre-
pared to fight, and in March, 1854
war was declared by France and Eng
land.
i What has occurred since-the bat
ties of Alma, on September 20, {
Balaklava and lnkerman, in Octobe
. and November is well known.
In certain sense, it is a. war fe
, religion, or rather superstition
Who shall hare the Keys of the Hol
; places? shall the Roman Cathok'
!, hare them entirely in their hands, I
} shall the Greek Church hare an equ
right to Hem2