New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-17
nr1,wER ON THE cRIuEAN CAMPAIGN.


overthrow OF the Aberdeen Ministry. The - ne de-
bate ably reviewed shove, in the letter Of one OF
ouy London Cores poDdens but We shaI hardly DO
Justice To The subject without copying pre- al length
the following very brilliant speech
S,yB L,,,ou ,sid the nigh, honorable gsnIe-
man tie SECRETARY st-WAr, ADd the night honorable
gentleman the cre,sy for the Colonies vi ~snef
tie Houss 81 the danger that you'd r-sah f )m -uch
precedent A. the appointment OF tott com ni't-e
But b. thought that they might d-mrs from their
minds that apprehension for nothing bu; the eI,ren
i,y Of ID. Gaze could justify th., motion; and hs
hoped for the honor Of the country AID tae s1k@ OF
humanity fhssr hear hat 8 cs-e 30 extreme might
not occur again fCb,ers II IL should not oc:ar
ten The motion you'd furnish precedent; and Il II
d.. uld occur, thsD similar morn ~oud receive ne
,sms lrt,rpr, ;siOn which toe common sense 81 me
IIou,e would pat upon the present one. lhoff
iesrI He a.r,ed .nb her Msestys Ministers that
thew could Dot cOucsde th.i complttee "fooat
n virtual transfer of the power and rs-pon-ioi-
t' Of goverDpen, 50 M ma; TO-, ,s q rn@saet Of
the Go, eminent been tuch tha. the House snou'I
quietly acquiesce, not Only IN the cou'inusnoe %
their power but in the mode ~ whicn 'neh resoon7r
bibtie. had been oi-cbsrged. Hear her de i,r ooe
4, ,ha. such acqllescspce on 'h- par OF 'he uouse
would make them serviis scconpc-s In the saetince
cf what stil remained of that noble army, OF whose
deeds the country should be so proud, aud OF whose
condition the Government should DE So ashamed.
fCh..rl The noble Lord the member TOR Lpoion
would not becc me such an acconplice, htnoash tue
pin he must have felt IN deserving his coeis les IN
IRE hour of their EXTREMIST nee1 could Only nave
teen psrslleled by the Spartan iurtitude with shch
be COZ cealed the psDgs of that separation. h-ar,
bear end laughter. But the House generally must
.tropcl, shar- those feelings which had induced me
noble Lord 10 abandon office II they could MT feel
for 81. public cslsmi,ies they must be Duched by
their own private aDxieties and losses lie nsd hiu-
sell two of his nearest relatives aged 10 IN ~ar
and many other Hon. members must have nesr rel4-
iiy.s among ts victims for wherever danger Vas 10
! be braved or honor was TO he ~oD, there come OF
| their kindred blood flowing or might nov. Ana
/ after the statements they hsd heard would they
/ be deferred from attempting 20 dnd remedy
/ for the evils which they all admitted. and iron
ibsti,uiipg an inquiry into abuses which they d
deplor.d in consequence OF some paltry, fecnnlcsi
DIRECTORS 10 the wording Of the only motion wolea
could lead 10 any beneficial suit. IL vas sad on
TIL part Of her -jesys Ministers tia tha st nos
a vote for inquiry but vote Of censure. Loco 10,
them take 1t ssa vote OF cen'ure mar, Ina
other tim, should De 5ic,sd by ssinlar cAs tuiy'
/ Hear hssr they accused her 'e-'y hiu,''sfs
Of this-ihst they hso entered hi''ny "''n"u. rug
d.iheratop and without time for fJreth"nsl on Tue
MOS, aronou, enterorise which this general on hal
witnessed; they accused them o having ca erri on II
in the mott utter Ignorance OF Inc poNe' tn "a
OF the enemy they had TO encounter, oi tle ciihie
| tbsv mad 10 brave Of the county they hs1 - con-
ontr and Of the supplies which 'hor Army "Oa!d re-
asire (Cbeers Ihat Ignorance wa 'ne more laeh
rutable because her M-je-tys Ministers had refused
Ia cou,ult the pa who could nave given the tue
mott accurate inormstIoR on th0se sillDpoItin'
questions That Was the furdaIe entail caue OF our
pr.t.bt disasters, and not ths comparatively psty
Disadvantages to which the right bonorable 'ntie-
man, the Secretary a, War, bad Referred. Hear
Ii had been stated that the public bad equally dspe'
cateo the covers Of Russia and had an red tor tue
pieuaiure III. of the great fDrress oi toe Cr nea
| but ey,n if hat we're true, what then Why did
the country choOse 10 have Mih,stsfs-"ay dld II
give them salares and bonoIs and all the most splen-
did rewards OF human ambition, If they were not 70
have m wiser than the world at arge, ioeverything
at lest that related to the bu mess OF the oicss
viii, h there meE held Ii vas noble fdalt on ths
part Of the public disregard the power Oi the enc
my when they considered their cause 10 be nst one
Aid Who cid lot admire more than ever the Eagi'h
people when they TOne up and cried ~ MAYER |lal
- the cost or the hazard, let u defend tbs weak
"aysipst the strong J" But although To deprec1te
! ue.p.rny might be a'mOst merit on the part OF a
people il woulo be grievous derelic,on OF duty On
The part of War Ministry. Besides ne denied alto
geh.r that The public ha1 hoy oeeh wiser u Una ct'c
;bsp the goyerru,e nt H. said that there was not
,r ele point in which Her Nsjeetys ministers had
blunderec which some one or other OF The puo'ic
had not uied 10 and 10 direct them He wOult
allude 20 enc matter TO which hardly any reference
had been made in that house but which was lG.epsra
bly, COZ bfcied with the state of our army 10 the CHI
nta. When the war had commenced our nees hai
been on the eess-thc no5est heets thtt b I'll ever
sailed from our shores. IL on those heeis much
more than and forces that the PA bic relied for
spy advantage that mi ht be gained over Russia
Wb one OF our fleets hsd sgept the Bltck Sea, Obs
"a had been lying before il surprised and aln )s de-
Oder- the de pot Of annuniti provisions
aud troops 10 the Russis in the Crmea aud our naval
commsnf ers had contented themselves with bur
ed bombardment Of one Of its forts, and had made
il point Of humanity 10 spare the city. Bat Odessa
was the feeder ct SevastopoI. The right honorable
gentleman, the Secretary at War, had told them that
be had been perfectly anszed a. tle CELEBRITY With
which Russian troops al been removed from Odessa
| to Scvas'opol, but that statement showed that the
sparirg OF Odessa, the very nursery ground OF tho
enemy wss an &c, Of the grossest inhlman,y to the
Bfitish army which at present ros before the walls
Of SevastopoL Cheers Was II for the sake of
Britirh trade that had attacked Otessa Those
who could have been Influenced bs asy such motive
must have known little Of their fellow -countrymen-
they must have known little OF the readiness with
which Parliament would have granted compenss tion
to all British subjects whose interests might have
BET u il ured by our seizure of Odessa. When the
Government found they could not invade the Crmea
before the month of Septeuber why had they not
def RED that expedition until the following spring,
and got our troops comfortably winteret IN Ofessa
Or WHY bad they not a, all events with their splendid
feet blockaded that great entire of the enenys re.
sources Bat they had resolved on nysdng the Cri.
NEE. Now With refe 10 that resolution he wished
10 read few extracts from the letters OF ayoung 9TH
| Ger no more and whose father had come
70 him Sir +. Il. Ly ton and said TO him through his
srs that he would have proudly given his cons life for
the service OF his country but that he held him 10 have
been murdered by the neglect OF Government That
Young had been seasoned soldier Injured 10 &C
tive service and bad belonged to n =, band OF heroes
sIecia ~ famous even IN the annals OF British war
fare-the Welsh Fuseers. On the 18th April last the
Duke of Newc astle had stated that there had
been army so amply supplied, as our army in the
East lih Lecessares and even luxurles but on the
sd of the same month"; the young oitcer to whom he
bad referred had written from GspOli 10 the effect
that there in the neig hborhood of thu British
AMY 20 900 French troops, better equipped and pro-
ylded for III every respect than ours and furnished
with ules while cur men had 10 buy mules Tor them
selves and could lot DO on the spot, AZ all the
! rtul.s had Nv hnu n hy A..