New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-04
THE PEACE PROSPECT.
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THE PEACE PROSPECT.
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Over the sounds Of warllke prepet sI'ou Vut -!
teriay r,sounding from one END OF 'hIs 'ao SJ 80
Island 10 the other has fallen sudden Sl, su.
Lmcr ~ the amorer is uplfted, and the haod Of inc
sbincarrenter is STAYED while they listed win "ogl
ard surprise 10 the unexpected tidlngs OF peace "
have become Idurated to state OF wal snI u 80.
row almost es impossible for England 10 lau osoH 'o
tLa old nacfc routine of the last forty years a. IL aP
reared Two wears ago for her TO shake oil the peacei
habits and dissertations which those forty yeas had
created Nor would IT, we suspect, be pefiec'.y uJe
70 saw that tue country halls the prospects 30
offered Of q return 10 peace, with unnAeo anu uHa'
Ioved Subtraction No ore IN - inhumRn Is TO arg
for war in the abstract but there are great many we
suspect who think that It's continuance ior aHOSIeI
wear would have more Of good than OF evil Oui
nrersratious arc so vast army and navy are asum
,rc 80 much more promising an aspect than before,
and the power Of Russia Is so ylsloly reduced an9
shaken, that We might reasonably nope at tne enS
Of another campaign not only TO dictate tSins iuao.
more favorable, but TO have for them the oeN 0,
an nossibe guarantees-tbe ptter exhaustion anu
rros.rction Of our adversary. In such cases bow
ever il is wse TO propitiste that Nemesis "hich !. 20
art 10 wait on those whose overweenng exPecta'oh'
IL future GOOD fortune render them bind TO the opPo
nties Of The present and TO close our hand upon that
certain success which l. within Its grasp rather imam
oTen il 10 snatch at some fortune more sHuiing Ous
also more doubtful and dangerous. 10 De deuyereu
from the continually recurring catalogues OF saughtei
from the rapid increase Of our national debt from the
prospect of ten per cent ncometax, aud constant
derargement Of our monetary system 10 curb eueStu
ally the insoence and aggression OF power whch
Two wears ago would only condescend 70 answer our
earnest remorstTances by naughty and expressive
erce treating them, 20 use the metaphor OF tne TN
pres Catherine, " "a the moon does inc "oNes I'M
bav a, berI'-these are advantages solid and SUB.
stanial that we would not change them for the mos'
brilliant future that ever alured ana aeuoeo tue VS.
onarv or the enthusiast Let rs only be sure that We
bnve cot what we ask for and We shsl bear wlin
much philosophy the loss OF oil the me thinBS 'aA
another year Of war might bring us'
We would however. caution the pubic against tue
r4rsuasiou that the teegraphc uessas e. OF oucoIe
spOndents at Vienna and Bern ana that poseo Q! t1e
npy what their words certainly taken IN their hterai
sens, would fairly comprehensive al the propose
tops upon which the Allies insist have been uncona-
tonally accepted by Russia Ihe terms OF tee nun
nropoet;on are general and do not necessarily incufe
The undertaking not TO fory the Aand Isles any more
thar any other demand that the Aes mgh NJ %
make. We do not believe that tins reqaiHuon has yer
be.p speciically submitted TO Russia, and whatever
NAV be the probabilities Of the case, we are crtslny
not justified In say ng that she has Internationally &c
cepted IT, Two other terms on which We must perenP-
tory iDsiss-the darmlng OF the eastern Sos OF tne
Black Sea, and tie allowing con.uls OF the " estern
Powers 10 reside in the Russian ports on its witere
have been only slightly and ambiguousy mentioned.
Why this is so we DO not know. That IL the concern
Of Austria. We not principals IN the negotiation,
but have employed the mediation of third power,
whose duty il is 10 that Russia be brought TO an
unconditional acceptance Of our terms, with al their
stipuations, before we even enter into negotiation.
We do not believe for mement that these things are
likely TO offer permanent obstacles to the conclusion OF
peace but our readers must remember that the an
nouncement that Of Austrian, not Of an Eng lsh
dip ouatirt and that he speaks from point OF view
not always identical with our own.
Again. what does Russia mean by en- unconditional
accep.4ncei We have held an acceptance Of hers
before and have some experience how cooly she eau
dishopor it. Other dispatches from Vienna speak Of
the terms being accepted the bases of negotiation.
Logically there distinction between the two. for
the foundations which negotiation rests must be
accepted Internationally, they no foundations at
al. We must begin somewhere, and that with which
We begin must be unconditional; but have some
perence low Russia understands these things when
remember that sst year she undertook TO DO away
with her preponderance in the Black Sea, and could
he brought 10 assent TO means of carrying oct this
condition which cid not tend directly to defeat It. We
40 not believe, as we have said, that any OF these
difficulties viii really be allowed 10 interfere with that
peace which the Court Of ST. Petereburg TO have
determined TO be necessary 10 ts interest but merely
wish cool the ardOr Of those overangune spirits who
may infer that everything s already done, and that
rotLing remains for England and France bnt to ring
their bells, light their bonfres, and pay the bill.
Nothing should induce US to relax for single mo-
men in cur preparations Until all the stpulstions We
have mentioned have been clearly and unequiyocaly
put by Austria and clearly aud unequiyocaly con-
ceded. We must remember that by the pressure we
have put upon Russia, and not by the mediation OF
Austria, has the present happy alteration OR cir,
cHustances been brought about, and that If We would
proserye the advantages of our position, IL can only
lie done BY constant adhesion % the very means by
Which that change has been produced Let Russia
once reason to believe that We have allowed the
hopes of ease and tranquility to unnerve our vigilance
and airaun courage, and the whole work must be
done again for she will aseuredy find means ~
wIiggle out Of the concessions she has made, and
to resume her old attitude of hsugness and defiance.
The way 20 obtain peace il 10 make our adversary
feel tLorOughly-wh8t Is indeed no more than the
truth how much more necessary that peace IS TO her
than il is 10 We have tred reason and renlon-
STRANGE with effect, have tined vlgOr aad action
with The most encouraging results. by energetic ae-
ton We have compelled the enemy to negotiate; by g
continuance Of that energy and action we shall bring
those negotiations TO happy result II Is the common
eror Of historians to attribute in these matters too
much to the talents Of plenipotentiares aud too little
TO the relative force OF the contracting States. No
negOtistor was more successful than Charles XII.
before the battle Of Pultswa, Napoleon before the
expedition TO Moscow, for their arguments were
backed by their Bsyonets, and faults in their logic
passed unnoced amid the the thunder Of thor cannon
After theee signal they negotiated with equal
talent but entirely different success for the psver that
gave force TO their propositions gone. Now then,
ever in the OF the war; it is necessary 10 push
on those preparations which required FOR the eth
cielcy OF our sea and land forces N the next cam
paign. Never before was that necessity 90 urgent
never would the effects OF any relaxation remiss
ness be so Immediately felt We have the goal IN
sight and that ought to induce rather TO double
than remit our exertons. BY observing this line Of
conduct shall either have gained the noblest vic
toy-a sold and lasting peace, or be IL position to
inspire those who shall have Withheld Il from With
still more durable repentance.
BRITISH AND JAPANESE TREATY.
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