Washington telegraph., 1855-10-31
The War.

II
THE New York Herald thus sneculates
upon the position OF Russia, and the proba,
bic consequences of the fall of Sevasto.
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Those who fancied that the can.ure of
the town of Sevastopol implied the final tn
umph of the Allies, and was likely to lead
to the submission of Russia. will read with
some surprise the address of the Gar Alex
ander to his army This document is mark
cd by all the dignity and frmness which
have characterised the Russian dispatches
and State papers since the war began The
Gar does not follow the example of his en-
emies in Disgusting the facts; he does not at
tempt to show that defeat is victory, or
the loss Of seaport an advantage but ad-
nits honestly and canddly that his army
has suffered check of a severe character.
At the same time, at no former period du-
ring the war has his language been more
decided or his attitude more unfolding
The lesson taught by the fall of the town of
Sevastopol only leads him to express his
conviction that all the other troops of the
empire viii display the same bravery as the
defenders Of the memorable 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 Il subject of grave anxiety in
England to think that after all the money
that has been spent, and all tue lives that
have been sacrifced-nav, after the object
so earnestly and so perseveriugly sought has
been gained-the gigantic foe stands more
defyingly erect than ever and Russia sur
renders Sgyastopol without sigh or groan.
For even at the worst, though the north side
should follow the south side, and the bate
ries and works in the interior should fall
one after another; though SjmpLeropol
should be evacuated, and the newly-erec;ed
forts on Perekop garrisOned by English
men and Frenchmen, it by no means fol-
lows that Russia would be the less able TO
cope with her combined antagonists. In a
military point OF view the loss of the Grim
ca could not be considered as likely to wea
ken the empire very materially. On the
contrary, Russia's greatest losses have been
those which she incurred in transporting
men and materials over the long wastes and
bad roads which divided Russia proper from
her last acquisition from the Tartars. In
narrowing her frontier circle she concen-
trates her strength, and presents fewer vul-
nerable points to an enemy. On the other
hand SO long as the Russians are animated
by the spirit which fired the soldiers of
Gortschakoff and Todleben, it is idle to
dream of undisputed conquest. Every inch
OF ground won will be sodden with the blood
of men killed in defending or attempting to
regain it.
How are the maratimc powers Of Europe
ii;ted to engage in such a struggle ? AL
ready-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 eighty millions of
dollars needed in one twelvemonth to supply
natural Deficiencies Russia, mcauwile, 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 constitutes
fearful inequ1lty in the coming struggle
and quite justiies the apprehension that the
Allied triumph Of Sevastopol is only the
beginning Of a second act of the war more
bloody than tie first and that the next
year will be more fearful of loans, popu-
lar suffering and political disaster than the
last.