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npiiE Lead of tlie British Government has de-X " dared-for a prosecution of tlie war to extort effectual security from Russia ; the declaration was made within a few Lours after the electric telegraph had asserted that . Russia Lad sent to Vienna an acceptance of the Austrian propositions , and while the despatches from the East continued to report the progress of the Russian defeat and the evacuation of the Principalities . The telegraph was most likely false . It told ^ ysi some days past , that the purport of the ¦ Jwissian repl y was , that in deference to Austria , tfie Principalities will be evacuated . We have yet toy learn whether tho reply is so or not . If it wore ^ the : m ^ ss ' age would be the most impudent
pretence of which even Russia has been guilty . The Principalities are in course of being evacuated in , deference to the valour of thp Turkish arms , commanded by Omar ' Pacha , and supported as they are by France and England . Austri a cannot possibly regard herself as more than the last feather—ji weighty one , no dotftTtf— which has broken tlie stout back of Russian endurance . Should the despatch be a verity , we have yet to see whether Austria would , in consequence of so impudent a pretence , retract from her position , or whether slic wijl not go forward in alliance with the Western Powers , and put upon llussUtf that restriction which the conduct of Nicholas has rendered necessary for its moral eilbct as well as military snfoty . '
With respect to Lord Aberdeen , we , have no disposition to copy the carping spirit W Lord Clanricarde , or to call the new speech a " retractation . " Wo have still our doubts whether Lord Aberdeen , a minister with peace in his mouth , is the best suited for the present time ; , but that question may be said to bo placed put of the field by the unhandsome pnrty attack upon- . him , which condescends to misrepresent his language . The new speech tvas not a retractation ; and we cannot , consistently with the trust which gentlemen must place in tlie words of gentlemon , roccjie it as anything moro than a complete proof ,, lh » t while tne ot the venerable
language nobleman wn . s imprudent to the last degree , rash in the mannerism of moderation , —whilo l » o approaches the Turkish question fVam a different , point of view , his meaning and purpose uro identical with those at present contemplated by Lord John Russijll , Lord Clarendon , and by the Eii ^ liwh public , generally . Hussia , ho auys , having oneo doclnrcd wrir , must . be compelled to ieol that the power of the allies is greater than her own ' , and Hlu > muM , yield a security that she will not again utUunpt the invasion of Turkey . Whether or not Lord Aberdeen andI Insi colleagues arc prepared to aim , boldly and unlhnohingl y , ftt tho only tangible moons for
securing the objoets they have in view , ive must judge hy the sequel . But that is a subject which we have discussed in a separate paper . We still suspect Lord Aberdeen . of moderation at a time when moderation ¦ would be as inopportune as reflection in the mid-career of a charge of cavalry . The despatch which Lord Aberdeen produced , as written by himself in 1829 , after the treaty of Adrianople had been concluded , cannot be rejected as evidence to his character . He was at that time the Foreign Secretary of a Tory Ministry ; Russia -victorious , sle might have dictated terms at Constantinople ; and Lord
Aberdeen was obliged to confine -hioi ^ e ^ ro ^^ taciSHlg the ternvs of ^ pr'eteuded' . ]^' dt ^^(^ - ;^ i i ^ ii [ v 'Kussi ' a had extorted . . ^ vlJiis ; ff ^|) *^ ld ! i' 4 j < S : ; 'Slio . Ws ' tliat , ' although she had ' talceii ho ' territorial ac qiusi " ti 6 ns she . liaa secured the keys of military . entrance , into all the territories of Turkey , ' aiul Jiad , by ; fUlse pretences , established herself in the position-of a conqueror- ; that tile Russian war was declared against Turkey as intended only for the purposes of redress , professedly witli objects of the most moderate compensation , and with the fixed
condition of not injuring the territorial independence of the Ottoman Empire . Now that Le is chief of a Liberal Ministry , Lord Aberdeen bus a right to bring forward this despatcL , written in so totally different a position , as a proof that the opinions avowed by anti-Russian parties at the present day are the same with the opinions which he had formed even then ; and we say it would bean outrageous exaggeration of just suspicion , itwould be a violation ofthefeelingcven of the poorest chivalry , to suspect a statesman who can bring evidence to character like tins . We awrno
explanation as would have been a formidable protest against the supposed meaning of Lord Aberdeen ' s language ; but his second speech has allayed the storm , and Mr . Layard ' s withdrawal of bis notice is learned , with approval . Government ' must not suppose that , because the people are not' assembling at public meetings , they a ;* e indifferent or asleep . Any serious misconduct on the part of Ministers would soon arouse a correction of any such mistake . The Russians being undoubtedly in retreat , both on the main road from Kalarasch to the Seretb ^ , and ,, through , the Dobrudscha , the most itttere > iin ^^ uestion is the next line of operations on both sides . For a new Power has entered into
the quarrel , and for good or evil the Austrian army will march down the left bank of the Danube and occupy Wallachia . What the effect of this ' will be is raatter of ^ much speculation . Austria , it is said , is acting in collusion with Kussia , and will dictate a peace from Bucharest . Let us see . First , so far as we . jcan learn , tlie Russians show no symptoms of abandoning the mouths of the Danube ; nor even of abandoning Moldavia . On the contrary , recent intelligence indicates rather a design to stand on the Sereth , and hold the Lower Danube than a design to take post behind the Pruth . Secondly , the
inarch of Russian troops upon the Austrian frontier shows an intention of drawing down to tho support of the army now in . retreat , * menacing Gallicia at the same time . Should the Russians stand at the Sereth , and the Austrians Cross the . Turkish iron tier , that would amount to a declaration of war against Russia . In point of fact , Austrian collusion is not necessary to account for the llussinn rotroat . Boaten at Silistria , with a storm gathering on the Balkan , tho Russians had no course open but to retrofit ; and tho lmo of the Danubo once abandoned , IViillaehia offered no position , and tlie line of the Seroth was tho only
with Lord Lymlhurst that tho true policy of Englishmen is to persevere in " jealousy , " rather than _ in " confidence , " not because wo suspect English statesmen of treachery , but because we may reasonably suspect them of mistaken judgment at a critical moment , of too great timidity , and , ^ most chiefly , of sympathising with the governing class of any state rather than with the people of their own country , still less with the
alternative . The entry of the Austriana , it is said , id intended to check the pursuit of tho Turks . But how could tho Turks harass the Russians when the former were miles in tho rear ? And how could Austria shield tho retreat when not a bayonet or sabre had crossed the frontier ? Assuming-that Austria is . sincere she will be useful enough in the L ' riuuipnlitics , because- her presence will " sot free the allies for ulterior operations ; Mich as tho reduction of tlie Crimea . Simimsimr tlio Austrian * duction of the Crimea . Supposing tho Austrians
nenjile of any foreign land . Whatever may have been Lord Aberdeen ' s mistakes in language , or in policy , he has now boo 11 straightlbrwiml and outspoken ; and such bearing lias its usual efK'Ot . Undue suspicion and reproach aro lit , once disarmed . Mr . Layanl withdrew the motion ofAvhich be hail given notice for Thursday last , for demanding an explanation in the llouso of Commons , and he declared himself falisfiod . Tho cheers with which this announcement was
do not fire a shot upon the Russians , still a Russian army will be uocdod ( o watuh those new troops , to securo the loft bnnk of tho Lower Danube below tho confluence of tlio Pruth ; for it is confessed that Auwtrin aims at the freedom oi 1110 Danube . Wo lui-vo no means of judging of tho ttineority of Austria ; we alarm nothing on the subject ; wo only say that collusion with Rus . ilii is not needed , to account for tho Russian retreat or tho Austrian' occupation . As to the reported roinforcemonta which aro to bo sent to
received showed thai ho Avas correct , in anticipating tho wishes of the House . Wo have reuson to knoAV that , influential portions amongst tlie public , who heartily shared JVlr . Lay ^ rd ' a Uosiro for explanation , have been for the time equally satisfied . In Newcastle , for example , men of all parties were prepared to come forward with such a demand for
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"The one Idea which History c-rhioits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Idea of Hu-roanity—the noble endeavour to throw down , all ths b irricrs r ; r : cted between rr . e ' . i by prej ucLce find on . e-sid . el views : and by setting aside the , distinction . 3 ot -Religion , Country , and Colour , to T . ro . it the whole Hainan race aj one brotherhood ., having one great object—the free development of our spiritual nature . "—JIumboldt's Cosmos .
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VOL .. V . No . 223 . 1 b * h * SATURDAY , JULY 1 , 1854 . [ Price Sixpence .
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Leader (1850-1860), July 1, 1854, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2045/page/1/
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