Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-10-04
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,rereb.,p..es arc flled with the late ac-
cornts Of The fall Of Sebastopol, and TEEN
with editorial speculation upon the probable
and permanent effect Of tho temporary sue
cess Of the Allied Armies. Whatever opin-
ion NO nay express in this matter will no
founded, 6rst upon our ideas of the Russian
character, as placed upon the basis Of the
traditional characteristics Of the people, aud
secondly, by our estimate Of the relative
strength OF tue beliserlut powers. taking into
consideration the physical force and natural
advantages Of each.
Tho prssistlut stub6omuess OF the Rus
sian character, the Un1auuIed COURAGE OF the
Russian solliery, AID ,ha never dying ley
atty OF the Russian people, arc mitters 80
generally pr minent as 70 require only aref
ersace IN connection ~ita WAT W. are
about 70 say The prize Of the Car VIII
never be hdmbIsi, So lo'g as he continues
TO reign the sovereign Of the souls as well as
Of the bodies Of bis people. With from
sixty 70 eighty millions Of persons under his
dominion, with unparalleled resources OF
support to an army, and country possess
ing she peculiar varieties Of climate and land
sc4pe which render it almost inaccessible
10 foreign aggression, the probabilities would
be, independent Of late occurrences, that AL
ExASpER and his SUCCESSORS might indulge
their arrogance and continue their accus-
tom al asgressioas, with few if any very ma
teriaI moIestation from abroad.
To come to the point however, OF how the
matter stands with ALEXANDER now, very
little reflection will show that he has no
cause for slarr3, and that bis position to-day
is ten thousand tines more advantageous and
less embarrassing than that Of the Allies
Ssbastopol has fallon--the Russian 1hip7 have
been sunk, ard many important works and
Notifications destroyed. But a hundred
thousand veteran, war-hardoned soldiers still
remain IN the Crimea, to conquer Aided
BY tho formidable and almost impresuable
heights Of the country back, and protected by
natural and artificial Notifications, their sol
diers can still resist any effort Of tho Allied
forces to march into the interior and are
mors likely to rscupeEato and drive the Al
les to their ships, than 70 he di5banded
or further rspulsed.
Tie Russians viii not evacuate the Crimca.
They are strongly fortified from sevastopol
north, and each way from the Alma river, and
wi h the advantage OF approaching winter,
could harass the enemy and utterly destroy any
force that vould attempt their subjuSation.-
Tho Allied Armies viii have all they can do
to take care OF thsmselves-to guard against
becoming the besicged, and to prepare for
parrail comfort during the dreary winter
They have takon Sevastopol-have done
some brilliant fighting, performed gallant
achievements, won great battle, and
saved their cTedit-and preserved England and
france from disgrace in the eyes Of tho mill
tary world. Having done this, at a sacrifice
Of tens of Thousands Of lives and millions
Of money, they arc no better of than
before a single battle was fought They
will fll tho world with the gossiner glitter
VI TIC eSnleNLi0It "a suS4A o'.ilio7t ai-1 S-AOi
to treat with Russia on better terms than
have yet been proposed. L vas necessary
Cor the credit of England and France that
their military forces should mako sEol0 OF
triumph. This one thing, the protection Of
themselves against modification, is what has
caused the desperate and persistent struggle
before Sgvastopol The Allied Nations may
now offer TO negotiate un aslg terms without
dishonor-and the coming winter will sec
thee negotiations pushed forward with IN
wonted visoE.