Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1877 — Che Czar’s Manifeste. [ARTICLE]

Che Czar’s Manifeste.

Tba Czar of Russia has issued the following manifesto and declaration of war with Turke y: Our faithful and beloved subjects know the etesng bri*e*e> ■ we-have constantly felt rathe destinies of the oppressed Christian population of Turkey. Our desire to ameliorate nud e*suage their lot has been shared by the whole RuMiian Nation, which now shows itself ready In Knar frawh mmamJAaumm In alUwiflis; (il& POtkitiUll of the Christismsin the Balkan PeninsufitPSe blood and property of our faithful subject* have the benefits of peace. This solicitude never failed to actuate us during the deplorable eventa which occurred in Herzegovina, Bosnia &ad Bulgaria. Our object, before all, was to effect an amelioration in the position of Christians in the east by rae}a* *£ |«citic negotiation i, and, in concert with the great European Powers, our allies and friends, for two years we have made * incessant efforts to indhee the Porte toeffeet snoh reforms as would protect the Christians in Bosnia, Herzegovina and Bulgaria from any arbitrary measure of the Ideal authorities. The accomplishment of these reforms eras absolutely stipulated by anterior engagements coutriictod Stlie Porte toward the whole of Europe. Our orta, supported by the diplomatic representations made in eOmmon with other governments, have not, however, attained their object. The Porte has remained unshaken in its formal refusal of any effective guarantee for the security of its Christian subjects, and has rejected the conclusion of the Constantinople Conference. Wishing to essay every possible means of reconciliation in order to persuade the Porte, we proposed to the other Cabinets to draw up a special protocol comprising the most essential conditions of the Constantinople Conference, and to invito the Turkish Government to adhere to this international act. which stilted the extreme limits of our peaceful demands, but our expectation was not fulfilled. The Porte did not defer to this unanimous wish of Christian Europe, and did not adhere to the. conclusions of the protoooL Having exhausted pacific efforts, we are compelled, by the haughty obstinacy of the Porte, to proceed to - more decisive acts, feeling that our equity and our own dignity enjoin it. By her refusal, Turkey places oa under the necessity of having recourse to arms. Profoundly convinced of the justice of our cause, and humbly committing ourselves to the grace and help of the Most High, we make known to our faithful subjects that the moment, foreseen when we pronounced the words to which all Russia responded with complete unanimity, has now arrived. We expressed the intention to .sot independently when we deemed it necessary, and when Rnssia's honor should demand it. in now invoking the Messing of God upon our valiant armies, we give them the order to cross the Turkish frontier. Alexander. Given at Kischeneff. this 12th day of April (old style), in the year of grace 1877, ana in the twenty-third year of our reign.