The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-10-19

squsndered for which crews were conscr'bed who TO
render them Efficient were even taught during the icy RI
gors Of winter to mount fictitious mass in their barra:k
yards, and lnsgir they climbing the rigging Of
fsetwe have that feet cooped up ignomniousy in
its hsrbors and docks not daring to lace the allied squad
rons which, allow me to say, superior in their
numbers to the numbers Of the Russians, however
peor they may have been in other respects which
victory depends They have had the modification Of see
ing that all their expenditure and trouble fuess
when the moment for the fleet to be useful they
have seen in the Baltic the humiliation attending that
state Of things; they have their commerce crippled
and greatly reduced In the Black Sea they have seen
the fleet which not long ago proudly staggered over the
ment was the barbarous outrage of sinope (cheers)
they have that fleet not captured In battle
not yielding after brave resistance to SUPERIOR
Of its own commander, and leaving nothing
but its topmas,s sticking out Of the water as
marks OF the degradation to which they have been SUBJ
jected. Cheers and lacghser) Again they have seen
this great arsenal this capital Of which they have
been proud, but of which they have been so chay
walls-ihe only Englishman who had ever entered 1t
having been compelled go in the disguise of peasant
this great arsenal studiousy kept from the eyes o
jealous strangers exposed not TO the eye, but 10
endea,oIed for twelve months TO defend It. Well,
gentlemen, have doubt IN many re-
spects felt the unavoidable pressure Of war,
but those Wild raging danes that lit the arsenal5 OF
Russia have here reduced themselves to those simply mi
tgated lights that accompany the evening reoicings Of
town. and the only noise of which has echoed in
has been, not the that have shaken the
walls Of ebasopo but those occasional discharges which
are tokens Of national ss1Sg sar Well then s
been ably supporteda cause worthy Of defence
must prosper in the end in the beginning, and may
Europe in which one single campagn-for 1t is only
single campaign so far we are concerned-has been
presenting to the world OF the nobest spectacles
which it is possible for nations to exhibit. Here
the two greatest nations of the world say It with
out vanity and without exaggeration but without one
particle OF diminution, that England and France,
Standing as they do at the head Of everything that
dignifes human nature, are presenting to the world
ing into the shade of oblivion all former jeaousies and
riyalships and extinct animosies, and uniting for
purposes generous and as far any sordid motives
are concerned, entirely dsnterested: looking for
trumtery profit gain territorial other wse for them
Selves but seeking simply to establish the liberty OF the
world in which they deeply interested, upon solid
and pei MAJ eut fuundation and making sacrifices not
want. or for abstract principles but Tor sound po
present the noblcst spectacle that the history Of the
world has ever, up 10 this day, exhibited We have
but combination like this for purposes so honora-
BILE to the two nations, has seldom II ever, been seen
in history The armies OF two nations viii ID had learnt
face the field of battle, to view each other
with respect have fought side by side and, knowing
intimately the good qualities Of each other we have
that feeling Of respect converted into enthusiastic
admiration. Giear) Well, then, gentlemen, say it
wouc i'll become any man in the situation which have
the honor to hcid to tak q the future and to advert to
Ianted in saying That viewing the manly and unhinch
ing spirit that anmates the people Of this country
viewing tho generous support that Parliament
has given to the government in every measure
connected with the prosecution Of the wsr-vieving
the perfect good faith and undertaking constancy OF
purpose which animates grat ally, the Emperor of
the Misunderstanding he sympathy nhth or capse ercites
omeng ecey free people and in eery free country IN The
,cortd and IN places mieye mistaken riers of their in
tre sIhi,, lead The goreyna,nts 10 diGese co,ise
ring The uSice cause, irhich entities as to looh for
The protection Of Precedence on eur erertfoa-l say, in
viewing all these things, ] confident that we may
look for such result Of the contest IN which are
gagged may nce the future liberties Of Europe and the
main and permanent interests Of the countries which
now allied upon sure, stable, and lasting tounda