The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-07-22
WASHINGTON CITY.
SUNDAY MORNING. JULY 2a. 1865.
NOTES ON THE FURTHER PROGRESS OF THE WAR
In THE EAST

IN THE EAST.
BY the latest arrivals we gather from official and unof-
cia sources variety of particulars Of the late check"
received the allies in the attack Of the Russian
outworks Sebastopo which indicate that it
serious affair serious that few such checks will
probably check-mate the besieger The allied forces Il
appears sustained loss of between eight and ten thou.
sand men, killed and woundeda great price TO pay for
nothing since nothing gained by this immense sacri
hce Of life
The attack the two which resulted so dsas-
trousy If believe the statements of the anony-
nous correspondents of the London Times and other
British journals commenced with blunder, and
through series of bunders which resulted in
the unavaing sacrifice Of thousands of brave who
merited letter fate In the first place it appears, the
slacenng Of the fire from the Russian batteries
crhed the brief bombardent of the beseger and that
the attack commenced the supposton that the de-
fence would consequently be comparatively weak This
innated in a despatch OF Lord Raglan. 1t is evident
Also il be depended upon that there
great Of concert between the two parties that
the attack simultaneous that neither party knew
precisely what the other about and that the respect
i've officers though distinguished for their galantry
hbited great deficiency Of military skill and eIps-
rience
ms ntHcency, We may pe more OF less ueteccu
in the general operations of the allied armies the Cr
mel and more especially in the commanding officers not
of vhom believe had any previous experience in
the direction Of great army, in the conduct of
pcated system of military operations between two
three distinct bodies acting separately though the
time concert the attainment great object
Lord Raglan-who it appears to has been most unjust
l assaled and who sent the Crmea achieve i'm
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before charged with the direction Of great series of
military operations had little experience in those
combinations capacity for which what is gen
orally called great in military science So also
with Marshal ST Arnaud and Generals Canrober and Pc
1ssier whose laurels gained in series of irregular
warfare with the wandering Arabs of Mauritania. The
general impression we find among military is that
Omar Pasha is by far the abest officer among the allied
commanders and that the most promising military genius
OF the younger officers is General Bosque who the bat
tie Of nkermann saved the British army from destruc
ton by his sagacity detecting eint Of the Russians
intended to deceive him.
apparently, in great measure owing this of
experience in conducting complicated military operations
the absence Of those great powers of genius which
supply its place. that the allied armies in the Cr
placed in position where it is absolutely
it themselves the risk Of utter destruction in
making the attempt This state of things, it seems has
produced its inevitable consequences Success might have
for lime cemened this newborn friendship between the
Cock and the Lion but though the Cock still continues
to crow the Lion is beginning growl audiby and
unless they make up their minds whip Russians
there is to fear they will fall in the division
of the spoils of victory the modification Of defeat
One is about as difficult the other
The prospect of an adjustment seems gradually receding
The London Times still insists "conquering honor
able peace and talks of of twenty years the end
which time the parties will probably be pretty much in
the condition of the belgersnt lion and bear in the fable
and neither of the members of the alliance be able to
cure the prey war Of twenty years. half that period
would should think, in great measure exhaust the
resources of France and England while it left those
of Russia great unmpaired because they
mostly internal and beyond the reach of outside enemies
Let us briefly post up the account of profit and loss
Scarcely year elapsed and Great Britain has become
so Of soldiers keep up her contingent in the
Crmea she has only been obliged to substitute h
King of Sardinia but violate the neutrality Of the Uni
ted States and other nations by nsolenty persisng
recruiting crmpingn in their territories in vio-
ation as well of municipal international law. During
lions sterng been found necessary to meet the
rent expenditures Of war; in addition to the odd mil
lions Of taxes required for the ordinary peace establish
men IT. them it should take twenty years conquer
honorable peace setting aside all other consequences which
we omit for the present here will be- the lowest cacu
laon additional debt Of some six hundred
millions sterling addition of taxes to supply its place
of least onehrd the of those which already
deprving the aborng classes of Great Britain of
than half the fruits Of their tolls But the theory
of the orthodox British political economists is that
great national debt and great national burdens are great
national blessings presume John will trip along only the
lightly under these accumuating blessings Like Issa
cher he is strong ass and the heavier his load the
more rapid his pacewhether up hill down is question
for the political economists We doubt whether friend
John could stand steady his legs without the ballast Of
this debt his back and apprehend that if all
relieved he would either upset ncon1nenty like
ship suddenly lightcned, be obliged to carry
weight like rider to place him par with his
competitors We should like to see the result of the
pertinent though it is scarcely probable shall live long
enough
Turning towards France behold spectacle much
diferent--a succession Of loans and anticipation Of
new conscriptons which, continued for succession Of
years will greatly exhaust the pecuniary and ply
steal Of the nation In vain is it urged that this
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