The daily union., 1854-11-28

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Among the recent arrivals in Washington are Hon G
W. Jones, Of Tennessee Hon s. W. Harris and Hon ".
R. Cobb, of Alabama; Hon. F. w. Green, of Ohio Hon
T. W Cumming, of New York and Hon. o. R. Singleton,
of Mississippi
THE CZAR AND THE ALLIES.
The editor of Blackwoods Magazine, in the November nun
Der of publication compares the boast Of Sir Charles
Napier before be sailed the head of his magnificent fleet for
the Baltic sea- the expedient OF the man o sold s hide
e bear before he had encountered The ANIMAL This sti
king figure may be applied not only to the operations
the Baltic but to the campaign which has been transferred
to the Crimea and is now marked by expenditure Of
human blood and loss of human life which everywhere
excite the sorrow of civilized There air Of
confidence aud Of arrogance in the beginning OF this
least far England concerned well calculated to
inspire that state of sanguine expectation which, as we
perceive has prevented postponed preparation and ter
minated in disaster and defeat Not content with joyous
demonstrations public dinners in which Lord Palmersto
united with Sir Charles Napier in the prediction that Cou
stadt would fall before the combined fleets like card
tie before breeze the London Times In an hour
of apocypha success turned its ponderous batteries upon
the United States and thundered its threats against gov.
and people The lesson that has been aughto
such bn.ggart policy if bitter WILL trust turn Quito
be sautary lesson Nicholas to be no barba-
rian The thousand dogmas declaring that be not
lily sustained by his mobiles and his people, that underrad
his and his genius that laughed at his advance
in the arts of peace and of war that estimated him as
despot whose power could be crushed by outside
pressure almost in day how fearfuly they have been
rebukedl How appallngly have they been answered
in the Crimea How utterly they sink before bis
recent and his present preparationsl The
last proves that he. holds Austria in check
that he has secured the heart of the Prussian King
and that while his generals have achieved vast adyan.
tages against the allied fleets and armies before Sebas
topo countless Russian armies the Pruth and
on the Austrian borders and that against the boasted
chieftan Schamy his wild egons have sternly held their
Even his Pacific possessions have brayely held out
against the English and have sent gallant British fleet
into American harbor to repair almost fatal damages
Such is the aspect of things at the present day. and refer
to page in the history nations which statesman
read without instruction and warning We study ita
proof any wotraned people fighting upon their
soil against foreign invader to be vctors at last
and this is truth Of nestimabe importance county
like country whose progress is constantly inter
rupted by at least Of the powers engaged in the
conflict of the Crmea Especially also may It be pom.
dered with profit in view of the fact that country with
vast population can be safely underestimate by those
who alone jealous of its prosperity and its advance.
ment
1t is moreover sad event, in this age of peace and
progress to human life deliberately sacrificed to the
ambition of kings In all this conflict how utterly the
interests OF the masses dsappea They only ia
the myrads that called suffer and to die Uab
net ministers write diplomatic noes-great Queens and
Emperors pursue their royal pastimes secure from the
scene of slaughter but the people perish-persh not
only bodily but for lack of liberty To country
whose mission is that of freedom and of equality this
dread panorama is fearful admontion It teaches them
the value of the mild but ressess truths by which they
impels to be ready for it. 1t demands to beware
how become enanged in these fearful dangers 1t in
vokes us 70 union ana to concert 4 calls upon Us
tnguish all local teuds and to look steadily to our
superior advantages nation For here tho people rule
Here we can have no wars Of ambition Here with fre
press and free Schools enlightened legislators and pa
otto Executive the Vaccinations of aspiring princes can
not prevail To protect ourselves k however chief duty
To vndicate their honor that honor assaed is
principle so sacred in the hearts Of free people that It
can never be forgotten Interfering in European quar-
rels and mindful of interests this continent
look out upon an embatted world full regret that
kind not as happy elsewhere it here and ready
protect ourselves whenever the of triumphant power
shall dash agapsS opf spoles
THE WAR IN THE East