Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-10-06
on the Pall Of sebastopoL.


Kossuth ON the Fan of sebastopoI.
The last New York Times contains letter from
Kossu,h, from which we take tue following az
tract, giving his views of the effect Of the fall Of
ssbagtopOl:
Asto the prospects Of peace--it is my decided
cpnton that these are rather ieSsened than utheT
wise bv the tall Of the South OfSSebaStopol. In
an absolute rOint of view never did nor 30 at.
tach any considerable importance 10 this erter-
prise. l always thought and think that it was
gE, at mistake 10 choose that point for attack
Russia, the pTofoundeSt object of which IS To
Europe from her political preponderance. have
often expressed the opinion that nothing 10 be
achieved 10 that quarter either break RuSSia'S
power OF resistHrce or bring her to satisfactorily
terms. Destruction Of SebaSiOpol and the Russian
Black Sea fleet is, in my opinion, nothing but IN III
suit, that does not take away strength; 1t IS doubt
ly so VIXEN we remember that the siege o: 6ebaS
topol was undertaken, Coupled with the pledge
soleinuEy gwen 10 Austria, that under no cItcuni-
stances is the territorial extension oil the Russian
Empire 10 be impaired.
The word was first 10 ailvace has almost be-
come veTnarnlar, thai, with policy pledged 10
malutan the integrity of The Russian Empire, a
fortress fleet destroyed, Is but fortress Hnd
fleet 10 he built up again stronger than ever III q
few y, aGs The case would be SOnew hat different
had the allied poweIs the Intention TO keep the
Crimea. Hut, on tile One hand, until now atleast,
this intention they had not; on Tie OlhCI hand the
CInea is 10 barrier that defends, ii is an acquSI-
ton that requires defence; and To make good this
defence, Ume of two things is Indispensable
theT the maintenance of large StHndIn. army i'll
the CTnea, else the pushing back OF Russia
entirely from the Block Sea, consequently from
the Immediate meishboTIOOtl Uf the Innea. With
out either the Que or the Other OF these alterna
tives. as soon ss the Allies would march out, Rus
STA would march in again. The first alternative
implies the condition Ul All aimed peace, 10 tue
cost Of " hich neither England nor France would
chuOSe 10 submit i'll the long run; besides, II iII-
plies the tortuouS question, Who is II that will
undertake the charge! England aud France To-
gethet! that SuppOSeS the incredible circumstance
OF perpetual eMteHte cOrIinte between them. No
man so foolish as TO build his house Snch loose
sand. England alone france would not agrre
tr ii. france alone! England would OBJ Jet 10 It.
Turkey alone2 would thank for the ruiGUus gilt.
Turkey, assisted by the Allies! would suppose
| these Allies always allies; aud would imply. be-
sides, The opening Of the DardantleS, aud of the
| BoSphotuS-equlValent 10 an overthrow vi The III
dependence oil Turkey.
The second alternative Chat Of pushing back
Russia from the Black Seal implies, III lis turn,
the necessity Of an independt ut CiEcas STA, aud OF
Daco- RomaniSh Stale with BeSSaTabla and the
Territory OF Oczakof up 10 CherSon; a combi!ra-
ton which would be absolute nonsense without
the full reconstruction OF Poland in It's ancient
eXtent-a thlnS peSOnu lnS nnlltS oil the uEtEIlnl-
nstlUn Of the Allies. Al all events, OF two things,
one, either the Allies make campaign III Poland,
or They make not; in the iiTSt Case, they ought 10
have done it without sacrificing one hundred thou
sand OF their ueSt tOUPS, ami about four thousand
| five hundred millions OF francs under town, the
capture oil which would have been easy work
by secondary division. had it but been defended
Gy garrison instead Of the principal army of Rus
STA, with Polish campaign the case would
| have been undOu6tedly;-On the other baud, II
the Allies don't mean 10 make Polish campaign,
they cannot think OF keeping The Crnea, and II
they don't keep the Guinea, then indeed The for
tresS and the fleet destroyed there is but lUrreSS
and fleet TO be buIIt up again.
With great power like Russia it is an insult
that does ne take away strength. However,
der other circumsta noes, IL might have beeu mat
ter Of choice for Russia how far 10 resent OF moi
To resent that insult but under the circumstances
such they arc, 10 resent II 10 the utmost Is an
Imperative nee eSSlly for the Gar. SebaSiOpU
is tie field which the CunlenGing parties have
measured their power tor year. THE eyes o
the worId-of ASIA, eSneclGlly-nave been rlvIle,
OH that spot. The long prUttaciet struggle There
Unidentified tie prestige Of The Cars lnvlucILIlIl
with the name of SeblStopo.-SebaStopnI fallen
stakes that prestige MTetuevabiy. Whatever may
be tile personal inclina,IUHS Of The Cars Max
arder, Ia debOnna,'e young man he isl we iud
had lie mad no chOlce, tie would not i've one werE
If he dared TO sign the luln of the prestige u
Russia power. lie cannot sue Tor peace; liz
c,nnot accept any condit ons-weIe even sonic
Offered him--undrr this pressure; lie must fight
until either the strength Ut his empire be LroSeu
or tue pEeStage Of his power ledreSSrd.