CHAP. IX.
Thoughtful men, whether soldiers or not, saw the danger of heedless disclosures well fitted to advantage the enemy—saw, moreover, the mischief of a great public outcry, with its offspring of random impeachments in the midst of an arduous war, and some of these observers were led to speak harshly of the 'Times' correspondent; but perhaps, if they had striven to analyse the grounds of their judgment, they would have found that the cause of their anger lay not so much in the purport of Mr Russell's accounts, but rather in the violent use which they saw being made of his statements by writers and speakers at home.
III.
Intensity of roused in England. The Suffering endured by our troops was an evil that might well be expected to provoke the wholesome wrath of a nation; for, although of course armies before had suffered and perished when coerced or trampled down by defeat, here was one that lay suffering and perishing in the arms of Victory.[1] Our people at home before long were in the agonies of pity and anger. If forgetful for a moment of Distance and Time, both writers and speakers might think they could help our dying troops on the Chersonese by appeals addressed to the rulers;[2] but, whether
