The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-10-04
The War In Europe-Atti.

| Those who fancied that the capture of the
| town of Sebastopol implied the final triumph
Of the Allies and was likely to lead to the sub
mission of Russia, will read with some sur
prise the address Of the Gear Alexander to his
army, and the extracts given elsewhere from
his letter to his uncle, the King Of Prussia
| The former Of these documents is marked by
all the dignity and firmness which have char
acterized the Russian dispatches and State pa
| pers since the war began. The Gar does not
follow the example Of his enemies in disguis-
ing the facts he does not attempt to show that
a defeat is victory, or the loss Of seaport
| an advantage; but admits honestly aud
! candidly that his army has suffered check
| of severe character. At the same time,
at no former period during the war has
| bis language been more decided, Or his
attitude more unyielding. The lesson taught
by the fall of the town of Sebastopol only
leads him to express his conviction that all the
other troops Of the empire will display the
same bravery as the defenders Of that memo
| rable city. True to the policy of his uncle,
the first Alexander, he seems to derive strength
| from injury and courage from defeat.
1t must be subject Of grave anxiety in Eng
land to think that after all the money that has
been spent and all the lives that have been
sacrificed-nay, after the object SO ear
nestly and SO perseveringly sought has
been gained-the gigantic foe stands
more defyingly erect than ever, aud Russia
suIrenders Sebastopol without sigh Or
groan. For even at the worst, though the
north side should follow the south side, and
| the batteries and works in the interior should
| fall one after another, though Simpheropol
should be evacuated, and the newly erected
| forts on Perekop garrisoned by Englishmen
| and Frenchmen, it by no means follows that
Russia would be the less able to cope with her
| combined antagonists In a military point of
| view the loss Of the Crimea could not be con-
| sidered as likely to weaken the empire very
materially. On the contrary, Russia's great
| est losses have been those which she incurred
in transporting men and materials over the
long wastes and bad roads which divided Rus
Tartars In narrowing her frontier circle she
concentrates her strength, and presents fewer
vulnerable points to an enemy. On the other
hand, so long as the Russians are animated by
the spirit which fired the soldiers of Gortscha
koff and Of Todtleben, it is idle to dream Of I'M
disputed conquest. Every inch of ground
won will be sodden with the blood of the men
| killed in defending or attempting to regain it.
| How are the maritime Powers Of Europe
fitted to engage in such a struggle? Already
and the war has not lasted over few
months--Great Britain finds that she needs
sixty millions worth of the staple of life from
foreign countries, and France twenty, to make
up for the deficiency in one years harvest
Independently Of the war expenses here are
twelvemonth to supply natural deficiencies
Russia, meanwhile as may be fairly inferred
| from the silence of the Allied prints, and the
fine harvests in the Principalities, anticipates
no deficiency, needs no foreign aid. This con-
stituies fearful inequality in the coming
struggle. and quite justiies the apprehension
that the Allied triumph Of Sebastopol is only
the beginning of second act of the war
more bloody than the first; and that the next
year will be more fruitful Of loans, popular
suffering, and political disaster than the last
More STATE CoyvEyTIoNs-MoRE Fusloy-
| The liquor dealers party hold their State con-
vention at Syracuse on the 10th instant, at
which they viii select their State ticket from
the various other party tickets in the field, as
may best suit their purposes. AT the the same
| time and place, the constitutional rights party,
including all sorts Of men, trades and profes-
sions, opposed to oil sorts of unconstitutional
acts Of coercive legislation, will also hold
| State convention, and the two will probably
he fused upon some common ticket for Novem-
ber We suspect they will not give the lions
share of their patronage to the new abolition
league, notwithstanding that, from Seward
down TO Greeley, and all the big and " little
villains" Of the coalition inclusive, it is dis
posed to beg an armistice on the Liquor law.
Let the convention Of the 10th keep the negro
| fusionsts to the mark.
Marine Affairs.
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