4033 FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE I9TH CENTURY I05 



1857, amidst the ovations of the population, proud to be 

 called for the first time to make known its wishes."^® 



The Divan accepted by a unanimous vote the following 

 five resolutions : 



1. The acknowledgment of the rights of the Principalities and 

 particularly the right to their autonomy in accordance with the tenor 

 of their ancient Capitulations concluded with the Sublime Porte in 

 1393, 151 1, and 1634. 



2. The union of the Principalities in one single state with the name 

 Rumania. 



3. A foreign hereditary prince, elected from the reigning dj-nasties 

 of Europe. . . . 



4. The neutrality of the territory of the Principalities. 



5. The legislative power to rest with a General Assembly in which 

 all the interests of the nation are represented.^^ 



These same resolutions were adopted by unanimous vote 

 by the Divan of Valachia.^^ 



Nevertheless, the Turkish Government declared publicly 

 that " whatever the wishes expressed by the Divans con- 

 cerning the union of the two principalities might be, the 

 Sublime Porte, resting its case on the text of the Treaty of 

 Paris, felt absolutely obliged to maintain its former deci- 

 sions, . . ." but it manifested its willingness to consent to 

 a unity in administrative legislation compatible with the 

 Sultan's rights. Austria supported the Turkish contention. ^^ 



The following Conference at Paris found a temporary 

 solution in the creation of the " Principatele-Unite,*' giving 

 each of the principalities a prince to be elected for life, and 

 both a common central legislative commission of eighteen 

 members to be located at Foscani, situated on the mutual 

 frontier, and a united army and judiciary.**^ 



The principle of unity, willed and voiced by the people 

 of Valachia and Moldavia, was thus, at least in part, estab- 

 lished. The newly created governments found a way to 

 secure perfect union under the first common prince, Cuza, 



3* Mano, pp. 111-113. 



" Ibid., p. 113. 



^^ Ibid., p. 114. 



^^ Ibid., p. 122. 



*"Mano, pp. 127-144; Jorga, pp. 310-31 1. 



