Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-05-29
SPEECH OF LORD PALNERSroN on MOVING A
A VOTE OF THANKS To THE ARMY AND Ma

notce nave gwen, propose this House
turn Its thanks aud Ia express it, sck Judgements To-
the and eminent services performed by that portion
oi the army and which engaged the operation
OF the aud Tor the zeal aud merit the mi
lhis at home and abroad during the period that IN,
war lasted Sir twas natural that nation ON the ter
mination OF successful aud the conclusion of Al
hrst impulse TO the temples OF religious worship orc
to render thanks to that Almighty power which drecte,
| and hvoured our arms during the war, aud which ha
blessed our councils in the negotiation Tor peace Th
next duty which incumbent the country return
its thanks and 10 express s to thos,
brave and gallant men Who have, under the blessing
Providence, beenthe instruments by which our success
in war has been accomplished and the conditions of peac
have been obtained (Cheers) Ills the peculiar privilege
OF Tree people that occasions which the nation
al gratitude has he expressed they are entitled
by right to participate with the Crown in the expression
OF the national feeling In other countries which
50 fortunate in their Institutions are those honoura
Die expressions of gratitude confined Ia the Sovereign
aonc' aud ,he brave who have percd their lives
wasiei their constitutions in the services of thei
country have not the additional satisfaction u
knowing that, in conjunction with ;he approbs
ton OF the Sovereign, they receive the grateful az,
heartfelt thanks OF their country. Sir, the valu,
| OF that cooperation of the Crown and tue pcop,
is well known and cannot be exaggerated We all re
member the remarkable expression oi that gallant her,
Nelson who going into action exclaimed Now for West
minister Abbey the House of Lords" thereby aneipa
thug the cooperation OF the Crown aud of Parliament
ackno~ Judgement of the services which he might per
form IT, them ite hope OF such ard be consolation
To those who think that their lives may not b,
spared TO enable them themselves. muci
is it grateful those who anticipate being able
receive the thanks of grateful country Hear hear /
/ There never which the brave aud
OF England better deserved thanks OF their countr,
than the in which have lately been engaged Hear
hear There have IL il true been much longer in
DURATION and diversified by great events; there hav,
been in which greater battles have been fought and
IN which operations have been conducted larger scale
but there have been lev attended with results more
important loud cries of hear hear and there hay.
been none in which those qualities which, perhaps in
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noby displayed, Hear, hear There has never been a
in which brave have had better more fire.
quent opportunities at displaying that mpctuous courage
In attack and that irresistible inrepity in defence
bined with that power OF enduring prvaons and all those
other qualities which sdorn soldiers and sailors
than III the which have just terminated Cheers
When the war began in March. 1884, there sailed
from the shores of this country gallant band of about
ten thousand men, aud that time the antcipatons
the country did not think, 20 further than believing
that ;hey would proceed beyond the Notifications
OF the Dardanel"s, or DO than aid in protecting
Constantinople. Few that time mag ined that
that gallant hand would be increased in amount TO the
force which the army in the East stands Gradually
that small band sweled by fresh nstam this
country until that noble army formed which has eec
ted such great result; il ike the cloud i'm eastern
climes which. at first no longer than mans hand the
distant horizon gradually overspTead the panopy of
heaven, and bursts with power that nothing is able
resist That baud of 10000 has been multiplied by
ten tor there under the command OF the British
general in the Crmea forces amounting to no less than
100000 men; and had the war continued there would
have been still greater number OF who at its ter
minaton, would have been included among those to
whom IL i my duty the thanks OF this House
IL Is well known that that gallant army after soourn
upon the coast OF Turkey when it found that by
the ceSsiiion of the seige OF Sstria immediate
existed Tor
ion transferred in conjunction with our allies To
the coast OF the Crnea Every member OF this House reco
ect the glorious battle OF the Alma Every remen-
beis the daring inepidty with which, led by that gallant
soldier that hero, will call hm whose loss We all
lament-Lori Raglan loud cheersL the British army,
IN conjunction with allies who. side by side with
them equally shared their dangers not withstaudiug the
resistance OF the enemy carried heights which might have
been deemed improbable when held by the soldiers Who
then defended them (iear, hear Not long after that
battleaiter the hank-march had taken place and the
-risr oi S"bastopOl was bcgun-came another bait L.
equally severe, mean the battle of Inkerman. Ii is
must say, a remarkable circumstance that those
two battles following each other closely they did
should have brought 20 prominently into sight the best
qualities OF the British soldier hear) for while on the
one hand the battle Of ALMA proved that nothing could
resist the rush OF British troops, that enemy could ms
tain position however strong, against the dash Brit
i>h So the other hand the battle of Inkeran
showed that British army placed defend position
Is always able, 10y Whatever troops may be attacked and
hoSever they may be- superior in number 10y the
resolution and the steadneSs OF the British character
maintain that position against amy troops which may he
brought against IT, Cheers That defence at Inkermaun
remind, OF incident at Waterloo when AN officer
who asked the Duke OF Wellington whose position was
threatened by overpOwering OF cavalry what he
intended 10 DO, received the simple answer IL don't
to bulge from here Tonight (Iear hear Then again
there was the battle Of BatkayaA battle in which all
arms had opportunity OF distinguishing themselves
At that battle tile gallant 93d when charged by large
body OF cavalry and dsdanng the ordinary
log square aud without any Of those
raOus which infantry usually in order TO repel
the attack Of cavalry stood ia extended line and by their
steady fire repealed the attacking force (Hear hearJ
In that battle the cavalry had also the opportunity of
showing Of what British cavalry capable. The char
Of the heavy cavalry which through the Russian bat.
taion "a- one OF The most glorious achievements Of the
war, and attended with complete success. The
charge 1i the light cavalry, unfortunately successful
and the ccusa of the such that il could not
have been expected to be succesuWas Of the
heroic enterprises ever undertaken (IIear) IL
enterprise Of which the countrymen OF the brave men
Who undertook 1t vel be proud (hcar hear and
which will live in the record Of history long the
memory OF these ages shall endure. (Cheers) There
were also twO other memorable occasions which the
British army displayed it, heroic couage-I mean the
tao assaults the Redan the 18TH Of June and the
Sth OF September Those attacks we're j. true not at
tended with success and indeed it hardly possible
that they could succeed but think that fail
IN aduirng the daring courage which led those brave
TO traverse an open space Of $50 yards exposed the
murdcrOus fire OF cannon Of musketry and of eve
ything which could be used deter AN enemy from pro-
ceedng ia his attack and in spite Of III the difficulty
and dangers 10 which they were eXpOsed-dangers which
would have made any other quail-they went on,
and the survivors, while their comrades falling by
hundreds around then nOby performed their duty (heir
hear,l and entered the enemys Notifications; aud am
sure that, even though they not able maintain
than they did. Hear, hear Then again the
events Of the have brought into play those
qualities which ! think that the people Of Till
country peculiarly posses Bravery in action a quality
which do not pretend to monOpOlize it is a quality
which il shared by other nations and while are proud
Of it ourselves honor and respect it IN Others (IIear
heafJ But tbs power Of endurance the power Ol cub.
hitting to pnvauons and silent suiieng-, IT, perhaps q
quality still more 70 be admired, being perhaps less
general and that quality army has had ample OppO
tuuitie- Of displaying Al must remember the accounts
unlappily too true, Of the priyaDn- which, durug that
drcay winter Notwithstanding a the efforts which Wefc
nade y tie Government at home, aud notwithstanding
the last that large quantities Of those things which we're
es>,uta 30 tile well being aud comfort Of the troops we're
almost within their reach though, unfortunately unayaii.
BE FROM want OF arrangement perhaps necessarily iu-
cidetil 90 the first beginning Of operations upon sch
scale sud al great di-tAnccwete endured by our
brave troops At that time they called upon to per.
form duty which has seldom beiacu Az army
They bad 10 carry siege operations Of difcul,
character Asa general rule, when % large army invests
fortress however large the fortress may be- il. garrison
D. limited 10 extent and b. Wenkucss knO~n to the Lr
-i' ~ force. lti- generally matter Of scientific cacu.
latiOu 10 shat period breach may boz made aud the su
pcror attacking army place itsci 10 personal couhct eu
the inferior army within Doe towu but the siege Of Scbns
tOpoi wa Of totally different character. There iva