The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-12-29


IN war ~ ane. eIlo.ily. but they
nroE % 81 ady aoli b practical profit At 50
gl distance ion he asene d aclion, with
sci Iupsee. sid contradictory Intelligence Is
base conjecture upon, i Is not possible TINT Tie
most assnte and best informed judgment can Pre-
DICT the final ialo q the conflict. q even iorslel
what win b the next turn il the fortunes Of The
bslhgerents. + IS very certain that tha results
thus Car have egragiously disappointed tie caleu-
lations Of tie Allies and The expectations 81 their
friends. There have been difficulties encountered
greater, Obviously than were apprehended and pro.
yidsd for, and revsrses suffered which have fear
fully and sadly depressed the spirits Of the VEST
en powers. Their progress, small IS It 4, has
been made slowly, and ct cost 50 heavy that il
Is not without reason reported to the Gar, that
few moro such victories IS they have won, viii
eventually vanquish the assaiants. = i admitted
by themselves, that through the joint agency Of
disease and slaughter. they have now but half the
elective force Of men with which they commenced
the contest, aud we tind them clamoring for rein
forcements with an eagsrness and plaintiveneas Of
tone which clearly eynces the anxious. the alarm
ed feeling With which they contemplate their con-
dition. The struggle, in short hes reached most
critical jancture so critical indeed, that no sa-
gaeity can as We have said, pretend to forecast its
future vicissitudes and catastrophe The proba-
bilities ore, we confess, that sabastopol win vet
fall under the cool, persevering, and tremendous
assaults Of the besiegers but it win be conquered
if conquered at all at an enormous expense Of life
and damage to the vietors, and when possessed,
We are not satisfied that the advantage Of the con
quest so fas IS it may tfect the subsequent chan
ces Of the war, will compensate the exhorbitant
price Of the exploit
But We viii not, since We have just avowed the
fruilesness Of such exercises Of imagination, IN
dertake to draw the horoscope Of the war, assun-
ing the FIN Of sabastopol as already accomplish
ed. There is something to be remarked and taken
seriously to heart By our government and our peo-
pie, while confronted with the revolving and mel
ancholy spectacle which these hostiIities in The
East present, far more important and useful thanI
this idle amusement Of playing 1t aheads and tas'
respecting the dark and doubtful fortunes Of the
eombatants The terrible TRAGEDY, 50 far IS II has
proceeded na We can scarcely y said e have
passed yet comple through the frst act Of it.
reads IS solemn and impressive lesson upon the
iniquitous folly Of war. Standing, as we do, sep
arated By thousands of miles Of ocean from the
theatre Of that bloody and calamitous strife and
surveying all its vast and varied horrors with that
calmness Of temper which enables us to estimate
them correctly, we must be irresistibly persuaded
Of the priceless blessings Of state Of peace, and
the madness Of those counsels which would, save
in the EXTREMIST necessity, divorce Us from. it.
There is among Us, as there IS in al similar com
munities, certain class Of restless, eYiLninaed,
misunderstanding, selfseeking persons, whose voice,
at every opportunity that offers, S always fol war.
Their passion for excitement; their sordid hope to
reap some vague private advantage from condi-
ton Of tumult and commission; their miserable
ambition to be thought exceedingly yalorous and
intensely patriotic, leads them to magnify every
petty misunderstanding with other States into
mortal afront to bluster about national honor, to
clamor for instant resort to arms and to denounce
in the most vitubrative and contemptuous terms,
the alleged pusillanimity Of every body who would
urge moderate and pacific measures. These silly,
wicked peridious and pernicious creatures are
never valiant save b the fierce and blood-thirsty
brayado with which they goad On government
into hostile conflict They are never seen II
Tie immenent deadly breach, defending the cause
If The land they have precipitated into al unjust
md unnecessary strife. They are the good easy
fellows who skulk away from danger when It comes,
md take special care to keep themselves at safe
distance from the enemies BAH and powder. They
ire notable experts at setting nations By the ears
1ut it IS not their vocation to fight They have
10 faint conception even Of The real periIs suffer-
ngs, sorrows, and sacrifices Of the policy they re-
commend Their idea Of battle is confined to
IS glorious pomp and circumstance the parading !
f glittering columns Of troops, the waving Of gay
,ennons, the inspiring music Of martial bands the
ERRED arms flashing il tie sunlight. and an the
armless pageantry and manseuvring Of the en-
attIed hosts The picture IS intoxicating ID its
omantic splendoF and excitement. So, each one
{ these beIlicOsa heroes, who are perpctuaIIy
eager for the fray, while on the hastings Or II )
le Senate House, but whose courage, were they
rought within . hundred yards Of battery,
ould ooze out Of them Ike that Of tie reaoubta- !
e Bob Acres"
War Is no such holiday frolic Is they who have !;
sVr experienced It's hardships md terroEs, who
ever looked upon its shocking crueIties and earn
g, complaeently imagine. e isa frightful aiIic
On. without redeeming virtue Of advantage, IL I
odern times, IS Waged between such powers IS 9
g nov engaged ID t across the ocean, It can &C.