The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-03-19
why England Failed In War Details.
TIE UUYEkNMEkT OF An ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS EA'
PRESTON or DEMOCRATIC SENTIMENTS BY rHg
LEADING NEWSPAPER OF LosDos.

THE GOVERNMENT OF AN oLIGARcHY--PURTHEg Elk.
PRESTON or DEMOCRATIC SENTIMENTS BY THE
LEADING NEWSPAPER OF LosDos.
From the London Times, March /.
We are not going TO repeat just at this moment the
thousand and stories OF wonderful msman snt
In this able war We could Ard 10 them by the
surdiy. Indeed, has only been Wy accident that GO
vernmeDt-we beg 70 use the word without distinction
Of pact present this min that-hBppens TO
be right We have already dwet the gigantic eItrava
game. described by Lord Hardwicke Tuesday nght in
which, simply from not knowing the usual terms
which steamers engaged bu ndreds Of Thousands Of
pounds were flung away broadcast among the steam.
packet companies HogaIths rake come to his fortune
and surrounded by jockeys musicians cooks tailor,
AND less mentonsble trafhcksrs, ID hardly In more
helpless condition, hardly exposed 10 general oe
probation than the highly respectable conscientious
and painstsking gentlemen who are cong .hs business
OF this war.
The worst Is, that when great coup has been done
received the need Of public Capitalization all
sides horrible doubt suddenly obrudes itself that,
after all u was biundsr, The Balaklava and Setaa.
topol Railroad received with universal AcelAnation.
Long before rail had passed through tbs Bo.phorus
Mir. rsto was bafonet and the only fear that the
gentlemen Of the stan in the Crimea might feel too
jealous Of the civilians u u said very good
authority that plank road, which "a, indeed. sug.
gested in these columns, would have been mad. BY
this time, and would have answered the purpose quite
well In every respect except only one-viz., that u
would hardly have carried a bAronetcy. We mention
this BY the way Confessing ourselves to share much
Of the rerpisSity that must attend the conduct of
under extraordinary circumstances after n
very long interval Of peace asking readers
fact--thh immense mas OF ignorance con.
iuson, bevdsIment bluaders, and crosspurposes, In
high quarters. We beg our readers 70 note that this
ignorancs and hepessness il not merely in the art OF
not in strategy tactics and Isueb reconaite and
purely military Affairs but in the mechanical arts, Ia
commerce. In business aud IL found u the aen
ton Of the most mechanical commercial and busin.s
lie nation the world II not only ers,s-!t prevails IL
obin II grows extends it, darE cloud tbrra,ensto
obseufe th. whole Official shy insoueh that where fuae
topaes did fAtter themselves they knew thing or two
they are nov found more ignorant than any merchants
clerk you may meet In Corbhil
Instead Of TAX ng gloomy view OF this fact, or ms
cous view and instead Of Atte ptng 20 lay down any
theory o. our own, We VII content ourteves with call
ing the attention OF our philosophers and ssvABs-h
there any this common sense, common pacs
matter offaet eouEtry-to this very Proper object
Of speculation. There are sny such hcs 10 the world
and have been many times psst-that IL, fscts
o. exactly the character, and facts Of exactly tbs
oppofit- charseie, but al having common
the comparative mechanical and cou1mefes
knowledge o. the govern and the governed clauses For
example, respectable allies the TURKS thou gh they
atttar y have torne inkiing Of military science 10
style II their own are Jet cepsndent the Greeks snd
Armenia for trade, art science and buscess Ways
on the contrary, when We 90 70 India, though
there not only sovernng class but hanital 81
Palscins stand a. vast superiority "a the NATIVES
In fact, writers and cadets, n they good for
Any,hing-Ind most ~ them arebec0me toe dspsnsers
Of civilization 70 milloHs around thru They don't
perhsps nueh a. they might though Of them
have otepsd trades made read. rendered rivers
sunk ve!is founded Ell Is introduced eelsnes AnT i'm
proved rot always The aspect of the COUNTRY Al isa.
the condition q the people One tang however they
90 and not bekol1sn 70 the native for 10
essssry instruction. 1hsy can male ws' they can col.
lsct supplies tbsy can eoncsntrats material they can
esablsh magazine they car make forced marches not
indeed, without sun.ring Tor they have deserts
times 70 irsyer-s but al event 9Th .aecsss far
above that Of their bartArtc antAsonist, Thm l. our
case 10 India u 4 ths csc % be French u Agra
IL wa generally the n he Roman wherever they
vent and their Superior evlsdge IN ts mssesal
snd mschanieal business CT toptrbutei "a much 70
their universal dornin0n their discipsns 49, valsr
y vas very much ths o. IN. s4sesn.. nvp -.
The cAes Of tbs hormArs for thsy ere superior u