Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-01-09
sfN From the New York Tsibune.
THE OLD AND THE NEW.

messed the dehnitivo commencement Of
Z war smong the great Powers. which
hss already destroyed one hundred thou.
sand lives and on enormous aggregate
OF properly without q result likely to
hsstcn,ths rs.sstshlishmen, Of pescs.-|
II tho Russians we're completely bsflsd
and repulsed st Silistria. the Allies have
as ye, accomplished little Al Ssvas,opol,
and their recent heavy losses Of vessels
and munitions by storm and shipwreck |
render highly improbable the specify 70.
ductisn Of that stronghold. Gallant,
and stsadfast a. was the Musselmen's
defense Of their fortress by the Dsnube,
il did not prove them able 10 cope with |
Russia in the open Geld, nor docs II !
ovesbeas the facts which prove the Quo.
man Empire . ruin, and tho expulsion
Of the Turks from Europe merely a ques.
ton Of time. No dscaysd State wss
ever yet permanently upheld by foreign
bayone,s, nor ever will be. A Greek
Empire, stretching from tho Adiatic 10
the Enxins, would seem tho natural 10,
sue Of the long struggle between Rus.
sisn ambition and Turkish ,snsciy III
the Western Powers would permanently
suecesd in barring the road 10 Constan.
tinople against the unsleeping ambition
Of the Gear. At present, however. with
the Austrian adhesion to the alliance Of
France and England pretty we'll e1plo.
ded. and the probability Of a speedy
peace. rather receding than advancing,
we can only say with safety that oil the
belligefents must be impoverished while
neither Of them can be vitality imperiled
by the prosecution Of tho contest, and
that neither Of them seems entitled, OF
likely soon 10 sn,itle itself, 10 the sym.
pathies Of those whose hearts are with
the down trodden Nationalitiss and
wandering e1i!ss Of Italy, Poland and
Hungary.
In our own land. the passage Of Doug.
lass Nebraska bill and tho consequent
probable desecration by Slavery Of part
If not ell the vast region stretching
westward from Missouri, Iowa and Min
nesota TO the crests Of the Rocky Noun.
tains. has been the chief calamity Of the
year just closed. Tho lying lullaby tha,
the whole contest was q wrangle for an
abstraction-that Slavery would neve.
go into Kansas. even IL permitted and
invited 10 do so, at length stands un.
masked and palpa pable.. Slavery will 60
into Kansas-nay. has already gone
there-and very earnest exertions will
be required to drive it out again. Tha,
these exertions will be sue cessfully made
We ardently hope, that we shall have q
House OF Representatives for two years
from the 9Th Of March next that will mol
admit Kansas as Slave State, We Joy.
fully believe.
Mlsfortunes seldom some singly.-
Our harvests for 1854 were materially
shortened by insects and drou,h; pesti.
ience has been rife in many sections;
and a terrible money pressure, caused
primarily BY tho breaking down of our
Protective policy and the consequen,
enormous influx Of Foreign Fabrics, but
aggravated and accelerated by the Schuy.
ler and kindred explosions, by the short.
ness Of our crops and the inability Of
| Western Europe to lot Us 90 deeper and
deeper into her debt. because her sur.
plus earnings are now required to fill
the great devouring nav Of the great
Eastern War, has rendered the latter
half Of the year season Of trial, suf.
fering and loss to nearly all connected
with Trade or Manufactures, or depend.
ing on wages for bread.
Yet let Us not seem to speak mur.
muringly or despondingly, for ,hi, day
ushers in the New Year. Tho European n
War. il It has seemed ainless and bar.
rem Of results. ha: yet strikingly illustra,
Tea the daring and heroisla Of tho con.
tending soldiers. their steady valor and
calm defiance Of death. All have fought
bravely; but a. yet the palm for sficien'
cy must be awarded TO the British troops,
whose behavior at lnkerman would have
done honor 10 the best regiments Of any
army on earth. England may well be
proud Of her defenders and rest securely
behind her wooden walls while they ore
manned by such gallant hearts. Wa,
10 q horrid game, yet it develops some
Of the noblest az we'll as more Of the
darkest phases Of human nature. They
who on either side poured out their
blood for their Country's sake at the
Alma. q, Balaklava OF at Inkerman
died not wholly in VAIN. And so the
gigantic wrong perpetrated in Slsvery's 8
behalf BY our present Congress last
sp,ing has served to arouse an indigna.
ton and dis,rust which will not be al.
layed until Slavery shall surrender her
evil gains, and consent to be excluded
from oil but the States which have al.
ready chosen TO cloak it with tho forms
Of law. So the commercial disasters oil
tho year shall teach Us frugsli,y and
caution. as they have .lready forcibly
reminded US Of the duty Of charity per.
haPs ruef political economy also
and. by compelling us to pay part ol
our debts and refrain for season from
contracting new ones. may drive US up.
on the conrss that will lead US back 10
solid and lasting prosperity. In the fer.
vent hope that such may be the issue.
and with confidence that tho worst Of
the "Hard Times" have been experien.
| cod. we heartily wish our readers Hap.