Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-09-04

outer wallis, ilsh, easl Ore, uilAa sai cana su, n
thoroughly warn a. 90 be ht for an expedition 10 Sweden
Why should well fed DO less hearty and comforts
able, within their stout walls with food command and
fuel and proper clohpgs nothing to compare with
the hardshps that troops and have
IN former wars To say nothing Of Polar expeditions
Cape Breton far station; and 90 were many
others In Canada aud IN Oregon, aud many desote
shore Of the globe. Inhabited islands eau mover be 40
rigid and desOste the frozen any contineut
IL the allied troops aud sesnen In tho Baltic arc allow
good victory before winter to their hearts they
will pass the cold months cheey enough-thouph there
Is no answering for the consequences of chilling OF their
moral ardor Give them feast Of sympathy and fame
from home, aud they will do very WE'LL Depress them by
sense Of disappointment, spreading from themselves
into their country and their families and tho frost may
benumo instead OF inspiritiug them. This ought to DO
promineu consideration with who are appoint
ing troops to winter in the islands Of the Baltic.
A. for tho notion OF military operationsoi an invasion
Of Bomsrsund from Russia the winert seems to most
people too absurd TO merit many words. Because an ar
my has crossed the Sound with artillery aud stores IL
hastily concluded that the thing may happen again
But this Is in which such thing having happcued
once Is the very why should not happen again
Such an expedition could succeed only by a surprise
only in season OF prolonged black frost-only after
welmssked survey-only when tho party to be
had no advantage from tho good will of the native popu
llton-only when the ice reliable on the further
as on the nearer eo.st-ouly when good many
things may be depended on which all likely TO
occur on more than occasion. The Aand people will
know the state OF the leo quite well any Russian
scouts The allies will certainly not DO caught by sur
farorug even the setting Of such expedition; and
much moro improbable Is IL that there will be open
harbors, and creeks, and channels which may be
improved into very efectusl trench by tho Ia.
Dor at command Our stout fellows would enjoy
keeping trench open, by axe saw, and powder
whether the fee the other side be wolves or cubs of
the great Russian bear. They will invent iuferual
chimes to blow the ice and make shorter work Of Il
than tho Car has done with ships. An ice
trench might be made much less Of toll
aud human lie than the ice palace of former Crsr
than that edice, heated like because Nicholas
was impatient, where the workmen made wear
caps OF ice aer Of their comrades had fallen from
their scaods aud died Of brain fever 10 time Of peace
than holding the Asnd Isles through winter against
discouraged foe IL IL should DO necessary hold them
il can OF course be done.
IL the Russians march from st. Petersburg on
the Ice, the transit is penousy long Who tell what
the winy winds Of the Gulf of Findlaui arc away from
the shelter Of the foressg The road like
Of the steppes II is subject avaanches aud all
OF Representatives,. The droest notion OF all Is of
army Of sksters-of thousands of balancing them
selves edge like Mahomes bridge against the guns
Of fertilization British soldiers aud sailors fond Of
quos aud ninepns, aud did thoy such game
they would have with advanced corps Of Russian |
skaters who should venture within Surely il
be snow shoes-aEd not skates that the alarmsts
Either who have not the free OF their feet
have little chsnce-whs,eSer be their numbers-on the
ice against blue, green, red coated soldiers behind
wall, standing the soes OF their feet, and with
their alter every shot which they have balanced
themselves to achieve. B,ma sund aud the Aland islands
be held all the winter il It be wise and desirable
hold them.