The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-19

vtrsus and Inconsistent .ccusssic,s vh,sA hsvs
itative contrsd Scslon coud no: be given.
In the meantime, We rely 90 the good senes q
EDgltebnen 70 appreciate the trve vaioe Of these
reckless imputstions We venture 20 believe hat
writer's who fancy Themselves a. liberty 70 give fee
play to their Imagination, because there n nobody
on the other side, will find thst by om'susg In tsssr
calculations this msst important eement-she sound
Judgment Of the great mass ct their o0uhtrymen-
they have been led into mistakes, the consequen
OF which they may have occasion ~ rsgrv& IL css
only have been IN total disregard Of ths character
stic quality Of the British publ mind, hat mes Of
hrase coDtained in the sdmiraole latter recently
addressed by the French Emperor 20 hsdame de -.
Arnaud. Ii most natural thsa in such com NUM-
cation every topic which could tend 70 brlag ont
pI onineDtly the milituy virtues OF the deoe<esd
Marshal should be forcisy q poistedly stated. u
was scarcely possible " avoid abiding - the fact
which casts so much additional us ~ ON TIE fame Of
the departed hero that sDe severe illness which en-
hausted bis bodily powers had leit his ancient
military ,irit iu full vigor, and that commando
who might 60 well have been excused for yieldi
to apprehensions nom which no member " Me
Council of War can have been wholly fire, not only
approved TIE holder course, but hsd hr Oness 20
resist and overcome the tinid counses" 81 others,
whoever they might be. The phrase, however.
gave rise, as might have been expected, 10 crest
deal Of useless speculation on this side Of the
Channel. 1t was Immediately assumed, IN certain
quarters, that the Emperor OF the French, dssstis
fed with the policy Of the English Ministry, had
seized the opportunity Of communicating 70 the
widow Of his distinguished general, and W oil Ea
rope, the displessue with woicn be regarded The
past onduct. A more prepcsser0us suppoSibon
could hardly have been devised; AND the high rpu-
ts,ion which the Emperor Napoleon has justly gain
"a Tor p fiscal s.gaci y az well as he socsre good
feeling toward ttis count which has characenzsd
his administration, oughs alone to have been sufli
cient 10 d. monstrate It's utter absurdy Yet the no
tion WIS too < cd ore to be abandoned ull IL had
been fully worked out; and accor dinghy elaSo s'e
attempts have been made TO show that the wis aud
able sovereign of France had offered Rrasu'sous
afffont 10 the Eugish Minisuy--it bDlng Imagined,
suppose by The patriotic writers Ia QUE ston, at
such course uas calculated to strengthen the cor
dial union at present subssting between the tgc
countries.
Happily, however, we are no longer lete in uncer-
tainty as to the sense in which the words wer or.
cir ally used and those English politicians who 10
eagerly catch at every opportunity Of s'anderii
their own commander, and their own government,
without the slightest regard to the reason or truta
of their imputatobs, have received rebuke alike
djgni6ed and pointed The Monifeur Of Tuesday,
after adverng to the false Interpretation which had
been given of the passage referred to, states exp
city that the lie object Of the Emperor Was to
Arnaud, by sdyerting to the very natural dis.
cordance OF opinion which, on the eve Of great
and m0mentcus decision, manifested itself in the
counsels of tn. French army and feet. We are
b
construction upon the terms which have been SO alb
eurdy miscOnstrued. It is not to be supposed tn 1t
the members of council Of war assemble simply for
the purpose OF yielding blind Difference 70 the
opinion Of their chief Each is bound In duty to his
country and bis sove ign TO give and to express
independent judgment. In the present case, those
who advocated the expedition supported bold plaa
Of operations While those who doubsed its expedi-
elcy may, Of course. with perfect propr ety. be said
to have preferred tialid counsels. II is easy to
FAY now. with our knowledge of the progress and
prospects OF the enterprise, that the opinion which
ultimately prevailed was, beyond al question.
candid not to acknowledge that there were many
considerations which may have fairly and reason
ably bad great weight with the minority. None
who know the French Generals will entertain mo
ments doubt of their zeal or their courage; but it
possible enough that one or more Of them may have
entertained very strong ideas as to the risk nvolv
ed ia the expedition, and, actuated simply by re-
gard to the interests OF the allies, may have
deemed it TOD hazardous to be undertaken at
the moment Pc haps, for example, it was can
ceived that Prince Menchikof would attempt to
interfere with the Decentralization; and had he
adopted that course, the arguments Of o dissen-
tieDts might have gained considerable apparent
force from the heavy loss which would probably
have ensued, although the valOr Of the allied
forces would no doubt have justified the deserm'-
Daticn OF the majority.
BY other ciiti Of tie lett of the Emperor Ma
poeop, it sdjudged, after due consideration
The words 10 which we have alluded could not be
held to imply aDy csreure on Lord ,glan, General
Csnrobtrt, Admiral Lyons, or Admi al Brust; and
the public, having been conducted thus far by the
method Of exhaustion, left to divine the real
objects Of the supposed inuendo We must repe It
earLs st protest 3g 4nst this most unjustifiabe
ar 6iscreditable &c. The time will specify
arrive WHEN both sdes Of the question can be fully
ond fairly d scussed. 1t will then be known on
whom the imputation Of excessive caution, or
",iuid counse)s" If the phrase be preferred, most
properly rests and we venture to warn the
public against giving credence to copjectures wb 'ch
will ultimately turn out to have been compile ely
unftunded. We ask but brief delay, ana We ask
it, not onIy as q matter Of justice 70 individual
who, whether at home abroad, are at present C..
barred abe privilege Of entering their own vi16i
cation, but principally for the sake Of the c0untI
and it's interests. Il is not to be supposed that
English criticisms fail to reach the Crimea, and We
leave our readers to judge as to the effects whica
will be produced by those which we have noticed.
The French-unless the contradiction inserted in
the M0niteur should prevent their falling into the
error-will be impre sed with the belief that Eng
lish timidity has checked the ardor and thwarted
the plans Of the empire to whose service they are
attached; and our own OH ers will learn that the
most conscientious devotion to their duties canno
save them from aspersous calculated IL not designed
to weaken their authority over those whom they
command-to deprive them Of the credit which Is
justly their due-and to FIX upon thu m stigma az
odiOus as il il undeeerved.
The Military Strength or Persia.
From the Friend of India (Calcutta). Aug 81
We have been repeatedly asked tor an account &C