Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-08-08
6From the Lopdon Times. July ls-l


in the Baltic is so far repetition of last year, with
few mistakes which suggest that this IS only
rehearsal, and that perhaps next year We may VEN
ture on public performance. By the simple eX-
nedjent OF Singing 30 FOUNDER at an angle OF 10
degrees we seem to have discovered the long range,
but whether the discovery will lie followed up in
our lifetime IS another question. In the CTimea
there is ominouS suspense, which, as tinSpiIeS
no flesh hopes that quarter, sends eSew here.
The only bright spot in that horizon the expect
ed arrival of officers who have seen real siege
less than 40 years ago. On the side OF France we
see great zeal and vast preparations, but lave
little means Of knowing what fresh enterprise and
intelligence are brought TO bear on the war. In
tins state of things are compelled to look at
home, and consider, as a wise man will often do
in his private affairs, what he has himself 10 set
against the adversely the deafness of fortune.-
Looking, then, at home, the last efforts of the
nation, the last throbbing of the pulse, the last
convul$ive movement, was the debate of Tues
day night on MIR. ROebuck'S motion. II that gen
tienan dId more than the happerS who wake the
rule Is OF Laputa nom Their reveTieS, or the mad
prophets who stalk the streets SIegeS and plaques
If his cries were ever so frantic, Irrational and
yIndicIlve, still We should respect him the
10 rouse the nation from and posi-
bly,, some day awakeit from despair. The debate
OF Tuesday, then, IS the sign of national life:
ii IS not yet Overland with the contents of yeSlrr-
days telegraph; 1t is not ecllpSed by the brIgh;
pIOIlSSS VI E1luEISIulg successful experiments al
W oolwlch, OF news from the dockyaTdS. We have
a.reaGy gwen our own opinion that, unless some
member hits on happier amendment than has
yet been moved, there is no choice but TO pass
"the previous question:" In fact, we are now
| in the hands OF the Executive. The sooner these
poor cTeaturesa re released from the war of words
! 10 attend 10 the war Of blOwS--the sooner they
are allowed 10 forget the dark front Of the OppO-
sion bench, and think oil the granite walls of
CrouStadt and the eaEthen rampartS OF the Mala-
kotf, the better, We ale persuaded, for the pros
poets of the war and the honor of our common
country.
But while, in the present state OF things, seems
little else than madness 10 press the report OF tie
Sebasiopol Committee, either for any political or
any judicial purpose, that is all the more reason
why all parties should vie to use il for improve
lneut of our naval and military Administrations
The year has brought US back 10 the time when
were daily expecting TO hear OF the andlng IN the
Crimea, and when so tOSpeak, al the world was be-
/ fore US. All the errors Of the ensuing autumn,
| winter and summer, were then IN being. Though
they did not bear their balelul fruit till long afer
they were already rooted aud terminating. Every
oversight, every false an.i PreSumptous estimate
dates really from that period The delays OF that
| time were afterwards fatal. So we cannot help
looking al our Treasury bench, and our public
offices, and asking whether now, as twelve months
ago, there may not be another crop Of Uluntl-GS,
/ prescriptions, neslectS, indIlTer=nceS, DELAYS
| eouS crop of disaster and may te, foul disgrace!
/ Is 1t all safe under the bread foCehelL Of Pam
mure, all real vigilance IN theSleepleSS - OF Pat
meTSiOn, or all wisdom in Wood? Is the immense
laboratory Of British science IN free and full opera-
| tion! Are the great mechanical intellrciS winch
have covered the earth and sea with the glory and
wealth OF England. and which for all the purposes
of peace and under the impulse Of private enier-
prise know no limit TO their power, this moment
employed Tor an object lncomp rabIy mote imPor
tant than railways aud Crystal Palaces! Are
enlarsing ourmortarS. reducing the draught Of our
gun boats, multiplying small craft, inviting all
the resources OF chemistry, applying every iuven.
ton for ;he etter housing, feeding, aud clothing
soldiers during the possible summer marches aud
| the now certain winter Selge! The StereOyped
excuse Tor what We have already suffered Is, Ihat
nobody expected a winter campaign; that We wrre
! 10 take Sebastupol by cup de man; That we un-
derra,ed the power of Russia aud her great slrUus-
hold. The excuse Is very bad Que, tor states
tnan,-nobOdY, indeed has night TO assume ia ell
tiles and chances out o: his knowledge or caIcu-
latIon. Il IS the excuse of 4 who SpeculateS
( Tor n rise IN the funds because he cannot think
they viii fall. II is the nveIable apology Of fools
and very oIlen the defence OF rOgueS. But let il
| pass. We only wish could be sure that at his
moment our War Minister and his colleagues ale
| not taking for granted what they have no right 10
do, aud expecting from Heaven. from accident,
from the obstinate courage of tie British soldier,
| from the clemency OF the elements. from the cow
aTdlce OF stupidity OF the Russians, what they
/ ought Ia place beyond the Teach of doubt by the
use OF our resources at home. We do not mean
| that we can secure success; but we eau secure
that when Heaven gives us immense success, as
Heaven did las: year, we do not throw them away
| as we did last year.
We could wish, then, that some independent
member OF the house would endeaS or to conIenSe
ia speech the experience OF the war. and the
/ lessons OF the SebaStopOl Report, and press them
| home tO government. E-tf
they aGe with all diligence using all the resources
at their command. and preparing Tor all emergell-
cIeS! Let this he done with the most specific re-
Capltulatlon, so as to obtain from government
distinct assurance ihat doing its best on every
possible head. or course are not pressing for
disclosures which may be useful To tue foe, but
have right 10 know that every engine is at work,
every proved invention honestly adopted, every
man OF mechanical or other scientific attachments
Invited and encouraged TO aSSiSt-every art and
skill employed that Brush generosity can reward,
and Official Jealousy or stupidity drive. There
are other questions, too, that il longer avaIS 10
omit. MI. Golden has correctly and publicly as
Sured government that the Emperor OF Russia
| knows as well the condition of our militia, the
slow rate OF their enlistment into the line and the
qualify oil our new IeCruItS. any man III this
Kingdom; and Sill John Harrington on Tuesday
evening made no unnecessary ScIuple al mention
ing these facts They patent and undznaule,
AS all other facts of public Importance III this coun-
ny VIII anyways pe Lei Ministers then be ash ed
whether they ale taking steps, satisfactory to theu-
selves, for keeping up an army in the CTimea.
There always has been. and aIw avs must be,
peculiar difficulty in keeping up armies in The
hen IN proportion TO outrank, our preten;ionS, our
wealth, and even our numbers; for no other couu-
Try IN the world has 50 many separate drains on
ITS male population. ] he navy aud the Inercan-
Tile marine, the colonies, manufactures, mines,
aud India, together with the army on Eu.egn sta
tons, make difference OF three-quarlers of
million between the males and temulvs in this
island. We have before suggested the use of
native troops drawn from the European wants OF
this country. If the objections to this expedient
be InSuperabe, or at least be thought So fer the
present, what other resource has govemmeni?-
The matter admits OF no delay, Tor as we lost
the advantage of the Alma for want OF 20, GOO more
men, We may lose the next winter for the want of
$4,000 at the cost of $1,000 Afterwards We are
not asking for disclosures that may he thought 10
be Pedient, but for assurances to satisfy the
nation that Ministers are fully alive to the great
| ness OF The necessity, and, as we confidently be-