Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-01-19
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in the article below. quoted from the Lon
don Tones Of Dec 23d. tho situation Of the
Allies in the Crimea, must truly be q de-
plorable one. I, is indeed heart sickening
to read the repor, Of officers and privaies
that are now being published in the Eng.
lish papers !
There Is no use Disgusting the matter.
We are not speaking from our own cores
pondcnce. We are not saying what we
think alone. We say. on the evidence of
every letter that has been received 10 this
country, and we echo the opinion Of almost
every experienced soldier or well-informed
gentleman, when we say the noblest
army England ever sent from these shores
has been sacrificed 20 the grosscsi misman-
sgement. Incompetenoy lethargy, aristo.
cratic hauteur, official Indifference, favour,
routine, perverseness and stupidity reign,
reyel, and riot in the camp before Sebasto-
pol, in the harbor Of Balaklava, in the hos
ptals Of Scutari, and how much nearer home
we do not venture to say. We say it with
the EXTREMIST reluctance--no one sees or
hears any thing of the Commander-in- Chief !
Officers who landed on the l 4th Of Septem-
Der, and have been necessarily engaged in
all the operations Of the seige, are not even
acquainted with the face Of their Comman-
der.
Had the eve Of General fallen on the
confusion in the barbor Of Balkalava, on the
impossible state Of the road from that place
to the camp, on the miserable condition Of
, the camp, on the state Of the trenches, on
the unprotected state Of the right flank be-
! fore the battle Of lnkermann, and. before
, that on the circumstances under which the
fatal charge Of Balaklava took place, We can
hardly suppose bu: that so able a man as
\ Lord Raglan undoubtedly is would have
y prevented such errors and neglects. We
t. only echo the feeling Of every letter from
the seat Of war In the officer and the pri-
!. vate alike we find quiet, resigned, unim-
e passioned conviction that the whole affair is
. bungled in the most hopeless and horrid
0 manner. Every body perceives il in his own
state, in the fate of his comrades, in the
il condition Of the camp. aud in the progress
n of the seige Young gentlemen, bred in
o every luxury. and with an ample store OF
n every military comfort. we're still at the last
date wearing day and night nothing bu, the
n thread. bare clothes and worn out boots in
which they landed on the l4th Of Sept
e They had no means Of getting the things
a left behind in the transports. What be-
r. comes Of everything sent to Balak'ava no.
body knows. but while they are rotting.
thousands are pershing for want of them
Everybody can point out something that
should be done, but there is nobody to or
der il to be done; and ffty thousand men,
! or what now remains of them, are drifting
j with their eyes open. but hand bound, SPELL
: bound, toward destruction. Do any of the
letters. or any Of the regimental officers re-
= turned from the war, give different ac-
= count: On the contrary. does it not come
e within everybody's knowledge. as it does in
5, ours, that the letters handed about in pri.
II vate circles, and not published. lest they
should prejudice the writer in the eyes OF
" his superiors give far more gloomy &C.
q count than any letters that we have ven
II tured 10 publish?
o "The burden is forced upon us, and we
must speak out. Good nature is pleas
ent thing in its way, but if England is ever
d to be ruined, it will be by unreasonable
3. good nature, by unlimited condonance. con-
rs nivanee, indulgence. and all the softer forms
Of virtue. England has not become what
'e il is by good nature, nor is good nature the
sr one sole element Of our social and CONNER.
cial system. The period for good nature is
al over in the Crimea. and sterner qualities
must now be invoked into action, unless we
II would throw away the last chance that re-
a. mains for redeeming the character Of this
country. now in fearful jeopardy. Send
out men who will save The army-not from
'e the Russians. though they are formidable
m enough. but from dispair, which is weigh
ing down the spirits Of every one, and an
m utter distrust in the arrangement of the
expedition. II will be of little use to send
10 out re. endorsements by thousands unless
a. we take steps for their better management
81 AS it is, they march to their graves. and
y begin 10 perish by scores from the hour
a. they land. Misrule receives them on the
10 beach, and wearies them, worries them
drenchcs them, shivers them, and so de.
D, stroys them, till few spectral figures are
10 all that remain. The soldiers Of the PENN.
or sula, when they saw the Duke Of yelling
~ ton after an absence. used to exclaim that
Al, his face did them more good than the arri
o' val Of ten regiments. Such head, or CO
as adjutors equivalent 10 il. is what We wan
for the Crimea."
al FROM An ENGINEER OFFICER.
he Camp before Sebasiopol, Nov 30.-Th
be siege is still dragging its slow length along
but as far as | can see, without any pros
in pect Of immediate success. The weathe
has been very bad-nearly constant rain
as and the roads are in such dreadful stat
'lll that it is impossibl even 10 bring up pro
visions from Balaklava, much less guns: al
n ours in the batteries are dismounted o
'le burst. and do not think we have twentI
in a serviceabie condition. l was in tn,
er trenches the day before yesterday, for day
a. work We parade at quarter to five ant
D. come of al seven; for night-work, we par
ade at quarter TO FIVE, and come off a
seven in the morning We parade in th
camps. and march down mile and hal
through a ravine. ill we get under cove
Of the trenches The road down is aboy
lie The ancles in mud and wet. and we are al
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