Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-11-10
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" "e' "et~een Bessarsbis and Modavia, did i.ot
70 De exact on all points. but laying down the con-
ooo"s +it the details o. the line To be- fixed by mi,d
eo'hhis-'"n- The new frontier .to B,gia from The
hiaek Sea, on. kLom,fre 10 IA, .a.t of ,hx IL p
S"t" r'n Ierpesdieuioriy 20 the AE>r,., ,o,d l,I,
inst f"' ." the Val Do Tra pass To h. south Of Boil
ka', as'end the eourse of the river Yapuck To the
nes"' o safAi-'ka and terminate Katamori on In.
truth In ih- line the post road the .pc;.o, ..,,h
~"rS the river, the height snd the town ON the Pr,,h
seemed To expl.in themselves aud wer- not key IN v,x.
uc" trouble Not 80 ho~-ver the clauses We have mar,
vi" ''A'c' h certainly did strike many people here
'nst either the Congress had that Typographical
uon on the subject hich the term, mo,s so,st
!" themselves than To the ordinary reader or a. at ther.
was that resolue spirit Of eonci. ,ion on all .a IT,,
ASSURED them against all danger o, m
's po'nt The description Of this part Of the propo.
ME was not only imperfect but vaiianc. with som. a
oS' '"n'eo~ry ideas Every schoolboy, on being -et
down to his Euclid feels il sort of insult To hi, und
"Nus 10 De taught the definition Of point (. line n
suP.hces, Perpendicular parallel and the rest Ru,
All these primary aud intuItive notions il not ait 40, -
nought, received at eas; rather violent usay. 10 81
description OF the nes frontier. A point x,s i'm
seu;-uA' l., We were required imagine
W. on Tue shores OF sea, one kilomere east of
As simple distance must necrssarily be from on- MONT n
Hn"her th- supposed the lake also be point or AZ
all that there was some point the seashore which
"nae vice. would represent the lake II lake
~as like ordinary akes-sn area with highly i,rsg,.
ne' We were then to suppose straight line generally
Hd Enthusiastically parallel te eastern por,;on az ~
"ue- As this suppo>lton violent as the other
Wa sti left uncertain from what point the perp.nd;cu
' !" oe uroppeu 10 the Akerman road granting that
oa 70 D ,usight enough Tor the purpose OF the problem
perpendicular Is vigorously required dopped from
hHed point and there nothing to 6I IN, pon, T.;
- 'tac" bnt the shore OF the Black Sea and An i'm
mense saline called the Lake Bourna Sos With the a.
evehgiS bad maps that nie-t the English gentlem,n'
library, aud surround him with barrier almost a. -
, - a. 'e Ninus ana waves 1t was not easy detect
any actual and positive difficulty in dissertation L;I
only dd not address itself To understandings
IT. o6-eurty, however, di-peed when IL Can,
out that tue Lake Bourna Lola instead of being 80 con-
pact that for geometrcal purposes il might ke ty,,
point, appeared in good foreign maps 10 be- a - =, |
lakes struggling with the caprieiou ifrerulatv i;
the direction most uu-uted for the present oiect-vi,
towards the North, willie the .'perp-udicu., n-o,o
must unavoidably be towards the North. West rf
When the protocols Of the Conferences came on, We
ne cue 10 Tue solution OF this novel problem In
the premnaries that formed the basis u the treaty. Ru
-is IN exchange for the fortified positions aud
occupied by the allied armies consented TO new fron
ins Involving the cession Of about German souars
miles, starting frum neal Chotyn high up the Pruth .nd
terminating on Lake salsyk, another for the Lake
boura sola. At eay session of the Compress ,h |
Russian fcipotensries alleged that for various reasons
hls line vas impossible, and proposed another xbch
minated dowuWarIs the no th of the Lake Y.InncL
leaving considerable portion OF the left shore Of The D
noe, Including lsrnail and Kia in the hands of Rps.
Win the promise; however that those fortrsses sboud
razed This proposition received with so rucb sn
PRISE and SO strong opinion pronounced of IL in
TOpahoihy with the basis agreed upon that the Russian
Ieipo'entiarts Immediately gave up the e shore of b
Danube, but still proposed make the Lake S,I.vk
NAT under considcraton-the boundary as far a il vent,
III enect reservng tue whole of its left bank and the
aAe itself Tor Russia This also strongly objected %
A. being utterly variance With the preliminsr;as IT,
the CONS quent discussion in which all the penpoept
rice took part and IN which various means were trid
Tor meeting the difficulties alleged by Russia il was finally
proposed Ia the spirit OF compromise TO begin the
line much lower down the Pruth but carving IL nortb
the lake under consideration and taking il 70 the Blsck
eu-f nt 81 au,tu a.
IN the ceded territory The Russian Penipotenti,r;e.
asked time to examine this proposition and declared tba
teir only Object was to reconcile il with local eouine
mehts Ihis was on March 5. What passed afterwards |
un this subject have OF knowing far n. th.
stated Ia that the 27th the penipotentiares aorae
10 ne article "a 1t stands making the concession offered
"N The BRUSH and French Peupotentiares-yiz IN.
commencement of the frontier lower down ,h. Pru,b |
thereby reducing the ceded territory from 5Oo German
square miles to scarcely ZOO and the other hand re-
tailg the cosdon anuexed-viz: that the frontier bn
should pass east of the lake Obscure and even absr
A. the terms OF the goth article may be il il imnosil
not to Identify them with the compromise offered on the
sth oi March Then, II Is quite evident the Western
flenPotentaes proposed 10 add the ceded terrtor
eastward an equivalent io the large reduction made we.
ward that Is IN return for starting much lower down the
frut TO carry the line completely round Lake Salsyk
Or a. il is otherwise called Lake Bourna Sola If sny
meaning whatever can be attached the article tha,
must be- il. ~
portion OF the 10Th Arce Taking advantage otis con-
iessedy absurd phrascoogy they first assume point on
e narrow beach that separates the southern extremity
he lake IRON the Black Sea at that point they plant their
frontier post from this post they reckon the kiomet.r
IRON the other extremity of this they drop the
uar, which Immediately falls the lake thus reery
ing TO Russia nearly the whole of its eastern shores and
large proportion Of its Instead OF the perpend
uar line being OF the lake on the west Of large
portion OF it The lake has been ar6ciay divided into
three portions for the purpose of obtaining the salt and
two OF these artificial divisions are on the Russian aide nj
their own proposed frontier line That il this were allow
ed, the Russians would virtually command the whole of
tha tuka ka1 k..a e. T.
annually collected from the lake is estimated AZ milon
silver roubles which would be much gain to Russia at
the expense OF Moldaya IL is clear however that their
proposed perpendicular does fulfil the terms of the Ar
ticc nasmuch IL is not q kilonietre distant from the
east OF tie lake anywhere, with the fantastic exception
that ITS very starting point is indeed that distance from
point arbitrarily selected at the south end of the
The other commissioners propose frontier lin, rcaIlv
kOmetre east OF any part Of the lake and therefore
ing ou the manifest intention OF the article though il
tn" line we're continued straight the Black Sea IL would
reach the shore several kilometres from the l.ke the
only essential point to keep at that distance east oi
the lake, and this s fulfilled 10y the line drawn bv our
mention.
This is the only point in which the Russian com.
missioners disposed to "try IL there we're
no mproprcy IN asking what IL would b. improper
in the other commissioners concede They have sskd
that the frontier line shall be necessarily straight or
according 10 the exact words OF the article but that il
should Ia and out according 10 the divisions of private
property That OF course would b, but very sbt ba.
SIS Tor frontier between States. ~ this case AZ al @.
vents plain, intrlgibe hue Is of far importance
than the interests convenience OF the landowners and
farmers. The Russian Commissioners interpret Bol.
grad 20 include town distance running along
the shores oi the Lake Yapuck the shores OF whch so
far they demand TO retain. There is also smother difficult
~ h appears raised by the Russians the authority OF
their maps According the terms Of the article as
compared With the locality itself the frontier line passes
south Of the old town OF Bolgrad, including il In
Btssarabia but leaving In Moldayis the whole Of
Lake Yslpuck-the lake which Baron Brunow originally
proposed 20 retain, aud shch the other penpotentares
immed atcy refused TO him. They ask also with What
intention they know best iors space Of neutral ground
along the line oi frontier. This would IN tact amount
e. feserving the lake sso snd restoring Russia 10 her
position the banks Of the Danube into which the lake
apuck opens To coucede this point would be to stul
uy the article altogether and u will be conceded
Russa, hOwever, evidently wishes either 10 gain time
10 thro~ the other Powers the odum repeated bot
Necessary, resistance. With this view believe tha, she
has nov referred the shoe question 70 the second Con-
fcrcn,es st Paris The only evil 40 tar H. that the IN
effects snd cecgs Of the perpetusted In that
quarter, and that We cannot recall ships home
Hitherto Russia has evidently undcrsted the determine
ton and the eordishy Of the Western Powers We know