The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-11
ENGLAND'S DANGER.


ENGLAND'S DANGER.
Thu I,ondon Times continues to denounce
the .uathy and duplicity of British ministers.
II declares that neither Louis Napoleon nor
the British government can afford to with
draw their forces from the Crimea short OF
victory. 1t says:
England cannot afford this downfall, nor can 'ne
Emperor of the French His throne resu 90
opinion. He represents his people he oitneir
election he 10 their idol. their voice shu, 20
long a. be prospers, their pride snouia nsIe
return With pothing to show 10, , .ae lma% ga
-onnasd be viii have to fight harder battle at
nome Than bis generals have been doing To the
Crimea.
pu, there I. no, even safety for nation such as
ours when she epce begins TO receie, for when our
tde no longer flows 1t will begin 10 ebb. The bat
lie we are now fighting at Seoastopoi we email, De.
fore long, have to fight nearer home, sud even al
home Ii we confess our incspsctty tor war. one
place 10 much the same as ano'her In these Gays,
and to be beaten in the Crmea s the same thing as
to be beaten all over the world. There 10 no sucn
thing as q geographical reputation, and man may
as well expect TO enjoy a character tor proony 10
ons-place which he does not In another as to have
a military reputation restricted TO certain iongi-
tides.
We have 10 secure not only the fear of an enemy
that IL distant but the respect oil al ally that is
very near, aud of neghbors that are also IN reach
Even now when we press Austria to take tho side
Of honor aud advantage, shs taun.s US with the
smslness Of our contributions TO the war; and tells
us that not Ia a condition to ask the aid OF
others while we do so little ourselves. This, at
least shows the spirit we have deal with, and 1t
IL spirit that will be ready enough to assume the
aggressive should the occasion ever occur. We
have TO teach not only Russia, but the whole oil
Europe and the whole world. to respect us-not
f,.r nr1r rhar s,nSf nnr NINA
even for the number of men we can bring into the
field, but for evident determination to hight, at
every hazard and cost, the cause we have once en-
braced.
ALI this is undoubtedly true. Is it not as
founding that at such crisis the British 60
vernment refuses to recall from the head OF
its armies the VIGOROUSLY incompetent Rag
Ian that il refuses to sum mon its immense
Indian army to the field that it is willing
to play second fiddle to Louis Napoleon
The truth is, that whatever be the result OF
the Crimean campaign, England has alrea-
dy destroyed her military prestige, not by
any want of valor in her troops, but
by the feebleness of her military contrihu
tions, compared with those of France, and
the bungiing manner in which they have
been managed. Should the campaign in the
Crimea be at last crowned with success, the
renown of the result will chiefly accrue to
the French army, which constitutes the great
mass of tire allied force, that of England, af-
ter all its reinforcements, being only double
the size of the Sandman contingent. England
has still her naval reputation, but if she per-
sists in sending her squadrons upon such
fruitless expeditions as those to the Baltic,
even her naval supremacy will soon be called
in question.
From the tenor of late advices, it is pro-
bable that operations on a large and decisive
scale will soon be commenced by Gen. Pei
lissier. Two hundred thousand frst-rate
troops, French, English and Turks, are now
assembled before the walls of Sebastopol, un
der the command of man who is said to
combine great energy with high military
qualifications, and to be more hardened and
ferocious than the Arabs, from whom he
gained his first laurels. The Russians in the
Crimea, it is believed, do not number more
than hundred and fifty thousand men, who
of course, will be devoured at once by the
grand allied army. The seige of Sebastopel
will then be resumed, though it is doubtful
whether even in that event, the allies will
venture ON an assault, or resort to the slower
but surer process of starvation. The very
latest accounts show that Sebastopol is in
no degree weakened by the repeated bonn
bardments. and that an attempt to storm
would ensure the humiliation of the greater
portion of the assailing force. Delay, how
ever, would appear to be equally dangerous,
for the heat is said to be becoming intense,
and the air infested with effiuvia from the
pits in which the heaps of dead are inferred.
AN IMPERIAL PERI URER
Kossuth, in late letter to a New York
journal, re-publishes the oath which Louis