The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-04-23
THE PARIS CONFERENCE.

sen tial to our success in November next
THE PARIS CONFERENCE.
The preminaries of peace which have been often de-
fnitvey settled by the London Times and ta correspond
ens remained the accounts still in abeyance-part
y it would see from the difficulty of placing Prussia in
proper position of the high contracting powers
but especially by the waking up of Sultan
Abde Medjd.
Until get the details of the terms of the peace,
we may indulge few conjectures its results For
a long time past we had heard nothing of the rep
resentatvc of the Prophet for the preservation of the
integrity of whose empire the against Russia
was undertaken. 1t was, therefore, quite a surprise
behold the sudden apparon of the Turkish envoy
the Congress of Paris protesting against the late
sons of the Padishah the Christians of Turkey being
ncor porated with the treaty about be concluded This
protest serious obstacle by the convention with
Turkey the three powers make peace without the
of each other These concessions have lately been
made public by the British Journals and fcaefuy analysed
absolutely amount to nothing being reeraton of
the old Tnza Turkish bill of rights which, according
the testimony Mac Farane other travellers has
always been adesd letter. xccptimmedaey under heeyes
Of the ambassadors aud consus Of the different Christian
powers Of Europe 1t will be that all the important
pairing churches establishing schools and other franchises
granted absolute rights but subject to the
will of the Sultan Application must first be made to him.
and he decides at his discretion II must be evident there
FORE that as heretofore they depend entirely the will of
the Sultan and that he may approve reject them at pleas
ure The Christian population of European Turkey there
FORE just where they stood before and not Of the pow
ers Of Europe has right interfere because according
A. Ill .ll.a, slax
wa, undertaken TO maintain the independence of the Otto
empire which, 1t Is clear must be seriously impaired
by any attempt to interfere with the Sultan in his
eighty his subjects
But even the Sultan had conceded these rights
ditonay there the slightest to believe it pos
sble that the Christians will be able avail themselves
of their enjoyment long the Mussulman maintains his
faith in the Koran which absolutely forbids any such
oessons While the Turks remain disciples of Mshomet
their salvation Il viii be believed depends on excluding all
Christians from those very mmunies conceded by the Tan
zmau lately extended by the recent agreement Of the
Porte with the allied powers Every true Mussuman will
therefore be opposed them heart and hand and in the
present debtated Of the Ottoman government II
utterly out Of It's power enforce obedience to what s at
war with the stern nAexibe bgory OF the Mahomedan
code Were IL not that Sultan Abdel Medd protected
by French army Constannople, the PRONUNCIATION Of
this proclamation Of equal civil and religious liberty
would in all probability this have added one more to
the examples Of imperial victims TO the bow
string or scmitar and greatly mistaken il the
departure Of that army fit depars) win not be the
signal for another sacrifice to the mob Of Constan nope
Though we are told that samsm has long been declining
European Turkey least there is st enough Of the old
fanatcism left to produce political convulsion. This
perhaps may be agreeable anticipation to the Anglo
French alliance IL will afford plausible pretext for
tending their protection the Sultan until his Mshomc
dan subjects rsconcied TO what they deem h spos
tacy which will probably be somewhere about doomsdsy
The AngoFrench alliance being the great champions Of
tile integrity and Independence Of the Ottoman empire
cannot with any degree Of consistency insist these
concessions being incorporated with the anticipated treaty
As they stand now they appear at least to DO voluntary
concessions Of the Sultan to his Christian subjects
Of grace proceeding from his free will and there.
fore they do not in any way detract from his sovereignty
He may revoke them whenever he thinks proper without
any other power having right to interfere But when
they become part and parcel Of great plan for settling
the balance Of power Europe they revocabe with
the Of all the parties to the compact and thus
far the integrity and independence Of the Ottoman empire
would be seriously compromised Wesre not therefore,
psed that the Porte should dcmur to this indirect mode Of
making other powers the arbes Of the relations between
the sovereign and his subjects There is cectusl
mode Of invading sovereignty. In this awkward predic
has the AngoFrench alliance involved itself by
ting out with the pretert that the with Russia
the preservation Of the integrity and independence OF
the Ottoman empire We think they had better take
how they push this far they may tempt the
Sultan TO seek the protection Of his old enemy Russis
against his excellent friends in western Europe The idea
Of protecting the Christians Of the Ottoman empire from
the expressions Of slamsm is very much Of sbsur-
atty on other grounds than those previously stated II
len TO themselves they would become the prosecutors
Of each other. The Catholic Armsnans hate the ,chs
matte Armenisns who Entychans denying the two
natures Of church and the supremacy Of the Pope
than they do the followers Of Mshome the Creeks and