The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-19 00:00:00

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LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1854.

Remember what was said on Wednesday last,
the 14th of June, 1854, in the Guildhall, by
Lord JonN-Rusissax, the Member for the City of
LOndon, the Leader of the Home of Commons,
the President of the Council, and, as such, one of
the most important representatives of the policy
of her Majesty's Government !
-Whatever may be rumoured about the retreat
of the Russian forces, and the evacuation of the
provinces to the right of the river Pruth, and the
possibility of a disgraceful compromise, leading
to a merely temporary, but an everlastingly infa-
mous, pacification—remember the words that fell
from the lips of Lord JOHN RUSSELL on Wednes-
day afternoon when addressing the citizen-electors
of the capital from the hustings in their ancient
Guildhall.
:The declaration then made by the Noble Lord was
sufficiently remarkable. His Lordship had pre-
viously said, "I think it should be our endeavour to
obtain a durable, a solid, and an honourable peace."
Observe, a peace—durable, and solid, and honour-
able ! Three 'very important requisites. Re-
ferring once more, towards the close of his oration,
to the topic of the day, the all-absorbing theme
:of the so-called war with Russia, Lord JOHN
R'U'SSELL said—the words are very notable, and
-49.4khe borne throughout the struggle in perpe-
tnal remernbennee—"My hope is that that warwill
. meet with the success which, from its object and
its
Motive, it =deserves ; but this I will say, that
11Pinsill4eient Peace ought to be made • that we
ought not to lay
Gown our arms until we have
obtained..
security for the future--(prolonged
eheering)--that,
—"bag made the great exertions
that we have done, that having
our eyes open to
of
the designsßussia,
otherthat
we should
of Europe
having their Oyes open likewise
shouldbe the
Most silly of mortals if ve. were to
which .would,
leave it tosigollurapnreirlit-
cure peace,
-
• enemy to bide his time, until by the dissensions
of other powers, until by the weakness og 80. me of
sho aid find a better o'ppo t
those powers, he •,, • its
of accomplishing his design. It was Seateely
nary- that the reporter should have added, by inti-
matlon,
manly avowal was received, as it
-
that this
ought to have been received, when uttered, with cor-
dial and unanimous, acclamations. For the opinion
therein expressed by the Leader of the House of
. Commons is the deliberate and rooted conviction
of the majority of the intelligent population. _
•
Lmnediatelyafter speaking thus plainly in regard
to the necessity of crushing out for once and for
ever the sinister design of the Russian AuroCRAT)
Lord JOHN took occasion to define the nature of
that design, declaring that it amounted simply to
this— that " Constantinople should be, like
Cracow and Warsaw, subject to Russian protec-
tion' and Russian influences." Whereupon the
Noble Lord added--" 1
say that such a consumma-
Ilion would-be fatal to the liberty of Europe ''—
' d.bserVing yet further—" I ask you [meaning
thereby, of course, not . merely the citizens of
London but the people of England], I ask you to
1., oppose such a consummation." Aye, my Lord,
•- that is the true meaning, that is the real signifi-
CaTO9 oflthe war against RUssia. It is to oppose
any such disastrous consummation, it is to pre-