New-York daily tribune., 1856-01-14

NJ cannon are thusderDg after forty years peace; four
thousand millions Of francs have been consumed IN less
han fifteen months, and Europe awaits from this lat
holocaust of blood and gold peace which shall have
no end.
" Such Is the present war. ,.,
when interests 40 noble and gigantic are at stake
can there be any chance OF reconclnhg .nc oe"ssN1
narties otherwise than by Congress- Anu n%
that measure ushed moreover oy t.s ne a~o,s,s,;~s
fact that at the sole announcement OF the co2vocauoa
OF Congress the different populations wouid e0nsid1
peace concludcdf ,.x
" And why is this anticipated confidence IL ts BE-
cause nobody is guorsnt thst the sole anT ses,
find conclusion worthy OF the struggle, and thsi ai'et
the fall of Sevastopo and the destruction OF the bsk
Sea Heet pesre became possible. In fact 6 new po
ston was crested by this event, and lt Was P1a'.d
ON, x;th cearuess In the address by Napoleon Ill 20
the exhibitors aud 10 the official papers Of his dpsc-
macy. -, .. Ill M. has, ol,
tanned the Allies could only think oil increasing IaeI
forces on the field of battle In pursuing, al the price
of enormous sacrifices result which would turn 70
the advantage of all they could not ADM, that nee-
trs,y had useful mission to fulfill But as nnseha'
France Turkey and Sardinia had suneea iol Ine
and AS the proposed aim attained the p3~h'oa OK
neu,ras could be looked at in more fa'ofape nsnt-
at was then that the Emperor, making solema sp-
neal 10 the pressure of public opinion with toe 'iew@
terminating the war exclaimed: ~. "a uSd = in ,So
and declare who is in the night ana wno = m %.
wrong for that will be grand step toward sous.ou
He proclaimed with conviction ana tru'h tha', IN
the present epoch of civilization, the success OF ass
j. but temporary, and that dehnltiVey II puoNc
o,;niop that carries away the last victory.
:" Thus in the thoughts OF the allied GoVernnenis,
the last victory will be the conclusion OF peace ana
il public opinion in Europe which VIII have tne inert
and the honor provided il nteTferes IN the negotA-
tous assists at their various phases, aud officially pro
nounces on an the minor difficulties which may issue
from the discussions. . -,
a Congress can alone offer the opportunity of do
ing this. ,;o, -. secondary s,.,e.
have repied 10 the invitation of the Emperor OF the
French proves that Europe is prepared Tor that great
spectacle. -.
,hc Governments of Central Europe, Of the rs, sec
ond aud even of the third order were addressing 70
the Court Of Russia friendly representations, by no
m. ans coninatory but expressing IN the cearest man,
ner the necessity of making concessions winch woud
guarantee TO the Western Powers the tact that the oo
iect of the war really acquired Az the same tne
each of them informed France and England OF the
steps which il had TAKEN and invited them to receive
with moderation the propositions that Rrssla might
make The majority Of the sovereign Courts are con-S
seauently cooperating at this moment IN the negoes
tons But their c'9Rera,ion + lsTiagu ond d
ointed it is not the general opinion OF Europe winch
In order that the general opinion be rendered use
full and imposing, that Il may carry away that iast VIC
tory which shall de6nitively endow the world with
neace from the fact that it will leave behind neither
yic,ors nor yanquished il must necessarily be mani.
tested soemnly, in assembly OF the representatives
of all the States where various modes OF thinking may
he conformed in one idea, and where the Will OF au
may have but one vsice
In congress, Europe will be represented snd per
sonifed. ,,,-,-
vv;t;ed. above all over the powers viii be suspended
supreme authority, which will ennobie the sacrhce'
give 10 moderation the character OF magnanmty, I'M
pose sautary restraint religious or national eN-
aencies oyer-exced by the contest and render to each
government perfect Liberty OF action with respect TO
rs subjects
1t would be most desirable were the idee OF
gress proceed from Russia, and if, taking into con-
sideration q basis Of negotiations the propositions
carried to st. Petersburg by Count EsterhaLy, she
were to propose TO deliberate ON them not only In
simple conference but in assembly of all the SOW
ereirus and after solemn and sincere declarations 90
the origin the character and the results OF the cones
"Such On overture would be more certain indica-
tion of the pacific dispositions OF the Cabinet OF ST.
Petersburg than pure and simple acceptance OF an
umatum which might have no other aim than to re-
tad the recall of the Austrian Embassador. H. WILDE
remembered that a similar acceptance preceded the
first conferences at Vienna, and did not prevent their
failure II Russia boldly to adopt this step her
language would have character OF frankness and OF
grandeur which, IN freeing her diplomatEts forever
from the reproach of dupicty would materially tac
| ate the conclusion of peace
is only necessary to open cOtemporaneous his
tory to comprehend that Alexander III, may enter
this path without humiliatng Russia and u he con
siders the much greater sacrifices which the other
of civilization he will bless God for having reserved
10 hs people in similar crisis, privileged position.
When the hour of American independence sounded,
England had idea that the annihiaton of her old
colonial policy for her and her navy the
germ Of an unlimited development. At the moment
when coalesced Europe made Napoleonian Franoe
violently return within the limits OF the old monarchy.
no one could foresee that the resusctated empire
would find in the remuneration of her sODquests the
means Of extending the free States of Europe
influence powerful than that of Louis XIV. 0rG
Nap0leOnl.
"t has been necessary that the national honor OF
the two countries should suffer nearly half century Of
humiatons before they could clearly into their
destines and frankly resign themselves, to the
loss Of her North American possessions and the other
Of the cOnquests of the Republic and the Empire.
But Russia, afte. peace of forty yean which has
changed the face of the world, softened manners and
brought nations together in amity, enjoyed better
fate. Immediately after the struggle she was able to
appreciate and appropriate the results OF it, aud at
the very moment at which she ber old East,
ern policy, she that that policy does not die,
that Il i regenerated and that IN cvlzng herself sss
tIiumphs
| What idea animated Peter the Great with respect
10 Constantinople7 An itea as generous and rs holy
as that which conducted the King St. Louis Richard
Of England, and Leopold of Austria to the tomb Of
Christ.
"Can we feel surprised that this dea living trad.
ton of all regns, should have been enveloped in mys'
tery, have grown in the dark, and that when II sp-
peared in the open day, fully armed, it succumbed and
| became transformed into a conflict Of giants No.
for from the moment it conceived it had that d'
| tiny IL exclusive and incomplete, for IL only
| aimed at the enfranchisement Of the Greek comnu
| MON; il was aggressive and encroaching, for that
| enfranchisement implied territorial rearangement Of
| Europe.
4" But Europe which the creator of Russia had only
seen exclusively commercial at London and Amster'
..4, AhaI Of tha