Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-12-28
cop,se Of SUCCESS obtained by the alliance, in battles

At tI, present time, ihs allied army nu i'" ~
.iuUOD men that is, six times DIS mt''! a. .,;iI
months ago. Their cavalry IL ''ism went
~ formidable AMI every week latSe 'G I " Mar
nre sailing iu. t..e Eilsl, especially nom lvulo
sci.,. AI,iers and several ports oi hhslahu' NV
have the experience of last year, my ,, ,,n
cities in the Crimea, are fully p, t,r al. I,,
houses itents will not he used tnis m " .tI
n, the whole army; they have, what vi n'.
greater Importance, the consc'Dusne; a., r..ut a
superiorty-a consciousness when ~ tn n,, nnem
recent victories, constantly gamer 80 country
superior IN numbers, fighting i! n''
and excited by religious tanaticls'' ,,raseu,cd Il
On iI,a sid. Of Eussia, her arlmT u, rrP,hing fn
be 2UU 900 strong and PROVIDED WIN iy,J that ,hi
eipht months But it miist DC oo" n,nrshur,. uut
nice. ni intspsncu comes from d. ,t;m,. wors,
=" - mot intended to slio" lhlia 'h;n,
,h H.. r:oiIy arc Surprising, h"wene', "" ;tr;
tn I,a fact the Russian army "ou'd '.,, nrnvisiou
to that of the Allies by III oOo mel rs arn tlly pre-
vi sn,nnuition England and France me t,i, ~ i'm,
anu ai,,;Ir their soldiers for any lenS'h "i ~
% ,sy remain in the Crimea, ana 10 't"spo h;n.
'ne, ;in. 70 the East, they use. besides tn5' r
| r. war the merchantmen oil frahcr' i-'7 .i am.
w. &C Official information iounu III 'iin 80
I Ginh. nj November 10Th. staen thar tue p'i''
rny in m, Crimra wa, OH the lbtl VI 'cloo'i NJ
ii OiO nIe and would be, through re','iT t mid
reudv forwarded and those to be sem oeio'c
le OF April 1885, not less na' .T ors,;,ta force
m the formidable French army VIII constitute
of n; least 3UU D1u OF the best d'sclPieu
ertant So much for the Crllneh. "a -.
+, ,,o turu ,ur ewes to the northwest Ci kussi"'
SEE that the Allied fleet 10 to be Increased a. mr
Nth nil tho vessels heretofore empi0yod III INC r
in. where they have become useless sih'e thc n W. ,
sjans hive not one single craft OF any KIM ie' III ',,.
sea Such fleet will carry devastation W e'cI3 r.
of Finland: and Cr0nstadt, II not d''stoycu, WI" w
IN. nnIv mort i'm which the remnant vi tue iihlc"'
Russian navy will be allowed 10 grow rottch wIth""
riviur the least assistance III this d'lrealiui war;
sides the array Of the five powers no" engaged
Russia, which powers represent p'FII'''o VI I
fh.rB
coming 10 iuu in the contest IL we cohs'uCf ~"
rrnrs nets OF Injustice rohberies, deeds OF trehch
cry hcnped upon each other by kuss'" nea'n"l ne.
aIlnnt nci.hbor. Sweden, we may easily suPPoSe '.'
the hour of retaliation hnS ut last COME "h1h .c 'a
Ter car, enjoy that pleasure OF the gods, c'P'"'e,
nnl do il safely by Joining the No-tern Alnicc ana
ewing their help to arrest the strides OF me giant ana
hiring him TO more modest policy. Should we consult
the feelings OF the swedish h"'io"' VIZ can say WIN
ont fear of being contractcd that there Is not one
man in n thousand among these noble people who
does not synpathlLc with the Allies, ana Is not really
Ia make sacrifices for their ultimate success. for
wth0u: amuneratug the vnr"usa ct6 OF violence used
by Russia toward. Sweden from the days OF thh-icS
III down In this time no gnUd Swedish citizen has for
,ott. fine infamous decd by which Russia, III 1918, OBJ
famed po..ssou OF Sweaborg, sold her by the traitor
Croustedt To crown her work at depreciation Oh the
swedish territory Russia urged the latter during
many wears To make her 4 cess!oI OF the islrs at
Farmland situated between Russia and Dland but
alrt five times nearer 10 this onr that ~. IN Swc-
den than to Russia; all means p"ssb, were made use
ut hY the Cars To obtain This Island, and force
would have been resorted To, AFTER diplomacy, hAd
moi the Congress of Vienna, i'll lsli-j decided that
Gothlanl should remain Swedish; this was the only
sc of iusc. which that nssanbagc # king thieves
did during this celebrated Congress. II Russia had
ever established u naval power On Guthlaud, She
would have commanded both CULTS vi BUthnn and
Finland the IiuI.ic and German Sens, and thus had
under her control all the Northern maritime nations.
Russia j. not ambitious. In case Sweden JOINS tie
Alliance, what will Denmark do! Besdes, the Allies
already declared against Russia, there hre others
who, without acting openly nov, vii bring their
share of assistance against their comaun enemy; We
mean the Poles, the Fins, the IWtars, &c We need
say nothing uf the first every body knows their Just
and iuveterute hatred "t Russians, and what thrS;
after vengeance must animate Them As 10 tie rms
they are submitted to such tyranny by the govern.
m,ut of Russia, that after this year, 1872 they will
b. prohibited the use Of their vcuacular tongue. in
all public and private sco"l, academies, univcr,i-
tc- churches &c; the consequence ui these persc-
cu,ious is that the Fins consider great lnau!,
to be called Russian and they have remained attach
ed To their former national designation of Fins Or
Eiudanders. With regard 10 the Tartars, by con.
ou,ring Them Russia has made then .et,- formerly
they were the most independent Of al nations.
Russia proper has also deep roots of oppo-ltion To
the despoti.m of tho Cars this opposition broke out
in complete rebellion in 1890, and more violently in
1885 when upwards Os GOO men belonging 10 the pr.
vecod clauses paid with their hives I" the poiItlca!
movement which they had made 10 obtain shadow
OF liberty from their government aiming the victims
was the unfortunate .nchacI B""OTM, whom the
Saxon government infgmousy delivered up To the
ntc Car, Nicholas, who having had hun bound to n
heavy iron ring in the fortress of Pcr"pauIaw-ky,
went every day to contemplate the stterlnss OF his
victim.
Such are the advarsarirs which Russia will have
10 fyht against. Abrnnd, large and victorious mr.
mics; IT home, tho dissatisfaction, hnted aud revolt
of part of her subjects. We may add 10 these diff
culIirs the war in Asia, where shc experienced tat
Kars,l on the sgth September last ae.eat III which
5000 men were killed, and upwards Of 5 OOD wound
ed-he 9Th of November the lngour, and the tn 81
the same month the river Anurkun, III every ac-
lion the Russians having been routed and obliged I"
retreat AFTER sustaining immense losses.
Let il not DO supposed that this picture OF the war
il dictated by pr, JUDGES Of any kind. We merely
offer our reflections the result oi long and dcP
x,uJy Of Enr0prnnUdTs, a JmR hmo"Icigt ot the re-
sources OF tho conienng parties, and above ul our
acquaintance with the growth Of Russia made by
the addition five OF six different nations conquered
within the last 81 ~ years, and who are ready TO
turn their weapons against that part OF the empire
which was $50 years ago the original Moscovtc en-
pir. We have been induced to offer these our can
did observations by establishment, may or real
wonder at seeing the American public, SO universal
" and advantageously known for their good sense
and sound Judgment, allow themselves {" begucd
into the gr0ssrst with regard to the present Euro
bean war and ts object errors that would never hnve
taken place had the piainest least erultc of our ill.,
tellicrn citizens, judged of things for themselves.
We intend By no means to make convert; 10 our
own opinions though they perfectly disn,gesed:
but We simply ask Of such ne may read tho nblve to
examine The facts just stated, weigh them, anc after
wards follow their Judgments, incinntions unI sym.
uathics. Pl!lLODEM0S.