The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-07-20

would be sign of life say nothing Of patriotism, in
the socaled governing class When the arisocracy Of
Rome could not find recruits for among the people
they volunteered person, and in whole families with
their clients and dependants did the Fab and thus
proved they had better right govern than
mere birth and weahnamely the right Of supreme un-
selfshness and selfdevouon in the Of Rome In
stead Of this instead OF either pesuadng enforcing
sments at home they undertake dishonorable scheme
of kidnapping soldiers in Germany and in the United
States. N
When the United States engaged in with the
Mexican republic the English scoed at little army
and predicted all sorts of disasters us from pestence in
the terra ealen and from battle in the terra tenpiada
and especially from the inadequacy OF military esab
ishment We have before US, republished day or
two since by the New York Daily Times examples of the
SCOTS to which we alude published at the time in the
London Daily Times aud London Daily News. Our stand
ing army small one. We knew that could not
fill up the ranks of standing army to the requisite
strength by voluntary enlistment; but did not wait to
discover this fact Great Britain did to discover similar
fact in her case until the regular army had been all but
annihated by battle disease either in Tamaupas or
the Crmea Such notion of the business Of gov
eminent We chose at the start to look the facts in the
face, and made provision accordingly the very day
of the declaration Of Congress did not resort
to the ptu! expedcnt Of attempting to steal for
egn legion" in Great Britain and we had no occasion
resort to impressment CONSUMPTION We appealed to
the young of the United States to the lovers of their
country those who ambitious of military fame 10
the bold and the adventurous inviting them to volunteer for
the maintenance of the public against the public
enemy and they forward at the call in hundreds of
houandsthc rich with their riches and the poor with
their with officers elected by the
menregimen not recruited out of the aborng classes
but composed of the educated men well-each State,
county, and city emulousy furnishing its representative
contingent representative in composition as well as num-
bers and ceasng until the American standard float
ed the city of Mexcomemberso Congress, and multi
tudes Of others in high official station voluntarily abandoned
their places TO rush TO the batteelds of Buena Vista and
Cerro Gordo. 1t became question with the American
government during that war; not where TO get reg-
menss, but where to refuse them and we know many
of still unappeased resentmens the part of and
Of communities because their tender of service refused
by the government Such young Americas idea about
carrying the war, in contrast to the system
hibited TO us by old England.
To return Lord Raglan confess sick of this
depreciation Of the of deeds by the of mere words
Let the members of Parliament volunteer for the Crimea
themselves and then they will give sign of their fit
constitute the governing class Of England Until
them the less they say the better When read the petty
cavils in Parliament at Lord Raglan, it to us that
England needs another Cromwell to come and say to all
these babbler if you cannot fight at least to talk
while the banner Of your countrys trailing in the dust at
the feet of her enemy and in her soldiers alone
be concentrated all there left of the greatness of Eng
land.
We venture to predict that when the members Of Parla
men Who rid themselves Of the just responsibility Of
their foes and the guilty Of the inherent in
competency Of their present system of government shall
have sunk into utter oblivion ages hence the fame of
Lord Raglan will dwell immortal in the memories Of men,
though he died with the smoke of the battlefield to
over-canopy his fall but Of disease and despair fastened
by duty his post in the laurie Chersonese like the old
Greek chained to his rock in the 4Egean sea.