Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-06-02
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Pans, May Is, 1856
Since the date OF my last. the public have waited daily
the publication OF some note in the hopiicir expanato
Of the extraordinary treaty OF the 9Th April but no
explanation has vet appeared The public ia this tra
" Toe germs OF future trouble and their anxiety know
tie cause oi strange procedure is therefore quite nat,
ur IL J. thought strange that when the seven nations
were Ia solemn council settling upon treaty for the guar
aiee OF tie Independence OF Turk, and the repo-e of
EunDpe that no mention made OF necessity for a
supplementary treaty To guaranty the guarantee Iii. a..
he'd what the Use ni tie treaty 81 the Both Oi March,
II requires supplementary treaty To guaranty the indie
pendcuce OF Turkey The labor Of tie hrs. conference
only mockery since it required another To make Il
binding aud tl, other cuncOced by mart of tL,.
members oi tue first and without the kno~ ledge of their
c"htashtt u ever There was diplomatic rHSe which
showed bad aith ths certainly one and Ru.sis s,
Prussia are fully IN the right when they demand expaua-
tons.
la regard to these explanations various rumors are in
circulation. IL is said first that since the treaty a-
made public b. Englnnd the explanations will he drlnar-
dcd VI her But have believe that .xplann-
tons have also been demanded by Count OrloT of the
French Government, not OF the Emperor in person as
iureign journal asserts but Of the Minister of Foreign
lairs am informed that when the treaty ii-t pub
-he the tWo Russian pleuipoientises we're a,ou,icd
Tor they had no knO"ledge OF it, existence and sure
their Government was III the ignorance After a
days consideration OF the matter the Count Orlon nd
dressed note to VI Walewski, III which the Russian
penpotcntary simply expressed his astonishnent TINT
such treaty should have been concluded under the cir
cunsiances and demanded explanation. The French
Minister replied m manner To induce the Count Uilo To
disclose the reasons ehV he a-tushcd but the R,,.
sian TO be entrlpped by leading ,usso.. he d
not want the Of the French Government Ice t,.
on EussiIs opinions ui it. gtiei- lie wished the adj
vantage Of the first cIchtige VI ideas from EraHce So
he confined himself to repetition OF lis former question
Count Wacwsi replied that tie affair was then in the
hands OF She EMPEROR aud at h- Majesty had Just writ
ten autograph letter the Emperor Al,1snlrr Which
would he borne 10 him by Gen Edgar Ney about 10 start
Tor st. Petersburg special messenger uf the French Co
yernmcnt to carry the Gar tho notification of, birth
OF the Imperial Prince u France. Here the matters rests
IL Is feared by some that the silence O1 the Government
Is indication that they have recognized te ,cp in
the affair a. AL ndscrcOn that the strong recanations
Of the other parties to the treaty Of yuth March have
thrown the question back into diplomatic ground again
aud worse than all aud the result oi these that the non
signing parties 10 the supplementary treaty or .ucb of
them t 10 avail themselves Of the advantage offered
Will claim at a. the supplementary treaty covers the
whole g0und Oi guarantyug the Independence Of the OF
ioman empire. tue irsi treaty, that Of the 3Uth March il
rendered useless aud invalid aud a. their names are not
affixed u the treaty oi tie 18th APRIL they therefore stand
released ii0m all obligations In other wOrd- that the
only binding treaty, ria,s tie Independence Of Turkey
IL that sigued by France England aud Austria and that
IN consequence Russia Prussia Sardinia and Turkey are
left Tree to act g. they please Literally they cannot put
Til construction upon their position, and Turkey
certainly viii not clnim such an advantage; but where
parties dcsifous Of Withdrawing ffom contract there
b. surely room iu such case A. the r.nt ,t the G,,r
construction which have pointed out II X i--ia does
not avail herself Of the advantage now rely upon IL She
Will enter protest 20 r. 70 keep n Opeu question io
future sctiou
have spoken at this length upon the supplemental,
treaty because there is deep eeing on the subject Al T.
u and because the Journals have been ordered not a.,
discuss % until the Moniteur breaks the silence.
The position n Austra il At this moment at once de-
plorHbe aud exceptional II i deplorai,s because the
treaty Of the Both Of March has ei her isolated aud with
out support AZ moment When than ever her for.
egn threaten her with rebellion and becsuse
che ha- failed draw Prussia and the German opfer,
ton into her support BY the treaty Of Vienna the Ger
man Confederation j. bound to sustain each and every
power party the treaty n III contests within the
proper territory Of the Confederation beyond the lims
81 the Confederation their support s required
Austria NJ s moment i n the unhappy position Of r..
quing support outside the spulaious Of the treaty OF
Vienna aud Pfussis speaking Tor the Confederation
ha- refused To abrOgae that particular stipulation Of the
treaty, aud refused Ia lend the support required by Aus.
ia. the latter poser s necessarily unhappy Tor her LON.
birdoN encuau posscssiOns, 70 30 arhor arc really
mcnaced.
Then her position is exceptional because she sign.
ing party to two treaties lately concluded in Paris
rom neither Ut which does she derive a par
ucle u benefit not even the friendship Of those With
whom she signs She makes aud signs guarantees for 9th.
e nations with colleagues who run away from her the mo
fncnt the labor IL finished and who show toward her
without any attempt conceamcnt that they have neither
sympathy, respect nor confidence Tor her
That j. the unenvable position Of Austria at this mo
mcnt and must confess that although she shows an in
ordinate and singulaHy abnormal love for the United
States just now she deserves the reward she u reapng
Let ber lOOk Tor her Italian possessions fr thcre
are more powerful clemruts to there against her now
er uan the piopagaudisn ~ the American republic OF
the feeble influence Of American RIbusters