The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-12-01

THE POSITION OF RUSSIA.


In the present contest with the powers RUSSIA
ps the advantage of the best strategic position Whils
e allies operate on her wideyextended TANKS ia the Bal
M and Black seas at Cronsadt and sebastopo she holds
the interior line of communication and can move 10 any
threatened point force superior to any that may al
p be brought against her The setting in Of winter hAy
ing compelled the British and French squadrons TO evae
nate the Baltic she spare 100000 TO operate
AGAINST the invaders in the south and southwest Russia
In Europe NAV be said 10 be immense fertilization, with
three vast bastions-C ronstadt Poland and Sebasopol
the curtains being the wide intervals between these sail
euts Poland the most prominent, projecting salient
,hoph be first carried If the allies would make Russia
eenly feel the weight Of their attack Thus the % bas-
lion las we may III would be destroyed, and her only
dsenee in front would be the immense and l-deiended
cnrtain between Cronstadt and Sebastopo Her military
poon would be- of course seriously affected by the june
ton Of the German powers with the English and French
II seems to us the true way of dealing with Russia il TO
make strong demonstrations her TANKS and throw the
weight of the combined masses on Poland But though
her entire line OF defence her frontier and thanking fortress
az should fall she is conquered Indeed her enemies
would have but gained step Her heart her centre is
uuapproachable Her vitality in her interior and there
she Is safe from the world in The citadel OF her
mower is guarded only by millions of people obedent
10 their father the Gar but by Nature and the elements
Cronstadt St Petsrsburgh Sebasopo Poland, may
succurnb but far more difficult task remains TO be
complished To conquer Russia her cities must be de-
stroyed her fields desoated her people massacred To
strain her power to check her eneroachments the allies
will he forced to hold the foresses they subdue for
Russia will never consent todegading conditions of peace
nor promise TO keep within the limits prescribed by her nva
ders She will thus keep her enemies continually the alert
will threaten them the places they have wrested from her.
until weared with war and exhausted in resources they
viii be glad TO subscribe conditions less and
more honorable. Thus the morale of the war may,
in the end be her side and she may yet forth
from the struggle stronger than ever and ready with
immense army Injured battle and hardships pounce
again upon Turkey the first good opportunity.
It must be remembered that while the French and Eng
sh are keeny sensitive the subject of the exehequer
and taxation the Russians mass are wholly indfer-
emit to it The oneyed strength and ability Of the former
are from ,cho of the latter from wih The former in
duge in unreseryed expression OF opinion as to the
policy and expenditures of their governments the latter
rely implicitly the Emperor children their father
Russia has thus this potent inner machinery work upon
the springs of which have their origin in education aec-
ton, even religion itself Suwarof, in his famous des-
PATCH Gory TO God and the Empress Ismacls ours
pressed the sentiment with which every Russian regards
the chief the State who is also head of the Church
The strongest passion OF the Russian is devotion the
Emperor-what call ''love of county To manifest
this DEVOTION he will lavish his blood and like
water On the other hand to divert disaster from his
pe from his children, the Gar will not hesitate sacr
fee his fleets, his armies his towns and cities his ortresse
his finances Not stopping to calculate the cost Russian
general orders lne-obate ships to be sunk as addi
ona protection TO prevent their falling into the hands
., the enemy. Lest city should afford shelter, the Rus
Ian applies torch his beloved dwellings and mser-
able ruin welcomes the invader
Against such people may be waged TO restrain
never to conquer.
The thunderoloud of war hanging Europe has
already discharged its first flashes but these faint and
dim compared with the awful and vivid ghtnings which
ere that cloud fades before the sunshine Of peace win u-
mine and asiolish the world,