The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-07-15

+. 49,. has proved one Of the most calami
.,r. and d.. graceful in the military annals of
~, creat European Power; for,as they we're
able to force the line of the Turkish for
.....es against the native garrisons while the
.,,alins army was fresh and entire, it be-
am. impossible that they should retrieve
.1cir losses and their discontinue sufficient
t. % resume offensive operations against far
.:o-c rowcr.u! antagonists. Prince Paskic-
r,. ten Schillcrs, and Gen. Lu,lers, who
.o-, 'he allcst officers in command. have all
..c.;,~l wounds which remove them from
-. fed The loses OF the army since it en-
..-,l the Principaiiics are crcdibly stated at
,,rarl Of $4,000 men. The confidence of
.I'iip troops and the pride OF the nation are
.l,,en AMI cast down. Not onlv is Little
W,llachia evacuated anil the Danube cross
., bu, the works Of the Russians at Giurcc-
- are abandoned. and the Russian forces
,,,, retired from bucharest. five compare
he MAGNITUDE Of the invading army with the
.,cnler and imperfect forces opposed to it
The boosted power Of Russia with the weak
rrs. of Turkey, and the arrogance OF the I'm
,s-al Court with the humiliation it has now
N enlure-we cahnOt but call TO mind the
m;ions appeals Of the Gar to the Just iudg-
men, Of Heaven. which has already tlissipat-
slhi, armies and confoundcd his ambition
In this important movement, which has al
ready changed the whole aspect of the war,
NC are more inclined to discern the results
of,hese military reverscs than Of a political
combination. The Russians have rctreated
COR the simplest and most peremptory Of all
reasons-hccauSe. having failed in their at
ak en- Silis'ria. they could not hold posi-
ION south Of the Danube, and because an at
enpt TO retain Wallachia. with the Austrian
army on their base Of operations, might have
compelled their entire army to lay down its
arms They are, in short. defeated and
rom the moment that Prince PaskirwitSch
assumed the command he contemplate! the
reces,,v Of contracting the whole line of OPP
rrations and turning the front Of the army
rom the south to the west This change is
even morr important in its character than in
The direction OF the forces. for it is change
from offensive TO defensive war; and our rca-
,ers NAV remember that it is precisely the
occurrence we rcckOned upon several months
ego, whenever the military attitude and re-
sources Of Austria should be fully developed.
Bu, i, is now too late for theEmpcror Nirho-
las 10 make meri: OF an inevitable necessity.
Austria herself. TO whom he drGiratcs this
at OF submission. must he perfectly aware
that she owes II exclusively and entirely TO
her own martial preparations. and to her CO.
operation with the Western Powers. II the
Russians withdraw behind the Pruth.it is be-
cause they know that in week or two their
base Of operations would be cut off and their
:roopS De driven out of Moldava The Car
has abandoned his position. not in comp'i-
merit to Austria. but because it had become
who'll, untcnablc
Nevertheless. this fact is of a nature TO cx-
EFT an important influence on the whole po-
l'ica question which now actatcs Europe
Il Russia has declared her intention to evac-
ua'e the Turkish territories. the presence of
the allied armies in the Danubian provinces
becomes superfluous. for they will find no en-
emy to encounter. That evacuation. howev-
or. is now only one Of the objects of the war.
The treaty between France and England and
the Porte expressly provides for the estab-
lIshment OF effective guarantees for the future.
by which we mean, as we stated yesterday
the revision Of the treaties. the freedom OF
The Danube. the destruction of the exclusive
domination Of Russia in the Euxinc. and the
independence Of the CirraSsian coast. But.
from the moment that the retreat of the Rus
,ans from the Principalitics removes the
theatre Of war from the Danube, the allied
forces NAV be directed with immediate effect
on the Crimca. where alone blow NAV now
he struck which can terminate the war with
honor. II is not impossible. from the fcclcrs
which have already been put out bv some of
TIE organs OF the Russian party in France,
That SINCE the Court Of St. Petersburg has
taken THIS ~rsoln'ion, the next step contem-
plated may be- to propose an arnis,icc and
congress. The people Of this country woul
look. We are confident. with the ut most sns-
p'cion on any such scheme They have fc,t
ins''nrtirr|v. throughout this dispute. that
lore" alone could bring the Emperor of Rus
ga TO reason: and now that we are beginning
70 reap the first advantages of the campaign.
and have driven back the accrcSsor within
hrs territories. they will not he satisfied with
what Lord Clarendon termed the other night
"an insignificant result or sterile triumph"
III" world now knows beyond all dispute the
Objects of Russia, whenever she can hope to
accomplish them. Should the question be
unsettled after the present war. Turkey car
not rely on another such Intervention in her
iavor. Whatever vet has been done. we owe
10 our nnIon.and il that union be- maintained
as we trust it will be few months lonccr.wc
cannot doubt that it will secure all we have
right to expect; hut upon that condition
depends. not only the success of the allied
powers IN the present contest. but the rcsto-
ration and continuance of the peace of the
world