The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-03-14

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France have no further pretext for interfe
ring. In the other case they did not origi
natc the resistance Of tho Sultan 10 Russia
they only said that it Turkey was disposed
to resist Russia on such point, she had q
perfect right to do so, and they would sup.
port her. Now, the case is settled without
arbitration.
We will suppose, however, that Turkey
again refuses to comply with the demand
Of Russia. England and France again or
der their fleets TO the Golden Horn. Rus
sia crosses the Prulh with her wcll-drilled
scrfs, and her hordes Of Cossacks from the
Don, the voga and the Dnieper: Austria
follows ia the track Of Kossuth and Dem
binski with ''hcr whiskercd Pandours and
her fierce Hussars." On some awful day,
zoo, 900 human beings stand opposed, look
ing tearfully and sternly upon the means
which have been collected for their destruc.
ton. The signal is given. Hundreds Of
cannon belch forth their contents Of fame,
laden with round shot and grape aud canis-
ter, and at every discharge the bodies Of
scores Of sentient beings are torn and man.
gled into every tortuous shape Of agony and
distress, and as many unprepared souls hur
ricd into the presence Of their Maker
Dense bodies Of infantry NOW each other
down with musket balls, and fall in their
turns as the wheat bows before the cradle
Of the reaper; huge masses Of cavalry
charge into the hideous rout Of murderers
and murdered; sabres crash through skulls,
and horses hools splash the red blood Of
priceless human hearts, less precious there
than the manure which, fattens the fields
Of the farmer. The struggle continues
through every fearful hour Of long day,
each succeeding minute developing some
fresh scene of horror, Of with uncon-
Germ or only family realized at a distance
but terribly distinct and actual TO the mis-
erable beings who are left to die a linger.
ing death beneath the fangs Of the wolf or
the talons Of tho vu!ture.
Il is said tha, fifty thousand men perish
ed on the field Of Waterloo. How fearful
the thought! thirty times the population Of
Davenport, all strong men. in the vigor Of
life, perishing in one day on one field, TO
crafty the ambition Of one man. But if
Russia and Austria meet Turkey mud Eng
land and France on general battlefield
the slaughter will be still greater. And
what follows to England and France?-
Thousands Of families are plunged into dis
tress, the wall Of whom echoes through ev-
erv valley and over every hill; poverty is
made more bitter, sorrow is deePened into
anguish, and sickness darkens into death
in thousands Of homes; the burdens ot the
poor are made heavier 10 an extent whicl,
may be like the last pound to the overladen
camel. and break them down forever. And
all this for what? Why that certain indi-
viduals may escape Imprisonment. Sir,
the English or French Minister who plum
ges his country into war for such cause,
will deserve impeachment at the hands Of
bis compcers, and execraiion from the vol
ces Of all pos,erity. No man feels more
for the expatriated Hungarians than do.
but believe that their confinement will be
merely nominal. and the means Of escape
always easy. Happy am that the cloud
which threatened the peace Of Europe has
blown away without q storm.
Yours truly,
SIGMA.