The reason Abdulmejid I was willing to "readily" bear the negative political effects of losing the Danube Duchy was because the Ottoman Empire itself simply could not endure the pain of neighboring the Russian Empire any longer.
As a crucial barrier preventing the Russian Empire from extending its reach into the Balkans, the Ottoman Empire has borne pain it could not withstand on its own.
The rebellions within the empire and the influence of foreign powers rendered this decaying empire in constant turmoil; the political upheavals led to economic turmoil, exacerbating already sharp ethnic conflicts. In certain areas of the Balkans (Serbia, Black Mountain, Bosnia and Herzegovina), signs of mutual killings have already appeared.
All of this forced the already struggling Ottoman Empire High Gate to divert part of its attention to ethnic killings, attempting to mitigate conflicts by supporting local Pashas.
