The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-10-04

only few biindsgos for sheiser to the continuous dis
charge Of the most formidable artillery both 10 amount
and cahbre, ever brought against a town.
That the honor Of Russia was So viii be allowed BY
her most violent detractors and ii was therefore time
place the real interests Of Russia and s.raegica
sidera.ions above false point Of honor
Russia continued the war, not for the preservation o.
heap Of ruins, but for principle, the Importance OF
which for the Independence Of Europe only brought
into holder relief by the Of the allies for Rus
sa removed from the field OF action, where would be
the boundary against the verdict Of limitation pronounced
by the maritime powers Now, the defence Of this prin
cipe ought concentrated around heap Of
stones 1t could only be continued by rational disposal
Of resistance.
on the 9th of September of all the Russian forces the
north side with the right resting on formidable ortca
lions erected there, It's left the Mackenzie raynes.
The Russian army keeps that OF the allies hemmed in
the plateau OF Balaklava and Sebastdpo 1t may thus
await the undertakings OF the allies in stronger,
By this u,anouvre Prince GortschakOd has doubled the
strength Of his army in strategic point Of view because
concentrated has acquired complete freedom OF move
ment in tactical point of view by the advantage OF po
son beyond the range OF siege pieces, and where its
it sSen by the events Of the ST. and 9th of
September the final position Of the Russian army on the
theatre of in the Crmea has simplifed itself to its
advantage Such is to idea, the military bearing OF
these latter events.
What win their political Importance be Are we to be
allowed TO believe that from sentiment OF humanity on
side they win be satisfied with aures on the other
with the respect imposed by the strength Of the new p9
sition and shake hands enemies who respect each
otherS Those questions which 1t is not for US to
decide
II would only appear to that If by the events OF the
9Th and 9th of September Russia has got out OF bad
military dilemma, the Western Powers appear to ns to
have cut q political Gordian knot which impeded them.
II Is phase Of crisis for both parties We trust that Il
may prove for The advantage of the friends Of
peace
THE WAR JUST COMMENCED IN EUROPE.
From the London Morning Herald, Sept. ~.
Major Curzon arrived in London after midnight
with the Dispatches Of General simpson detailing the
events which accompanied the fall of sebastopol Erewe
el.n na.a rka NH wn thnl
commenced shall in all probability have in pos
session those details the terrible loss by which the
session of that fortress has been purchased and which viii
bring agony to many home The nation has not grudged
its blood in the contest in which engaged. Over
the wall OF individual anguish mourning private loss, the
shout of national triumph ascends to Heaven and public
rejoicing browns the cry OF many widow and orphan
from hearths LEFT desoate by the glorious but fearful VIC
tory of the Sth.
Nevertheless the fact that so many OF countrymen
have fallen in the bloody enterprise which has pleased
Heaven 10 with suecesshe number Of brave aud
devoted by whose sacrifice this success has been
wonthese things surely compel us almost Involuntary
to aslFor what have these sacrifices been mades They
impose upon the duty Of SEEING far can that
they have not been made in vain.
Il is not for us to deprecate triumph that the allied
have achieved. IN the column OF this journal IL
that The invasion Of the Crimea FIRST urged upon
tmd ministry Two years have passed since for days TO-
gether pontefat Sebastopo as the place in which
vital blow might be struck at Russian power with compare
lively little risk TO ourselves When men were dreaming
the cry that Scbastopo must be destroyed Ii IL not
then for to lessen the value to the allied cause OF its
exaggeratng its Importance. van the taking Of .Se5as
opoi he only IN redliy commences Rustic Is MT
humtied, Her fo'eer is no. broken Her ggontic might
still lies almost unscathed Her powers of aggression are,
il may almost be said unmpaired Her barbarian horde5
sin in the of her Unreasonable plains ready
to be preciptated upon Europe whenever Europe Is d.
vided weakened enough to be incapable of resistance
Her frontier is still unassaabe by hostile armies and in
the gloomy of her impenetrabie domains her
stil plot that dark conspiracy against the
Liberties @, Of the world Inch Is the policy OF Russia
q man he re- 10 he
they but little longer protrac the hour when the allied
powers must determine upon of action very
different from the storning Of fortress in remote an
gle the Russian territory. We suppose the Russians
driven from the Crmea-we suppose the whole peninsula
in the undspued possession of the French and English
armies---what then?
The question may seem strange to those who be-
lieve that after such disasters Russia will for
peace This uds DE delusion under Gchich ais mar
originally undertaken Lord aberdeen dreamed
the Baltic, the knocking down n few miserable walls
at Bomarsund the Smelling few houses ut Odessa
Just miseratty docired hey cso expect that he
cosqes Of Ae C,inca complete oaorroio, ,oiu
hare The smallest ejet IL forcing Rnia % yield Most
assuredy it will NOT Her strength lies in her enormous
power Of endurance. Russia tolerate and grow
strong upon thousand defeats The burning OF Moscow
did que her. We question if the destruction of st.
Petersburg would do than compel her court TO
tire into those Businesses in which tho very distance to
be travelled would be the protection against an invading
This may disheartenng picture Of the contest in
which we are engaged We believe nevertheless TO be
| true Let us ask, then, when the Crmea is
quefed and Russia makes sign Of yielding safe and
honorable peace, those who guide the desies of
England prepared for the next mover There lies Russia
strong in her passive resistance in the very
tent Of her territory She may or she may not in the
spring send down fresh hordes To attempt to renves the
Crimea, always supposing we have taken 1t from her
hands We may drive Them back, but we are only at the
point where We are now 1t is time that we should pom
der the questions-For what to continue the
wary How to continue 1t.
We believe ii meredeiusion to continue thai in
the hope that by amount of success may gain
will drive Russia to the terms of peace. This
s the death struggle for Russia's policy policy which
she will only surrender with her life If the war il to be
pursued at ALL it must be pursued with different OBJ
ect We must take with the strong material guar
antees and with the strong arm we must keep them
We must reduce the territory Of Russia by war; and not
by negotiation we possess the Crimea We must not
| raise up a nation free from Russian tyranny. Our
future blows at Russia must be actual separations Of
territory from her empire. Our only effective movement
in the Baltic must be to declare aud make Finland free
from her yoke Really to assa her The shores of the
Euxine and the banks Of the Danube must reclaim
from her to freedom the soil upon which erect
free confederation Of emancpated tribes If assail her
in Central Europe must win back her portion of the
plumber of Poland and IN defiance of her armies make st
least the Grand Ducly OF Warsaw independent State.
But this win never be done in articles OF peace It must
be done by war and In war 1he movements Of armies
ma become realities Ia he tqtortai Distribution Of Ea-
We fear that for like this rulers not pre-
pared There will probably be many who will think
too bold in the enunciaon of these views We not
advocates of OF territorial aggression even upon
Russia but oresee that the long run IL will be
found that it is the only which WACO upon
Russia with the slightest hope of lasting We
have faith in the influence Of demonstrations the
effect of disasters in forcing terms of peace No
sion Of defeats will extort from her conditions
that will leave Europe really safe from her
ambitious designswe must seize by force anA retain
by force material guarantees The phrase by the way
Russian origin in its invention she betrayed the
secret of her advance and taught Europe the nature
of the only security she estimate. II by in
ssng for treaties but by Selling provinces that her
empire has been extended. BY the same process her
power must be driven back.
| We would ask Of those who may dissent from these
views, question:-Suppose the Crmea our posses.
son and that Russia still ohstinatey refuses All safe
terms Of peace what then should be the mex, Of
/ the allied powers