The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-06 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION,

tar An Evening Edition of the NOBTREUN DAILY
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THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1866

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Wx wish we could induce the people of the
Allied countries to believe that the words made
use of by the Emperor NAPOLEON, when alluding
to the war, were borne out by incontrovertible
facts. His MAJESTY, in his speech from the
throne, said :—A " great feat of arms has decided a
" desperate struggle, unexampled in history, in
" favour of the Allied armies." A. " great feat of
" arms" was consummated by the fall of

Sebastopol ; but has that event decided a
"desperate struggle?" If it has, what does the
Conference, and the continued dispatch of large
bodies of troops from France and England, mean ?
Why are war estimates concocted, supplies
granted, loans contracted, and all the other
preparations of warfare carried forward with
_praiseworthy activity and determination ?
These are not days when we should cavil about
trifles, or when a syllable should be dropped

which would be likely to disturb those feelings of
friendship which, happily, exist between the
Courts and the people of France and England.
Still, war is so great a scourge, so dangerous to
trifle with, that every word which falls from the
lips of those engaged in it, must be weighed and
measured with all the coolness and care we can
bestow upon them. The Emrimon NAPOLEON evi
dently feels intensely proud at the glory won by
the French arms, and desires the restoration of
peace with all the fervour becoming a Christian
ruler.

But where is the feat of arms that has decided
die desperate struggle? Sebastopol has not been
taken in the literal, or military sense of the word.
The besiegers besieged, have captured and de-
molished, one side of that fortress, after a long
season of nnpreeedented valour and endurance.
But the other half remains in the hands
of the enemy,
an imperishable trophy
of the determined resistance and. devotion
with which they fought. It may not be palatable
to those who occupy the most prominent positions
in the history of our age to hear the simple truth
told. But we question the soundness of leaving
the future historian to record that which more
immediately concerns the present generation. We
will, therefore, venture to say that the only feats of
arms that have been crowned with entire success,
are those of the Turks in the Principalities, when
overwhelmed by Muscovite hordes; and those of
the Russians in Asia Minor. where the Cossack
was suffered to enter Kars in triumph. The
public know full well how to appreciate the chival-
rous deeds of the French army, and the unflinch-
ing determination andheroism of the British soldier.
But there is danger in placing too high a value
on what, little short of superhuman endurance and
' valoUr, have accomplished. The great prize of war,
after all, is an enduring peace. All else is but an
"(episode,"—a revolting narrative, in which we