New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-27
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THE ORIENTAL QUESTION.


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peace at Paris, is now fairy reopened by diplo-
matte strike at COnstantinopIe. There the em-
basses Of France, Russia, Prussia aud Sardinia
have hauled down their 6ugs, and broken Of their
relations with the Porte The ambassadors Of
England and Austria. backing the resists1ce Of the
Divan sgainst the demands Of the Four Powers,
STINT ltaneouily declsrd they should not shun any
responsibility likely to arse out of the conflict
These events occurred on the 9Th Of the present.
month The story Of the drama Is the old one, but
the d,an0s persona have shifted parts and the plot
is made to bear come air Of novelty through the
cOntrv Of q new mise en- scene. 1t ID now not
Russia, but France, that occupies the vanguard.
Nj. ThouyeDel, her Embassador at Constantine
pie, in a somewhat affected, MeDchikOf strain, i'm
periously called upon the Porte to aDnul the Mol.
davap elections, because Vogorides, the Kaimskan
OF Mo6avia, by unfair interference, and In viola
ton of the treaty of Paris, had cOntrived to give
the Anti Unionists a majority Of representatives.
The Porte demurIed to this dictation, but declared
itself willing to summon the Kaimakan to Con.
stsntnople there to answer the accusations brought
forward against bic administration. Tbs proposal
NJ Thouvenel hsughtily rejected, insisting on the
inquiry into the electoral operations being handed
over to the European Commission OF reorganiza
ton installed at Bucharest. Since the majority OF
that Commission is formed of the Commissioners o.
France, Russia, Prussia and Sardinia, the very
parties working for the union of the Danubian
Provinces and charging VOgOrides with the crime of
illegal interference, the Porte, pushed on BY the
ambassadors of Great Britain and Austria, of
course declined making its avOwed antagonists the
Judges in their own cause. Then the catastrophe
took place.
The zeal point in question Is evidently the same
that gave origin to the Russian war, W., the virtual
separation of the Danuban Provinces from Turkey,
this time atten pied not in the form OF material
qua rantee" but in the form Of union OF the Pnn-
c,palities under the sway Of European puppet-
prince Russia, in her calm, clrcuIDspecf, patent
way. never swery.s from her settled PURPOSE Al
ready she has succeeded i'll arrayng, IN an affair III
bich she alone is Interested, some OF her enemies
against the rest aud MAY thus expect to suodue the
one by the other. As to BOnaptre, he Is actuated
by various moiives. He hopes to find safcty-valve
against dsaHection at home by complication abroad.
He ia immensely hnttered that Russia deigns to
figure in French mask and allows hun To lead
the Cance. His empire OF hcsons must content IL
self with theatrical triunphs, and, IN the depths OF
his soul he may delude himself with the notion of
mock throne OF X Jumania exit mpOrized BY pro-
tocols. Since the famous Warsaw Conference OF
$50 and the march Of an Austrian army 10 the
northern confines Of Germany, Prussia pants TOR
some little revenge to be- WTeaked on Austria,
if il he allowed at the same time to keep
out Of harm's way. Sardinia rests all her hopes
on o colf ,ct with Austrs, to be no longer waged
by the danger Gus alliance with Italian revolutions
but in the rear of The despotc powers OF the CONT
nenf.
Austria is as earnest in cOunteracting Me union of
the Danubian Princpalties Russia is in forward
ing IT, She knows the prime IN tive OF that scheme,
| which is still more immediately aimed at her own
pwer than that OF the Porte. Pa eerstOn at last,
| The principal stock in trade Of whose popularity
consists Of spurious Anti Russani.u must OF course
t,Irn ~ share the real terrOrs Of Francis Joseph
He, by al means, must appear to side VIII Austria
| sDd the Porte, and not 10 give way TO hnssian
pressuIe unless constrained by France. such - the
portion of the respective parties. The ROuman
people are but pretext, thing quite out oil the
question Even the most desperate enthusiasts will
scarcely BIZ able to muster sufficient quantity o
cJeduity to believe in Louis NapeOns Gnc ere zeal
for the purity Of popular elections, or In Russia
ardent desire to strengthen the Rouman natl0naity
the destruction of which has never ceased to form
an object of her intrgues and her wars since the
days Of Peter the Great.
psper started at Brussels by certain self-styled
Rouman patriots, and called LEtoitc da Danabt, has
lust published series of documents relating 20 the
Modayian elections, the substantial part OF which
propose TO translate for THE TRIBUNE. II con-
sists of letters addressed to Nicholas vogondes' tne
| Kaimakan of Modavis, by Stephen Vogorldes, nis
father; by Messurus, his brother -in-law, and the
| Turkish ambassador at London; by A. Vogorldes,
bis brother and the Secretary to the Turkish En-
| hassy at London by NJ. Fotiades, al.
other hrothern. law Of his, and the Charge
| dAilair.s Of the Moldavian Government al
| c, pstantinope; and, LASTLY, by Baron iro-
kesch. the Austrian lnternunco at the Sub
| lime Porte. This correspondence was some
| time since stolen from the Jassy Palace OF the
| Kaimakap and the EiOiie du Danube now boasts OF
the D, secession of the original letters Inc ktoe az
| Danube considers burglary quite respectable road
to diplomatic information, and IN this view OF the
case seems backed by the whole oil the offleai Eu-
rOpean press.
| SECRET CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO THE MOL
p,yIAy ELECTIONS PUBLISHED BY THE EToILE
DC DANUBE. ,
Froem.nt Of Letter Of u. c. Messurus the Ottoman
| EmbasSsador at L0DdoA, TO the hdsma.dH |o-
| goriGes. ,oo 10Y
tell you coIidebtialy that Lord Clarendon up.
| proves Your reply 70 the councils Ct France and
P,ussa concerning the press lie has found honor
| able, Just and legal. i have recommended to his
Excellercy the wisdom of Jour conduct IN the actual
circumstances. write 10 the Porte, and endeavor TO
secure your success in the brilliant career you show
yourseH 30 worthy Of You will this fne country
rom the danger into which traitors unworthy the name
Of Moldayials try TO drag IT, Stimulated by material
interests and rewards, they push their perVefsity TO
The point OF contributing 10 Transform Moidavla theis
iah, rlspd into simple appendase to WaIa ;bla and
10 wipe i. ont from the map Of sefgoverning peoples
| On TIE pretex. of founding some fabulous R'umaaia
,ley want to r.duce MOoaVa ard the Molfdylius TO
the state Ct Ireland and the -h, Little caring Tor the
nluledicons OF generations present and to come lou
iull the duty hopest and vi1uous patios In de-
tt til iuc rubbish which is lot ashamed ct caiSg
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