The Sun. — 1855-01-15 (London, England)

COBURGS-; and to embolden our Cabinet to act as the Ministers, not of petty German or Belgian Courts, or of cousins in Austrian military service, but as the Ministers of England.  If there be one thing of which every sensible and upright Englishman is convinced, it is that Polish independence is at once our most prudent and our most righteous demand. Most prudent, because the present War is due to Russian absorption of Poland, without which it would never have been thought of, while innumerable and murderous future wars must result from Russian barbarism remaining triumphant over Polish Liberty and Civilisation. Most righteous, because the passive sacrifice of Poland was England's great sin at Vienna, as well as previously, and the first NAPOLEON'S great sin, when he, seeing far ahead, would have taught Russia her place in time. Moreover, no one can doubt that now is the precise time to press the demand. First, these crafty conferences at Vienna crafty on one side or on both—warn us that an extinguisher may be put any moment on all that we thought worth fighting for ; next, we have now an opportunity such us we may look for in vain again. We are at war, not hesitating about beginning one—a War the origin of which authorises us to say to its ambitious author—.We demand, as a guarantee for the future, no conquest for ourselves, no part of Russia at all ; we demand Poland for herself ; we demand what you stole before our eyes, what we ought never to have permitted you to steal, what you have used as the means of ondloss other theft; and what, therefore, we will see restored to its owners before we hush up your last villanous affair. You have no right to Poland, and we will hoist her flag ; so do as you please. Then, again, we want help. Our Ministers are running all over the Continent for mercenaries, and—we use the word advisedly wickedly ignoring the legion which a word might evoke, which would have stormed Sebastopol two months ago, and which now would make the ranks of Russia quail with worse than bayonet wounds—with the consciousness that kidnapped Poles would be dangerous comrades Let our Ministry, however, look to their places. It is high time. Here is an orator in a third-rate English borough arraigning them, and demanding a Polish Legion, iu this style— " Mr. Rossitor, in seconding'the above, attributed the whole of the bungling and mismanagement during the present campaign to these who held the reins of Government. Was the Earl of Aberdeen—who was the known friend of our bitterest enemy, the Emperor of Russia— a fit person to be at the head of the Government 2 Was Sydney Herbert, who is the son of a Russian lady, fit to be the Minister of the War Office, who had remained inactive till the war was commenced by Turkey herself, and England was obliged to help her ! The speaker then drew a melancholy picture of the state of our troops after the battle of Inkerman, and ridiculed the idea of employing foreign mercenaries when a legion of Poles, who had an interest in the cause, could be easily called around the English standard,—a noble legion who would be fighting for their fatherland."  It is well for our Cabinet and our Houses of Parliament to know that nothing disgusts the English people generally more than this same indecent postponing of Poland and Polish aid to the odious predilections of the German Court mercenaries. Nothing will wash a certain lucky little German family from inevitable suspicions of the most damaging character but a policy worthy of the Queen of England, and of the free country over which she rules, or should rule, and in which she received her education.