The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-09-29
TIE WAR IN THE EAST.

little more than two and half years ago the five
principal powers Of Europc-namey, Russia Great Britain
France Austria and Prussawere ina state Of profound
peace with each other and with the rest of the world If
any cloud foaed in their international sky surely
without any sobre tnge and too small to excite any
cuar attention The French revolution of ls4s Ind been
followed by the accession and despotism of Louis Napo
leon England had saed all revolutionary feeling in her
own BOSOM and all resistance oppression in Ireland by
tpsaves in the one and the Of Punishment in the
other Austria had crushed the efforts and exngushed
the hopes of Hungary by the aid of Russian bayonets
Prussia governed by a King and cabinet who were
just relieved from the of the Of persons
whom they regarded rs revolutionary zeaots; and Rus
sa as she long had been entirely from intes
tine strife Despotsm in the ascendant and there
almost complete brotherhood among tho monarchs but
quite; for among the first specs the searching eye
could discern in that clear sky the tnrd recognition OF
the French Emperor by Russia Austria and Prussia and
the fact that the Emperor Nicholas in his letter ultimately
recognising the Emperor Napoleon firmly refused to greet
him with the term brother' but compromised by writing
Hmy dear friend The French Emperor nevertheless
rising man-nay, risen monarch; and England, not
withstanding the friendly Of the French gov
ernmen scanned closely her coast and looked her
materie of war; with lively recollection of the camp of
Boulogne in 1904 The present Napoleon had inst
dered CONSUMPTION Of 10000 young men, making his eff
fective army 5Oo0oO and contemplated sending colony
100000 emgrants Algeria nursery for his future
armies Turkey pursued operations vigorously against
Montenegro refractory little province of 100000 soul
where Omer Pasha had taken Grahoro by storm, though
afterwards in attempting 10 surprise the capital of Monte
negro In the mountains, he repulsed. Austria, in
spefa recollection of the asylum lately afforded by Turkey
the Hungarans offered similar refuge to the Monene
grns. This small difficulty was however settled.
All then quiet; though England and France shook
their heads oinousy at the United States because Mr.
Cass, in speech in Senate, had presumed to claim
America for the Americans and to denounce any ag
erosion the soil of this continent by European foot
steps.
"Torva lenna lupum sequitur, lupus pse capcllam."
Little dreamed these two powers then of what was soon
to follow in another quarter 1t clap of thunder
in clear sky which whether porsentous Of storm not
could at that time scarcely be determined Turkey bad
owing the influence of Austria had little in the
affair with Montenegro but that was settled. She had
fallen into much greater difficulty. Jerusalem
the wordhe right of worship at the Holy Sepucbrc the
apparent bone of contention France had used big words
and NJ de Layalete the French ambassador Who though
he had gained material concessions from the Porte the
Latin Church. had gained all that he desired left Con-
stantinope for Paris and because he did not according
ancient Turkish CUSTOM show his passport in passing
the Dardanees, he fred upon. But on the very day
which he left (the 2sth of February 1851 there
rived the Turkish capital formidable Russian embassy
composed Of two steamers full Of
among which Prince Menschiko the Minister Of
Marine accompanied by two admirals and the son Of
Count Nesserode. This embassy it said demanded
three thngsthe supremacy for Russia in the Holy City,
the nomination for life of the Greek patriarch Of Consan
nop and the strict observance Of the treaty of GuIkane
which the Sultan had nfringed in giving back to the
Pashas tho right Of life and death in the provinces which
they govern The British charge daaires at Constantine
pie sent in haste to Admiral Dundas at Malta requesting
him to bring the fleet TO the Turkish waters; which
the admiral refused 10 do without orders from Eng
land. The French fleet at Toulon Immediately de-
spatched for the Grecan archipelago and position at
Salams Lord Stratford de Radcliffe on the part of Eng
land and NJ de Lacour the part Of France were re-
spectvey sent out ambassadors to Constannope-the
former reumng his position. An interview took place
between the Emperor of France and the British ambassador
Paris in which the Emperor declared in the strongest
his desire TO cordially with the English govern
the Eastern question: the sole means Of pre-
venting a conflict which could only lead to the dsmcm-
berment of tho Turkish empire in Europe Each
new arrival from the East somewhat modified the reported