The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-04-22

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| WAR.
From the Tines of March %.
WAR is declared. \ peace which has last
cd the mcxampled period of thirty mine years
which many fondly hoped was to last a.
many more is at an end and the three NOS,
powerful States of Europe are once more IN
Gagged i'll struggle, the duration. the end,
and the results of which no man can tell, but
which is too likely to produce disasters and
srtltlings Of which We are mcrcifIlly spare d
| the foreknowcdgc. 1t is not for us to at
tempt to lift up the veil ola futurty which
must be sad in many respects; nor is there
any ntcI.
| No alternative is left u.s. the decision has
been taken out of our hands: and, unless we
would submit, with our allies, to crouch I'M
der the insolcnt dictaticn of barbaric power,
and see the liberties of Europe disappear I'M
der the tramp of the Cossack, we had no 9th.
cr course than to do what has been done in
sad and SOLEMN form.
The sight fthc document published to-day
will remove every scrlilc from these who do
not think all war unjus'il iablc The locu-
| ncnt does justice TO the long and anxious e.
forts of France and England to heal the lup.
tmc which The Gar had all along dcttmnin, d
never should he healed, except by the s,lhju-
CATION of Il ncighbor against whom he had no
longer n quarrel. With simple collation. Of
dates it conyicts the daring attempts of the
! Emperor to falsfy the chronology of the he
collation., and throw on us the oc,;um of pro-
vokins The war.
Ii meets with II just r,bukc The impudynt
hypocrisy with which Russia has claimed to
be the friend of religion and truth when it
Was spurning the pure precepts Of the one,
and outraging the laws of the other. There
is not an Englishman whose thoughts are
still free, and whose hand is not tied bv some
fanatical theory, WHO will not respond heart
and soul to this soltmn appeal.
Our part in the terrible drama, is to strike
with all our might, and let The great culprit
S at once the tremendous power he has pre- :
sumcd to set at nought. We have been slow
to take the dccise step. The Russian has cvi-
IDENTIFY concluded that we preferred ncgotia-
in 10 action; the very population Of st. Pc
tersburg has been taught that We arc too com
mercial to he real warriors, and too fond of
profit to be kecnly sensitive to wrong"
/ The intelligence from the Danube is unfav-
orablc for the Turks. The Russian captured
the fortress Of llirshova on the 2Sth, and had
also taken the strong position Of Rabadogh,
thus obtained the command of the Upper
Dolnsha, as the country lying near the Dan
ubc is called. IT was also reported that the
Russians had captured ISaktchi, another
fortress before 1Iirshova, on the 9th. The
details of these actions have not come to hand
1t was reported that "A body of 1000 Russians
had left Scbastopol i'll five ste amcrs, to assist
the operations Of Gotschakoir beyond the
Danube. The Turks were throwing reinforce
mcnts into the town Of Narna, strongly
fortified post on the western coast of the
Black Sea. The British fleet was cruising off
Varna.-Thcsc Russian movements have
changed the entire plan of the campaign.
TIE last accounts state that the 1000 Rus
slams from S, bastopol had landed and seized
the large island of Damarcz, below Tulscha.
1t was also said that the Russian feet threat
cncd an attack upon Varaa. The Russians
are razing all the fortrcsscs i'll the Dobrad-
scha
The Russian loss at Turtukai is stated at
from 1000 to $500 men.
1t is said that Omer Pasha had anticipated
the advance of the Russians into the Dobrad-
scha, and ordered the Ottoman forces there to
fall back upon the wall of Ira jan, which is
strongly fortified, where the Russians will
find themselves compelled to encounter CO..
900 Turks, advantageously posted.
Admiral Sir Charles Napier is anchored
with % ships off the Island of Moen, in tho
Baltic. \ portion of the Russian fleet is froz-
en- in Rcvcl.
The shipments Of troops from France and
England arc going on rapidly. France has
already sent 10000 and England 10000
men.
There was nothing Of importance from
Asla.-Zarif Pasha had b'en appointed COM
mandcr-in-chief of the Ottoman forces. His
appointment is regarded rs an excellent one.
1t is stated by telegraph that the Gar has
sent letter to the King of Prussia, saying
contemptuously that when the allies enamel
| patcd the christians in Turkey and leave the
} Turkish waters, he will evacuate the Princi.
alitics.
The Sultan has dismissed the Grand Muft
nd Rifaat Pasha, and appointed successors
lore friendly to the allies.
Both Houses of the English Parliament wen'
IA procession toeprescnt cordial address t.
The Queen in support of the declaration o
. war.