The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-11-02


Lord Mayor himself had all the time his suspcons-he
did not believe word of IT,
Nobody ever believed it, it turns out The En-
peror Of the French himself when he said SbasoPoi st
prise whispered, we believe to his nearest aid-est
ulprise.
Nobody believed it, Who could suppose that the
Daily News for instance merely joking when it drew
this picture of the glorious horrors of siege the 4h
Let the reader fancy to himself the roaring and
beratiOn of all this artillery in space OF some three miles
long. Let him fancy in addition the laundering broad
sides from the allied fleets off the mouth the harbor Let
him add this the noise and clamor of the assault and
defence of the North Fort the heights Immediately be-
hind the double battery and after its fall of the artillery
Mimic rifles and platoon firing Of the allied land troops
To all this let him again add the noise OF explosions
now of a fort of a man-oEwar Let him conceive
the hollow Of the harbor thus filed with smoke and flame
esoundng with the deep roar of artillery and the pater-
ing ofrearms the solid earth shaking with the reverbe
alton of the and tormented atmosphere and last Of
all let him imagine in the midst Of this artificial volcanic
eruption masses Of human beings interchanging sabre
blows and bayone hruss closing in death grapples pant
ing with exhaustion fevered with quenchless thirst wTi
thing in mortal agony OF the Russians eighteen thousand
said TO have been killed in this man-made hell how
many of the allies have fallen is still unknown
Reading this might almost suppose that the writer
in the Daily News really thought there had been city
taken Nota bit fit He knew all the time it could not
be- he amusing himself with his readers The editor
of the Pays was equally jocose
"Sebastopol has been taken The success Is complete
from the herosm of soldiers and the irresistible power
of civilization The event has exceeded the proudest
hopes The capture of Sebastopo is at the most
aordinary warike exploit and the most ecund in results
in our history"
As for the ConstautioHnel it is not only aceious but
personal Hear how the sly rogue takes rise out Of Ma
poeon the Third
Russia now efiaced from the list Of great nations
1854 has heroicay avenged 1919. 1t belonged to Napo-
leon III take marked revenge Russia for the gl0r-
on w sublime
poeon IL
The Times ever truculent and insolen is not content
with ecitatng every British breakfast abe The bully
looks round the instant whom he should insult
and threaten He outrageousy insults the King of Naples
he fercey threatens the American republic The same
mail that brought the Sebasopol lie brought also a
British Explanations were have been instant
ly demanded by England and France from the United
States and lest there should be any mistake the Times
read this austere lesson:
The lessons learned Bomarsund and Sebastopo will
not be forgotten for they have introduced in
warfare The rapid triumphs which wonderful now
would have been impossible before and they may to
remind States with deended that all their milf
ary forces cannot them from boses directed a9aiHS,
them by maritime o01cer.
Would the British like get the explanations now or
will they wait until after Prince Menschko has more full
ly explained himself flst2
About that explanation of Prince Meuschikohs there
viii probably be some difficulty, 1t was Jericho, we he
eye which beSeeed and taken by blowing of trum-
pets According to this system of tactics we admit that
Sebastopo has chance. If blowing of runpets can
sack and rae city in these latter days the thing
good as done But in the time and looking to the
actual forces available in modern warfare teems we must
have patience. As the Times now very prudenty re-
marks
Our business Is however to dismiss from our minds
the erroneous impressions they have lately received and
to form more correct estimate of our position from the Of
helal accounts which arrived yesterday
Just We must keep ourselves cool and moderate
our transports, and command feelings He who can
govern himself the Times must have had occasion
learn at his writngmastes is greater than he who takes
a city" And if the allies have not yet taken Sebastopol
they have at least learned lesson about being discreet
in their Boosting and threatening
and they going to take Sebes,apo a, aif This to
US than doubtful Clearly Menschkoff thinks
not else he would have left the fortress and march
ed eastward to his half his
force into the city to insure its holding until he
come to raise the siege Clearly also the allies think
the of the siege doubtful else they would not have
sent off hastily for aid or send Lord Burgerh to Eng
land in such saEoas haste, One prudent and udicious
thing they have donesecured the port Of Balaclava to
escape by if such sad necessity arise.
And it appears US very plain that if they do not
speedily take the place BY desperate storm and coap de
man, they viii shortly be crushed and smeshed Ike nut
she'll between Menschkoff aud garrison That larger
armies marching join the Russian general either
from Anapa the Circassan coast from Bessarabia
and Odessa under Luders and Osten Sacken by way of
the isthmus of Perekop, by both ways, cannot be
doubted That the allies have force in the peninsula
able prevent the junction is certain Menschkof will
shortly be at the head of seventy thousand and with
these in their rear and the forts Of Seb29opo in their
'front.' what becomes Of redopbabe allies the soldiers
OF civilization
They yaust make no delay They must refresh and re-
cruit themselves quick after the handling they have
got the Alma then write last adeu the girls they
have LETT behind them say their prayers walk up the
z Of the Sebatopo cannon dash through and over the
forts win street by against good soldiers hon
selves exterminae the present garrison and establish
themselves place then poradyepture they will have
the good fortune to bp besieged instead of besegng
It we'll ndeed that they hold Baaclava but if Sebas-
topo be ao ots and that right soon the cmbarcaon of
the flying and broken egons Baaclava will be attended
with many difficulties and dangers which it pity the
champions Of civilization should have to endure
In that British force the Crmea, more than one
half are irish Shame upon them Shame and ruin and
the death Of dog in their trenches At ill-omened Wa
eroo they fought "a s2 tho yoke of the English arstoc
racy apoa their necks In the Crimea they Eight to-
cnch and ryet it there mmoyby forever If they arc
defeated routed and ramped in their own gore in tie
Crimea their parents brothers. and sisters will be the
gamers hey will have Won chance Of seeing Justice
at last begin to be done in their oppressed country
The French too will learn something from this defeat
dsgraced and defeated pray they may be- they viii
earn how deep disgrace and damage France has been
This hollow alliance with their perfdous foeand Water
90 and St Heepa y5t unayenged They win turn upon
Ibis cruel coxcomb of Emperor who sits asride the
French republic and send him Cayenne whittier he
has sent many better men Then win flash ont the