The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1854-12-22
Fears for the Allies.

| begin seriously 10 beve that the allies vii
not be able to take Sebastopol. We have InleIll
gence from the scene Of operations up 10 he even
ing of the l4lh instant and, putting together th'
accounts of both sides and deduclng from then
impartaliy opinion as 20 the actual state OF al
fairs, it would really seem thai, notwithstanding
The bloody battles that have been fought and The
constant cannonade and bombardment that ha;
been kept up on both sldes without inermsson
the allies have almost as much active siege work
battering. and stormiDg 10 do now as at the CON
mencment of the seige. Yet the allies have now
been landed N the Crimea since the l6lh OF Sep
iember have been before Sebastopol since the
29th Of the sume~month and have been actually
firing upon it with all their united and terrible en-.
gines of destruction since the 10Th Of October.
With what result The Russian general.n chei
assers-and for aught that appears he says but
the truth the allied generals themselves admit ii
to certain exent-tbe damage done during the
day by fire Of the English and French guns has
been repaired every night by Russian labor and
material resources so that next morning the al.
lies have had 10 do over again The work OF the day
before, with the certainty Of finding the damage
they might again repaired by the labor Of the sue.
ceeding night. So much for the damage done TO
the forts and rampar's OF Sebastopol, by the des-
truction of which, in whole or in part, access was
to be prepared for the allied troops in order to ad-
attack by storm.
The effective breach by which the allied troops
10 enter the place is yet to be made. For
aught that appears, the resources Of the defence
equal at any rate TO those Of the attack. Nor
men, nor provisions, nor canDous nor powder,
nor balls, nor the courage, skill and energy TO use
efficiently all those resources seem more wanting
70 the besIeged than TO the besegers. At least no
sign Of failure has yet been observed. The city
Ii Il.
country is uninterrupted for the admission Of sup
plies; and the neck OF land at Perecop connect.
ing the peninsula OF the Crimea with The main
land being still i'll the possession Of the Russians,
supplies Of all sorts may be forwarded from the
whole Russian empire make good the protec.
ton of The Crimea and the defence of Sebaslopol.
That the Car is largely and efficiently improving
these facilities, Notwithstanding the total interdic-
lion of the Black Sea to which he has been COM
PEELED to submit, the successful defence up TO this
time, and numerous other facts abundantly prove.
Consider for a moment the victories Of B1laklava
and lnkermann, (batte Of the 5ih N0vember.)-
Why, 1t is now proved that, CALAMITY fought and
glorious tor the allied arms were Ihese victo-
ries, they should be almost accounted disasters by
the ales-dIsasters. not only by the loss (une.
qnaed since the battle Of Waterloo) Of men and
officers sustained by the allies but also by the
suits OF those battles as bearing upon the success
OF the expedition. Who will now deny that three
or four more such victories and the Crimean ex.
pedilion would end in direfuI ruin TO the allies
Paris Cor. of Nat. LqleAigcAcer.