Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-11-28
WHO SHALL HAVE SEBASTOPoL.


'WE NAT win NOTHING BEYOND HEAP OF RUINS bur
RUIN NUsr CONE"
The tot.l Of the disippoiu,ment-for 50 We sun
pose dsfene the eelins-no~ prevailing with re,
gard in the Crimsa appears be this tba, VIC
carried the strongest fortress the Russian En
pire without struggle. The resistance Of Russians
is Stubborn but certainly than anticpa-
ted When the pr,iec Of besegng Sebasopo at first
conceived The OF the defenders have proved
great and have been dciously employed but such
result might have been reasonably presu ned from the
known conditions of the enterprise. There were some
Who thought thai Sebasopol could be taken at All
Others who predicted that tho utmost Efforts OF the allied
Powers would barely suffice for the achievement blu,
who venured TO assert that it could be accomplish
ed without difficulty in ess than five weeks time. What
gave length and very different turn to public
opinion the first Of the expedition followc
as it by most extraordinary of
cesses greater still.
For two three days all Europe was persuaded that
the Crimea had been conquered III ten days campaign
great part Of this story undoubtedly true We had
raverscd the dangerous waters Of the Euxne in safety;
had landed army without loss; had enc
the Russians in their chosen positiou and driven
them from it by glorious victory. 1t added that
panic had completed the work for aud that
already ours. Tni5 proved uurue but the actual
truth little less marvellous. Without any
from the enemy had executed aink march across
difficult country, had made tue circuit Of Sebastop
aud had established ourselves in secure aud conmapJ-
ing position, which placed the town the mercy Of our
batteries. Such the advantages of situation
aud such the artillery force di.pos that the place
sd either surrender discretion or be
| under the tire OF our guDs.
II we now contrast with the prediction we
do that our disappointment need he very serious
Sri lent allo~ancc had not been made :or tho difficulty
vi bringing siege guns aud 20 days elapsed before
hc batteries opened upon town. These thr,
weeks enabled the garrison 10 strengthen their defences
considerably; their u:et, sacrificed useless
supplied hundreds Of additional guns the arscnas Of the
place were stored With munitions Of war, and large rem
0rcenents Of men appear have been poured iD What
the actual numbers Of the troops thus brought up 10
the Of action it il hard say ou. Prince Men,ch
koH dispatches represent the from Kcch and
Perokop arriving within eight days Of battle of In,
Alma aud those -pm Odessa aud Bessaabia entering
the Crimea about week later. Altogether, il seem.
clear that the original garrison Joined by
forces ordering greatly superior tho beseging
my, according to the principles OF calculation in such
les established.
The proportion OF the besegers to the beseged ough
TO be at least as to whereas seems not Improbable
that the force dspolab!e by Prince Menchkof for tue de-
fence Of Scbaopo is equal TO that under the command OIL
the allied Generals The consequence is that are not
merely conducting gte siege, but engaged with army
powerful In respects, indeed the op-
ernOns Of this remarkable enterprise those
field service generally rather than those Of ordinary
The place is not completely invested the north side
perfectly open and the garrison enjoys, therefore,
extraordinary privilege oi free communication with the
adjacent country. IL Is protected tho side of the
attack by regular Notifications breach in which might
consummae the struggle, but defended by large earth
works armed with heavy guns There is relieving army
at hand u addition TO tao garrison, aud the iorcos oil
BOTH owing to the ncompleteness Of the investment ma
be combined for any operation either Of attack defence
We may be called upon any moment to encounter the
Whole Russian army IN tho Cfinea, either under Prince
hencbikoh in quarter OF General Lipand in Another
these circumstances taken into consideration, We
do not think that any conclusions at all dcouagng need
De Drawn rom the reports received The fire Of che
Russians has been maintained with unexpected energy
but our own batteries have been equally well served aud
the relative advantages Of position shown by the
smaiI amount OF our casualties compared with those
the enemy From all We learn, their losses mus
have been more .hsn six times az great rs ours.
Our position ITSELF too has proved that at
TACK upon by 10000 men, aided by tho chances Of
surprise, JAILED Of any material Meantime, by
the very nature OF such operaonp every day improves
our prospects and Injuries those Of the ussians IT ou
camp cannot be stofned batteries siienced, pow
Ger and ball must eventually do their work. and Sebaso
poi iiaL In every fortress however strong the
OF defence must necessarily be 6ni,e and tbs incets
crash Of the bullet explosion of the she'll mus. in thu
enb spread destruction around them. We may win no
thing beyood heap Of ruins. but ruin must come.
How Things stood mt Inst Account.
! Iron the Lond0n Time'.l
The state Of Affairs date, may summed up
were ..casd Tss psncssaS .ay.ne.d ~Sn 800 metre
gun where would comm.nd The Socaysrd Other -ort -sf
.hs bIp. "a tbs s'icr haear Of h,tm's
sh.s oon'elgeniy they woud he usse' Tor defence We ~
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