The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-02-12
The DAILY DISPATCH.
MONDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY u 1855.


DEslRE roR PEAcx.--The anxiety Of the
people Of England for peace, as announced
oy the last arrival, is quite unexpected to all
who have faith in the bull. dog tenacity with
which our English cousins generally hold on
to their enemies. The English government
was forced into the present war by the popa-
lar sentiment, and yet that popular sentiment
Is said to be already turning to peace But
apesce, now concluded with Russia, upon
such terms as Russia would be willing to
accept. would be the most humiliating event
which ever occurred in the military annals
Of Great Britain. The war thus far has been
thoroughly disgraceful to both the military
and naval efficiency of England. and almost
ruinous to her military reputation. The words
of Sir Francis Head state the true condition
of things at this moment
"Aii Of . sudden" he says. "tbs House OF Com
mons sesembles solely aud expressly to confess thst
nsnss Of Enslsod's army has, in less than three
months warfare, been completely exhsusted that
what Ia the Crimes was looked upon a. but a Sam
pie s In fact the whole of Englans stock In trades
that the Old country has no more sodisrs.ne power
20 send more; and, accordingly, that the honor the
interest," the lives, and the property OF Great hr
ins.lexpatristed German mercenaries. So sudden.
80 shocking and 80 public humiliation OF great
these dreadful results practically before our eyes, is
II not uuden;abe that If instead of fighting at tn
extremity Of the dominons OF Russia. with the sol.
ees Oh France and Turkey to sssst them, our little
ooay OF troops, without staff or field departments,
had unfortunatelybeen required to fight sngie.hand
co, In the neighborhood OF London against the nu.
merous and well organized locomotive army OF
france, the House of Commons, to its indeibe dis
trace, might have been fatally reminded. when it
was too late, of the aged Duke of Wellington last
Anectine prayer: 81 am bordering seventy seven
years OF age, passed in honor. hope that the Al,
the tragedy which, cannot persuade my eotempora-
mes 70 take measures to avert"
The most CALLING and terrible part of this
business is the contempt which the war will
engender in the minds of French soldiers for
the military power of England. Are these
the men-these wretched, helpless, diseased
creatures-who are butchered by the blum
ders of their own officers, whose commissa-
riat is farce, whose medical officers have
not the competency to practice upon dogs
who would all perish from want and sickness
intheir own camp but for French aid; are these
the sons Of the conquerors of Waterloo, OF
that Waterloo which has so long remained
unavenged? Are those ships, which sail to
Cronstadt, and sail home again, without firing
single gun, the "hearts of oak" which SO
long have kept dominion of the deep? Such
questions will suggest themselves to the
mind of every soldier from France, from the
Field Marshal to the drummer, and will pro-
woke q sentiment towards England which
will make France more dangerous neigh
Dor than she has ever been before. If Eng
land makes peace before she has retrieved
her military reputation, she will be more
profoundly humbled in the estimation of the
world, and in her own eyes, than at any pre-
vious period of her history.
We confess that, in error as we con-
slider her in this struggle with Russia, we
have no desire to see her PROSTATE at the
foot of France. Nor have we any fear that
in a just quarrel with the vain glorious race
across the channel, she would fail to main
tain her ancient renown. The battles of
Alma and Inkermann exhibited sturdy and
inexhaustible valsr which France never
equalled under the first Napoleon, and could
not approach under the illegitimate pre-
tender and counterfeit hero who now occu-
pies her throne.