Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-12-02


fostered with so much care and expense, and which
had become of such fine promise, he would have
postponed to a more convenient season the fatal
mission of Prince MENscHIKoFF to Constantinople?
And the Allies themselves, in their pride of power,
did not calculate with sufficient exactness the re-
sistent forces of their enemy, which, when the
parativey easy task of preventing his advance and
of driving him back from the Principaities into
his own limits should be accomplished, would en-
able him to resist indefinitely their utmost efforts
at total subjugaton, and prevent for many years, if
not forever the imposition upon him Of humiliating
terms of peace. They counted also with too much
confidence upon the cooperation of Austria and the
rest of Germany in war having for Its pro-
fessed object the limitation of the power and hui
initiation Of grasping neighbor, from whom tho
interests Of Austria especially, and of Germany
generally, have much to apprehend. The Allies
forgot that if Austria and Germany have much to
fear from Russia they have also, in another view of
their relations, much to hope from her and they
did not sufficiently consider that if the danger to be
apprchended by Germany from Russia be real, it is
also remote; while the advantages secured by un-
interrupted friendly relations and alliance with the
Czar are pressing, Instant and of equally vital
import. But we shall not now take occasion to
state views touching the position of the German
States with respect to the war; At present we have
only to say that the Allies can count now with no
more confidence than heretofore upon active Ger
man cooperation in hostilties against Russia, III
Austria and the other German States are making
If
nitude, it is, believe, solely with tho view to be
able to command, under all possible circumstances,
respect from the belligercnt Powers of that neu-
trality from which they viii not depart, except in
the last extremity
As intimated in the beginning of these remarks,
our last advces from Europe show that both Russia
and the Allies are resolved that, whatever be the
4 result OF the great conflict now waging in the
Crimea, defeat shall not dishearten but shall only
serve to insprit them to greater excrtion for the
recovery next spring Of the ground that may be lost
during the present campaign. Reinforcements are
daily sailing from the southern ports of France for
the army of the Crmea; ships from the late Baltic
fleet and numerous transports of the merchant
marine are fastening to the Black Sea, laden with
Piosloios, multlcIs VI wax VI al soTts, anu Tegi
ments of all arms, numbering it is asserted 10000
men, A portion Of the army of occupation Of
Greece has already gone, and that which has been
for some years occupying Rome is said to be under
orders for the same destination. England on her
side is despatching from seven TO ten thousand ad-
ditiona troops; and Russia, it seems, from the last
despatch Of Gen. CANRoBERT, has already esta-
hlieba5 bofo,o
which, despite the gallantry and skill of the Allies,
which none can appreciate more highly than our
selves sincerely admire, may yet drive them
with ruin, though not with disgrace, from the en-
terprise they have perhaps rashly undertaken