Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-05-15

We gave yesterday the text Of the Treaty OF
Peace. We publish this morning an article from the
London Times, which attempts to create the impress
sion that some results have been accomplished by
the war. The reader may Judge for himself For
our part, we discover nothing gained by the al
lies, that is worth single cannon ball They have
the promise Of Russia not encroach upon Turkey
faster than she may find il convenienta promise
valuable as the paper it is written on, and cutie
sacred AS MuScovite regard for truth The "Thun-
derer' himself who six months ago would be con
tent with nothing short of driving the "Bsrbarians
out of Europe, doubt feels tnge of shame, when
reduced to employ his present apologetic tone. But
the Times is to extent committed to the minis
try-a ministry doomed, every English ministry
has been that waged ingiorious war and CON
cluded an Improbable peace. The best apology for
the ministry and for England itself is that the peace
has been forced upon them by selfish ally, when
they had just got warmed and prepared for a real
contest
The most important item connected with the Trea-
~ is the PRONUNCIATION. of maritime law, by
which neutral flags and neutral property-not con
traband-under enemy's flag, are to DC respect
cd, and prvateers not to be employed in any flu
ture The first portion of this new law is that
for which the United States has always contended :;
but the last-that interdictng privatecrs-s what it
never has sanctioned and probably will In
case of a war with maritime power, prvateers are
the very instruments on which should mainly re-
ly. Ii is not our policy, il is of European Co
vernments, to keep navy a war-ooting in time
OF peace. And with the inettciency and corruption
which has crept into every department of our ad-
m'nistation, and which would in all probs blity in
crease just in proportion to the enlargement of the
department, II is fortunate that we are not reduced
10 dependence the navy for salvation. The effort
made by the Naval Board to purge the navy of its
incompetents and restore its etiiciency-unjust it
may have been to some individuals, though rightly
directed-has excited such a storm of opposition
that we may it will be the last effort we shall
witness to nuse and insure efficiency in the navy,
till actual war shall have pointed the ncapableS
The pensioned class are always extremely sensitive
TO the hand of correction and you touch one
of them, but the whole hive is not thrown into an
uproar. As they have the knack Of enlisting the
sympathies of lookers-on, and of all who hope to
share in the same sort of untoiled-for emolumentS
and as IT *, moreover invidious and dsagreeabe
task TO be pryine into other peoples recepts-par-
ucuarly If no public benefit is to result; We look
upon the American navy as pretty we'll abandoned
to the dominion of favoritism, imbecity and corrup-
ton Needy politicians will keep it aioat as pre-
text for feeding their worthless sons nephews, cou-
sins and dependents at the public expense Our
trust in case OF war, will not be in such men, but
IN the hardy tarS of our commercial marine, who
have never known what furough is. They are the
characters who will vindcate rights, redress our
wrongs and maintain our supremacy ON the ocean
against all corners.
As the European Powers will probably ask the
concurrence of our Government in the new law they
have promulged, hope shall not be so blind to
our true interests as to disable right arm, by
agreeing to interdict privatcerS