Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-05-29

gatitude their country (Cheers) In regarding the
great and glorious deeds of tho-e who survive IL impos
sibe not To remember with feelings Of regret those
whose services the country has been deprived We
lost many brave and gallant officer and many sbrave and
gallant IMAM. (iear, hear) Some have persisted in the
Geld oi battle Others have fallen less in the service
OF their country by the wasting effect oi disease. But
thor Who have suffered private losses must least have
the consolation OF thinking whether their gallant rcla-
uves f. IN the field battle or by wasting dseas. that
they equally entitled the gratitude aud OF
their eountrymen aud that their will equally live
m the fond and proud recollection OF England Loud
cheers We lost IN the first place that great ,nan-ior
ON account OF his noble qualities may he well be called
Lord Raglan Hear, hrsr.) lie had reached a time Of
when, without amy dispsrsgement to himself he might
have declned the active service proposed him. n.
held high and important official situations here lie had
won lis spurs in former by the side Of his great
commander and friend the Duke OF ellington lie was
OF when generally considered exempt from
active duty but, having devoted all his life the public
service he would shrink the IRON the call which
his Sovereign and his country thought proper make up
on him. lie tell sacrifice the performance his duty
iiev hear am convinced that the only ie, ling NJ.
get which crossed his mind at the last his lite
that he had the good fortune TO fall in the field f
bsttle-he dangers OF which he had often 50 brave, aud
freely cncounte-edand the consolation to breathe hi.
last IN the front of rather than in the
IN which pleased IL Provides remove him ICh,cr
We cannot sufficiently lament those other gallant generals
whom We have cst-Cathcar Gole, Strangwsys Torrens
aye. Torrens for though hc did die the Crmea he
sank under ~ounds ceiyed there (chccrsl-Aans Est
court, Sir John Campbell and other names which belong
to the same catalogue Of brave officers; but il he
satisfaction TO this families OF those that though
the Will OF Heaven they taken they died in no,
cause maintaining the honor their country and their
own dignity (Cheers) Although losses deeply
to lie depored yet upon the whole taking into cunsic
ration the great difficulties which army had To en-
counter the various battles they have fought the d.
rent services which they have been employed il can.
hr said that the number il greater than might incvita-
DIV have been expected The whole amount OF casual
ties OF all kinds in the Of the wsrhat j. To say
the whole number withdrawn from the army by death in
the field, by death in hospital by discharges under
rous circumstances. amounts To - I57. OF which the
number Killed in action vas comparatively small. do
not mean In underrae TIE value aud magnitude of those
losses At the same time when compare the dsa..
tiers of With those caatics to which all nations s
sulyoct-"ith the scourgv OF pestence for example
II must he remembered that epidemic sweeps away
far more men than those have enumerated and We may
Ice thankful that the has been concluded without
gcaer sacrifice of the lives of countymen IL said
tat ~ peace sons bury their fathers aud in father,
bury their but be impressed too much up-
ON our mind, that there caamites which sweep away
both fathers aud sons and leave Mothers widows and or
phs dcporng their loss aud reduced Indebtedness and
Povsrycaamitirs which may be often averted and iti
gated by the application OF scientific means within our
power (lirar hear) say We have 10 be thank
ul that under Divine Providence our losses have not
been greater. What has been the loss OF our enemy!
say upon authority which believe TO be good that on
the heights surrounding Sebastopol 900 Russians lie
buried beneath the SOIL and that the Russian army nom
one cause or another, loss less 500 900 men
say not with object OF e1ultaon 1t increases the
regret that the war should have been orced upon US
II may have been instrument by which the peace WAS
brought about and have reason to be thankful that in
prosecuting just and necessary successful re-
SAT- we have done so at an amount OF loss much less
than that OF our opponent Hear, hear.l In this Wal
the navy had not the opportunity which the army
had OF obtaining brilliant distinction in battle The enc
my with whom we had to contend had occupied himself
during many long and spent a large portion of h,
revenues OF his empire IN creating immense navy "a
well A. large The presence of the British
heet Was alone sufficient to deter the enemys fleet from
acting Neither in the Baltic the Black Sea have our
gallant sailors had opportunity Of encountering fac.
oiaecthe eets which the Russian Government halprrpa-
Gu nut III the Black Sea our sailors contributed
mensely to the success oi military generations Not
content with assisting 10y possible effort the opeia
tons OF thc army all know u naval brigade was cstah.
shed ON shore-bue jackets fighting the trenches With
red cotH-and nothing could the harmony of CO.
operation, except perhaps the ntrepdity with which that
ca operation vas supported. Cheers, | shoIld not
omit To mention that in the Black Sea the operations OF
our amy ~ere greatly hss ted 10y the daring exploits OF
our navy in the Sea of Azof OF that sea We had no
practical knowledge. Its dangers and dcutc. wer, in
creased 10y the want OF water in that our active
and eicprising sailors performed exploits Of the utmost
value Ia the army, and which ente them TO the thanks of
tins House (Cheers.) Sir might have extended the
sphere OF our operations in the Black Sea 10y taking vi
ger range We might have laid IN ashes Oiessa but il
vas thought most proper TO do So tCheers IL was
clt that Odessa military naval fortress and that
IT. destruction would have inflicted great misery upon
harmless and inofensive population So that that which
was made matter ofreproach against our navy for want
OF enterprise the result determination to hch we
must all look back with satisfaction. (Chees Sir IL the
Baltic III the first of operations my hon and gal
liant friend Sir {. Napier whom name not a. member of
tins House but naval commander accomplished mos,
diiiicult<nd important operation with French allies
lie found his way through the navigation that led t.
Bomarsund, and in conjunction with the land forces IT.
the shortest time leveed the fortress to the ground That
vas an exploit which did great credit to the navel skill of
non Hnd gallant friend (checrs and il wns attended
with the most important results II Iomarsuud lind not
fallen might not have been entitled 10 stimulate in tl
treaty that there should longer be Notifications or
naval establishments IN the Alaud isles That stipulation
i of great importance to the balance of power in the
North, aud for that mainly indebted 10 the xnlot
ofmy hon and gallant friend Sir c. Napier CHEERS y
Well Sir, III the succeeding campaign an exhibit not e
brilliant not less important and not less ii cu was ac
compiShed ny Admiral Dundas in the destruction of the
great arsenal OF SweaboTg Cheers.l That exploit de-
serves To receive high place in the naval record. OF this
country Hear hear 1t WAS enterprise conducted
with great skill aud with complete success aud would
have been attended with further consequences it had
not been that those engines Of which had been sun
piled would stand repeated use of them which a.
necessary aud that the too far advanced TO
send additional supply Of fleets although
those mortars ready and would have been sent but
for that advanced state OF the season. Our gallant
sailors, then, not less entitled than our gal
liant soldiers to the thanks and admiration OF their
countrymen. Cheers. Aud, with regard To them aud
with regard 10 the army, II be a source of
satisfaction to this country think that having start
ed with an army aud navy a peace establishment
this country has been able rap dig to deveopc her mil
iiay resources do not say this the praise Of this Co
that, for it is to the nation that the merit be-
long-tO the determined aud ncxiLc courage Of the pro
pie Of this country Who resolved that no efforts should be-
ertOus should be spared To carry the war with the Ut
most ygor aud success. But It Is proud fact which will
be recorded IN the history OF Europe that England having
begun the war with q small army aud comparatively
small navy, at the end Of two years of exettn nuwth
stand the waste Of war, notwithstanding the difficulties Of
the time required for placing her establishments war
footing able so rapidly to increase her naval and mill
fary force that having begun the with fore Of 100
uun men in all part OF the world yet the
had army III the Mediterranean under generals in
GLIDING tie foreign corps and the Turkish Coniir gent of
upwards Of 10000 men; and that having begun the
With fleet Of comparatively small amount We ended the
with squadron such well described by Lord
Hardnge the other day, who said that We had s,nt out
mighty naval armament. the like Of which no county
(CheersJ Sir We had at the beginning Of the
total amount Oi 22 shps aud thc eud OF the war
We had 800 loud Cheers) And Sir, when / mention
this augmentation Of our military aud naval force il 10
due those Who not employed either in political
situations or In distinguished military scfvice-t is due
10 that great bOdy Oi men who employed in the
civil service Of this county to do thcm the Justice
say that they deserve the thanks # the county
Tor the great cHcftious made b., them a. complete
the great additions both 10 the army aud navy
OF t. country lChcers Sir, that army IN the Crnca
has fcuurrd immense supplies of every article and matei.