The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1826-03-02

tN' uNh w hlS ldtntI ; hAtitSS, PASSIONS,
folly, and illiberality, without gtcat share
OF hSredecming viriues--gooGness ofheart
and paroXysms Of remorsc, which led ,hc
'ather To make compensation for insults and
injuries.
With great truth, and, at the same time,
with much felicity 0tlangJnge. DIR. Clarke
has depicted the extraordinary whmns oi
Paul; whims which rendered il eyidont 10
all, that this Monarch was hurrying, with
rapid strides. 10 the end of his uiortal ca.
reer His caprice and his bounty gained
him some frieuds but the Same caprice
joined 10 his severity and has mstcadlness,
raised him Gp deadly foes. This was n
natural event for in his reign, the highest
ard most favored individual in the realm
might be roused from his midnight slum.
beTs, hurried OFF 10 his country estate, or e.
ven TO Siberia, without any other explana-
ton, than that the measure was By order OF
The Emperor, and thdt the Emperor mUSt be
obeyed. Even the relations and friends OF
the banished burst not show much anxiety,
or make particular inquiries, in case they
should meet with the same fate. Ministers,
Senators, Princes, Counts, aud Officers ot
ranks, with terror beheld the insecurity Of
their persons, of their families, of their pro-
perty, and OF their country, under such hor-
rid misIule. Even the bountiu acts ofthc
EmPeror's lncid intervals were held as the
strongest proofs of his incapaci,y for the 90
vernment Of great nation he severely
punished those dearest TO his bosom, and
then he made amends bv handsome pres
ent5, and the most conciIiatory conduct
Agrccably to n revelation made To him in
dream, or in n vision, Paul had built the
palace Of ST. Michael; an immense qua
triangular pile at the bottom Of tho summer
gardens, moated round, and fortified with
bastions of fgranltc; and there, Os in u forti-
fled castle, and secure from danger the
Emperor, with his family, took up his resi-
denco. His Majesty, however, seems TO
have had come prescntiment of his ap-
proaching fate; and had even ordered q
secret staircase to be constructed, which
led from ms own chambers 10 the terrace /;
but in the hour Of danger, Ire was unable 10
take advantage Of this exit. Late on the
evening ofthC Iith, or early on the morn
ing of the 18th Of March, 1901, Paul was
assailcd by band of conspirators and, al
ter undvalIing tlro1ts, succeeded by en-
treaties and promises, and a noble resis-
tance, his Majesty wds strangled by means
Zubof, whica young IIauovcTrIiafi aaila aaiSla by
other, till the victim expired. AS il they
had been attending banquet, the assassins
retired from the palace without the least
moIestation, and returned to their rcspcc-
tive homes. Mcdic,a aid was called, in the
hope ofrestoring suspended animation, but
Paul had paid the debt Of nature, and few
days afterwards his body was embalmed
by Sir James Wylic, one Of the lucky indi-
Yiduals whose fortune wrs made by his i'm
perial Masters whims.
Whether Alexander was aware Of the
intended murder Of his father, or whether
he knew Of the time fixed Tor its pcrpetra-
ton, admits of discussion but it is certain,
that, at an early hour Of the morning ofthe
18th March, his friends and his counsellora
rallied round him that the death of Paul
and the accession of Alexander, were an
nounccd at the capital at 7 O'Clock; and
that by eight, the principal nobility haC
paid their homage TO the Grand Duke, un
der his new. character, in the chapel of the
Winter Palace. The great officers ofstatC
being assembled there, Alexander was so
lemnly declared Emperorof all the Russias
AS soon as Alexander had ascended th'
| Imperial throne, like the willy Catharinc
his first care was TO g,iIi the fidelity oft tho
soldiers. Almost at the dawn Of day
mounted on charger, he presented him
to the best part Il the troops stationed Of
Pctersburgh, who were already assembled
IN the grand place in front Of the Wintcr
Palace. lis Majesty naturally bestowed
the highest cncomluns upon them, ard, IN
bis turn was delighted with their noisy tcs-
tiInouials Of satisfaction, and their OuTOS
Such conduct might appear strange totlIose
who arc aware of the tac,, that Paul, rot
witlstanding all his severity and caprice,
was beloved By the army, and that the SOL
dlcrs called that mad monarch their Oicts
or Father. Rut the individuals who iormcd
the confodcracy for the murder OF P''
| had also taken measures ~ gain Over m
guards, and other regiments stat ~ I'd
! the residence, TO the cause Of 2 %. .nude
by report, rf their own fabric a, =, or Nh
disease and tic death of their Ia q ruler an
commander.
How often do such scrns % occur in III
cal I'll Ct tho Tsars - no evening. N
whole machine of give rnrncnt of au in
mense realm Is mo" =. under the directiq
Of ono Prince; Ugii re the cock crows {
the r'orrow, the o. .ipre is governed Ivy
no'her. ing . % happened when Pet
III. was DER or d, and Catharine u. assur
cd TIE rc'is e government. Such fac
spcak, P1wc .rlully, and SHOW that prince
as weP. as peasants, live Ia world OF co
tine' ncr g.
WI .lo august ard solemn affairs occ
pied tho new Emperor, his Imporlal mot
+, or ,yas suffering the utmost anguish, a