Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-01-02

first In rank 10 the Inst, wos q prddigv OF yalor
scarcely inicriJr 10 the m yicle of Agineourt
The history Of 1896. whatsoever may bo lis rec.
ords about the state wisdom of those who rule
will hand down with impctishable rehown, to
the admiration OF poslerity, the impetuous nr
dor of the French and the stern and impossi-
BILE courage Of the BItians. who fought in the |
Crimen. However. they fight on battle field
richer in cory than in possible results, ond rich.
est in death. One more such victories ns that
OF Inkerman, and tho. army Is lost. il ISL sad
consolation to know that the tombs OF the glo. |
riops dead around Sebatopel can say. like those
| Of Thcrmopylae. "Wanderer, tell England
thou hast seen us lain obedicntto our countysI
| love-" eH
| The English public have been told Of late that
| there never was position Of more pressing nee
essity, that demanded so impcriousy n mind
that can foretell instead Of whiting on events,
md avert evils which it may be impossible TO
repair, than The present position. That is
| perfectly just, though somewhat OF nn after-
fact wisdom, come outtoo late. But if il be just,
then there is no good service to England in ul
| ling public opinion to sleep by advising, it to
let bygones be bygones. A foretelling mind must
| look TO the past for instruction. The great les
son Of accomplished fact Is, that England spol-
! icy in reference 10 the present war bns been
wrong in its directions, and inefficient, unsuc-
cesslul, AMI disastrous in details Let us ana
| lyze the situation. Your gigantic armada in
the Baltic is nearly without a'lanrel TO resi- its
| head upon. To do something eGectual there,
the cooperation Of Sweden was n matter Of
prime necessity. England did not get il, be-
| cause England's policy was wrong. told Eng
| land six months ago that the co operation Of
Sweden is to be got only by calling Poland to
arms. And that was the answer which, three
months later, kins Oscar gave 10 general BYa-
AGuAy D'IfILMERs. You have taken B)mar.
sund-a small matter forsooth--yct W hen the
time comes. when necessity will force you 10
IT 4 : =
the advantage OF getting Sweden over 10 your
side then Bjmnrsund viii have proved an ac-
ceptnble offer TO Sweden: bat you blew il up,
rs if afriGd Of your own victory-as if bent on
The purpose not 10 have anything to offer to
Sweden What a gigantic blunderl
Ecnglnnd pref ended to strike blow al the
commerce Of Russa by blocking her coasts,
: and England just succeeded 20 turn Russian
commerce to Prussia. England bent her mind
on bringing Au.trla over 10 berseli-shc has
), sacrificed to this one aim everythng-;iiume.
rous millions spent in vain; the life blood Of the
flower Of England spilt in vain; principles, rep.
IL ta.ion. the liberal Character of war, and the
8 very issue of the war-cveryLhing g,-near!y her
I national honor incuded--and has your Gov
cnment gained thot Austrial Has it gained
= that Australia, for whom il has sacrificed every
. thingl--that Al s.ra TO whom even the Times
o tsee November l0j is found at last, TO acknowl-
/ edge that "J2u nrefghtiag her baiio more Man
your oirn" What proud sneering there was
in Official quarters when three months ago, |
told the good people Of England, that it be-
q licycs TO pay, and to bleed for freedom, while
in reality, it is made to fight for Austria! Nov
i it came out ut asst. Truth will come out, jus
n like murder will. Well, has your Govonrmen
gained Austra2 Go and read the well founded
lamentations in The organs, even the ministeri
oil organs Of publicity, about tie trcacherols at
titudc end the overbearing insolence oil tina
C Austria which your Government has courlet
with so much submission, and which,in return
faciiieSthe enterprises of Russia, insults you
. Allies and couneracts your combinations.
/. is not only That You have not gained over Aus
-, ria, but there you have the Turks arrested il
y the midst Of their victorious course; there yo
|; have the fruit of their heroic strngglf-poo
!, Wallacha placed over into the treachefou
'" hands of deSpotic Austria,-thcre is the Iur
kish army paraiyzed on the one hand, and ther
: is. on the other hand, the Gar made and lei
free to throw ovcrgrown numbers upon lh
V. flank and on The rear Of your gallant rank
=. the Crimaa.
- "There YOU have the spirits of The Turks
in arnv high flow,in. rs they were at the victorle
. at Silis,ria and the Giurgevo, now depresseG
= anxiety. am not wanted To tell you the tal
w Of your heart am mot wanted TO descrb
how your braves had found there an entrenche
u there you have the spirit of the Russian arm!
q. depressed as they were, now restored. An
oh, cor Id tell you what it is to neglect til
10 moment Of spirited excitement in a victoriou
-- ormy,-or could tell You what it is to Civ
time TO demorazed enemy to resume itsspl
lis and TO take breath. One such moment
neglec. in a war--and i. is not battles, ger
uencn--not battles but empires that may h
lost by it. And last alas not ieast,--thcI
-, is S.l,astopol. Every B.itish heart has watcl
ry ed the great bloody drama there with intenS
= camp with an army, ns!sad Of a fortress wit
a garrison, rs yJur Government seems to hav
20 anticipated ,--how new armies are pouring up
nj on your shattered ranhs, rs your Cover nmel
IL appears not TO have anticipated, or it would
,d more than an error TO act as they did.
80 | have wanted is to quote from public II
W ports these words: Tho question is no i0ngs
Isl chether ,re ShaH iakc SebaopoL or not; The sice
he of SeJasiopol though not raised, may be rcga'
1d as a, a s.andstW. We ere reduced to The dt
,o fensire." Such is the situation, The leaves ha,
:, Turned; Russia the besiegcr, You are the be
d. sieged. AMI at what price has this situatio
ne been purchased!
as Gentleman, on the 5th Of July, ten weeks bt
r. fore England embarked on that expedition, il
:, advised as well as i'll prepared, l, in speecI
:, the contents Of which 1t would have been we
lie for Great Brticn to mind, spoke these words
he Glasgow: "No. one out Of foe Of yourb races ~i
he see Albion again." OF course used the wol
VI fguratively, as indicative of a great loss No
!" it is sad reality. Number your dead, yol
wounded and your disabcd-more than 2o,0(
Is men out of 1000 are already lost. My sada
ticip atous are literally fulfilled And her
at home! Why here the number of widow
'n Inr and orphans applying f'r support to patriot
..no Charity amounts to COO. Such is the pos
s isn ton gentlemen. Now with that position tn,
,,:n,s analyZed, call on cotemporaiy age, and q
~ ~ history, to say whether was exaggerating
on hash, in saying that England policy has bee
le' wron-; that it has been successful, nowher
10 but inefficient unsuccessful, and disastrous e.
ln cry wheIcl But you are told, for all consol
icy tons, that no "human loresi sht could have fu
'o1 ly anticipated that position" |, for one ha'
wv nu forctold it, fact by fact, word by word, and
'n, wondered how any thinking man could do otI
oM S crwise but TO know oil this. Yet ifsuch the
nu ,' were, they could have used the modest light
oy my poor oil-lamp. 1t is true, the people
r5,s Great Britain gave me tremendous cheersin
~ ius turn, and went home to toll and then TO see
Wy llio II IS as if would have been mendicating
pm ~ vors for me, whereas it was Englards hone
,G dignity, and success, that held up before tn,