Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-10-23
LORD pALMERST0N ON The FALL OF Sc
RASTOpOI

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lrcss to Lord Pnilncrsto, his return to Isis se'
al Broadlands in that vicinity. He was uccolnpn
MED bv Lady Palmcrston and the Hon. Miss Sulli
van.
Lord Pnlmereton, who spoke from his carriage nj
ter thnnk the authorities for his iatteriu. rcccp
ton, said:
The occasion which has assembled liz together Il
exchange mutual congratulations is one, doubt
f the most remarkable and important which In
hnun- ned i'll late and recent iilcl mean the cap
,urr rf Srbastop"l. cloud chcers.l
~. have been told by the commander of the Rus
si,n ornv that in cvacuntng the town of Sehasl"p"
he left nothing 10 the allies but bo""-stained ruins
nnL M d,uit a. far rs depended upon him, 1t wa
hi. int,niou to leave nothing else tn the rc.nrinn
enemy But although III retiring, he destroyed exc
rvtIi,, tlut could be burned within the time allow
ed for his remaining stay ~. We H'om ,' WIFI Wv
stained ruin. no less than 900 pieces OF cnnnon M
| immense quantity of powder, an enormous amour
of cannon balls and shells, nnd mhtrrals oil rnri"n
kind. necessary for the prosecution "i war 'iitar
Well rrntlcncu whit does that teach lis on rc!lcc
| ton
Why was that vast accumulation Of warlikc mate
rial made more than could have been required l"r In
| most prolonged defence of The place w WY was
thut elements were there accumulated for supplyi:
great armies and for furnishing great fleets 1! why
il was BECAUSE they felt that in Scbasopol was IN
stronghold OF their power in lis East-that from tina
centre Ia rndiatc that intense and extensive pow
| rr which to lead them 10 the conquest Of Con
stlntiunpr. and 10 lead them from that centre OF EN-
pirc To sway the desncs ri Europe. tGrcat cheer
IngJ Well, then, gcntIcnen that think affords
satisfactory proof of the sound Judgment which wa
exercised 10y her Mnjcsty's government in directing
against Sebastopol the great power II" army anC
navy in the Black Sea. tilenr hear
There were ihose-and some Of them no NEAR
Judges either of international of military and navu
anirs-thcrc were some, say, who thou ht that W,
ought 10 have sent our armies 10 the continent, I,
sc"ur the PrIncipnies, invade BcssarGhIa, aud pur
suc the vanqusIrd aud retrralin. Russian armies
Tor vanIulshcd md retreaH. they must nave been
il armies had landed and attacked them checrS
-thrOug h the stcppcs ana great wilderness OF South
! crn Russia. Why, II We had done So what practical
result should we have achieved equal To what W.
have accomplished i'll the capture Ut Srbastopo
True, if we had adopted that course We should have
defeated army after army but nrny after army would
nave been rcplenshcd by the successive hordcS is
suing from the north, and ut last We should have
found nuthlng but vast and extensive plains, from
which should have been compelled ultimately Ia
retire without having in our hands the pledge of iu.
tire security. tChccrs.I
We'll, then, gentlemen, We have heard much Of the
siege oi Scbnstop"l aud Of the gallant defence OF tho
garrison which held that town. and yet may he per-
Iuiticd to say that III the proper SENSE OF the word.
tho" has been no siege at all, and that S.bast"po.
hi- not been defended 10y any garrison Why, Il gar
ris"n means Il comparatively small military force,
which, shut up within the walls nj town fortress
defends Itself against vastly superior army. siege
means an operation which il conducted 10y n superior
force investing such fortress cutting of il co!nnu
ncann with the rear, and by approaches which are
familiar To military men, ut last making breach IN
the decuces, and then, by bringing superior numbers
against the inferior amount Of the garrison, uverwhrn-
g them, rs must be the cascin 50 unequal astruggIe
| iChcers
Bat that which has happened in the Crnca has
been transaction oi totally different kind. Tie nj
lied armies Tor long twelve month has not been be-
-ieging n single town, attacking. single garrison,
but it has been fighting the entire military forces of
| the Russian empire. cloud chccrs.l We have been
cnnteudng not merely with army in the Crimea
equal. and SOMETIMES SUPERIOR IN our own numbers,
but with the entire military resources Of that
| military emprc-an empire which devUtes great
part of its to the maintenance OF an enormous
standing arlny-Gn army which they cnil million of
men, hut which may bo set down at GDO,OD0 Dr even
ShI.0 900 NELL
Well, Gentlemen, ainos: the whole or the greater
portion al that force set free, from the Baltic
To the Euxl'l by the ncutra! position of those pow
ers which border III" European frontier OF Russia.
Hear hca) Russia had nothing Ia fear from either
Austria Prussia car:j she was therefore N IL
berty to send down the Crmea and defend Sebas-
tnpul. and drive armies a. she vaIny boosted
shr could do, into the sen ilear, hear.l She had
nothing prevent her sending division after division
--ar;ny after arnlv-II .arr-uns Poland. and ilir
garrison al 81. P,cr bu!--Iu fact every man whom
She could manage IT, i"c ii :" d!etan. place. tlrur
hcnr. Sh. a! 10 danger "n her frontier IL prevent
h,r r.iu;,.rcn. The CrImcau army and r"placM. with
NV lrv!s, the LOSSES she had sustained III battle
| tll"nrl
-ay.,hcrci,.rc ha; omrnrmy has no, conducted whit
i commonly called sc.c-rl it !lus not CONC Urr.
WIN. j. properly called garrison, hu: that We have
been g;lilng in The Crn,-a battle a-as, III" whole
! military RESOURCES of hu>-u. tI. Hrilrs ri Russia
| being cu'rcnrh.d in u position strong beyond i'ea-
sure hv nature, siren iiirncd by nj! the OF
urt an all The col!r!vaHc.s Of s.l amd sr!rarr. ana
that in taat twelve months s;ruGg. deeds 81" vnur
have been pcglufInv'! by ru"ps-by the Br!t.-
aud French troups-,!.cds %; h'r"sn winch will live
N the memory Of liz. latest ir,"'ii., and i"rh viii
10 nInnn! honor t" the people Of the two countries
/! Loud cE.crs.)
We'll, gentlemen, every war is doubt Il calamity,
! but the rnirSc "f the present war has brought us
| evils lIttc HON" Ia the people ri this country H. |
possib consistently with III. nn'ure OF things. |
Our enemy ms seer hi, nr,ena,- III ia" Baltic nni
iIs aIi blazing 10 The sky. tllcar cHc.l Our cIc-
my has seen that -srent fleet, nearly twemIy-cht or
ihirty sall :" he line, for which the rcrcnGcs OF the
country were .Iuamdrrcd, and for which crews were
conscrbcl-hid tu make those crews efficient they |
taught curing the icy rgors OF winter tn mount
fictitious masl erected III their barrack yard, and {"
| inagin: they climbing up tie rigging Of the |
| ll:ct-la nu-h-ihcv have seen that feet cn"pcd NJ |
! .nouiminu>ly its harh"rs and ia docks, not DIR
ms 10 face tn, allied squu!rnns, which. inflow me I"
say, never were superior III numbers t" " Russians,
however snperlrm other Respects on which v!rtory |
depends. tChers.)
| They have III The modification oi seeing tim: nil
that expenditure nnd trouble irnitlcss when the
moment came inwhici fleet might be Useful
| They have srrl Il the Baltic the humiliation attend
ing that state of hngs They have had their COM
m"rcc crippled All greatly reduced. In the Black
Sea they have set fleet which not long ~" proudly
| swucgcrcd over = waves al the EuN!nc. nnl WHOSE
most glorious achievement was the most GnrbarouS !
outrage of Sn"pe tr"niral cheers they have seen
thu fleet, not cap1rei! III All open hattIc or yielding
after brave rcss lnce Ia superior iprcc az hniaGO-
ui,t- but sinking .uler the hand of ltS own COM
inunder and eavn, nothing hut the i"pml>,s stick
lng out Of the wats marks Of the degraialIon to
| which they have bon Injected. iChccrs.l
They have seen ms great arscnai-thi vast clpi-
tai OF winch they ne proud, but of which they |
were chary that pryiug stranger was ever allow
ed iu enter lis wall. that the only En-Iishman
that has ever gwen account Oi II WAS culnpr!!cd
Ia find his way with. its gates disguised peasant
and covered over III cart full of hay-tn lau@hl--
they have seen, sa, this great arsenal, which they
so studlousy Kept III the eyes {" Jealous strangers
exposed not 10 the ces hut to the possession Of MI
enemy, after having vainy cnleavored for twelve
| months to defend It. 'Clrers)
We'll, then gcmteinn. trust and hope that cause
which has been 81 nby supported-a cause which Is
SD noDy defended must prosper in the cnd Us It has
prospcred in the beg ming. We RrG presenting I"
the world one ol the irhcst spccaclcs which II II
possible for nations to xhibt (Checrs Here are the
two greatest nations o the world say il without
yap,y and without e:lgyeraton, but without one
particle nj dminution-l say the English and rrencii
nations which stand nj the head of everything thai
dirnics human NATURE cheers Are presenting 10
the world the nobest possible spectacle ct two great
peopIe casting into the slade of oblivion all their tor
iucr icalnuses, rralsh - and extinct hnn"siti"-,
uniting for purpose geernS and. far any Snr-
did motives are concrrnd utterly d,n,ercs'ed, look
in- Tor trnmprry prot gain territorial or other
wise for themselves. buseckng simply Ia establish
for themselves the libercs OF the w"rl' in when
they are 81 deeply inierted, on solid and pcr'nn'
nen foundation making a.t sacrifices. not wnnton,
" for abstract principles, but from sound political
| view and consideration OF things.
| say these two nations present the nolest specta'
| II, he hn. cyp
day exhibited. CHEERS. For We have seen great
combinations made for Purposes OF conquest but u
combination for rurp"s. like this, 80 honorable to
the two, has seldom il cv.r been witnessed in hsto-