Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-09


the others looked on as passive spec |
tators. For little while the Rus /
sian Emperor and his counsellors
seemed to have imagined that this
could take place; that Russia having |
been the power to knock out the |
keystone, Russia alone would be al |
lowed to build up her own structure
out of the fragments without con-
sulting other powers, but she was
soon convinced to the contrary.
One after another Austria, England,
France and Italy have spoken omi-
nous words of warning, and in st.
Petersburg itself Russians seem to
have opened their eyes to the peril
Gus position they may occupy if they
determine to stand alone against all
Europe; at least the following is a
dispatch from st. Petersburg to the
London Times:
1t has been assumed until lately
that England would interp0se the
principal obstacles to a satisfactory
arrangement; but it is now believed
that Austria viii offer the most seri-
Gus opposition. Russia is inclined
to be cOnciliatory in relation to the
question of the Straits, which prin-
cipally affects England but with
regard to the SclaVOnic tribes it is
declared she must consider her own
honor and aims, as well as the sup
posed interests of Austria. Popular
faith in the Triple Alliance is much
shaken. 1t is believed Austria has
completely changed her attitude,
and serious doubts are entertained
even concerning Germany.
However this may be, the Car
has evidently given up the idea that
his sword is to be the only force in
establishing the equilibrium of the
new arch:
Ny lords, if the noble dukes has
complained that the speech of my
noble friendf behind me was adj
dressed to observations which had
not been made, / will retort by say
| ing that the noble dukes arguments
and tactics were addressed to prin-
ciples which had never been laid
down by my noble friend. (Hear,
| hear.) The noble duke expended a
good deal of elOquence in showing
! that it was not our business to main
tain the national independence and
| integrity of Turkey. Not one word
about the independence and integ-
rity of Turkey crossed the lips of
my noble friend. (Hear, hear }
Then the noble duke proceeded to
specify two points, which he made
1 the subject of accusation against
1 Her Majesty's Government-the
/ dissention of the Cabinet and the is
| olatiOn of England. On these points
/ | will not follow the noble duke; |
will merely repeat what my noble
| friend behind me has said, that the
government have not been isolated,
and that we are not isolated now.
| (Hear, hear.) IsuppOSe my noble
/ friend will expect me to give him a
| precise summary of the negotiations
which may have passed between
| the Court of London and every
Court in the world. But / must
entirely decline to enter upon such
/ a task. If we had in this country
snch a thing as a secret Session, the
| Government would have no reason
1 to complain. But we know that
every word we utter here goes to
every cOrnOr of this country and to
every Court of Europe, and we
would rather submit to the taunts
of our political opponents than say
a word which could indicate mat
tiers which might be injurious to the
public service. (I1ear, hear.) As to
| disseption in the Cabinet, was
anxious to know on what grounds
/ that charge was brought, and as far
! as / could see there were only two
one was that Musurus Pasha had
praised the Turkish Constitution,
] from which / differed and the 9TH
err was our old friends the neWspa-
pers. { A laugh.) / believe when
we were in Opposition we were not
! indolent and not deficient in inge-
nuity, but the idea never crossed
our brains-I thank my noble friend
| for the suggestion and | may use it
at future time-tO impute to the
Cabinet of the day that they wrote
all the leading articles of the So
called Ministerial papers. Taught
/ er.) The beauty of the thing is you
cannot disprOYe it. Nobody knows
who wrote those articles; they may
have been written by my noble
| friend at the head Of the Govern
ment-(a laugh)-but it would be
perfectly impossible unless we could
! produce the persons who wrote them
! to prove that they were not written
by members of the Cabinet. | sub
nit to my noble friends whether
/ this discussion of newspaper articles,
/ Ministerial or otherwise, is likely
/ to give credit or deGoFum TO our
/ debates. (HeaT, hear.) AS for me,
my acquaintance with newspapers
/ is not so great that can say whether
| the Morning Post abuses me or not,
/ but if it likes to abuse l hope it will
continue to do so. Laughter l
am sorry to hear the suggestion of
/ the idea Of what IS called o 'iAlinis-
/ terial paper" from noble lords OPP
pOsite. 1t is an institution which
| exists in France, but not in this
country. But / believe we have the
/ phenomenon now of two or three
extremely Liberal papers which
/ support the Government ON this par
ticdlar question. 1t has been said
that the trade of the country has
been fearfully depressed because we
/ have opened Parliamentat this par
ticular time. My impression is that
the depression which has affected
the trade of the country has resulted
from a combination Of causes but,
at all events, Her Majesty's Govern
ment are free from the imputatiOn
that they have done anything to
/ excite the Turks to resistance.
! When my noble friend talks of eX-
citing the Turks ] want him to con-
slider what the effect would be of the
discriminating and unsparing pol,
/ icy which he has Just announced.
The Turks undoubtedly have made
bad use of their opportunities. /
/ have little fault to find with the
/ terms of condemnation used by no.
bic lords opposite towards that Pow.
er. / heartily and deeply sympa-
thize with the subject races in the
East; but / do differ from the noble
| duke in this-I believe that this
war has accumulated into nine short
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