The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-28
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!. q. and, In the event of the chain Of oommlni-
cation with Poland and the Crimea being in
tsrruptcd, even VIII hs own territories Y
man &C the least military foresight would -,
ter plate the probability Of pursuing can
paign under such disadvantages. ,gith N.
Anllo-FTcnch and Turkish cont .v.n,s s,,n
ported by the fleets in the Black S.se .Aa.l;n,
his advance and the forces of Austr;a r..av ~
TALL upon his rear, his armie must inevitably be
hemmea in on every side and cut to uieces AL.
though, therefore, the reussians have not a. vet
entirely evacuated 'Iallachia. it is clear that
the partial retrogr ade movement that has taken
place On the llr e OF the Sereth will be immedi.
ately RlloweA up by the abandonment Of b.
chsrest an 4 suoh other positions in the lower
fr,rc pAlity as continue in their possession,
ard t'4c concen tration of such force from north
to south of Moldavia as will suffice for the pro-
lection of their own frontiers In this quarter,
and along the coasts in the Black Sea, we may
therefore assume that for some time to come
the operations Of the Russians will be
strictly defensive. For the safety OF
Sebastopol and the Crimea, notwithstanding
the for Lidable efforts that are about to be d.
rected against them, there is but little to ap-
prebend The Russians will here be fighting
on their own territory. aud will not be demon
allied by the fear of having their communica.
tons cut of, and their rear menaced by Austrian
troops. As long as they keep their ships with
in the shelter Of the Notifications of Sebastopol,
and trust to their granite walls and ub-marine
batteries, they will have nothing to fear fir IN
the cautious courage of Admirals Hamelin and
Dundas.
AS regards the war on the Asiatic side, we
may, therefore, as far as active hostilities or
decided advantages to either Of the beliigerent
armies are concerned, expect, if no. Temporal
ry suspension, at least su ,h feeble VT Atty as
will scarcely suffice to attract our attention
from the more important events of which Gal
lcia and Hungary are about to be the theatre
Here all the disposable forces of Russia will be
directed, in order to humble or totally crush
the treacherous and ungrateful ally whom she
SO lately saved from destruction. The Hanga-
riaDs, whose victorious assertion of their rights
was only defeated by Muscovite Intervention,
will, perhaps, owe their deliverance from Aus
trian despotism to the same powerful arm that
before helped to rivet their chains. Stranger
revolutions in political feeling than this
have before marked the conflicts of great
European interests. And the flames of war
once lighted up in Germany, who can say
when the confagration will be arrested, or to
what important changes in present territorial
arrangements they may give rise. Italy,
grooming under the iron heel of an oppression
the most tyrannical and hateful that the world
ever witnessed, will start up from her pros
trate condition at tae sound of the first tocsin
Of Russian invasion, and shake Off forever the
degrading yoke that has enslaved her mind and
paraly zed her energies There is no exaggere
ton in this prospect. Once . Russian army
reaches the gates Of Vienna, the death knell Of
the Austrian monarchy may be said to be
rung. Nothing can then prevent the i'll assert
ed parts Of that unwieldy structure from tum-
bling to pieces, and crushing all minor despot-
isms in Their fall. From its ruins there will
probably arise number of smaller but more
independent States, governed by more enlarged
and rational ideas of human rights, and brought
more within the circle of popular sympathies.
Let the changes, however, that are to follow In
the train Of approaching events, be what they
may, they con lead to nothing but an ameliora-
ton in the condition of the suffering masses of
the continent. And let it not be supposed that
the liberals of Germany and Italy will hesitate
to avail themselves of the aid of their former
oe. Were he thousand times blacker than
be is painted, they would joyfully hail him as
their deliverer. 1t would be strange If he, who
has been hitherto considered the incarnation of
lespotic ideas, should prove to be the chosen
instrument of God to bring about the general
Of the human race