Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-10-27
RICHMOND WHIG.
MORAL EFFECT OF THE INVASION OF
THE CRINIEA
[ From the London Chronicle. Oct. 6 I


From the London Chronicle. Oct 6l
For the lifetime Of generation, no even, has occur
red 50 interesting TO many nations as the nv.s,o Of
the Crimea. Though Sebasopo has no, We, fallen,b.
allies are in ssesson the south as well rs the north
'"oIes the Peninsula-they are a, Baaklava as we'll
as EuP'tora and A;ms. After all thu, has been sail
universally agreed to. for scores o years. about the
'nP'oi such an event rs Russia losing hold of the
o'"ea' we may now best impress ourselves with
senseof by glancing round upon the expec,aut n,
t'on'' and seeing how they take the news We know
now the news Of tho acquisition was taken bv the coo
querors and their abettos; how the Gar Peter grsu
a"aoie In his delgh, At obtaining Aznf az stem tn
wards the Crmea, and savage at The Lss of il. md
haPPy again when he acquired some Persian pr,vio,s
which would enable his successors to take The C,;o,
IN hand We know what the court rejoicinps were =,
81 Petersburg when the Crimea was really coooue,sd
how the insane Orloff was piled with the news. to
cheer his horrOr-stiicken mind and how Poemki, c,l
On heaven and earth to goriy the greatness Of The
CLi'ha; anu now the Enp-ror uf Austria kissed tho
dust In his Joy that Russia had come down To hi,
uai post u take care Ut his formidable neiubbor tho
Corte, on his behalf Too many of the na,ino. .o,.
,na'eh''e and indifferent TO an event important
u was mourned IN the mosques Of Cunsantinople and
IN The recesses Of the Caucasus;but central and y.,
Europe Seie insensiple the extent Of the cal,nn,v
or iaher pleased than otherwise. The events of sew
envy years nave wrought great change in mems
mnus. 30 strong Is now the interest," and SO deep the
sense, OF WHAT'S involved in the Russian possession ~
the Crlmes that there can scarcely be donb, NJ nh,
would nave been the response nf the civilized world if
ihey had been offered their choice Of any bon that be
ven could conier IN The f"rm VI political event To
nd The Crmea Of the Russians would have ba.o Tho
eh"ier. Aud now the lin. has come. The news il
travelling through all lands and the peope of all ,nd
are mp and awake 10 hear it, ~
lhe lertars are free now-those of the Crime,
as e Dutch took Holland the close Of the last
var the larars are now coming possession of Tar
iary How many II those fleet riders are now s,eed
ing over the steppe to tell the Cussacks Of the kub,n
the news that the Russian pnwer in the Crmea has f,j
len! As each one pauses al any hemlei how many
role sam ' no''h' souh and east, to spread the Il.
aings. lhe news will soon be told under the black
hair tents Of ncuade Turbomans and amoor the hsh-
eInlehs nuts all down the shurss cf the CASPIAN The
khah OF knva and the King ofBokhara i'll meet IN tall
u over. Inc RUSSIAN agents in Cabul will have hard
work IN convincing the Affyhans that the vic,o,v s m
The other way. and that the Gar is in fact ms,cb,n
or me HImaiaya. MIR. Murrsy's mission 10 Persia
will be much lighen-d. The news will have ..m,a.
thInRs pleasant with the Shah. The most Solemn
thanksgivings Of all will be from the pronho, f The
caucasus AID his followers. f." quarter Of cen,u
~ have these brave warr0rs-and they al,ne-Lr,
Inc Russian power IN check snd now they are nat onv
avenged but released. No more shall their supnl.s h.
intercepted by sea, nor their vilages burned on land
m, IN 10 hava
rot only salt and ammunun but all the products The
tarth that they may quality themselves To
ihey may soon now hang up sword and gun and So,
'he'f hand 10 the plough and the pruning knife And
80 win The He"rsians. They may show the ntrudiug
Russians the way to the Caspian or by the milita,v ,
over the Caucasus, aud them safe off for bons and
'h.n i've their own lie-a wiser one we trust, than
of old What day is coming f.r Treb.z md, n,
more Russian ships riding the Euxine but instead
h them the commerce Of the world By sea corms,ca
ffofT 4
caravans from but Persia will more be cut off ,vbsn
once 'he iransCaucasan Provinces cleared of the
alien race. "
in Greeee there will be r-j cing Though not in
The palace. King Ohio and his selEwIlled wife will
probably shut themselves up To mourn for wbiI bui
he iue TRENDS oi the Greeks, the uid of the peope
and the TEACHERS Of the children the scholmaser who
s abroad there and his attached pupils and all that is
es' I" ,na' people whom II is SO difficult help will
De So iuIi o thanksgiving that the Peloponnesus will
call io The Chersonesus; and Heicon will echo IN.
hymns IL the Caucasus. As for Italy, the Pope and
Caidina!s will go to prayers Rome but in Venice and
H''an There Will be many glad hearts, and culver of
emotion will run through Sicily as if the old Iu,n nm
Ger Ger : a stired again And well he NAV; for another
iian Is being put down. and the mountain Of horror
ana rehorSe Is Setting down upon his breast Ih. Ger
man States are all grave and sad. no doubt though in
d'hefeht degrees. according 10 their d, serrs Tb.
trumpet oas Uf the invaders Of the Grimes 10 the war
nns that their day OF Judgment is nea Let ,hse who
nave any necks under th, feet raise up the
VI ther own turn will come. like that of ,he Car
heir oro'her. their idol, and till now their hone and
iuS: lmer dol Is proving 10 be clay; and they mus,
sci lice all whom, the plains of Hungary or else.
where. they have bound by his aid or for his pleasure
lhe Austrian alliance needs no words That alliance
gees with success and all that be said is that the
lime oi Ausrias ob,equousness must be used TO ex
cude her from all claim over the Prncpates she is
occupying The King Of Prussia may be len 10 weep
IN peace His people will not need comforting. The
Niaesty OF Denmark will have some business thrown
On his hands, II seems, without delay. The Russian
succession to the Danish cannot be aow d: and
he VIII be wise To surrender it once His people will
nnd some method Of representation which will enable
hem To see that. Sweden and Norway NAV now en- |
ter the Western alliance with safety The binding of
the power OF the Car is news To brighten the lony
night at Ionea, and TO temper the wnlry wind to the
dwellers at the Nonh Cape Sooner or ,,er, the news
may be oofne by good spirits the depths OF Sibe
MAJ and some faint music Of hope may mincie in the ex
ies ear with The meaning Of the winds held captive
under the ice, and the signing Of The breeze as il comes
and goes through the pine baens. The lev despo,ism
that imprlsons those winds will be broken uu and the
signing Of the breeze become. in the pines the music
OF thonsand harps when the warm winds rush TO the
north Ia their season. These hints of nature boc,no
significant. now that the Crmca is invaded