The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-08-10
France and England.

France and England.
These two great powers, our readers are
aware, although hitherto as antagonstic as
Truth and Error have formed an alliance
offensive and defensive for the protection
of Turkey against the encroachments OF
Russia; and as an evidence CT their SINGER
ity, have jointly fitted out an immense ma
val and land force, which they despatched
to the scat Of war to operate against the
Cars troops.
OF the arrival of this force, on the con-
tested ground, We have some time since
been Informed by foreign arrivals. Although
abundant opportunities have been offered,
still no blow has been struck by the Allies
in defence Of Turkey But a short time
ago, it Was announced as the intention Of
the combined fleets to lombard the Rus
sian city of Cronstadt, where large body
Of the enemy lay in garrison. AS if to
carry out this design, the allied fleet ap-
preached the place in great force and with
a warlikc and mcnacing array, but to the
surprise Of every one the next Ships from
Liverpool brought the intelligence that SIR
CHARLES NAPIER had withdrawn his forces
from before Cronstadt. The same nom
committal course has been pursued by the
land forces, under the command of French
and English officers. And, though they
declare that they arc prepared to assist
Turkey to the last extremity, still they
seem unwilling to shed Russian blood, and
when the opportunities offer to do battle i'll
conjunction with the forces Of the former
power, they have always been found in IA
vor of a retrogadc movement This may
be the best and wiscst plan, and only in
accordance with the dictates Of prudence
but We think it is not the plan to lie aloI-
ted to succor Turkey, and to our mind, ii
looks very much like insinccrity and faith
lesness Oh the part Of these two powers.
One thing is certain, that neither Of these
powers entertain any feelings of love for tie
United States. On the contrary, they are
jealous, not only Of our rising greatness, but
of the spirit Of Democracy, which this coun-
try seeks to disseminate throughout the
world. Russia-dcspotic as its government
is-has always been friend to Brother
Jonathan. She was one of the first Euro
pean Powers, although at the same time in
alliance with England against Napoleon Bo-
naparte, to acknowledge the independence
of this country In the last war with Great
Britain, she stepped in as umpire, and offer
ed the olive branch of peace.
Any amount Of spontaneous sympathy
from the press of this country, has been
evoked in favor of the allies, in the shape
of prayers for the success of the combined
forces and the destruction of Russia A
few, perhaps, have ventured to dissent from
this opinion, and to express want Of faith
in the Alliance and by doing so, have
called down the most unspairng malcdic-
tons from those who believed the milleni-
UNI of Freedom had arrived and who look
ed upon the Allied Powers, as the chosen
instruments under Heaven to work out
great and glorious results Facts which
have but recently come to light, have to
some degree, dampened the enthusiasm, on
this side Of the water, in relation to this
struggle, and the most sanguine, begin to
entertain doubt of the sincerity of France
and England. What the motives that act
uated them, what Interior views these ma.
tons have, and in what way they expect to
benefit themselves, by the present contest,
are, of course, matters of conjecture. But
it is obvious to every one that the Allies re-
gard the welfare of Turkey as only of sec
ondary consideration, and that schemes of
their own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT lie at the bottom
of their philanthropy
A late Halifax paper says that the Honora-
BILE and Worshipful ALEXANDER STEWART, has
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