Demoine courier., 1855-06-14
The Signs In the East.

lM4AHA- @&T MLH-o --M~Em
The following article from the New
York Mirror, expresses so exactly our
Impressions in regard 10 The aspect 0!
affairs in Europe, as induced by the in
tellisense by the Pacific. thai we pre-
sen. n to orr readers ins!ead Of any re
marks Of II own:-Bah. Patriot.
There is, no comfort for the Allies in
The intelligence from the seat Of war, or
IN the political indications at to,.e
brought US by tho Pacific to- day ). The
prospects in the Crimes ara gloomier
than ever; and the stirring OF the demo-
cratic and Disconnected elements in Eng
land are even more portentous than the
increasing army of The Gar. ~ The
British Queen, after having stopped to
buckle on the garter of the Emperor Of
France, has deemed i,pol,e and pruden.
to bestow a few honors upon some of her
poor private soldiers; but even this mark
ed condsscension Of royalty will hard
ny conraia,e the masses at home, who
are taxed 10 sustain this yiGdictiye and
In-glorious war in The East. or the poor
soldiers in the trenches who are digging
their own graves in the great metropolis
OF the Crinea. Sc l4 sagHt t584 te
Ani there is growing discord among
The British ministry; and the halls Of
Parliament are beginning 10 ring with
The eloquence Of q long suffering people.
Tbe overture 10 Sweden is me, BY IN
order for arming shs militia; and while
the forces of the Allies are wasting
away before ,he bullets of the enemy,
and from diseases %engendered oY an at
mosphere tainted and thick with Death,
the Gear is calling fresh levies into the
field, showing tina, his resources Of money
and men are as inexhaus,ible as his de-
termination to fight il out is inexc, able:
In the meantime C%anrobert resigns
his command Of the army, virtually con.
Tossing that there are no laurcls TO be
gained in those barren vic,ories-these
harmless showers Of "heavy me,al'
upon the ~impregnable walls OF Sebasto-
pol; and even the proud Emperor of
France, who boasts of bearing ga cham
ed life,' aud whose name would DE ga
tower OF strength" 10 the forlorn hopes of
his ,hinned ranks in the Crimea, talks
no more Of placing himself and his in
spring chapeau q tete d'armee.
In this dilemma what caa the allies
do! With the people OF their respec.
i've realms murmuring agains, the Ruling
Powers at home; with The Disconnected
soldiers desPairing aud dying abroad;
with an cneny whose name is Legion,
forever multiplying before them-,he
question may well be asked, what shall
the enc of these things be The only
rational, philosophical, moral, humane,
or even polite answer would be: let the
army of the aggressors cease firing; lei
them waste no more '.leadcn rain and
iron hail in attempting 10 storm Sebas-
,opol; let the red rivers Of human blood
that have been poured out as a frui.less
sacrifice be stay ed; let a treaty Of mu.
tual concessions be made, even slough
il gall The prize IL Emperors, Queens
and Parliamen,s, let Russia have the
outlet for her commerce, TO which her
vas. dominions ea;i,le her. even though
she insist upon Constantine ple as her
principal entrepotj and let the dirty
Turks fulfill .ie ipylori3as destiny Of
lazy, cruel, %indolaHous race.
The Despo,ism Of The East is bat The
coun.erpoiss of the Republicanism OF The
West. Ii is more homes, and more hu.
name than The mongrel monarchies,
under whose hypocri,ical governments
the liberties Of the people are betrayed
by q kiss, and where freedom, personal
or political. 10 bu, the hollow mockery
OF = Fame. Between the legitimate,
downright Despoiism Of the Gear of
Russia, and the false and illegi,imate
Imperialism Of the Usnrper Of France,
an homes, man would have no diff rl,y
in choosing, The one is a practical,
tangible, indubitable FAcT-as unques-
tioaabIe a verify as the earth itself. The
other is a decei,ful, delusive, eyarescent
SHAM. ~dependen, for lis duration upon a
single human birlh--Leld together BY
The brittle thread OF mortal life tina,
'breaks at Every breeze" Louis Napo.
leon will fall before Sebastopol is taken;
and then who will bless This memory
for all this walton waste of blood and
treasure-this crimson and golden deluge
thatis only enriching the hills and val
leys of the Crimea! ~ 81 ,aga Ias4
BALTIMORE, May 81.