New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-22
THE LONDON TIMES ON THE STATE OF
AFFAIRS.
From The LOndon Time,, Feb 5.

From The London Time, Feb s.
It's tue tba. every week COTS our i'll fatsd army
rot less than thousand dead d sb-d and is likely
to tell nso ON our gallant allies II is true that every
week ados TO TIE strength OF Sovast)po and the re-
enforce ments Of the enemy il the field 1t u true that
every week adds to the reign Of msrue at Balskava
and The camp. Yet a week 20 dear, 80 invaluable,
has been thrown away, like the odd end of school
boy bolidsy, ia round of sultations between
the Palace and a few leading gentlemen For thi,
space Of time people have almest forgotten the
Crimea: they have almost buried tn sir dead aud
liking whom the Queen has sent for, what the per-
sonaRes bODored Old their return from her pres
epce who consulted whom, and what was the purpot
ofibe mysterious interview Some men have no fol-
lowing IN Parliament, some no materials for Cabi-
nets and there seems a general bdisOositiOn TO act
with Others on al all equal terms. This is not very
surprising, though not pleasant omeu tor the coun-
ty. Perhaps il is stranger, and still more insuspi-
cous circumstance, that not only Parlianent-that
H. Parliamentary circles-but the country az large,
the suRust British public looks on with almost stod
Indifference. There is no intim alton OF its wishes no
monster meetings at historical tsverns; vigorous
resolutions ring with the force Of eternal prlnci-
pes from the deep heart Of the people. No. Tnat
people, late noisy, is ROW all silent The crisis is
come The real Crlmesn difficulty has at last over.
taken us. Who will now =" bell the cat = The peo-
PIE aDswer nothing, do nothing, as thing.
They only too glad TO leave all TO their rulers
But this is the time for the people TO be speaking
out, il ttey really have any will in the matter, or wsn
10 Keep that WI We will T. them why. They have
no Government. The State is drifting without pilot,
without rudder, without anchor no one knows w0ere.
The constitution is locked the very cause OF c0usti-
tutional Government is in jeopardy IL is the cause
not only Of European Independence but OF political
liberty, that il in danger. With breakers ahead, We
ready 10 drive asbore Inc contaslOa OF anarchy
seems have come to us from across the lack Sea-
and all are at at cross purposes. Every body
seems TO be emulstiDg the rival funconares at Sou
tart ana Baakleva and treating the country mucn %
those persoDsges have done the British army. The
long reign of Oligarchies has created political
Of f.ayr hau
the country 90 TO wrack. For eIampl" the Vienna
noes for peace TO be Immediately renewed
ard there is no Foreign Minister 10 instruct Lord
Westmor elaud. The army is to be rent,rced, aud
It's orgapir alton reformed Now 10 the tune TO be do
ing TINS, for we know not how soon II m1y be
too late and have no Minister War, IN
less il be one who has confessediy lost the conf
dence of the county, and survives therefore, under
q constitutional disability. The war must nov be
let to the departmental heads VINO have been de-
nouboed out of Parliament and condemned IN 1t,
Al IL fc ent and corrupt But these only details.
The, ore only the part of larger calamity. WHAT
selt Of figure let tue British public just bohIk ~
tef are We making in the eyes OF Eurepei Al
reaoy the scasdsOus breakdo"n OF our m,htsrv sys-
fem has been cbucked over in every foreign Court.
With our mihhry reputation thus gone for The pres
ent what wil Europe think, too OF our precious Con-
stitutou which we have tried 10 force upon every
country in the world when II Is found to work only
for the private interests OF small knot OF statesmen
and TO enable them to their country sexremiiy as
lever 10 help them into office If the British peo-
pe does not see the ultimate tendency OF al this we
will venture TO enlghten their Innocence These are
the steps 10y which constitutional nations sink INTO
despotitm They are rapidly leading us toward that
very state of things which III France has been held to
jusify the Imperial usurpaon.
In the case OF dead lock we have TO CONSIDER,
fst What il is hat stops the way; them what amount
Of force can be brought 10 bear upon 1t Inc OBJ
stscle III the present instance IL that certain states
men, who might, perhaps, be able to extricate u.s.
pe,d that they have not enough Psrlimentary fo-
Rnf As
cone before crehte pressure out oi doors that sha
make a small Parliamentary following go great
wayi The people are not SO tactIous as their repre-
senaves and the present question they are unan-
imous. Had we but q minister who would take a
Lesson from the growth of public opinion among u.s.
and throw himself upon the public Instead OF lis
tenDg to mere party suggestions, TIE people, We
canrot but believe, would compel the House to back
lin. The crisis demsnds bold msn bold conduct
and bold cause Ii il no time for dlfiidence, or
even for too much scrupe. We never were In
worse scraIe. We have lived since the peace on
the military reputation we gained in the Peninsula
and at Waterloo we have now lost II in half
year We have upheld till now, the efficiency
Of constitutional Government till absolutsm itself
was almost converted This too, breaks down, evil
Gently 10 the intense satisfaction OF numerous neigh
bore Who have never loved or trusted Us, and who
ROW affect ID find their suspicious aud dslkes more
than justified. But whose fault Is II II the army, II
soytrpment il the constitution appears Ia give wav
and, bike a cumbrous and Ill adjusted machine. 10
snsp to bend to twist to crumble under trial Ihe
str DC III of this machine is not innate Intrinsic. 1t
derives its power from the people. Over AMI over
SO the ution has been meuaced, and Parls-
nept has not been foupd equal TO the pressure 1t Is
the people who have then saved themselves by an
ma, mous assertion of the principles on which they
desired and intended 10 be- governed. The people
fave only 10 Indicate these principles, aud, neoes-
sNy. point to the rulers associated sih them and We
cannot doubt that Psliame nj will soon be found much
lees isouous and obstructive than It hiss hitherto
proved Is necessary that should help the PEG
pie further IN their duties Surely they who first
urged the wG, and who we're for pushing Govern
mtLt into still more difficult enterprises the
sitge Of Seva ,pol will not require TO be told how
they aye 10 carry on the war they themselves hsvs
begun.
FrO- rAs Loaaos T~s FEB
Now that we have aga q Government though
Ike our military departments not yet fully and com
p,eely snized lose not hour in collecting its
meet earnest attention TO the dreadful asto lnding
and. long our preparation has been. to al
moot incredible narratives, that continue to re-
official nv stfcation had strven to spread over the
apps D realizes Of our position falling away and
scene Is disclosed the uouiteraole woe and misery
of which the most excited im.gi ,tion cannot repre-
aept-tbe moet graphic pen csaoot depict Slosly
sibk ing down from abyss OF misery which short
time ago would have been deemed impossible, to an
Abyes far lower and more awful ny seems {, be
reaching the period assigned to all human woe, a. 1t
hss long ago passed the suffering hitherto believed to
be the limit OF human endurance. Down, down ever
downward without an abatement or retrdauon, 10
the esdy career Of destruction, have our soldiers
sunk and dark - have been our prognosncs zoe re-
atty has always kept far more thsa Psce WIN tnen-
Our correspondents turn with sickenins disgust ron
H. l. II fatl If