New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-26
THE BRITISH PRESS.

In the happy days of France, when her Pres
was free, and before Louis Napoleon h
crushed her Parliamentary Assemblies thss
was always an opposition which systematically
condemned the action of the Government
whether right or wrong. Undoubtedly this fact
had its evils; still the spirit of opposition o
inseparable from liberty; and GaizOt said, in one
of his candid moments, that he desired an opp0
siton, and would be very sorry if there wes
none. In England, however, patriotism is nos
so rife that with the exception of The Empus
the organ Of tho Peace party, no journal opposed
to the war can be found in all the county.
The English Press neither leads nor cOrrecs
the popular feeling, but always follows and
truckles. The Radical organs are as much
more warlike than the others as they are ls.s
intelligent The Morning Adrertiser suspects
Russian agent in every man who dares raise n
objection to the war, and The Daily Ners pre-
sumes to indulge in no word of criticism sgslnE
Louis Bonapsrte, who is now simply England.
ilustrious and gallant ally. The Lead,r, 90
cialistic weekly, is also at peace with Naoosc,
Ill. Indeed, it was reserved to the time serving
Times, by the publication Of it's revelations upon
the recent fiishtful abuses in the mansgemen!
Of the army in the Crimea, to call down censurs
upon the Government and excite the suspicion
of its local contemporaries, which tried to f.ston
upon il the title of Russian organ.
1t is clear that the British Government wsrs
involved in this war most unwlIingly; that they
were forced into it by public opinion; and as We
never do we'll what we do not do willingly, tho
war was Of course long carried on with tho
greatest possible stupidity. People actually BE-
lieved that one English soldier was match fof
ten Russians; that there was no such thingu
resisting the Scotch Greys; and even when The
handful of British cavalry was annihilateda
Balakava, they recorded Balaklaya among their
triumphs. Napoleonss secret reason for carry-
ing on the war they never understood; and Ik
Times one day made the naive confession sAs
they did not know the exact force Of the Rat
siaBs in the Crimea or the resources Of Sevsst-
pol. Russian geography was new thing 10 En-
gland, and the Crinea a terra incogsua. lS
Times itself said that Riga was the capital Of
Russian Poland, and that seventy three OUT Of
the seventy. six stone bridges of st. Petersburg
had been destroyed for the sake of defense,
while all the world except England kne" u"
there never was more than one stone bridge
over the Neya.
Men expect VIVA. they wish for, but Journ"
that have no information other than their ON
wishes ought not to aspire to the leader'aP@
public opinion. Napoleon iii says that "ha,
asia is exhausted" but when his uncle ea'ef''
Moscow and wrote to the Emperor Alexander
"Sire, the war il finished" he received Tor !"
swer: 1.-THE war has just begun" There SD
evidence TO lead to the opinion that AleIsH'''
II will show less energy, or that he will iofs''
bis imprecatoD, May my hand wther fe'ai
"sign di,bonorsble treaty" The London f%'
the organ OF Lord PalmerstOn, says that sew
topol must fall, and with it the Crimes IN
Herald, journal formerly more independent seu'
US that Victorias alliance with Napoleon VIII a''
stroy sbsolusism in Europe, enfranebise theVr
pressed nations and extend the area OF Coa'~
tutional government. Comment on this Is a'
necesaary.