Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1855-05-24
No Mercy for sebastopol-A Loud Cry
for Vengeance.

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illustrates aply the fierce nature Of national
enmitics, and also the extent 10 which hu-
man sympatl.ies may become bluntcd when
interest comes in collision with them. That
a paper with the reputation Of the Times,
however, should advance and defend such
infamous sentiments, is, to us, wonderful:
"We have been in no degree surprised TO
find Russia issuing from the very beginning
of the war the most frantic and blasphemoua
appaols to the lanalicism Of its subjects, and
seeking to inspire its armies wi h all the un-
/ plying zeal Of crusaders. Therefore va
are not surprised to find her ayailing her
/ self to the utmost Of the chances Of the elc-
mcnts, firing red-hot shot into the stranded
Tiger, and picking of with lnusketry tho
sailors clinging tOa wreck just parting be-
meath them. 1t is only in keeping with the
same ferocious policy that our troops orc
represented to the Russia soldiers as sava-
ges who show 10 mercy, that the stimulus
Of terror may he added to the cruelty Of ia
naticism and rational hatred. Nor is it 20
be wondered at that such Government
should call in the aid of drunkenness 10
stimulate brutal fury, and paIiate,if not ac-
tua!Iy defend, the crueIties practised on ma
ny occasions to our wounded soldiers
Against our beseioirg army tie Russians
have been ac'uated by sort Of mania Of de-
struclion. Sorties are made by men armed
with lassocs, to drag away our men US
Guacho would ensnare wild buffalo, and
no expenditure Of ammunition, however enor-
NOUS is grudged, in the hope Of depriying
us Of single life.
This is the spirit with which Russia
makes war. 1t is fierce and bloody busi-
ness and she enters into it fcrcely and
bloodiIy. But when this is the spirit of our
adversary in what manner do we meet if
Our last advces from the Crimca tell us
that a; length the long hoped-for time has
arrived at which the allied armies are ready
to reopen their fire on Sebastopol. For
this we have endured the horrors and sut-
'crings Of winter campaign, and laid the
best aud bravest Of our army in premature
: and miserable grave. For this tie nation
+ has watched and waited till it has become
sick with hope deferred. To bring up these
guns. to accumulate his ammunition, to
form and protect these batteries, food cloth
ing and shelter have been neglected, and ev-
cry square yard Of earth ,Aat we have
hea,c3 Il, has been bought by tic life @! an
, hero.
, Well, die IN. cry is over, Tie decisive and
, dear bought moment has como at last, the
cannon are pointed, the or,iIlerymcn are al
their posts; in moment the cm5rasures
= will be unmaskcd, and the earth will trem-
BILE and the air reverbera.e in such sa,vo
: Of artillery as the world never heard before
= \ day in that capricious climate by a return
: Of snow or rain, may deprive us the golden
= opportunity; another attack Oh our hanl, or
rear may once more cause a fatal diversion.
, Why, then, DO the allies hesitate 70 seize the
S moment which is their own, and to snatch
e the opportunity which the favor Of fortune
cedes to them? The brave garrison is
, naturally depressed by the death Of the En-
e peror, by the sancuinary Spuse 0: the re-
\ cent sortie, and by the loss Of 50 many or,ho
leaders whose presence kept mp their spir-
, lis and stimulated their efforts. They are,
! besides, for the time at least, suffering from
$ a scarcity of provisions. Why, then, is the
opening Of our lire delayed? The allied
a Generals, we are told are anxious TO spare
f the town and public buildings, and are pro-
baby awaiting dispatches from home before
r commencing the bombardment.
We sincerely trust that neither OF thcso
\ statements will turn ont 70 be true. Is for
he damage that may be done to the town,
we only wish that we could feel as certain
= that it was in our pewer to reduce it to a
r heap Of pulverized ruins as we are that it
J. is our interest and duty to do SO. 1t is mere
q absurd;ty and folly to think Of sparing q ma
: ton which never spared anybody, or of
= dealing lenienlly with those who, in the
S pleutitade Of their barbarc pride and bespot-
: ted fanahcism, are ready TO carry the torch
: and the lance through every town and VIII
e liage in Europe. Russia loves aggressive
war, and ii we are to cure her Of the taste,
:, it must be ly satisfying her that it is suc-
dal. Never was there q town so little en-
titled to mercy as Scbastopol. 1t is no an
cient city that has grown up under the in
huence of arts and manufactures, and is
threatened with destruction because its evil
il destinies have made it fortress. 1t has
ne been built for the purpose of menace and
ho attack upon an unoiTending nei2hbor; it is
'' the instrument rs we'll as the symbol of ag.
ne gression. To destroy il would be a signal
! service to humanity, one ofthose cataStro-
so phes Of war, at which the statesman and
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