The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-17

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platform. Meantime, between Q surrender to
Seward and the maintenance Of their indie.
pendent position, let the Order in New York
prepare to decide.
The News from Eur0pc-Death Of Lord Rag
han-Austsia About to sccedo from the West-
ern Alliance.
The death Of Lord Raglan, the Commander
in Chief Of the British forces in the Crimea, is
another melancholy episode in Ne sreat drama
which is destined to bring affection and mourn.
ing into the bosom of many European family.
This gallant veteran, like his colleague, Mar
shal St. Armand, has not had the consolation OF
witnessing the coDsummation of the labors in
which their energies have been exhausted They
have 10th been swept off by disease, just at the
moment when they might have reasonably
hoped to have seen their efforts crowned with
that coveted success which would have shed
a halo around their military regulations.
To Lord Raglan this was the more impor-
tant from the severe censures with which
his conduct has been visited since he has had
the command Of the British forces in the
Crinea. Errors he is said to have committed,
and those Of an important character, 10 his di-
rection of The plans of the campaign, but we
have Jet to learn how far he was individually
responsible for them. An impartial history OF
these operations would perhaps show that both
st. Armand and Canrobert had their share in
the mistakes of judgment which led to the dis
asters for which he is so much blamed. Large
allowance, too, must be made for the excep-
tioral circumstances in which Lord Raglan vas
placed. The expedition itself was a blunder
which cannot be fairly laid to his account and
no effort was made by the British government,
until a late period Of the campaign, to remedy
its consequences. With Insufficient forces, an
unfav0rable season, a c0mmissariat i'll sup
piled, and confusion and disorganization in
every branch Of the service under his command,
it may well be questioned whether Lord Raglan
could have effected more than he did. II has
been said, and perhaps with reason, that
younger and more energetic officer might have
been found equal to the difficulties in which he
was placed. This assumption, however, re-
mains to be proved by future events Such
man has recently been appointed to the COM
nand Of the French army, and thus far his
efforts have not been attended with the
success expected from him. He has al
ready lost large numbers Of the allied troops
in desperate attempts to eclipse the SER
vices Of his predecessors, but NO commensurate
advantages have been obtained from these sac
rifces. The press In England, with that read
ness to censure unfruitful operations which
bore 60 heavily upon the gallant veteran who
is just dead, is already beginning to visit with
its structures what it calls the impetuous rash
ness of General Pellissier. In view of these
facts, in view of the disgracefnl conduct of
Lord Aberdeen's administration, which suffered
the deceased nobleman to be made the scape-
goat Of its own errors and in presence of his
chivalrous character, and many noble and gen.
erous qualities, justice should induce us to deal
gently with the reputation and mistakes of the
man, whose only fault seems to have been that
he allowed his high sense of duty to outweigh
the consciousness Of his failing powerA
Passing from this tribute Of personal justice
to the memory of brave and honorable soldier,
we have now to consider the new phase,
which, according to the last accounts, the con-
duct Of Austria is likely to give to the war IT.
SELF If we are to credit the statements of
the Vienna and Berlin correspondents of the
London journals, the Cabinet OF Vienna has
made up its mind to take no active part in the
military operations Of the Allies against Rus
sia. In the motion which Austria is about to
bring forward in the Frankfort Diet, it is stated
that, whilst she will express her deter mination
to abide by the inseparability of the Four
Points on which the treaty Of the I'd of December
is based, abe will declare that che neither feels
herself bound nor called upon to back by force
Of arms, demands which go beyond the inter-
probation which she herself has put upon them.
Hthis statement be correct, and the recent with
drawal of large amount of the Ozar's forces
from Russian Poland would seem to confir "a il,
we may regard the secession of Austria from
the quadruple alliance as virtually accom-
plished. Whether she can count up-
on the Bund to support her against the
consequences of this Independent position
is matter of doubt; Prussia seems deter
mined not to swerve from the line Of policy
which she has laid down for herself, and having
been isolated by the manGuvres of Austria
from oil share in the Vienna conferences 1t is
not probable that che will feel disposed to
strengthen or guarantee her rival in the Diet,
by the consolidation Of German interests which
the latter proposes for her own security. The
course which the Allies will pursue In the event