Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-10-16
From the New York Tribune.
RUSSIA HUMBLED.


fa!l Of Savastopol. Wero we Ut liberty
to name the author, he would at once oe
recognized as a man Of European, !not
universal, reputation; but we are only
allowed 10 say that, though emphatically
q Pro.Russian statesmen, he is not now
in the service Of any government; and
that, though his letter is dated at Brus'
sells, he is not in any way connected with
tho coterie who conduc. the Nord, the
now Russian organ at that place. :.
As the judgment Of o well'inlormed
and clear. seeing man, who holds the
convction-and in our estimation 1t Is
we'll founded-lhat in the present strug.
gle the cause of Russia is that OF civlli'
cation, and her defeat an injury to tho
progress Of the world, the contents Of
this letter merit careful consideration
even from those who do not tolerate its
opinions; while the most enthusiastic
partisan Of tho Allies could not desire q
more frank and sweeping admission OF
the scope Of their victory than is here
made, by one who deplores i as a ca.
Iamily. 1t is true that feeling Of bit
ter regret colors end lighters these In
teresling statements, just as some other
parts OF the letter,-the allusions to
kossuth for example, and marked by a
tone Of passion and brcadtb OF express
sion, which, though they may be excus
ed by the fact that tho author did not
write for publication, his friend, 70 whom
we are indebted for the letter, would not
allow us 10 admit or modify.
In one respect we cannot altogether
agree with the view Of this letter con-
cerning the continuance Of the war.-
We are told that it has but now com.
menced, and will be waged henceior'h
upon a grander scale; but where II is to
find its theater. We do not perceve.--
The intelligent pubicist, whose letter we
are commenting on, admits that The Nus
slams will not attempt TO regain the Crl.
mea; certainly neither Austria nor Prus.
sia will now he likely to join them
against the Western alIiance-.lhus trans.
ferring the arena to the Rhine and 10 lta.
ly; and as for sending another and a
more powerful army TO resume the last
combat on the lower Danube, that would
be almost as difficult for the Russian Go.
vefnment and as Improbable as an at.
tack upon the Crmea. Un1er these
circumstances, the war would soon be
virtually concluded in Europe. Let the
Allies maintain a sufficient force in the
Crimea, with reserves at hand to
strengthen the Turkish armv on the
Danube up to the necessary point; and
let them occupy the Baltic, the Black
Sea and the Sea Of AzoG, as they have
done during the past season, and we do
not see what Russia can do TO help her
SELF She will probably not make peace
at once on the conditions which the AL.
lies may prescribe; but if they hold oul,
she must swallow them at last, however
hard, unless some unexpected change Of
fortune should reverse the relative posi-.
tions OF the parties. But we doubt
whether very hard conditions will be
imposed upon her; both Palmerslon and
Napoleon will be inclined to spare her
all avoidable humiliation, and there
would be nothing to cause surprise in
the conclusion Of peace before another
campaign. .......
A Pre-. Russian Statesman on the Fall
Of Sevastopol.
IA private Letter communicated for The Tri.
bune.l @
BRUSSELS, Thursday. Sept. 10. 1855.
My DEAR One act of the
drama is through. The Russians have
lost Sevestopol, aud with it the Crimea;
and certainly they will not attempt to
retake than. think that the real war
will now commence. For all who have
written on this war have lost sight Of the
fact that there has not been from the be.
ginning, either on the Danube or in the
Crimea, a single pitched battle. All the
fighting has been in attacking fortified or
intrenched places; Oltenitza, Alma, In.
kerma, !, Silistria, Chernaya and Sevas.
topoI. Now we shall see. have al.
ways thought and still think that in an
open field the Russians can cope with
their enemies. AT any rate they can if
they could do i! at lnkerman and Cher.
maya. where they fought under all posi-
BILE disadvantages, where they we're hud.
died together by the ground and could
not deploy. On level field the Rus.
slams maneuver as we'll and as quickly
as any other troops, and the improve.
ments Of modern tactics are more 70.
miliar to them than to the English
One thing is sure, they will fight we'll,
better than they have fought SO far. De.
leats and disasters do not injure their
morale; believe me, that i, is peculiar.
ily ofthe Russian character. But, take
it all in all, il is terrible blow TO Rus.
sia; not to her prestige but to her pow.
er. Sevastopol and the Crimea contri.
buted far more 10 ,hs prepondefance and
the prospects Of Russia than that little
region which goes by the name of Pc.
land. 1t was the most vulnerable point
in the whole empire. Mutilate that and
it will take quarter Of century to
heal the wound. In my opinion it is as
bad as bombardment of St. Petersburg;
| would have preferred the latter. al
ways have maintained this against eve.
rybody, and still maintain that the man
who planned ths expedition to the Cri.
mea played hazardous game but k new
where to strike. The only consolation
for me is to see that babbler, Kossuth,
made an ass of. with his predictiona