The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-01-18
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.


EIo"a ouT IOhuOn correspondence.
LoNpos, December 30, 1853
Lord Pslmerston has only RECALLED us with Christmas
panomme and the holidays being over, his lordshp re-
sumes his usual business The rsvey OF tories and the
cheers of the sham radicals have be paid for iu
blue devils, the Advertiser alone lining exempt from
that ponala model of the licensed victaaie tina poion
everybody except hmsef-easy consoed by the assump
uon tha The noble lord MUST VIRTUALLY lind himself
the Premier OF England VIRTUALLY therefore, the s'hears
Of the nation may still be gaddened" To gladden. the
hearts OF Great Britain still more. the Russians have just
attempted 10 destroy the Anglo French fleet Constantine
pie The Malta correspondent OF the Morning Herald has
received, the 22d inst The following Consan
nople. 18th December, ''Duriag last night Russian
schooner of war, loaded with combusbe and ncendary
articles for the purpose OF destroying the allied fleets la the
Bosphorus, appeared In front of the Ottoman forts, and
tried TO surprise the vigilance OF the guards but luckily
she was detected and forced anchor trying the
same time TO throw overheard the destructive matters
What will Europe say this And what will England
and France answerf r. If this news be true" saws The
Times, then IL would" etc. be true. Therethats all
AS to what England and France "woud say suppose
the Russians much about that they care for hat
they HAVE SAID about Sinope AS the high priests of Eu
opean order they have of course the privilege ncen
diarism and we must not doubt of their general
tartan dispositions If they occasionally throw shells on all
ont aslehcsess towns, or even peaceful villages, as
done by one OF their steamers in going the Danube
such niue eccentrciiles are very pardonable power
which has been labong 50 long and devoedy ia the
salvation OF society the European continern Poland
IN Sweden, In Denmark in Hungary, &cand which has
The noble aim OF one day restoring the world to the
orthodox faith Meanwhile, is pity that the history
Of this distinguished empire should be made up entirely OF
such acts OF ncendiay chiyalry For fair and honest
victory in the field enemy neither sold nor beav
ed nor inferior in strength, there hitherto blank in the
Russian annals Nor is this likely to be very brilliantly
filed up in the present war Bombarded Sinope will re-
main Its only luminous point. They dsodge Izze
Pasha from Kaalat, enforce passage at Matecbin
Their troops getting faster and the hospitals
and the swamps In fact, their position in Wallacha be-
comes unsrn~be.
IN Asia, again, the great victory Of Gen AndronkoG fo
which re Dsum was sung ST. Peersburgh is blank in
the Turkish bulletins. which continue on the contrary ia
report OF Turkish successes both The envons Of Aexan
doPai where ADD Pacha arrived with the eros of his
army and on the coast where sem Pachas conquest Of
oahah IS confirmed. In this extremity, what is it, again
that Is intended and likely Rnssa Is il her own
strength in the field the power has over neural cab
inets The offensive and defensive treaty nou conoda
with Persia speaks for itself Nor ia there any misake
about The determined attude Of the allied fleets in the
Back sea- which are TO prevent the supply Crcas
sian ana turkish armies with arms, and re-
Inducements from Constantinope. is true the Russians
like wise 10 be prevented from sending any support from
Sebasopol But what is II to them, when they can draw
| II freely from Persia
Now, the language OF the n,
very warike, and the Persian movements induce the
Morning Chronieie Of to- day actually bluser Enpand
will not allow India be threatened without throwing her
whole strength into 1t is time TO show tina, Eng
lishmen are neither fools towards and is the fault
OF Russia If the experiment involves the heayes, bo,v
to an empire surrounded by implacahe enemies and
!al OF the sources of weakness which the corruption of
halfrecaimed barbarism supply" But what is The
use Of thus reasoning WITH and giving warning to- bar
barian whose only reason is the knout I Blows blows
bowsthese are The meditation" Russs viii acknowledge
instead of being blown up however, the Russian shps
will be merely sauied and politely pnnied back TO
sebasopol, spoordns to the statement, of the warke
Chronicles own Paris correspondent who saw. that SON
the 10Th Instant second orders OF stringent nature
were despatched According to them, the mission OF the
iuad Hssfx in fheR larE ,tli
shpsoiwar whether Russian Turkish TO ma yipste
sea. They directed 10 send back all Russian shps b..
seoapo and all turkish ships INTO ports the soab
side the Euxine." II remains to be seen whether a.,
Russians will acquiesce in imposition which forbds
them the OF their "own" lake. Probably thew ,yi
and have themselves authorized the Suan allies ,bus 10
protect them against their clients menace of an exped,ion
mo the ohmes, already in state of inunecton as
| retaliation Tor Snope.
Thus viewed, these second orders sent on December
2Sh, would be sufficiently explained by Lord Palmefston
re-enuance into the ministry this Remittance VIZ mid be
explained by the necessity Of protecting Russia some
| eontre.Sinope.
A, any the day of general explanation approaches,
On the 3lst of January Parliament Ia summoned To me-,
and then, says the Daily News, Lord Aberdeen will
to explain (f he CAM his policy In the
Then Lord Palmerson will have the BILE task of EXPLAIN
Ing why he went out, and why he Ia again Then
also. Lord John Russell wit Rave explain il and when
his reform measure is to be Produced and IL not why not
| Then" etc, etc.
Now, let suppose one thing Ii Lord Palmers,on',
resignation and reenuance was all hoax concerted be-
tween himself the Queen, the coalition and Baron Brun
now, what capital joke II was To get rid Of mid
piece OF the late coalition programme, by having IL de-
clared "unmey 10 get Snope and all the dirty vi.
emma and Copstanunope diplomatic business and to elicit
declarations OF adhesionnsy, of enhu tories
and radicals for whom the coalition imm ediaelv re-
appropriate gaining enthusiasm and credit into the bar
gain lastly to get permission 10 proong under
guaranty OF his freshly popularity in undisturbed
uncontrolled secrecy, their miserable in favor
oil Nicholas and the Coburgs-why, n bad game tn
so little can the Remittance OF Lord Pameston into The
EuRh ministry be regarded the signal for n ,io
antRussian policy and for abogation OF the dplo-
matte humbsg that his lordships Morning Pos, of To-
day IL, of all the newspapers, the anxious TO state
" the refusal OF The Porte renew the old trestie.
which announced by yesterdays Times and ,honph,
be absolute obstacle 10 further bug is said not to
be absolute" Then, in spite OF the mpos,bity of i'm
posing srmlstices landst is be i'm posed ms
menuoned-the principle will be saved. Mediation
continue e continue, OF course 0uy let the German
powers be true to the quadrupe alliance Prussia will be-
and peace will continue side by side wi
But " II Austria, Ia the face OF all the truths she has
acknowledged, of all tho strong which she
admitted, should nevertheless commit the OF falling
into deeper submission to Russa--then why then she
be surrender all claims polite al
consideration" Tho consideration OF the Morning Post
what a terrible blow to Austria 1t must be !
The conquest and annexation Of Lower Californs hes
caused less surprise than envy 10 Old England whose
pie find il difficult TO settle lawsuit exterrninate
nui In the time in which Young America ere
a,es cities, States, presidencies The follow
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