New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-01
..,,,s. TAerc happened in it three great events
~, All ,hrSc wcrc triumphs of Freedom
,sAs IN EUROPE.

v,.ncc and England, The dissolution OF the Aber-
go. C.h;oe, and some hint induces Of dispos-
,o ,v,.r,pcscc we're the FIRST political features OF
n, isNs The Sandman movement was con-
,,,.,d thc krcruuncr of general Western cru
-, .s,inst hauphty and stubborn Russa the
rpsliSh Cabinet was shattered 10 pieces by the
A.t,crius.ram Of the Rccbuck Committee OF In
,u;ry--,hus succumbAg under popular animadyer-
.s,c ana the dcath.rattlc Of English soldiers N the
Cr;uca. who were dccimatcd by cold and hunger
Gar more than by Russian missiles. Lord ialhers-
A., next took the helm. Hc was to heal the
,n,nas of AN atrocious mismansgemcnt, and IN
MIN the parsiaus Of wsr-to-the'kn''e greeted 'n'r
nsn. Scarcely had the conferences OF vienna Dc"
cum r. show the slightest signs OF some preliminary
understanding, when, after short iniiammatory
cOAls,,y. the Emperor Nicholas died. This was on
,Ae "a Of March, in the midst of the qu1-scratch-
Inc Of the conferences and the gun-thunders in and
.ronpa Seyastopol. The enemies OF the Russian
ynr.,ror accuse his ambition as the origin of the
strife. pispassiouste history will give IN time the
vcniict upon man who, for quarter OF centu'
~. stccd foremost and supreme among the sover-
rsus OF Europe. Nicholas died as he had lived
soldier Of resistance hero, unblenchlng to the
Ia, .n5 hring death with the cold eye which
marked the man. His son and her, Alexander
ouckly assembled the throne, thus giving the lie T.
he prophecies generally spread by wiseacres re-
,cectins family or domestic revolution which wa
10 chstruct or preveNt his accession. The father
reirn was anxious and laborious, in order, as h
said 10 transmit to the son quiet and valuable IN
hertsnce. But now Russia, surrounded by a cir
rlc Of fire. isolated and nearly outlawed from the
councils of the mighty European rulers, proves
onee moro how fate takes an acrid pleasure in de-
strcvinc human schemes. The new reign in Rus
sis did not smooth the path toward peace The
conferences of Vienna being scattered to the winds,
The war plsyed on its bloody game
In England the excitement amid which the Par
Iamentary inquiry was born, Cabinet destroyed
and new one constructed, was for several months
on the increase. Meetings with their speeches.
apd like utterances of national dispeasure, burst
out on all sides of the country. seemingly great
ard thoroughly searching movement, nicknamed
Reform, was started. All the external signs OF a
MIGHTY ebullitOn seemed TO menace, in the opinion
of the unnitated terrible explosion, by which the
srstocratic class at least partially to be blown
up. But the speechmaking acted, OF course, as a
safety-yalye. through which the boiling elements
found an inoffensive outlet, and the Reform move
meni turned out q bubble. To the Baltic and
Black Seas England sent powerful fieets, IN order
IN eouuterbalance the errors of her land forces IN
the Crimes, which had thrown gloomy vail over
her former military glory and lessened her stand
inc among nations. In pOrtracted siege OF Sevas
tpol, Englands military inferiority to her French
ally became clarified fact. In 1850 no days such
A those of Balaklsya or Inkermann shOne to re-
deem the defeats of the 18th of June, the unsuc-
cessful attempt on the Redan, when the French
plucked new laurels Not establishing her sOldiery
sagacty England showed further that her two mar
fial nurseries, Ireland and Scotland no more yield
sodier-crops as of yore, the agricultural popu-
lation now diminishing continually in her realm,
under her centralizing and pseudo-Free-trade doc
trines. which have denuded Scotch highlands and
Irish valleys destroyed village industries, and ex-
patriated or starved into large cities some millions
of subjects of the class whence sprang the heroes
who have ever fought 'under the cold shade OF the
aristocracy." In her distress England resorted to
enlisting the scum of all populations in both heml-
spheres, but her attemptp proved unsuccessful. Her
mighty steamers and men-Of-war, charged with all
the results of modern science for movement and for
fight, and proudly poised on the seas north and
SOUTH sagacOusy shrked the range OF the batteries
of Cronstadt and SevastopOl; nor did the partial
bombardment of Swesborg, carried out by gun
boats, satiate the military nav OF ST. George. The
English navy, however, was successful in Its de-
scents on unarmed Shores on the weak points IN
the broad belt of the enenys defenses,-as for ex-
ample. Kertch, carrying in its train fire, sack,
rape, and desolation. Engand-taking lessons at
tine feet of the Gamaiel of crime Louis BOnaparte,
lie no longer the proud defender of the oppressed.
She complies with the bddngs OF her despOtic ally,
appauds his liberticide acts, herself prosecuting
those who escaped his dungeons. Such was the
character of 1855 in England.
The French natiOn-the French peOple-more
and more disappear in the folds OF Louis Bona
parties Imperial mantle. The dying year was his
most faithful ally aud supporter. He seems to be
more deeply rooted than ever in the exercise OF an
unlimited power. Now, as for some time during
the ascendant star Of the uncle, the nation mas
more OF less cheerfuly bartered civic liberty Tor
military glory-albeit not enthusiastic for the
s,ame of strife Nearly all its burden is carried
bA the French, and to them belong most of the
bls- od.crimsoned but dazzling aurels. The siege
OF SevasfopOl, echOing its thunders round the
world--the coronal glory of the storming OF
The Mslakoff Tower, which at once Obliged