Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-05-19
RICHMOND wHIG.
From the london Times. April a7

Null NUN ID WHlG.
! From the London Times, April a.
Fast Day IN London has no, much of the ,n..,ae,,
sboui it, We have none of those procession. ,,, a,
three thousand years have wended their uav nm IN.
cent Of the Capitol the shrine Of the patron ds,
'ani, oheiing, as might be, image crown or a robe
| we have 10 lamentations in the streets no sirns oi
mourning. To the outward appearance We have ONLY A
sort oi Sunday rather duer than Sunday ITSELF closed
shops, comparatively silent Streets public walks full O,
quiet people, and, at certain hours long lines of church
goers. Tha in this ressonabe country i, the chief oh
serrance ofthe day. Once, twice, even thrice ,ood
people go 70 church, and join devou,ly In long service
1hien II taxes good deal at attention follow as mos
prayers are followed in this county, with the eve "A
As he niind. Under ritual that admits of so i,,le
ehoee or variety few prayers that one does moi
know oy heart something rather dpropos and an abusive
seecuon OF ons gospels, and ep g. arc very rre.
noveiy Sathiig could be appropriate or more i'm
pressSe bAn the form OF prayers used and t
UNIVERSAL rnsng Of leaves at the proper points show
now thoroughly all joined IN them the sermon
ss Tar as tbey can De represented by asrlct our read
ers may Judge icr themsel'es for the metropolitan pu
o yes'sid"y take this morning the place OF Psra
nentary intelligence. We suspect that ther, WI. M,
much Of shat called eoqu-nce Circu ar. not
yet Yer: favorable TO the Of st We have
ts"reey!e got clear OF the and protocols the
threats ard preparations Wiseacres are still assuming
rs that the wsr might have been avoided or ouyhI
70 have b, gun long ago. Even P-riees did no, u,,rr
famous peech on the outbreak of the Peoponncsian
al the iuD.ral oil its rst victims may be seyer.
wears before have Burke on the Russian ager.s
sion Our preachers have carried very ptopeS the
rain OF thought and feeling suggested by tne .forun o
tie day. While they have boldly aud honestly declared
the true Character of the resistance to awiess
aggresson they have urged the reflection how
lar We have nationally or individually deserved this caam
y. War, they tell us is the thunder that cea q the sky
and urihss while t strikes and sppas and the storm
would never have come had il not bven required
There Is one topic SO justly prominent in dscour.
ses that we cannot orbesr from pointing it out and Civ
ing 1t some additional emphasis War often described
as Calamity and so it when al! 40 have to do
Is to contribute our money aud a contest some
thousand miles from home. We Of opinion that no
one ever knows To the full the mseries ensied by war
even those who the fash Of sabre or heard
the booming OF gun, much less watched ON their
vsse the approach OF hostile forag.rs the spread OF
it grafton Bus those miseries nothing coinpai
with the immediate consequences VI war in th. can't
IL visits Let anybody think Of the condition of Modav
Wa!acha Bulgaria, at ths moment, aud the probable
as OF other provinces aud cities which the fiery
must shortly overwhem. Vilages ruined all kinds Of
roducc carried away destroyed the K. aud herds
driven of, trees cut down, roads rendered impas.ao!e
works oi necessity negected-all this makes d, sert
where but few tbs since, there industry pesc.
ani abundance. The forced TO work or to s.ty.
~ the ranks; The women aud children undergo Sc
wrongs. Ali this takes place in a region by no m.a,
oarbarou Tor it is tia from which draw large Supplies
Of good wheat The loaf that lies on our table this m ,rn
"g as ike = as not, comes from village from whit b
ue Cos'Ark has ere this. s~cpt everything that lives
md be thes. by which lie can be sustained
War dreadful TO the sodier-stil TO the citizen
the peasant, whom visit in its progress; il il
dreadful 10 him,s mis- wife and his children;
Il u dreadful as u smitea and rends, and burns-su
in its long, lingering miserable for
it paEaze unsettes, vates, and degrades 1t reduces
those who familiar with its horrors s apathy br
tslty reckessness dangerous only a NOR ais and MI
the higher attributes OF civilized life but even 10 order
>oCie itself Let il be remembered that counties have
devastated, cities ruined and populations 90
diminished, and manners corrupted by war as never
tha 6..Id
and the civil institutions OF Germany still bear su,
testimony 10 its long washing Two undred Years
even lave eiced the OF the So Years War
Had Central Europe enjoyed our happy nmunit,
from the horrors OF would doubtless have been
far wealthy and popuous. Doubtless too it would
have been more free, united, aud capable OF
t.kiug bold part in tsosc gro. s,rossiss ivi have
isen and must still between the antagonist Gov
,-nmens or opposite principles of European cviliza
ton.
Hitherto have been spared all this and may still be
ptred Portsmouth has no: been bombarded the Ile Of
Wight ravaged, Rsmsgate compelled pay ransom, or
London occupied by the enemy. We have not had TO
Kent in the face OF advancing foe Corn wall
and Devonshirs have not been the scene of ge la
rare the Eeastern Countries compelled find "a
ions for hundred hou.a and hurgry wastei soldiers,
or 10 wsrk night and day rampars AID trenches
against their Sovereign and counuymen Even olr
ports and shores unDolcsted and when hesr
that Odessa has been bomhaded by SHIPS, and
= Crorstadt crumble II dust der the thun.
der OF fy broa1ders, il hardly Il ct
how should feel under such disaster. Il is that
Of will paw additional income tar, AMI till
will pay higher price Tor luIuries is true also
that some will again brave relatives and friends
whom they have the battle. But what is that 10
the odou disgusting, demorszng pres of war that
breaks like Old anarch into the firest paradise OF
oeace pollung what he DESTROY, manglng what
h. cannot quite break and rendering ntuerabe what
", still must endure This is great immunity and
can never be thankful for H. 1t is immense diff
ference favor that ary burden m Ike up
for Certainly IL is better sacrifice tenth qua.
OF private income than to suffer the destruction Of
our whole house and estate tile scattering and debase.
ment of our whole i4uiy, and the ruin of everybody
a,out us to the level Of actual vipess and want These
reflections may reconcile all sacrifices
which will surely be demanded Of We cannot under
take to right the earth for nothing Justice and peace
are expensive Heaven knows at home, AT they canuo
cost less ahrcsd II we pay heavily relieve the poor
man. punish the felou, to conne the maniac the rob
bar or the murderer and prevent further Outrage by
the hdeous spectacle Of death, Ipect th the
prevention aud punishment OF Imperial crime can be do
upon easier terms No. We must pay. aud be thankful
that pay wiih money, not with blooi or
the s more painful sacrifice Of all that love II
NAV Judge from he OF the dscnurscs delivered yes.
terdsy in this metropolis ministers Of religion are
happily alive TO this fact Their Bibles tell them that no
good can be done without sacrifice and the sacrifice in
this tsance R the blood OF children of sacred
victims but of money-no very painful coInmutaton
for the actual presence Of var.
A Noble OF the old Regime.
From the London Times, May /.
The death of the Marquis OF AuglesSy Is an event
which, in the Of nature, might have been looked