Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-01-26
The English Army in the Crimea.


t,on of things in the English Army before
Sebastopol, from the leading article of the
London Times, of Dec. %.
" There Is no Disgusting the matter We
are not speaking from our own correspond
ence only. We are not saying what we think
alone. We say, on the evidence of every let.
ter that has been received in this country,
and we echo the opinion of almost every ex-
perienccd soldier or well-informed gentleman
when we say that the nojiest army En- gland
ersr sent from these shores has been sacrifccd
10 the present HiiSmGnagc gcment lncompetencv
lethargy ,aristocratic hauteur official indifer-
ence, favor routine, rerverssness and stupid
ity reign, reyel, and riot in the camp before
SebastopOl, in the harbor of Balakiaya in
the hospitals Of Scutari, and how much near
Pr home we do not venture to say. We saw
it with extreme reluctance--no one sees or
hears any thing Of the Commander-in-Ch Chiof
Officers who landed on the l4th Of September,
and have been incessantly engaged IN all the
operations Of the seige, are not even ac-
quanted with the face of their commander.
Had the eve of General fallen on the
! confusion in tho tarbor of Balaklava, on the
impa ssable state of the road from that
place 70 the camp on the miserable con.
dilion of the camp. on the state Of the
trenches, on the unprotected state of the
right flank before the Battle Of Inkermann,
and before that, on the circumstances under
which the fatal charge of Balaklava took
place, we can hardly suppose that so able
man as Lord Raglan undoubtedly is, would
| have prevented such errors and neglects. We
( only echo the feeling Of every letter from the
seat of war. In the officer and the private
/ alike We find quiet. resigned .uuimpa ssioned
| conviction that the whole far is bunglad in
tho rnost hopeless and horrible manner fr.
cry body pcrceivcs it in his state in the -tatc
ut his comrades. in the condition of the carap
and in the progress OF the siege. loung gem
tlemen, bred in every luxury, and with an
ample store Of every military comfort, were
/ still at the last date wearing day and night
! nothing but the threadblre clothe. and worn.
out boots in which they landed on the l4tl If
/ September. They had no means Of getting
up the things LETT behind in tine TT r.nsp1
What becomes Of everything sent to ia la kla-
va nobody knows. but. while they are rottinq
thous are perishiag for want of them -
Every body can point out something that
should be done, hut there is nobody 10 orde.
it TO be sdonc-and .ftty thousand men. or
rhat nor remains Of them. are drift,ng ,r,h
thar eyes opsH, int hand dbound, Speli-jound,
| tolrdrd distinction Do any of the letters,
or any Of the regimental officers returned
from the war, give different account On
/ the contrary, does it not come within every.
/ body knowledge, as 1t does in ours, that the
| letters handed about in private circles. and
! not printed, lest they should prejudice the
writer in the eyes of his superiOrs, give far
/ more gloomy account than any letters that We
/ have yentured to publish
/ The burden is forced upon US, and we must
| speak out Good nature is pleasant thing
in its way, but if England is ever to be ruin
ed, it will he by unreasonable good nature,
, by unlimited condonance, cOnniyance, indul-
gence, and all the softer forms of virtue -
gland has not become what il is by good
nature, nor is good nature the one sole ele-
ment of our social and commercial system
| The period for good nature is over in the Cri-
mea, and sterner qualities must now be nvo-
ked into action, unless we would throw away
! the character Of this country. now in fearful
| jeopardy. Send out men who will save the
! army-not from the Russians. though tn "
! are formidable enough but from despair,
| which is weighing down the spirits Of every
one, and an utter distrust in the arrangement
of the expedition II riH Be Of Htfic use to
ScEd ont rtiHtorccmcHtS h. thousands unless
10. TAX, steps for their botter management As
/ II IS, ihcy march 10 ths'r crdres, and begn 10
/ perish 6g Scorestrom the hour thsy land, Ms
/ ruie recorcs them on the bedch, and rcearicS
| heHi ,Corries them, drcHcheS them. shirers
| them and so destroys them. MI a fe,o spectral
| figures are aHthat remain. The soldiers Of
/ the Peninsula, when they saw the Duke of
/ Wellington after an absence, used 10 exclam
| that his face did them more good than the ar
! rival Of ten regiments Such head, or co.
adjutors equivalent to il, is what We want fog
| the Crimea.