Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-10-12
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great achievement something must be lsft To
'or'une or as we would rather say to IN. car, ~ an
"VeHu'ng Providence. There never ye, was great
military or naval expedition Of which il could be .sseN
LED that Its success was absolutely aud completely eer
la'n. Were The united forces of France and Enp.nd\
directed against the Republic Of M,rno il is possible
that every soldier in he combined srces might turn bis
weapons against his fellows lust as thew were crn.oo
| me boundaries OF the enemy's territory But wby
speak of exaggerated cases7 The Sikh, mivbt vs,y
readily have annhiated the British forces in Upper In
d'a but few years back. The run uf the g,Ine w,.
or time sgalnst Us. but prevailed in the end The
army oil oarengo might have been swallowed IN in
the SHOWS OF the GteaI ST. Bernard Every vessel in
Neison neet At the Nile might have been as unfortu-
ha'e "a The Colloden, and grounded the tails Of as
many reefs as there were ships wellington and nj.
small orce in the Spanish Peninsula might have been
swept into the sea- Silis,ra might have been taken
lew months ago by the Russions and present the ex-
pediton agans, the Crmea may fail In warfare ther.
IS Always room Tor doub,-for hesitation never Even
"hefe eelluI OF despunde7cy may exist in the mind
oi superior officer, II Is his duty his country to sup
press all expression Of thar feeling If he cannot re-
strain his own fears at least let him refrain rom inf
ing Others with the suggestions Of his own nervousness
and apprehension. We are s1rry for the boo,p, of
England o be cumPeed TO speak, vaguely of the
existence OF such feelings these among officers in
trusted with commands in the British force in the East
at this momentous crisis The English Commander
IN Chief free from any such imputation Con;ac
lure may do It's worst among his subordoates but Wa
will not ax indelibe stigma To the names of tboe
VINO have been so fahess 10 their own and their coun
irys HONOUR by publishing them TO the world great
victory may wipe out all s;ans Just as at sea- after
succt ssful action, all misdeeds-even those of mutt,
nou. charac,er-sIe forgiven But a, the present mo-
meni, while the country is the utmost stretch of eN
peelauon 10 know the result of this great expedtionwo
md mentioned In correspondence from CONSTANT
nople that some Of the English officers who should
have been actively engaged in raising the spirits and an
| imaiing the enthusiasm Of their men have wandered
ABOUT Inc camp, uerng melancholy predictions Of dire
disaster and failure We agree in what cur correspon-
dent writes that when those yera officers ara placed
under ite they will probably act in manner more in
harmony with their prOtessi and position; vet this will
be but small reparation for the damage they have al
ready occasioned. The British soldier patient and en-.
durng a. he is looks up in his difficulties to his ofces
for suppr and takes the colour vi his opinions Need
we point out how injurious II have proved TO the
tone and temper "f the British expedriUnary rec that
some ot the principal officers At headquarters have al
lowed the report Of their detection to get abtoadl
IL is all very we'll for the q,idJrncs ~ the Landau
clubs TO ccngregae in their harmless bow windows and
prate foes and qucksands and whrlwnds and so,ms
and scoTching suns and hiting trusts but are high off,
GERS service, when the welfare uf toir native ccun
try ard the safely Of the under their command de-
pend upon their hrmness and decision to adopt the
'ane ionel IL was not by men of this stamp tha, the
great victories Of France ard England were won in
'"rner days. What would NaPoIton Bonaparte or Ar
thur Wellesley have said TO their Generals of Divisio,
and s'ao ofiicers had they caught them on the eve of
general engagement diss. mnatng their own fears and
apprehenslUns amung their menl
We are perfectly prepared admit that the long de-
lay al Iarna-the untoward sickness in The camp-the
uncertainties Of an unknown region and of warfare
against an unred f0e-may have occasioned manv a
gloomy thought the camp fires Of the common sol
iers In the private tran.itoy detection under such
may be e1cused but these are lust the
ccasions when the chvalrous iotitnde the ..men,al
pluck" Of the superior officer should make itself fell,
AS TAR as charge IN ne or resistance in square NAV
ne cuncerned there Is nothing chose between the Off
GER and The sodsr The annals vi the army are there
TO bear WINES 10 the undauned bravery Of rank and
he or such Occasi ms. There are times, huueyer
rhen intellectual cIuage and the loftier emoons Of
The gentleman should be called into play; and if there
ever was such Time. IL Is present now. II men have
not nerve aud tortude for military cummand wby do
they thrust themselves into situa lions of such respop
sioilty! They free to avoid the military profes.
Slun or actual s'rvIce; but, If they will grasp al author
ny, they cannot avoid responsibility. We shower
honours, orders peerages, PENSIONS wealth upon our
'uccessul soldiers. They play ur great prize. Well
is II for them if they win, but il The rame be Lost
through any misconduct of theirs they stand in most
evil case. There s man, woman or child
throughout the British empire who is not perfectly en-.
Titled to excIam against them and call them 10 account
u may perhaps not be unnteresng readers upon
such OCCASION this have pl4csd before them The
very words IN which Lord Nelson rebuked even an in
eror oicer for displaying anything like detection in the
presence of an enemy. He wri,eS 10 young leu,en-
ant. whose nsme suppressed few days after the bait
tie Of Copenhagen, Is follows -''Most "assureoly Won
did perfectly right in reporting me (f your assis
ance was vi no use) the Belluna snd Russell being
aground in order that | mig direct the necessary
measures lor getting them sfoat. The de-
Livery, however OF thing like despoudinp opinion
"unasked waShIghly reprehensb be and deserved nuch
"more censrre than Capt. Foley gave YOU" But the
young officer had not disseminated his opinions among
the men, he had simply dared To "be detected when in
conflict with England's enemies and that amounted 10
crime IN the eyes Uf British chiesin in those days.
The piping times OF peace, the gala days and model
camps and ehaiges al cumps OF he have turned some
of our officers, appears, iu;o carpet knights as far as
endurance concerned They ynust purge their honour
under the enemy's fire.
Al the same time that write Of this feeling of de-
lection as existing in certain quarters Of the English exs
pedouafy force, know full well that IL prevails in
the Russian camp to a far greater degree. We know
too, that the enemy have great ea son fur their desnon
dency, while the side OF the allies there is less rea
son rOr It than ordinarily prevails n an army which is
about TO be led into conflict with the e Ii no great
success results from this expedition 10 Crim-Tartsry az
The present advanced season of the year. at least any
lhng likes great disaster would sppear be Of the
question. short delay sihe worst that can happen;
but we trust ere many days have elapsed to announce
intelligence of very different kind. The detection
and conduct Of some Of officers u the expedition
must ever remaln without excuse but, doubt ere
they have been couple Of days at sea the fresh breezes
viii blow all the coowsbS VI the heads Of our men,
For ourselves. we will not permi. ourselves for one mo-
meni to doubt Of success. France and England CONS
blned could give good account Of Europe in arms-ho
much more OF semi blrbsrOus Power which attained
sIate prestige by playing nPOn the creduliy Of man,
kind
THE GREAT CANADIAN CoUSrERFEIr GAss.-Ths
Boston TrarslIr says:
"a month OF two since we announced the ares, in
Canada OF gang Of persons engaged in the man
uaciure Of counterfeit bank plates and dies on the most
extensive scale. Fora long period this gang have
been quite successful in circulating their counierets
upon the banks Of the United States snd in some n-
stances men have grown gray~headtd and wealthy in
The busln'ss We learn from gentleman from Mons
rea that The gang arrested have their trial there
on the 10Th Of this month Among the number is True
r Young, who several years since IN custody in
this city on similar charge There Is slso Of the
BOnny ismily an old man u sixty, oamed Heard; pos,
sessed OF considerable wealth, whose daughters signed
the bills"
CATTLE DRovERs.--Ws regret TO hear that the
cattle dovers Of the Valley and Southwest have done
lii, -. 80 Ls.II