Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-09-14
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The Paris correspondent of The London Tines
furnishes that paper with the following interesting dc
tails OF the conferences recently held AT Paris
Th- conferences for thu organization of rh- Dsnu-
bian PrincipalIti-s are nj MI end. and the Pi-fipn'r.
rigri.s will meet bur once more TO sign the convention
II has not been without extreme difficulty that they
have brought their lnbors To II conclusion. More than
once they were on thr point of separating. on account
OF the apparent imp"-s,bility OF agreement. TINS l.
.ssy To Imagine. Here WIRE met The f-legat-- al
seven Powers two of them, England and Sardinia,
purely Constitutional aud three OF ;hem-the three
! most Interested in tho question, M purely Abaolutisf.
There WAS II conf ct al principles ~ well a-ot interests.
The difficulties 10 b. snrIn0unied We're lar greater Than
at The Congress of 1856. although then The Question:
IN b. decided were much more important. IL has on
ly been by mutual concessions thar The convention hi
at last been concluded, III 4 manDrr which, l am a.
sured. is not entirely unsatisfactory 10 any OF The Phw
ers, and which ought not To be So To the Mo'do nj
| lschs. if they can but bring themselves 10 iorget The
somewhat exaggerated hopes they we're unwisely en
couraged TO cherish. IL IL certainly 10 be- deplorrd
that the question was not settled IN lSJb. The l'ira
OF consuming kouman Divaus was IN untcrtnnat"
ona-ir WA almost q ~nOckery. since tIefs WIS Dr
Intention OF complying with their dsulfnd- IL pre-
pared Gi-cuntent for any concessionh, less Than th"S-
demands, that should after wards be made. Had soln"
of the Plenipoteniiariss of 1876 been better Informed
a. 10 The true stats Of the PriIclps'.'ies and their
population. had others been lrss Interested in dong
anything that might increase the discomfort OF The
Moldn Wallnchs, the plan then adopted would d0nht
l-s1 have been u very different one. As II IL, the Sth-
of Russin has been played. tor II is her po!IcJ f' -
All an. can Ia render the Dannblans dlssstisil & " .
their Suzerisn. and To destroy their hopes n. eC;' -
tainIny from Elrops tn. mode OF government f'.cy
d-slre. She hopes that the day will come WHEN. -
.acape from the hated and impotent embrace al Iur'
kew, they will throw Themselves into her hrin', ro ~
east securing efficient protection from HE encrohch
ing it nu.ncr ot Ausrria. In The cour.- Of iln''
and events thar day may arrive; but II Ia" MOIdG-
WnIla"hs are wise they will wait nild see II be'trr
th.ny- are not in Store for them. The present con
v-niion will he found. l believe, To secure Ia Them
a Tar better condition than they have hitherto "a-
ioyed. IN tn" first place, IN framing ia articles par
ticular attention has been paid Ia putting M END Ia
thu corruption which is the cancer and hanr OF 'h"
Princioaliiirs. On The extent ct thar corruption |
need NOT insia,. The venality and political p~rotllgncy
of the HOspodars, Boyards, and fmp1oyeS OF Gil
class-s in those unfortunate countries have been r..
pesfedly act forth and exp0sed, and nsver better or
more ~rruthfully than in n strlkiDg pamphlet entitled
Lurcs sur les PrInc'pdnfes. which lately appeared
ut Paris AMI Geneva, p~ubi,hed anonymously, hut
known 10 he from the pen o! II lsouman noblrman. !
understand that Lord Cowlry UHs forward in recon-
m-nding and insisting upon tie adoption OF measures
which should effeciuGliy remedy thia wre.ched stat"
of thlngl. and in so d0lnI ha rendered a real service
10 the people whose tate was under discussion. The
articles of the convention are not known. and may.
possibly, not BIZ published for eome weeks. A few
details have, however, reached me, on the sccu.
rscy of which you may rely. Each OF the two
provinces ia to have its Chamber of Deputies, by
whom the Ilospodars will be elected there is to be
also n Senate. combined OF Moldavians and Wallachs,
which will sit nj FokschaDy, a town on tie boundary
line between The Princ;paIIties, which solne proposed
to make the capital, had they been amslgamated. a
certain amount Of territorial property coniers the
right Of voting at the election Of deputies. | under
stand that the convention is so arranged "a 10 leave
a door open for the pnssihla union Of the PrinGiphli-
ties Mt some future time. 1t the Moldo Wallachs We're
on- day 80 fortunate "a to find Themselves under the
rule OF two able and patriotic Ho-podars, they might
etTer, tor themselves, without the interference of Ea-
rope. the union they have 80 earnestly asked for
This ought 10 be encouragement for tlrrm, and stimulate
them To rrirc, foreign Influence, and b- scrupulous IN
tho choice of their ruIsrs. These particulars, although
meacre, are not unimpor,au', und hope 10 be snortiy
able TO add others TO them.