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


Ter has been sometimes double nay treble that Of the
allies and uniformly much greater But this is say the
least doubtful there always two sides 70 such qaes
tons The probability il, We think that taking into view
famine pcstece and the sword the loss Of has been
pretty equal on both sides The population Of Russia is
nearly II not quite equal that Of Great Britain and
france combined and IL correct Ia supposng their
loss Of men equs there has bsvn nothing gained in that
respect on either side.
From the mouth Of the river Amoor 10 the port Of Arch
angel along the entire coast Of the North sea- 10 inpfe
sion has been made Russia we except the abandon
ment Of the town Of Peropaulowsky On the Russian pos
sessions in the gu Of Bothnia and Finland, no impress
sion has been made except BY bockang the mouth Of the
Baltic In the time the entire internal commerce Of
the empire remains untouched The intercourse with Per
STA is open BY the Caspian the chain Of communion
ton from extremity Of the country the other by the
Yolga and It's connecting nks, natural and artificial
remains unbroken and the heart of Russia sound
It's skin has only been scratched and its and
muscles remain intact sebastopol is not Russia will
vexng the extremites Of the empire nca mortal wound
When Napoleon undertook to humble Russia he neither
invaded the Crimea bockaded the Baltic. He marched
directly Moscow for be knew that there beat the heart
Of Russia that there and not St Petersburgh the
of the Empire and there alone resided the tuelary
genius of Russia and the Slavic race.
against Russia Ia not a war of commerce. That
power not like Great Britain dependent for Its power
and prosperity on other nations The internal trade Of
that vast empire constitutes the eblood the vital prnc
pie which gives vgor to the whole body and long
this continues to flow uninterrupted il become
inert or exhausted AS yet this trade has suffered inter
rup,ion aud has not even been disturbed From Kiakta
the borders of China to Moscow in the centre and ST.
Peersburgh at the extremity Of the empire il il of the
reach of British fleets and French armies and this
the whole interior OF Russia is much of reach
of the casualties of that of Great Britain and
France If the Gar is compelled TO loans and
CONSUMPTION France and Great Britain dare not
venture the latter she adopts the expedent of hiring
soldiers from Sardinia and enlisng them among neutral
nations
The only decided advantage gained over Russia by the
allies is the capture of one side Of Sebastopo after war
of almost two years. the loss Of three hundred
thousand brave soldiers and expenditure Of countless
millions of money To this may be opposed The capture Of
Kars the Importance Of which does appear sufficiently
understood least sought be conceived by the
British and French press Kars is by one of the
strongest places in all Asia and in the hands Of the Rus
SLAMS VIII become another Inland SeDastOpO
situated the frontier of Persia on the route of all the
from the far East Georgia. Circasa the Cas-
pan the Black sea Asia Minor and Smyrna In the hands
of great power like Russia it commands only all this
commerce. but in fact all the region the Asac side of
the Black mena6es the whole of the possessions of the
Grand Sgnior in Asia from Armenia to the Dardanelles
and the Grecan archipelago opens gate Persia and
through that the British usurpatons Hndostan The
expedition of Omar Pashn the object of which
eve Kars aud arrest the progress Of Russia in that quar-
ter has totally failed and he is shut mp in the eau
casus where if speedily reinforced and provsoned
his escape will be almost impossible If the allies really
wish to "mantain the integrity Of the Ottoman en-
pre- they had best look this in time The British
minister, Lord Redcline, twho has been the evil &c
MUS of the Mussulman IL is said, threw obstacles in
the way Of sucooring Omar Pssha, the only man
among the Turks who appears able to sustain the
tering fabric of Islansm, because be was appointed
- his present command by Grand Yyier suspected
Of being too much in the interest of France Whether this
is true cannot say; but whether true not it goes
far to indicate suspicion that Great Britain and France
have different views in that quarter in spite of the
ooraie 1t is pretty evident that Consantnople the
golden apple and that whenever the prise is to be adj
judged there will be dsoord among the three goddesses-
Britannia, France, and Turkey
The reader may perhaps Judge from this brief view Of
the condition and prospects Of the two great parties to the
present war whether II is all likely that Russia will go
step further than to negotiate" the propositions Of
the allied powers they stand before the world.
Let him ask himself whether Of the creates, empires Of
the world with its ye, unexhaused its spirit
unbroken and Its people unanimous in the conviction that
they fighting In defence Of their hresdes and the
tars viii permit the Gar such conditions
hszy IL is said the bcsrer7 10 other words whether
the Gar completely his back the London Times
ars) that be viii consent TO sacrifice all that his preds
have been aborng for centuries TO acquire II he
does may be said that the shades OF bis great ances
tors Peter Catbaue and Nicholas will point their long
fingers In scorn at their degenerate descendant
That he will negotiate much and as long as Austria
and the allies please do not doubt for II is not only
wise but usfable policy. Austria Il appears has
mted herself 10 the Anglo-French alliance in certain
tngencies and IL Is evidently the policy Of the Car
avoid forcing her into prsdcament where she viii be
Obliged to depart from her neutrality, and choose sides
with one or other Of the beligeren Besides were the
Gar peremptoriy reject these propositions the whole
blame OF the continuation OF the would be cast on
his shoulders and be like his usrous father be made
the scapegoat for all the boodshed that might follow
For pursuing this policy he Is charged with being nsu-
oere IL there anything like sincerity in modern Eu