Litchfield enquirer., 1855-03-01
THE EASTERN WAR.

IL will not be presumed that inland pa. pers in this country are possessed of suffi- cient reliable data to pronounce very de- cided opinion upon that much discussed to- pie, the war. Our only available means of obtaining information upon this subject are afforded us by the English papers, from which we are three thousand miles away and which are, themselves, remote from the scene of action. Each item which comes to US must of necessity have passed through several hands; and every one is aware of the x aat of similarity which tooaoften ex- ists between the first and second narration of a twice-toId tale.
 Hence our hesitancy to pronounce an opinion upon the probable success of one party or the other-on the chances for peace on the one hand, or the likelihood of the continuation of the war, on the other. The views which we shall take of the subject are those which have been presented us by the London Times. And yet even the 'Thun. derer' has evinced disposition to blow hot and cold at the same time, of late, so that we'may scarcely give credence to its hi.h- erto unerring fulminstions. In an article, republished from it's columns in this coun- try not long since. which deprecated the siding of American sympathy with the cause of the Russians, and accounted for such sympathy, in part, on the score that 1t was generally believed in this country that the Czar %wculd prove victorious-it undertook to prove that such belief Was wholly unwarranted by the facts of the case. |" "see,' ".aid the 7Nnes, (. see the armies of the Allies victorious in every battle See, the most powerful governments of Europe reused from their le,hargy and threatening to join the coalition against the despot! See, imperial Nicholas accedes to polite re- quest that he should subscribe to certain 'poinis,' four in number, which have been submitted to his consideration Is it not equivalentto to acknowledging that he is whip ped! The old yillain!" ~
 This was the tune ofsthe Times, but little while ago. A. the same time it gave the most deplorabIe account of the condi-' ton of the English army, that can we'll be imagined. Hunger, cold, and starvation, were doing their work upon the fine fellows and thousands upon thousands had fallen before these impalpable but formidable foes; so that the army, it was feared, was upon the verge of destruc.ion! This is what we find so hard to undeusa nd-lhat the Czar Nicholas should be declared to be trembling in his boots from fear of athe invincibe AL lies that hsushculd have signidad his will ingness to submit to the most humiliatins terms: and that the Tunes should have boasted loudly of all this, while at the same time, it was arraigning members of the British Ministry for the dcssrsfetion of a noble army by mismanagemen,, and the consequent illustration of an expedition up- on which were ccn.ercd tlle best hopes of Christendom.
 In the House of Commons, sometime du- ring last month, Mir. Roebuck gave " notice of motion for Committee to enquire into the condition of the army and the conduct of the Departments entrusted with its ad- minis.rasion" In ixspeech in support of this motion, Mf. Roebuek stated, hatMof 5i,ooo gallant soldiers who left the shores of Englandssplendidly equipped, but l4,ooo are now under arms before Sebas,opol: and tof these ,ooo, not 5000 arei good health. He held letter in his hands from Constan. ] tincple, in which the writer stated that he was sure that the British army would with in two months be totally destneyed, and ,has ia greskdisaster is abuu, to beiah the army Hnow before Sebas,opnl."
 Pending the consideration of this motion, Lord John Russell, the Cabinet leader in. the House of Commons, resigned his post.
 It would have been expected of him in vir- tue of his position, to oppose the motion and defend the Administration from censure.
 bns he could not do this ;-" For" said he, mo one cxn denyFthe melancholy condition of o1r army before Sebastcpol. The ac- counts which arrive from. that quarter eve " day use net only painful, but horrible and, hoarl-rendins v Hence his resignation. IL will be seen, that the accounts which reach us are somewhat contradictory. Al one moment We are told that the Russians are ready . cqlee tosterms, and in the next that the army which is to bring him to term. is almost ruined. We Go suppose tha, .hc last report has the most truth in 1t.
 E The Maine Law was passsi by the Nsw Yorksiloase of Representatives on
 fuesdays by vote of 80 to i5. In the N II