Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-09-27
-rr puss1AN PRESS.

L ,ev conner up 10 the ''!"i'''' val. ihese
I'm ,,,,;,;.S did not spring ups mushrooms
-, r,,Ai.i.,, Of blownup SebaStopol; they
u,r. oc course, in existence for many years
h.cl Int who spoke Of = Russian press, under
the stern rnlc Of Nicholas, before the bulletins
of,bc hrtiiic 1',.sc had brought TO us the
most rr,cis,. an! reliable information OH the
onera,ious Q. the ,:cgc: Who was Lot stracl;
with the sincerity and eNactneSs OF their ac-
counts even OF their most ii1shtin losses,
IN the columns Of the Russian organs, when
contr,stci with the short, incomplete
notices of the French Government, and
the exaggerated and disputed news Of
the En.liS! press Who would have known
The truth about the celebrated Baiak
lava charge, bat for the dispatch Of the Rus
sian commander, who told the truth and the
whole truth, with the bluntUc>s OF Il soldier,
the truthiuincs' Of sworn witness before 4
magistrate, and the moderation Of an umpire:
The acknowledgment OF the defeat OF So!icrino,
so much praised, on the part Of Austria, On
account Of its franl; ayowa!, was q tardy and
/ incomplete imitation of the Russian method.
Still it won credit to .tustria-and it is well it
should be so; but We cannot forge; that none
( but fcw impartial men did full justice to
/ the Russians during the Crimcan WAY, although
! everybody WAS compelled 10 wait for the te!c-
graphic dispatches from st. PcteTsbnrGh' to
know what was meant by lakernann Ichcr-
maya. and the taking of the MaakoH tower.
Ii could rot DC otherwise, when Il was noted
! tina. an unmutatcd account OF the destruction
of the Turkish feet of Snopc was published
/ by order Of the Russian Government, and re-
corded with competency and satisfaction as
/ the most glorious deed OF the Russian navy,
whilst the l.uropean press at large, and the
| English press in par;icular-,yeS the very adj
voca,es Of the bombardmcnt o., Copenhagen
described !, As most abornnahlc act OF piracy
and brganda.c, only second, il So to the law
less and tcrocio,!s warfare of Tamcrlanc or Cen
! sishhan !; may be q matter ct discussion
amongst US whether the destruction OF the
/, Turkish nav at Sinopc was coniorinable to
. !
but it cannot be denied that, on the SIDE of the
Russian Government, there Was no; the shadow
of 4 doubt in their being right in doing So
The laundering OF the Turkish fleet and the
burning of Moscow are TWO sides Of but one
medal-the Russian warfare
Since the calamitcuS times of the Crimcan
war the da,!es Of ST. PeicrSbur. have kept the
ground they occupied al that time, and applied
/ every now and then TO the general politics
! of Europe that method Of pulling out the ma
kcd truth from the well for which our education
has but very iinpe-lectly prepared us. The
! ''lnyalidc Russo has for some time been
publishing articles, which are no: only remark
able BY the bodness Of the language but tie
more 50 by the nature Itself Of The principles
eaounccd In one Of It's last numbers il says:
The time at which sovcrcignS alone could
make peace and decide the fate OF nations has
passed awav humanity progresses, and ma
| tons are determined 10 DC consulted on their
E.te. There was a time when Napoleon | All
! nounccd. in the 'Moniteur,' that such or such
DYNASTY had ceased to reign. when hc made
shas, ascend the throne and when the people
witnessed these tlynastc changes with phioso
phic indifference, caring little AZ bcin. treated
like flock of sheep 10y clever speculator.-
The increase o. general enlightenment has.
however since shown TO each nation that by
the side o! the sacred rights Of dynasticS there
are the rights Of the people and tha: nations
ought ne, 10 be sacrificed 10 the interests Of an
individual.
|, then goes on denouncing the treaties Of
Vienna which. it says, paid no regard 10 ma
;onali,e>, and did no, fullil the promises which
were made by Princes in the year 1873.
II calls those treaties and the Germanic Con
federation the work of Mctternich," and con-
siders the revolutions Of $50 and 1913 as the
consequence of wha; was done in lslj. The
last war in Iomba;dy was also, in its opinion,
produced 10y the ob>tinacy with which Austria
followed in the lta,Ia:. Peninsula the system o;
that Statesman.
Nor is that al; in another article charging
the scope Of the same views and speaking forth
with procssed knowledge OF the divers sub
jectS alluded to, it asccnds from the plains Of
I.ombardv to the NJ. Balkan, and from that
Deicnda tI CartAdgo maxim. modified ac-
cordin. to the requirements osthc a.c. II not
a small subject for reflection 10 mark the con-
tcrnptuous language used by the new l;atched
Moscovitc, from the hard shell o; barbariSin.
against these Turcoinan hordeS with which it
is hich time 10 come TO reckoning The Tur-
CONAN of to-day, in the scale OF civilization,
stands Tor licSy on lower degree, when con-
pared TO the Moscovte Of the same date than
that on which the latter stood himself at the
time Of Peter the Great, with respect 10 the
more enlightened parts Of Europe. The reason
is obvious. The capabilities for civilian
ton in Russia were only latent, and the gcrrni-
nation Of the seed thrown in a fruitful soil by
the carpenter. Emperor is well continued phc-
nomenon. whilst the brightest light :rowS faint
in the i.anciul atmosphere OF the Koran.
The "luvadc Russe," in order 20 clucdatc
lis theme OF the necessity o! Congress, writes
to the following effect:
Tie state Of l'.ly requires discussion Is all he
great powers in common. Ii the elements 81. d-cDrd
are Suffered - remain there; If the want, and desires
Of the Italian people Az ,raml!cd under loot; and il
!: is pretended that the legitimate aspirations i :hc
country are be ,tiicL 10y force, The present peace
will not have good results. Troubles a'd >uu:uima-
~ scenes viii DC sure 10 break Oh; and be enacted
there |; j. 70 prevent this eventlliy that thcmcct-
Ing OF the congress i, IN or oi'iI' ilS clis;pIe
l;u; this Congress ought not 20 hc crc,!m>c:ibed
within the narrow circle OF programme previously
chakcd ont; and from which, IN order - please this
or tina, power questions comce7:iu: ,iy'>tic PRIV!
le,e, O. ,Ao-c derived from tEe.tic, have 10 DC
cludcd.
The Congress ought 10 have fall power - discuss
tie general state of Europe and liz the ;rln and i'm
,uablc basis Of the international relations, and even
OF the internal legislation. The condition %, Italy is
lettering and t OF dangers, and unfortunately i; is
nc, the only tha; is l,rAcuins the horizon Of the
future.
There exist in Europe other aud most imi'o-,ail;
causes oil disagreement. Austria and France. armed
in :. formidable manner. may tai. more, AMI
this fatal collision will inevitably drag the whole oi
Europe into an endless contest The state oi Ter
tauy and the system Of the t;erruaric Ccn'c'lera-
tio, The worl; Of Mc,tern!ch, ought 10 undergo
change,