The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-16

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connlot Oh parties ia England. OF
Il we have just received Intelligence h. .
r. EAR Derby'sspirited note o aortalae
. hol, lmputing gross hypocrisy and,ark
ple.enses 20 Russia, has proved >Sespng
20 klndie the flame which urs klsd
me people, and has rapiees ~ -
70 tne Cabinet, to the cor : a,.saas Y
hhe " neay, and 1 navy, asrce =" parties have
arisen on t..s question alone, swallow
ing UP and obliterating oil previous par
ties and factions. There is Russian
and Turkish party. These terms
would not be fairly descriptive, however.
Of these two parties, and are only used
for brevity and convenience. There is
no party In England entitled to any con-
sideration which champions either Of
these powers In their extreme and rep
rehensible acts and purposes.
It may be that class, and always q
large class, Of tho British people are
controlled in their opinions on this con-
troversy by private commercial and
material interests. But the great ma
iority are moved by higher influences
and motives, and this is the class which
must eventually direct the policy Of the
government. u That policy Ia, we believe,
clearly indicated in Earl Derby's dis
patch.
| It Is distinct and emphatic men
AGO to Russia, that friendly relations
| will cease when she proceeds further
| In her schemes Of conquest OF Turkey
when, not content with obtaining the
guarantees Of reform end better secur-
ity of the rights Of the Christian peoples
within Turkish dominion. Russia shall
extend her ambitious designs to the con
quest and annexation Of large provinces
In the East. and tho contraction of the
Turkish boundaries beyond the Danube
and towards the Balkan range.
" The silence Of Gortschakoff in refer
ence to Derby's threa and the vigorous
and rapid march OF the Russian armies
into the Turkish territory, on both ex-
tremes Of her entrenched line, embody
an emphatic challenge to Great Britain
to put In execution her declared policy
of intervention against Muscovite am
bition.
Hence the excitement in political cir
cles, in Parliament. and among oil
classes OF the people of England, and
the demand for preparations for the en-
forcement Of her policy. Hence the en-
thusiasm of her soldiers, and their
hearty hurrahs over the spirited mani
festo OF Derby. Hence the revival OF
the old Crimean fever and OF the Russo
phobia, which more than twenty years
Of peace and friendly relations with the
Muscovites have not extinguished in
British bosoms. These manifestations
give serious aspect to the condition OF
affairs In Europe, resulting from this
war, and they will arouse, If they
have not done so already, other
powers In like manner and
to like purposes Of interference
with It's further progress. Austria de-
clares her emphatic disapproval OF the
Russian protectorate over independent
Roumania, ruled over by creature Of
Bismarck, that same Hohenzollern
| whose intrigue for the Spanish throne
, provoked the great Franco
war; q Russo German state OF five mil
lions Of people established on her most
, exposed frontier, may well justify this
anxiety Of Austria.
J With France confronting Germany
and menacing her recent acquisitions
on the Rhine, the conjoined powers O
, Austria and Great Britain thrown or
the side OF Turkey, must prove bar
rier to the further progress of Russia I
designs, and either bring this war to 1
speedy close or expand and prolong 1
into one Of the most terrible and de
, vastating conflicts which has occurred
, during the present century.