The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-04

must be bu. We have some experience no
I msno, that isst wear shs nndsrtnh VIC al
away with her prepopdsrance in the Black Sea- coad
be brought to assent To of carrying out th.
not believe We have said that OF these diculti
will really allowed to interfere with that peace whsi
The Court of st. Petersburg seems TO have determined Il
be necessary to its interest," nut merely wish to cool the
srder OF those oversangune spirits who may ner tina
already done and that nothing remaius fo
EDgahd and France but to ring thei' bells, light ths
NotbiI should induce us to relax for a single momsn
N our Preparations until all the stipulstions we have
mentioned have been clearly end un.quvocally put b
Austria, and ~ clearly and unsqyocaly conceded W.
must remember that by the pressure have put upon
Russia and not by the mediation OF Austria has the pre-
sent happy alteration in circumstances been brought
about and that, If would preserve the advantages Of
position it only be done by constant sdhesi N
the very means by which that change has pro-
duced. Let Russia reason TO believe that we
have allowed the hopes q ease and tranquility to I'M
nerve vigilance and dissrm our courage and the
whole work must be done over again for she will as.
suredy find TO wigge out OF he concessions shs
and defiance TIE way to obtain peace is to make our
adversary feel thorougbly-what is, indeed no more
10 her than il is to u.s. We have tried reason and re-
monstrsnce with efect-have tried vgor and action
with the most encouraging results By energetic action
We have compelled the enemy TO neg tiate by con-
tinusnce OF that energy and that action shall bring
those negotiations to happy result. It is the
common OF historians to attribute in these mat
tiers too much to the talents Of plenipotentAries
and too little to the relative force OF the con,
tsasng states No negotiator was more successful than
before the expedition to Moscow for their arguments
backed by their bayouets and faults in their gic
ter these signal thcy negotiated with equal
snt but entirely different for the power that
gave force to their propositions was gone Now then if
ever in the Of the is necessary to push
those preparations which required for the efficiency
of and land forces in the next campaign. Never
before that necessity ugen-never would the ef
ects relaxation Ycm1SBEeSS immediately
felt We have the goal in sight and that ought to induce
us rather to double than remit our exertons By OBJ
serving this line Of conduct shall either have gained
the nObest vctory-a solid and lasting peaceor be In
position to inspire those who shall have withheld it from
US ri b still more durable repentance
from the London News, Jan. -
How near Is pesceS The exact tenor Of the
turned by the cabinet OF St. Petersburg to the overture
from Vienna must be known before tais question can be
answered. According to the telsgraphlc dispatches
from Vienna and Dresden, Russia has accepted uncon-
otopally the Austrian proposals." according to the
propositions forwarded by Austria ough. to the
preliinares Of peace" We have to believe that
sppsoaehes more nearly than those from vieun. and
Dresden to the terms Of the message received by the
Engiish government. Russia, we are given to under
of negotiations. In like manner. Russia accepted
last year, ,he four points, the basis of negotiations
parallel we are to have Conferences in 1850 As We
had in 1855, IL Is to be hoped that the allies win
insist upon being held in Paris or London instead OF
VIENNA in Brussels, 1t is deemed necessary that
they be held in neutral State. But even If the allies
weak enough to allow them to be held once IN
Vienna, England win be much more efficiently repro
scented there than she was last year.
1t must also be admitted that the "propossb of the
The proposals do not admit of the amount OF cav
and myst6cation the part Of Russia dill the four
points. must be borne in mind however, that there
is postscript to the Austrian proposals. which may
enable RUSSIA to open aeries of internsble discus
sions The belgerent Powers their right to
the nr since the
proposals framed the rels i've positions Of the be
gerents have undergone some change through the publ
the Western Powers. the announcement of the tall
of Kars, and the failure OF 0mer Pasha's expedi
negotiate on the basis Of the Austrian pro-
posas with view to induce the ahes to relax in their
preparations for vigorous prosecution Of thu
superstition quite In harmoAy with the anecedents o.
Russian ciplemacy-she will find in the postscript
pie pretexts for evadng any obligations she may have
contracted With Austria.
in favor Of Austria than Of Turkey AL that
the latter Power gains by them IL guarantee such
the Black Sea- eestablish the military arsenal at Sc
bastopo In what regards the immediate Of the
varforegn interference with the Christian subjects OF
the Porte and foreign protectorae over the Danubsn
Principal sTurkeyis left pretty nearly where.she was
England France and Austrisand perhap Russa-are to
interfere collectively between the Sultan and his Christian
subjects instead of Russia alone BY assuming proec
torste over be Pgncipadtaa Rns.is .serte ne .hia
OF The wedge to separate them from the Turkish
ge the arrangement proposed BY Austria T will only
find favor in the eyes of manT but nobody can say
that they tend to the "indepencencs and intex
ty' of the Ottoman empire. they agreed to, the
end Of the present war will like that most other wars
forget its beginning. But, leaving the Ottoman govern
oaas u e henst s Raxahs 81 the inbasauts Of
the ian ubian PtincipalitiesY We have doubts.
joint protectorae Of the Kayaks appears to TO
resentatves of the great Powers at Pera constantly
interfering with and parayzng the action OF tae Otto
throughout it's domnionp. untl We know what kind Of
constitution the Principal les to receive, aud until
see the Austrian army OF occupation withdraw from
those provinces it viii be premature 70 congratulate the
Modo Walachians the stipulations made ostensbly
In their behalf.
All that with certainty be said at present Is that
onaly the Austrian proposals, this preof that she
already feels severely the pressure OF the to
be hopeless Of the future The acceptance Of such terms
sian government At the oatses Of the it ASSERTED
right to srb rate between the Sultan and his Christian
subjects AMI seized upon the Prncipalties ma
teral guarantee for submission to its arrogant Claims
At the end Of the war; If The proposals accepted 1t
win submit to have the protectors:e Of the Rsyshs
wfestei from 1T by other Powers and xi eeie perm,
nenty part OF iA i-~ - This will be eli it has
r. by the loss Of its Black Sea feet the destructoao
The long years at SeSesopol and the
Of much bleed and treasure All this very Illuminating
but il il precisely depth the humiliation and the Ger
ainty that the lspse Of few years will enable Russ.
repair its Losses which induce us to doubt the poss
circumstance The wounded pride OF Russia VIII rankie
ut her heart and stimulate her 70 seize the first opporsu
nifty TO eace the nory Of her shame by dazzling
exploit, The cherished ambition Of centuries viii not be
lightly relinqufshed. .
Meanwhile the Of the alies, If they are bent
upon concluding a peace, Is clear. Russia has been
brought to by the losses abe has already suffered
during the by the preparations OF the allies to re-
sumo hostile operations increased .le and with
more OF systematic plan, the season permits
and by the defensive alliance with Sweden. Fear aons
has induced Russia to entertain pacific sentmentsfear
alone can keep her in that mood The must not be
allowed slacken for moment while neg citations are In
progress Victories by the allies will be effect
i've negoiators than the most skiiful d2lomaiisis.
from the London Chronicle, Jan 1871
The intelligence that Russia had uncond ionsly &C
cepted propositiors OF the allies communicated
to-day morning to the publcand afterwards confirmed
as having from Sir Hamilton Ssymourxhicn sent
the funds up nearly three per cent appeared at FIRST al
most too god to be true After the Russian circular OF
the 21d December and the stl more recent announce
ment If the alleged counter proportions OF that Power
it seemed in the last degree improoaols that the
snhaxna ~ aatfIan,ent which recently