The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-22
Morsl E3kct or the Invasion Of Che Orlm "a.
from the London Chronicle, Oct o


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Horsi EHkct or the InvasIon OF she orlm "a.
from the London Chronicle, Oct o
Fer the lifetime Of generation, no event has DC.
CURED 90 interesting to 80 many ma lions IS thu ia
vasion OF the Cfimes. Though Sebastopot has not
yet fallen, the allies are In posse ssioa the su.h
well az the north shores Of the Peninsula-they
are at Bslaklava as well as Eupstoris and Alma
After all that has been said, and universally agreed
to- for scores OF years. about the import Of such an
event az Prussia losing hold OF the Cimea, I'VE may
now best impress ourselves with sense Of it by
giancing round upon tie expectant nations, AMI
seeing how they take the news. We know how
the news of the acquisition was taken by the
conquerors and their abettors: how the Gear Peter
grew amiable in his delight at obtaining Azof, as q
step towards the Crmea, and eavage at the loss Of
provinces Which would enable his successors to take
the Crimea in flank. We know what the court re-
joicDgs were at St. Petersburg when the Crimaa
was really conquered; how the insane Orlof was
Piled with the news to cheer his mind;
and how POtemkin called on heaven and earth to
eiorify the greatness of the Czarina and how the
Emperor Of Austria kissed the dust in his Joy that
Russia had come down to this central post, to take
care Of his formidable neighbor, the Porte on his
behalf. Too many OF the nations were inattentive
and Indifferent to an event 30 important. II was
mourned in the moequesof Constantin0pe and in the
recesees Of the Caucasus but central and Western
Europe were insensible to the extent OF the Gala.
events
OF seventy years have wrought a great change in
mems minds. So strong is now the interest, and 80
deep the sense, Of what Is involved In the Russian
possession OF the Crimea that there scarcely be
a doubt OF what would have been the response Of
the civilized world if they had been offered their
choice Of any boon that heaven could confer in the
form of political event. To rid the Crimea Of the
Russians would tave been the choice. And now the
time has come. The news is travelling through all
lands, and the people Of all lands are up and awake
to hear it.
The Tastars are free now those OF the Crimea.
As the Dutch took Holland near the close Of the
iast war, the Iartars are now coming, into passes
now speeding over the steppe to tell the Cossaeks
OF the knban the news that the Russian power in
the Crimea has fallen As each one psuses at any
hamlet, how many more start Of north, south, aud
east, to spread the ddings! The news will soon be
told under the black hair tents of nomade Turco-
mans, and sm0ng the fishermen's hnts all down tae
sntres of the Caspian. The Khan of Khiva and the
hing OF Bokhara will meet TO talk it over. The
Russian agents in Cabul will have hard work in
convincing the Aghans that the victory Is all the
other way and that the Gear s in fact marching for
the Himalaya. Mr.. 6urrays mission in Persia will
be much lightened. The news will have " made
things pleasant" with the Shah. The most 50.
Temp thanksgivings of all will be from the Prophet
Of the Caucasus and his followers. For quar-
ter OF century have these brave warriors
snd they alone-kept the Russian power in check:
and now they are not only avenged but released
nor their villages burned Oh land. Their coast Is
their own henceforth, and they may have, no. only
salt and ammunition, but all the products Of the
earth that they may qualify themselves to purchase
set their hand to the plough and the pruning knife.
And 30 with the Georgians. They may show the
in,ruding Russia tie way to the Caspian or BY
the military road over the Caucasus, and see them
wiser one, we trust, than Of old. What day is
coming for Trebizond! Nomore Russian war ships
riding the Euxne, but instead Of them the commerce
Of the world! By sea commerce has nothing to fear
ftcmthe eements and by land the caravans from but
Persia will no more be cut off when once the Traus.
Caucasian provinces are cleared Of the alien race
In Greece there viii be some rejoicing, though
not in the palace. King Ohio and his self. willed
wife will probably shut themselves up to mourn for
guides Of the people and the teachers Of the chill
dreD, the schoolmaster who is abroad there and
his attached pupils and all that is best Of that peo
pie whom 1t is SO difficult to help will be so full of
thanksgiving that the Peoponnesus will call to the
the Caucasus. As tor Italy, the Pope and Cardi-
nails will go to prayers at Rome; but In Venice and
Milan there will be many glad hearts, and culver
Of emotion viii run through Sicily if the old Titan
for another Titan Is being put down, and the
mountain Of horror and remorse is settling down
upon his beast. The German States are all
grave and sad, no doubt, though in different de-
Of the invaders Of the Crimea is tho warning that
their day of judgment Ia near. Let those who have
any necks under their feet raise up the oppressed
or their own turn will come, like that of the Gar
their brother, their IDOL and till now their hope and
trust. Their idol Is proving to be clay; and they
must set free all whom, on the plains of Hungary or
elsewhere, they have bound by his aid or for his
pleasure. The Austrian alliance needs no words.
That alliance goes with success and all that need be
said is that the time Of Austris's obsequousness
ust be used to exclude her from all clam over the
ay be LETT to weep in peace. His people will not need
comtoIting. The Majesty Of Denmark will have some
bust sss thrown his hands, seems without delay.
The RES ian succession to the Daniel crown cannot be
aowtd and lie will be wise to surrender it at on e.
His people will find some method of representation
which viii enable them to see to that Sweden and
Norway may now enter the Western alliance with
safety. The binding Of the power Of the Car Is
news to brighten the long night at Tornea aud
North Cape. Sooner or later, the news may be
borne by some good spirits to the depths Ct Sibe
ria; sp1 some faint music of hope may mingle Ia
the exie's ear with the moaning Of the winds held
captive under the ice and the signing Of the breeze
az Is comes and goes through the pine bairens The
Icy 6espotism that imprisons those winds will be
broken up; and the signing Of the breeze become,
in the pines, the music Of q thousand harps when
The warm winds rush to the north In their season.
These hints Of nature become significant, now that
The Ciinea Is invaded.
Austria and the Principaiities.
THE ALLIED POWERS WITH HER, OR WITHOUT HER
From the London Times Oct.
There Ia an ambiguity about the word egotism,n Of
themselves In one sense every man and every State
eht to b an egotist. To pursue our happiness