The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-02-07
PEACE PROSPECTS.

PEACE PROSPECTS.
The following announcement by telegraph from Vienna
the London Times appears occasioncd great sensa-
kon in England
Russia accepts the allied propositions Internationally
This is authentic"
the receipt of this stocks rose hrec per cent
land this probably the object of the ielegraphic de-
psch Speculation having reaped its harvest the gov
ramen next day published despatch from the British
minister at Vienna to the following effect:
Russia agrees accept the allied proposals the basis
Iof negotiations"
That altered the case the lawyer said to the farmer
and made all the difference in the world betwxt the bulls
aud the bears The excitement great measure snbsi-
ded but il stated the funds remained steady and
long that is the the political doctors will pronounce
John Bull in prime health The funds his pulse aud
long that beats regularly it sa sign he win live
forever.
The first thing that strikes here the singular fact
the Times receives from Vienna before the gov
ernmenat least 10 conclude from the fact Of
its being the first to communicate it the public. 1t is
obvious that this must be great advantage to the editor
aud bis confidential friends admitting they inclined 10
dabble little in threpercent consols. The second is
that the knowing the Stock Exchange must be
very creduous believe Russia had accepted,
would accept the proposed rather dictated to her
the AngoFreneh alliance il they really those which
are said to have been iudscreey disclosed by the Aus
ran legation at Paris
All who hare read aud reflected on these conditions
they such could only be accepted by
quered nation Having so recently been Published in the
UROn shall not rece them here but merely observe
that taken altogether though they may furnish basis for
AZ
they will be accepted by Russia without such notifications
win radically change them into something entirely diff
fereat The knowing the Stock Exchange and the
people who iuhabt the greatest city in the world where
is to be presumed the qun,essence of intelligence is
cen,raed must think, have been somewhat creduous
in believing this despatch Of the Times and what Is more
riskng their money its authenticity But John Bull
like the great giant in story has been long accustomed
to swallowing windmills that verify believe nothing
will choke him but lump Of soft butter.
In order the better enable readers Judge
the probability that these degrading conditions flor such
they really sre viii be accepted by the Gar LET briefly
inquire what the alliance has gained and
what Russia lost in the present war that should die
tate the other accept snch In the Baltic the al
has gained possession Of Insignificant island Of
whose existence the world was before ignorant In the
Black they boast Of having taken Sebas,opo and
direct consequence conquered the Crimea although 1t
perfectly notorious that the strongest side OF that port
still in the hands Of the Russians that the allies have
foot Of territory in the Crmea bu, the spot occupied by
their troops and that the army Of Prince Gortschao is
strongly posted almost under their noses that they
have hitherto not ventured any attempt disodge
him.
In the attainment, OF these advantages which &re far
from being decisive the alliance sacrificed some two or
three hundred thousand lives, and expended sum Of
money such would exhaust the richest nation 10 he
world which depended on Its own immediate resources
and not upon drawing drafts on poseriiy The eoutinu
Of the will probably augmen, the efrasion Of
blood and certainly bring with the necessity Of nceas
ing loans and taxes both in Crea, Britain and France
Notwithstanding that ingenious contrva ncehe Crsdt
ho'ie-wbich win probably, in the end rival Laws Ia
nous Mississippi schema If we believe the loyal and or
hodox British political economists the national debt and
taxes the true Of the glory and prosperity Of
England. II so, the the merrer and congratu-
late all patriotic Englishmen "tbe impeucrablo bright
ness of the futnre,s the Times says.
On the other hand the French army In the Crmea has
certainly sustained the ancient military renown Of France
but added laures those acquired at Marengo
Wagam and Auserlitz and as TO Great Britain il Is
fortunate that she fall back Wellington and Water
loo On land she has lost ground and the gained
nothing The greatest naval armamene the world ever
saw have achieved nothing but the petty umphs Of pre-
da'ory warfare against ungarrisoned Villages unarDed
peasants and defenoeless The London Times in a
late article reproacbes the American press with denying
the successes and exsggeratng the disasters Of the British
in the Cfmea which 1t sdduces in Justification We pre-
sumo Of It's late onslaughts the American people and
government as well proof Of their hostile feelings
but in truth sueh thing The fact IL our august
parent terrible booster who perpetusy bagpiug OF
what he has done to DO and the world has an
ilnatnred pleasure in exposing such characters If the
press Of the United States has sometimes been respectfully
oetious with the astounding exploits Of the Gross and n.
Crescent in the Of Azof and the strait Tsman and the
mouth of the Bug, really believe it may be fairly as
crbed to the almost universal propensity which we have
just alluded Had not the Times vapored so ntoerably
Of having laid the northern on his back the
American press would certainly never have made itself
merry with il pompous assumptions But to resume our
clue
While Great Britain and france have been erbsustng
themselves q money and men, Russia has not escaped