New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-23
THE DANUBIAN PRiNCIPALITIEs.

Owing to the European imbroglio the Danubian
Principalites have acquired special notoriety.
Diplomatic maneuvers and. political schemes re-
specting them form delicious cat-cradle of knotty
swindles. CCntesting ambitions are thus ground
together between the Carpathian Mountains, while
the generous valleys forming the bone of the snar
and presentunder the paw ofAusris are desolated
by foes or so-caed friends. One lamb is growled
over by all the beasts prey. The fate of these
lands remains unsettled, but a definite issue re-
garding them is looked for in the negotiations
for peace, or by special convention between Tur-
key, Austria, France and England.
Modayia and Wallacha form, indeed, a rich
prey-the soil of the latter being among the best
and most fertile in Europe. Not only the regular dip
lomatic army but sturdy red-tape amateurs lay
out definite plans for adjudicating this question
The English political barn-yard affords any quantity
of Indictments of the golden egg. Exuberant are
daes weeklies, quarterlies and pamphlets thereon.
In these political creations the prominent idea is
the carving out new State with the character of a
Daco- Romunc nationality. LII itself this is nothing
new, as for more than thirty years the notion of
uniting the Prncipalities into sovereignty either
independent or under Turkish protection, was agi-
tated amOngthe boyards of both sldes-a certain Mr.
Eliad or Eiades having been and still continuing
principal promoter, through writings and by other
means But now this question has acquired, in
English speculations, a wider range. The Daco-
Romantic diom is taken as basis and cement for
new realm. 1t is estimated that this language Is
used by about II, 100000 of men, scattered over
Turkey, Austria and Russia. Such data, however,
are exaggerated on gigantic scale. The object
of the exaggeration is to add more nationality
10 the lump of those to be restored-the claims OF
any of which, however, to independence and
weight among the living European nations are
mentioned in history either slightly or not at ALL
Whatever may be the presumed extension of that
confused diom, the Princpalities themselves have
about $500, 900 inhabitants, motley compost oil
the remains of various wandering tribes, such as
ancient DacOs, Roman cOlonists, GOths, Huns,
Maryars. Sclayes, Jews, and Bohemians or Zlngan.
Aside from this there is curious fact, weakening
the boosted superiority of the Daco Romano ldou'
The denomination If the sovereign dignity as hos
nodar ia Scayic as is that of the boysrds given to
the ruling nobility. At all events, the proposed
new realm is to be created under the protection oil
The -Four Powers, with sovereign Of Austrian,
Cotba or Sandman breed, or of some scion OF
the German prncely yagabonds and beggars. So
much for speculatiOns.
In reality, however, the present slab condition
of that political broth comes of the impending cleo
ton of new Hospodsrs. By the organic law, the
towards are to be electors but the Porte s to accept
and confirm the elected candidate. This privilege
was extorted from the Sultan by Russia and se-
cured TO the Principaties BY the treaty of Adriano
pie in le29. The original disposition was that the
Hospodars we're TO be elected for life, and so
Stourdza was chosen for Moldavia, and Bibesco
for Wallachia In 1s4S Q Revolution broke
out, first in Moldsvia, originating chiefly
with the boyards, the people not participating
therein. The bOyards made kind OF pro-
nuncamentO demanding better administration,
the abolition Of civil abuses the emancipation
Of the yanage, the establishment of the lib
erty of the press, and reform in the school
system; Stourdzs resisted: his sons arrested the
revolted mobiles; Russian Commissioners and their
troops nterfered and the old rule was maintained.
No unanimity existing between the Liberals, when
the movement in Moldsvia was suppressed that in
Wallachia took place. Bibesco was depOsed, and
a new and liberal Constitution proclaimed, which,
however, was very short-ved. as Omer Pasha &C.
cuped the country with his army, the Russians
occupied Moldayia. A convention was then con-
cluded between Turkey aud Russia, by which,