New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-11-03
Russia and the Allies.

Russia and the Allies.
At the commencement of the present war 1T
was described, by the English press, as q con-
test between barbarous and a semi-ciEiiized
nation--f contest which had been commenced
by the former for the mere object of self
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, and for the mere reason Of
superior strength. The ferocity, intolerance
and ignorance Of Russia were decried without
any reference to the short time Of her national
existence, or any allusion to the rapid progress
she has latterly made in the arts and sciences,
and whatever else tends to the improvement OF
mankind. Turkey was as extravagantly and
recklessly praised, notwithstanding the steady
degsneracy of the people, their barbarity and
bigotry, and the horrid buteheries that have
covered every page of her history from the time
when the Moslem flag was first seen on her
borders to the devastation of Scio.
England and France took the side Of Turkey,
and declared war against her enemy, from
purely benevolent and philanthropic reasons-if
any reliance is to be placed upon the state
ments Of those two countries. They equipped
| armadas of vaster magnitude than had ever
before sailed and sent forth armies whose
munitions of war rendered them equal in force
| to any ever marshal1ed. The history Of the
| summers campaign, thus far, is easily and
briefly written-the destruction of Bomarsund,
| defended by twenty five hundred troops, and
| assailed by an allied army of ten thousand
men and the Baltic squadron; the destruction
of numerous unfortifed places, and the capture
Of numerous small vessels; o dearly bought
victory at Alma, and the hopes of another at
Sebastopol Contrarywise, we have Russian
victory at Sinope; the taking of the Tiger"
the destruction of the Turkish army in Asia;
the defeat of the British in Finland; the sue
cessfut defence of Cronstadt and Sebastopol, and
the integrity of the Empire. An impartial
judge would find it somewhat difficult to de-
eide as to the relative success of the comba-
| tants. ~
The success of the campaign and the heroism
displayed on either side is Subsidiary, however,
in all respects to the relative magnanimity and
barbarity with which it has been conducted.
Success in war, as in every thing else, is, to a
great degree, dependent upon uncomfortable
circumstances and the best and bravest are
sometimes beaten. 1t may, nevertheless, be de-
served and defeat disarmed of disgrace by the
| nobility with which it was encountered and en-
dured. In the present instance there is some
thing almost ludicrous in comparing the Eng
lish statements concerning their own philan-
thropy and Russian barbarity with the evil
dence that establishes Russian philanthropy
and English barbarity. There were about four
bund,aA ,,,,iunnaru talya from tho reor
she was captured near Odessa They were
marched into the city, comfortably quartered,
allowed three times the customary army rations
and permitted to write to their friends and
draw money from home The sailors and ma
rines were exchanged as soon as possible, the
sub officers distributed throughout the empire,
the Lieutenant commanding taken to st. Pc
tersbnrg, introduced to the Grand Duke and
the Car and then magnanimously set free and
sent home This was Russian barbarity, as
proved by the letters and testimony Of English
! captiges.
The philanthropy Of the Allies was displayed
at the taking Of the fortress of Bomarsund
As soon as victory was assured, the forces Of
the philanthropists rushed into the town ad,
hands on, shot down the men and violated thu
females. The prisoners were embarked and dis
tribnted in various parts Of England anG
France: when arrived they were set to work
like day laborers, on Notifications, streets anG
other similar tasks. AT the battle of the rive,
Alma, where there were $4,000 Russians OPP.
posed to nearly 10000 Allies-of whom MOI
10000 were Turks--it is very coolly stated that
" the Allies were unable to prevent the Turk.
from bayonetting all the acoit,sdea Russians >
These simple facts, reaching us through tn,
English press, carry their own commentary
: Whatever establishment they may create among
the English, French and Turkish sympathist
here, there is no reason for astonishment. Thu
conduct of the English to the East Indians
shooting, hanging and robbing them from a phi
lanthropic desire for more territory; thei,
wateh-word Of & Booty and Beauty before TIN
J battle of New Orleans; their benevolent warfare
f upon the Chinese in order to compel them tt
{ purchase opium are matters of history. Gu,
own annals aequaint us with the barbaritie
q encouraged by both England and France on til,
e Canadian frontiers, when the Indians were thei
e allies; and the day has hardly passed since thu
l French roasted alive o whole tribe of Algerine
and expatriated Abdel Kader merely on &C
count of defending their OWN territory TIL
8 butoheries of the Turks at Scio are too memora
3 BILE to need more than an allusion In view 0
all these things we do not consider their presen
conduct at all remarkable. The Anglo-Fre
, have evidently gone into the Russian war, a
|, into many previous, from love of war and
desire for conquest. It might be justified b,
the doctrine that
"They may take who have the power,
And they may keep who cam
The philanthropy of their pretexts is all fool
ishness and falsity, and their conduct proves it
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