Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-02-28

E,., conrier TO ST. Petersburg 10 direct the Bnt
| isb and French Ministers al that Court To Piac'
| themselves in the same position; and thai IN
| Russian propositions brought TO Vienna by ooun
| OrIof, having been rejected, the negotiation va
| considered by the British Cabinet 20 be nj al
end These three points having been declare.
by the highest official authority Minister o.
| the Crown in his place in Parliament--if rs az
,nosf sinner fuous 10 add that no attempt pds mad,
bu he Government 10 disguise their fill eonv,e'
fion that the country is on the brink q icdr. 10
those. indeed. who are charged with the great re-
possibility of public affairs, at such crisis, II ~
| less onerons and embarrassing 10 throw them
selves with confidence on the gallantry OF Her
Majesty forces and the spirit of the nation than
| 10 pursue. almost against hope, the thread OF a
| subtle and protracted negotiation. To ind our
selves on the verge Of action, after this long and
occult struggle with insincere adyersarles and I'M
decided friends, is to emerge from the darkness
of n labyrin i into a broader field and brighter
day. But these labors rewarded by the con-
yietion that no effort has been left untried by
which peace could be preserYed-tbat we have
obtained a far stronger hold ON the politics OF
Central Europe than we had possessed tor sever
al veer's since Count Orloffs mission 10 Vienna
has utterly failed TO shake the resolution of the
Conference, and that the Spring of 1854 will
find US in possession of the finest iieet which eY-
er left our ports.
of Russia or the maintenance of peace, 1t is Inn
material at what moment discussion takes place
on the causes which have gradually led to tins
stnte Of things. Far from deprecatng such a
debate we feel that il is due to the dignity OF
Parliament aud TO the satisfaction of the nation
that such discussion should be full and com
plete. We are entitled to know what are the
great principles of policy which have regulated
the conduct of our statesmen, and the great OBJ
4. oh oh fhax prp
mower they WELD. No doubt, it would be no very
difficult task to detect in the vast political CORE
spondence on these affairs which has just been
made public, IA certain number OF CONTRADICTIONS,
of errors of Judgment of confidence occasionally
betrayed. and Of anticipations not always reals
ed. We read by the convenient light OF the past
the record of events written amid the fluctuations
of the present or the obseurity OF the future
There has been no attempt to dress up case for
Judgment Of Parliament-the dispatches of the
various Ministers tell their own story. But to
the great majority of those who have perused
those volumes, the leading parts OF them, tins
correspondence has given sense OF confidence
in the conduct of these affairs by the Govern
ment which the long silence ofthe autumnal month
and the ignorant wlful misrepresentation
of portion of the press had shaken. There
i, therefore, noreason To apprehend that debate
on this momentous subject can degenerate into
petty recrimination on the incidents which have
occupied the dipomatists for the last ten months
Some of their acts may, like their style, be open
10 criticisms: but these are not the causes which
have already arrayed the greatest Powers OF the
world in arms, and for which are ready to
brave the hazards of war. Differences OF opln-
ion will continue to prevail among those persons
who are skful in discovering infallible success
in some expedient which was not tried; and we
do not hope to reconcile those who anticipate
renovation of the Ottoman empire with the opln-
ion of those who regard these events as the signs
of its dissolution. But, as Lord Fitzwilliam OBJ
served last night, with sturdy English sense ana
patriotism, letting these retrospective and pros
pectiye topics alone, the nation is substantially
agreed ON the eonductii now BELTS us to pursue.
That has no need of an advocate for II is IN eve
ry mouth, nor of champion, for it is unassaled
Never was the calm, united determination OF the
people of England to oppose barrier to the en-
croaehments of Russia, and to strike blow
which may coniine her within the limits OF her
own empire, more distinctly felt and expressed
than il is at the present moment. Notwthstand-
ing the perseverance, with which we thought 1t
our duty to advocate every exertlon which could
be made for the preservation of peace, as long as
any chance of TINT result could be said to exist
at ALL we are not insensible to the force OF the ar
gument, that war with Russia could not be begun
by this country under more suspicious ciroum-
stances, We enjoy the alliance and cooperation
of France; are secure of the neutrality, ana
possibly we may obtain the support of the rest
of Europe: Russia is isolated, and has thus
both far failed in every effort she has made,
by her diplomacy and by her arms. lur-
key still displays greater amount OF vlgor than
sho was supposed to possess; and at home tins
country was never in more complete possession
of all her resources. If, therefore, the indie
pendent influence of the Western Powers is to
be preserved in the East, even by force OF arms,
there never n moment at which we were bet
ter prepared to assert it. We might have stood
alone, we might have been harassed by Indian
or Colonial wars, we might have been struggling
with some crisis in our internal affairs. From all
these dangers we are happily free, and whatever
strength this Empire possesses can be put forth
That is the call of duty and of honor, to which
the nation will answer AS one man. There rs III
instructive conviction among the people that II
going forth to subduc this danger now, wo take
the most prudent as well as the manifest course
and that, if this country is to maintain her wide
ly-extended interests in the world, no effectua
resistance can be offered to the aggression OF
Russia on the East, aud no secure peace obtained
for all nations, until the Emperor NICHOLAS ha
been compelled to accept terms frem the Allied
Powers Such is the policy of the Government
and of the nation, and we confidently believe tina
no means will be neglected, and no sacrifice with
| held which can insure its success.
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