The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1855-11-22
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sui, wiIl be detsnnined eol so much by whic
goes The fastest u FIRST, but by which has ii
best wind + hold oue So now, whea
seems setied that ,he war with Russia is nd
TO be deeided BY the first hesl, OF singh
campaign, bui by a long, ,rancorous war, prob
ably involving other nations, the final victo
~ will more depend upon soind, or the pow
er OF holding put, than snything else, Cal
The Allies enlhe one hand, OF Russia on th,
other, bear pounding and continue poundin,
the iongeslf It is time, more than anytkio:
else, that will defeat the conquered, and Sc
the seal Of victory upouths oouquerofs brow
Years ago il was remarked that war had be
come so entirely q thing of ant, science ane
material, that whatever country could AFFORD
to pay the expense Of the largest army, mus
win in any conflict. So tits here.
Rbssia has lost the Malakoff Tower an,
The Southern part OF Sebaslopol--she has los
her fleet, and she has lost much OF the pres.
tige which the successful defence OF her for.
tifications for a long time gave her. She has
lost battle at Kafs, and has probably been
forced ere this to give up the siege She has
been beaten by the despised Turks in Asia
even as at Silislria, and along the banks oil
of the Da,:ube. The seat of war has been
entirely changed, and erivse back upon Rus.
sian soil. while her flag is chased from every
sea. .rii iar if, il" ta"
But for these very reasons, she has now
comparatively it,le 70 lose by Continuance
OF the war. And moreover, if Russia has
lost, what have the Allies gained? Their
fleets in the Baltic have Two years done alb.
solu'ely nothing. Last year, indeed, they
captured Bomersund, but could not hold it,
and this year not even SO much as that. Not
a man has been killed in Cronstadt. In the
Crimea they have gained battles, but lost
men, and lost on the whole perhaps more
reputation than they have gained. England
has been no;orionsly disgraced in the char
acter Of her officers, who appeared to have
no good quality but courage, no management,
no science. The whole aristocracy of Eng
land has even lost influence through the con-
duct of these officers, and The government of
England has thus been immeasu:ably weak
ened in the sight of every subject. Her for
lressss and her colonies, too, are all left bare
of soldiers, and the militia alone are left to
man her forts, or parade before the nephew
of The great Napoleon when he appears as
ally and guest Of The Queen of England. All
England was, in fact, shown up to him as
most templinsly bare of REGULARS" while the
heights of Boulogne were crowned with lar
ger army than ever the great Napoleon mus
tered for the invasion of England. In fact,
England, SO far as the army is concerned, lies
at the mercy of France, in manner that she
never did before; at any rate, since The time
OF Charles IL.
But what England has lost, Fraaee mas not
gained in reputation. Tbs attack on Sebas-
topol was, after all, a military blunder, un-
dertaken with 10000 men, while $50, 900
men and whole year were required to cap.
ture il, or rather that portion of il that has
been captured. Half the number might have
conquered the Crimea, by attacking and
holding Perekop and the crossing place oil
The Puuid Sea. To take the single fortress
of Ssbasiopol had well nigh m ade bankrupt
OF the French exchequer. Loan after loan
has been swallowed up. borrowed at exhor.
bitant rates, and YET, after all, a run upon the
bank OF France has almost overhrown il, and
not it alone, but the whole momentary af.
fairs of Great Britain. How further loans are
TO be raised, it seems impossible to conjec.
ture. All men Of France seem now disposed
to hoard gold in expectation of great convul.
sions, or else 10 ship il to America for corn
And yet all agree that the war, to be kept up
successfully, must still proceed on the pres
ent gigantic scale of expenditure A rupture
with Austria would almost double the war ex-
penses, and its interference with Sardinia
may al any moment bring this about. If,
therefore, Russia can only hold out long
enough, il is possible she may yet secute a
peace on her own terms. The Crmsa may
be devastated and her frontiers laid waste,
but Russia cannot stand that, and no one
while history records the march on Moscow,
will a'tempt.lo su5due Russia by striking at
The heart of that country.
We know but little of the resources of that
asst empire, or what the state of public feel.
NJ really is. Few newspapers are publish
ID, a nd the tone of these is, ina great meas.
ire. dictated by the Government Its finan-
al reso,. rces are, after all, profound secret.
POOR in m.,ney as Russia unquestionabIy is,
/ takes inco,,ceivably less 10 support an ar
nv with them than it does with the Allies.
There is, thereto re, no telling the length Of
ime 10 which il may protract the struggle,
mil France and England, weary with an in
ermi1able strife that Yields nothing, may be
Had to make peace on any terms.
Another thing may has ten this. Red Re-
,ubIicanism is the dread o. France and Eng
and Russia, standing at tie head and rep
esentatve of absoluiisni in Europe, is the
natural foe OF this, and the war, if continued
much further, must be made 10 play into the
lands of the men Of these principles. On the
,ther hand, Russia nady be more deeply
wounded than appears, and obliged TO make
,esce a: any price. A revolution there is a
summary ihing-an emperor is murdered,
Ind some one else reigns in his stead. II is,
IS we have said, the power of endurance that
must now decide the day.-Ledger.
H.