The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-05 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1854.

Has Lord ABERDEEN yet awakened from his
fond delusion'? Is he even at this moment pre-
pared to carry on the war, in which we are en-
gaged, with the spirit and energy befitting this
great nation, and its powerful ally ? Is he now
ready, fully and cordially, to co-operate with
France, and to exhibit, even at the eleventh hour,
the vigour and determination by which alone the
war may be brought to a speedy conclusion, and
"ample security obtained, on the part of Europe,
against the aggression being repeated—the unjust
pretensions again put forward?" If he has shaken
off the apathy in which he previously shrouded
himself, well. But if not—if " while arming for
the combat, he still murmurs peace, peace,,, then
we say that he is unfitted for the high station
which he now occupies in the Government of the
Country. That his presence in the. Council-Chamber
will inure than neutralise the action of our fleets in
the Euxine and the Baltic—that his sluggish
temperament, dreaming of peace where there is
no peace, will damp the ardour of our valiant
seamen, and encourage the AuTocßai to a per-
verse and obstinate persistance in the iniquitous
course of grasping cupidity and domineering in-
solence on which he has entered.
NICHOLAS will never deem it within the bounds
of possibility that his friend (!) " the good and
excellent ABERDEEN (! !) "—" that estimable gen-
tleman I Ir.—could find it in his heart to assent
to his humiliation. Lord ABERDEEN could not,
consistently with his antecedents, think of check-
ing the power of Russia—of exacting the restora-
tion of the plundered provinces--again uniting
Finland and Esthonia, and Livonia and Cour-
land, and Aland to the Swedish Croffn
re-animating the suspended nationality of Poland
—of long-suffering and deeply-oppressed, but
glorious and noble Poland—of not merely shaking
off the malign influences'of Russian "protection"
(protection, forsooth !) in the Danubian Principa-
lities, and forcing the invader back not only across
the Pruth, but also across the Dneister and the
Bug—restoring Bessarabia and Podolia, to their
ancient allegiance, rendering the Crimea and Cir-
cassia independent, and by the loss of Odessa and
Sebastopol, as well as of the Mouths of the
Danube, crippling the naval power of the AUTO-
CRAT in what have hitherto been merely Russian
lake the Euxine and the Sea of Azoff. No, at
any moment, he would accept a proffered peace
without insisting on satisfaction for the past or
security for the future.
The CZAR knows this, or. at least believes it,
which is almost equally mischievous. He still
affects the appearance of "injured innocence,"
and feelingly deplores the "fatal want of confi-
deuce" that has led to so many contretemps, and
prevented him from making the " sick man"
accede to the wishes of his kind friends—the ex-
pectant legatees. All would have been right if
England had only co-operated, and taken her por-
tion of the booty in the shape of Egypt and Candia.
France might then have done her worst. But as,
owing to the impolitic " liberalism" allowed in
this miserable island,
Minister, cannot coerce why he
his good friend the Prime
public opinion/
must temporize, and with an affectation of magna-:
Dimity and moderation not very consistent with
the views eihibited in the- tc kedret ,and -con-
fidentiar correspondence put .fOrward the offer
stated in The Sun of yesterday, that " when
the Weatvra Powers Bilimed is fiacurin the