New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-22

may ttill gather strength sufncient 10 suiAe sho
blow. The expiring nation may throw fash be
{, 70 its fall Another Amurath or Suleimau may
appear, or even BsIbarossa or Dragut' While
che holds life, the Porte will to the very last mo
mept obtain announcement and aid from the West
10 maintaining a navy in the Bosphorus. Then
spy piratiesl or adventurous chief will always be
enabled TO enter the Black Sea and ravage or de-
stroJ any spot he pleases. So can France and In
gland, on any imaginary or petty provccaiion-and
the latter Of these powers, interruptions In ner
a, fish purposer has during the last century shown
in mary instances, both in Europe and this coun-
try with what keen relish she can pounce upon un-
Guarded coasts. The English war-steamers can at
spy moment swift as fash, leap from their
stTony stations in the Mediterranean into the Black
Sc, and such a coup de main would be sure to
win ppans from the British people.
The closing of the Straits to all men'of-war we
regard az but poor security. The skeleton OF
power represented by the Porte will yield to any
i Pit rupture and deliver the keys OF the Darda-
nelles with or without struggle. With steam
v.s,eI. the Straits can easily be forced. Austria,
who il daily increasing her naval strength in
tha Mediterranean, can, in the way we have point
al out cross the imaginary barrier aud make havoc
on defenseless Russia; and Russia ought to have
learned that she has 10 sincere allies in Europe,
and that the only fri. nds she could rely upon in
,ase of need-her co-relieiOnists and kindred OF
blood under Turkish sway-she has now abandoned
to stile Influences Ia view of such eyentuali-
tee AL xander III as be forgiven for signing over
that necessity which has compelled him to recede
from bis rash and bold promise, not to sigh at any
price dlsreputable peace 1t is beyond question
that nothing but great losses in men and resources
occasioned more by the difficulty of communication
with the Crmea from the interior than by the for
tunes Of war; made il an Imperative act of states
manlike wisdom in Alexander to fl his hand to the
Paris treaty. He needs time to repair the short
comipgs and correctthe various faults communication
wears in the internal and external policy Of his
country
Alexander H., from his earliest youth has given
proof Of most gentle and generous disposition.
He hated injustice and abuse of power, alike in the
holder of the scepter and in the smallest official.
He most likely feels BeenIy that war is the
richest harvest for injustice insolence of office,
oppression and pecuaton. He has within his
grasp inexbaustibe ways and means for soothing
the scar on the national pride, which has risen
from q combination Of causes which he neither
originated nor controlled. From bis early youth,
too his prOpensities have been peaceful, and he
was entirely averse to the excessive drill and mill
tary-making Of all things, which gave such
delight to his father and, above all, to his uncle,
the Grard Duke Michael. 1t was this aversion
that once drew from the deceased Grand Dske the
remark, "He is not one Of u.s." His longings for
peace especially when the war offered no real
advantages may thus be easily understood In
peace he will be enabled to show his true metal,
TO relax the reins drawn TO their utmost tension BY
his father open the broadest fields for the intel
lectual development Of his people, introduce re-
FORMS inaUgurate new era, and turn to profit for
himself and the nation the acquired experience and
the results of his predecessors reign. Already he,
with his three younger brothers, each of them at
the head of special branch of the administration,
wages all unrelentiDg war against abuses and Pecu-
lation, that de,ouring and deeplyrOOted cancer OF
Russian life All seem bent on tearing up from its
roots this destructive disease. In our opinion,
however there is but one cure-publicity. With
out il all efforts will fail. press independent oil
high or low officials can alone effect their generous
purposes lis establishment, however, would re-
quire superhuman effort of mind
In submitting now 10 imperative exigencies
forced on him by events beyond his control,
Alexander and his Government evince an ex-
IRENE desire for peace, but likewise great
consciousness Of power and strong selt-re-
lance. 1t is only consciousness of strength that
can impress on state or ruler the obligation
of yielding in time under the weight of events. 1t
is the property of genuine strength to be elastic,
bend without breaking, and have the power of
spripging back in time to its former place. We
have pictured in outline here the dark side of this
treaty for Russia. But it wears another and
brighter aspect. Her policy has been arrested, but
for the sake of humanity let US hope that her on
ward progress has only been transferred to an orbit
broader and more easy to be run.