220 OPERATIONS ON THE DANUBE. CHAP, obeying the English commander, and capable of [ beinj? trusted with a lart-e share of the duties required from an army in the field. Nor is this an advantage Avliich commonly lies out of our reach ; for in most of the countries of the Old World the cost of labour is much lower than in England ; and it is one of the prerogatives of the English, as indeed of all conquering nations, to be able to lead other races of men, and to impart to them its warlike fire. I'y beginning its prepara- tions at the right time, and by bringing under the orders of some of our Indian officers a fitting number of the brave men who came flocking to the war from every province of the Ottoman Em- pire, our Government might have enabled their General to take the field with an army of great strength — with an army more fit for warlike en- terprises than two armies, French and English, instructed to work side by side, and baflfled by divided command.*
- The opinions which the Duke of Newcastle entertained on
tliis subject were sound, and liis efforts to give elieet to tlicm were vigorous; hut he was tliwarted hy the curious antagonism which conimonly shows itself at the beginning of a war — the antagonism between views really warlike aud views which are o ily 'military.'
