Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1855-08-08

Mr. CoBDEN.--This gentleman las made
one of his fearless and eloquent speeches in
the British Parliament, in which he denoun-
ces the government for not accepting the
terms Of peace proposed BY Austria. He says
it was fatal mistake that win cost England
much blood and treasure, and end without
honor or advantage. The empire of Russia,
he believes, cannot be humbled. He says,
too, that the people are losing all confidence
in their public men, and that the events and
disasters of this war have g used up" every
political character in England. He says the
war is unpopular with the French people, and
must become more so as fresh levies of men
are called for !; ard that England has not over
80, 900 effective British bayonets in the Cri-
mea. and he adds:
when you see the Emperor of Russia is
suing his ukases, and by one stroke of his
pen ordering levy of 250, 900 men. do you
think that you can carry on a successful con-
test with him with &c, 900 men, or that you
can do without having an extraordinary levy
of troopsi i"f
In conclusion be says:
II look back with regret on the vote which
gave or the motion which changed Lord
Derby's Government. regret the result of
that motion, for it has cost the country 100
900 900 of treasure and between 20, 600 and
30,0 good lives. EHear, hear. Do not
let us, then, be frightened by the threat of a
change of Ministry; anything win be better
than allowing the country 70 go drifting on in
this war as it is doing, without any one hon
estly declaring to it the object Of the war.
Hear, hear Does anybody profess to solve
the mystery Of what the war is carried on for
Is it to take Sebastopol? If it is, you must
surround the place with 240 900 men, and
starve the garrison out. Are you prepared
to do that {? VIII you winter again in the
Crimea, which / am told is now the talk in
your camp? You had the opportunity of
making peace, but the Government rejected
the terms that were offered, You have estrang
ed the other Powers of Europe from you. and
left yourselves without any other important
ally than France. Under these circumstances
1 entreat the House to speak out its honest
conviction. / sec the danger that is before
us in the loss of confidence in public men
and only utter my own firm persuasion when
| say that look upon the noble Lords Iord
j. RusselIs) conduct as striking the heayies.
blow that has ever yet been dealt at that con-
fdence Hear, hear. As wish well to
our representative system, would earnestly
exhort every member of this House who as
pires to be statesman sedulously to shun the
course which the noble Lord, the member Tor
London has adopted in this momentoIs mat
ter"
We make one other extract, where he speaks
of the feeble mode of carrying on the war,
and of the impossibility of taking Sebastopol
on the present plan: e-4
Z. Until you invest Sebastopol, and besiege
1T according to the invariable rules of war,
there is no chance of taking it. You know
this, and set you are carrying on the war un-
der the pretence that you are fighting bat
tie for the liberties of Europe. (Hear, hear
1t is not very complimentary to tell all Eu-
rope that you are fighting for its liberties
neither do / think that the Germans the
Swedes, the Danes, the Swiss, or others, will
feel it as compliment to be told so; but if
you do act up these mighty pretensions, do
not show yourimpotence, or use threats which
you cannot carry out. l. as an advocate for
peace, tell you that / think this war might
have avoided, but share with the rest of you
the ridicule which is heaped on this country
for the boast and braggadocio which in the
end are attended by such humble perform
ances. We are like the Chinese, brandish-
ing paper shields with tigers heads on them,
sounding songs, and clustering in the face of
the world, and expecting it to be frightened at
these our warlike preparations.