The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-12 00:00:00

no the less glariin there than in other countries,
more capable of enforcing redress for the injury
attempted, and, in some instances, effected.
But the difficulties connected with the enlist-
ment were comparatively trivial to those that
will attend the dissolution of the body. That
point, indeed, was not taken into consideration.
We believe it was never intended that they
should be disbanded ; but that, on the contrary,
they should remain as a permanent body to assist
in coercing those who might be disposed to resist
the further development of German principles.
Thanks to the energetic resistance offered, in and
out of Parliament, a portion of the evil was
averted. We may, however, advert to the fact
that not a single shot was fired in anger by any of
the Legions raised at so enormous an expense, and
we may add the expression of our conviction that
they were never expected to do so. Had the
people and Parliament of Great Britain remained
quiescent, they would have proved very valuable
auxiliaries in forcing model German institutions
at the point of the bayonet on the British people.
Let us hope that such a danger has been avoided,
and that there is nothing to fear ou that score
for the time being.
But something must also be done to find work
for the French levies, now reduced to inaction by
the ill-omened Treaty that has been signed. It is
more than hinted that our neighbours are desirous
of obtaining a footing in the lu'diau Ocean, and
that the large and fertile Island of Madagascar is
a point to which attention is first directed. We
need not say how any movement in that direction
would affect the security not only of many of our
most valuable colonies, but even of the Anglo-
Indian Empire—and therefore how vigilantly it
should be guarded against. Complications may,
however, arise, to which the Eastern difficulty
will be a mere trifle.
All this time an ominous silence has been ob-
served with respect to Kars, and the wilful and
deliberate treachery that sacrificed the Turkish
stronghold, rendered futile the exertions of Gen.
WILLIAMS and his gallant coadjutors, and enabled
the Czan to boast of the Russian triumphs is
his mendacious Manifesto. Lord STRATFORD
DE REDCLIFFE still remains the representative of
Great Britain at the Sublime Porte, with full
power to display his personal antipathies, how-
ever injuriously they may affect the interests of
his country. The pledges, voluntarily given by
members and candidates, appear to be totally for-
gotten. The " prave ords," so boldly uttered on
the hustings, and at meetings, when Honourable
Gentlemen were rendering accounts of their
stewardships, have been apparently sponged
out by the waters of oblivion. We hear
no more the inspiriting aspiration that "Goo
should defend the right." The registries
of these obligations seem to have been totally
obliterated ; or, at least, no practicti results have
followed. The Manifesto of the CZAR, in which
he declares that all the (Russian) objects of the
War have teen realised, has been circulated
ihroughout the length and breadth of Europe. Our
Government declares that their wishes have also been
fulfilled. We cannot see how both these asser-
tions eau be accurate, and the important question
arises, which are we to believe We are deprived
if the means of judging fur ourselves by the with-
holding of the text of the Treaty, and although
we cannot repose much credence in statements
that are amalgamated with so many palpable and
unb'ushing falsehoods, we are still unaLle to
place confiLnce in the vague generalities of
•)nr " own Ministers. To the Members of
both Houses we , say,—be vigilant and careful
d the all-important interests entrusted to your
charge, for never was there a time when the
safety, welfare, and happiness of the people, and
the permanency of the Constitution on which we
'lave so long prided ourselves, require more dis
interested and unflinching firmness on the part o;
those who are placed in the vanguard, and must
take the first part in the coming struggle.

A spade is—to us—a spade. We love to call
things by their right names. What we loathe, we
tie3itate not to reprobate. We cannot, in truth,
for the life of us, understand the nobility of the
40-called patriotic principle actuating those among
our contemporaries who are now, so to speak, cap
in hand, " bowing down and bowing down,"
uttering courtly phrases and sugared compliments,
in season and out of season, upon everything ap-
pertaining to or emanating from, upon everything
directly or indirectly representing, the genius of
the barbarian autocracy of the Imperial Rus-
sian Government.