Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-04-18
OBJECTIONS OF TURKEY To THE PEACE TREATY
HELD OF THE ALLIES ON HER GOVERNMENT.

From me London Times. March 90
The intelligence which We communicated some da,-
since effect that the Porte had refused to sanction
In some particulars the proceedings OF the Paris Confer
eucc is nov confirmed. The Council oi Constantnopr,
il - known has directed Aal Paha not to consent II"
the of the Sltss late decree among the artice>
of peace a. such Mt concession would bind the Porte To
certain form OF administration in its own independent ter
rorics The Plenpotentiary has been also formally or
dercd oppose arrangement about the lhincpaite>
which should be- prcjudical to the sovereign
rights Oi the Porte IN those provinces Ot the former
question We have already spoken The institutions which
give the Rayah subjects OF the sultan tie" right-
aud a career be the OF the Western Pow
for many years 'oiH BE- some time b.foT'
England aud France riH Be- able TO reiGr their hold upon
Turkey.
The matters be determined important and com
picated aud the enlightened statesman mu''
coniess that he but little before him. IN thu
uedy Of hostile races deeprooted prudces decayng YET
tenacious creeds intrigue Misrepresentation, and vena
y We may be content therefore, in some degree to wait
and how gradual and tentative reforms work IN
lard where everything has been prescription and imm"
b;y Tor ages But the question OF the Principates de-
mands speedy decision. These provinces are the mos
exposed aud coveted part oi the Turkish empire Thc
are even occupied by foreign armies They have
been for several generations under the influence and a,
last under the recognized protection. OF Russia Within
lew wears they have been twice Invaded by Russia
troops and at the of the slmo>t formally
conhciel by the Car They are through agepart OF
their extent fertile beyond the average p!oducvenes Z"
Europe they command the great river OF Europe, and thu
recthcaon OF frontier proposed by the treaty will add 10
their terrtory the delta and ortresses OF the Lower Dan
ube The which inhAbits them Is strangely situated
part lndcr Russian sway, in Bessarabia, and that
part of Moldava which appropriated by Alexander ~
lSl2 part is subject 10 the dominion OF the Austrian
Emperor Each ot these pOtentaes place large arm~
on the frontier Of that part OF Roumana Nltchis still M
manner independent aud each may be tempted TO viot
treaties by the natural desire extend his empire and th
equally natural lear that his rival may anticipate him
The seizure of Principatcs the OF this
and must he the FIRST step in any new aggression oil '
Ii is therefore, the duty of the allies to settle tn
question on a sure basis, aud build up political fabric
which will give content to the inhabitants preserve a. IA
possible the rights OF the Porte and, without giving
oi offence any powerful neghbor, insure peac
and tranquility to Europe.
1t i, singular how differently the question has been
gadcd by the Western Powers, by the people OF the pro
vinccs aud by the Turks IL is almost needless 10 say
that the hr-t notion of English statesmen was TO give tn
Rounanlau- Young hereditary sovereign with conSt-
tuition Of the regulation pattern. THIS plan seems no"
dehuitivcy abandoned The Moldo-W alachians Ill,
selves rather vague in their aspirations The Boyari
clergy ard people Of Modava have presented TO their Hos
polar Prince Ghika protest against the proceeding
the ambassadors the Porte. They express wish 1"
see the Prnrpaities united into nation declare that
Deryish Pa-ha the Turkish Commissioner hal held ou
hopes that their wishes would be regarded and regret
that the Porte the ambassadors, aud the Pans pIeup"
tenaes should proceed reduce them to the level OF
Turkish Pashac They talk OF themselves rs "Rouuans,
and of their Hospodar Christian Prince but do not
commend any definite measure
80 tar hoxever, the protest represents the feelings
OF the people it that desire exists to enjoy even
greater independence OF Turkey an before without sui
Such Is the actual state of affairs Into the advantage
fihc different plans proposed shall Whrth-
the aachans would bc better under one llo'-
podar than two under hereditary than elec'"o
chief questions which it would Toe useless 10 discus
here. No doubt nfnty OF different constitutions
might be- these States It'll also nearly
certain that constitution will succeed unless subjects
the country good aud strong although enlghtemr'
and patriotic government. The matter be DE-
ciled aud probably with little energy dficuluc, viii
vanish. But hese erenfs chiefly irorthg Of not
- Isgy
s,pposein The old Tartar obstinacy still lives. and tie
Wat mHS prepare itsef for resistance and erdson T
IL asks tor tie accomplishment Of tie changes hich hare
beeH oftei promised
The Porte holds very different opinions. The manner
in which the Council has reused itself OF late to assert it.
independence foreign control is well described by
correspondent COrstinOple. Ii that the Tur
KEY whose armies ordered to and irO by the alli-
generals aud whose to diplomatic arrangements i
hardly thought necessary to ask Tor j. solved
assert will OF it, Whether the Porte vii
have the courage per-evere know but pres
its policy to be- uphold the independence aui
integrity Tor which the allies have declared that they
thought the preliminary Conferences of Constantine
pie the question OF the Pfncpaities debated but
nothing settled. The want OF full instructions
pleaded by the Ambassadors OF France aud Austria and
the matter referred the Conferences Paris
Shortly alter the telegraph informed the Porte that Lord
Clarendon Count Oofi and their associates drla-
ting the union of the provinces This idea,
had been brought forward at the COnstntnOple C0
ference The receipt OF the threw the Council into
mach excitement Meetings OF the high digities Of the
empire daily held and the result formal pro
by Telegraph against the discussion at the union
OF the two Piucpaes interference with ;hc inter
nal Affairs Oi Turkey, aud violation OF the sovereign
right. OF the Porte in those provinces In spite Of long
interviews between the French aud Austrian Amba-su
dors and the Ministers at the Porte, this protest