Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-02-09

ignorance and ~ferocity of the Gcths with the
subtle vigilance and treachery of the Italians
With the exception Of its military features, the
Government of Russia by Alexander resembled
strongly the government OF South America oy
Spain. 1t is evident that the Emperor Alex
ander was possessed Of but a very moderate In
%tellect; he appears always to have taken MS
character from his advisers, and never TO nave
exercised any mental ascendancy over them
The empire of Russia combines IN ltsei1 Such
a mass OF heterogeneous materlalS-oi people
Of opposite characters and temPera'nen''' ana
whose views and interests are rendered so dla-
metrically opposite TO each other, ny the ali-
ferepces Of climate and of local circumstances,
that its ACKNOWLEDGMENT by revolution, or by To-
reign attack, is inevitable. The march oil con-
quest, with the exception Of the fall o, the ko-
man empire, has always been from South 10
North From the Tiber, Rome extended her
arms to the Vistula and Borrysthenes.
The legitimate successor 10 the throne OF
Russia, is Constantine, the late Emperor's eld-
est brother; but a question has been agitated
as to the succession of the younger brother, Nj
cholas. The next In age to Alexander, and con-
seouently the next in succession TO the throne,
is Constantine. He was born on the 9th May,
| 1879, and was christcned Constantine by his
grandmother, the celebrated Catherine, in an
ticipation Of her intended conquest OF Constan-
%tinople. So sanguine was the Empress OF &C
curing the dominion Of Turkey, that she oaus-
ed medals to be struck, with the head OF the Ju-
veniIe Constantine, aad the motto-"Constan-
tine, King Of the Greeks" This Prince is uni
formly represented as a man Of ardent passions,
impetuous temper, of an Unsuitable ambition,
and enthusiastically devoted TO arms His edu-
cation has been totally military, and ii appears
that he is one Of the most merciless and rigid
of all the Russian disciplinarians. He COM
menced his military n~ovitiate under Suwarrow,
in his singular campaign of 1899, and was then
sent to Join the army OF the Archduke Charles
in Italy. in 1900; but the defeat of the Russian
fcrces in Switzerland altered Constantine's de-
stination, and he remained unemployed until
1902. when he visited Vienna, and was appoint
ed by the Emperor Francis 10 the honorary
command of a regiment OF Huzzars. We hear
nothing of him until 1905, when, after the an
initiation of the Austrian army, at Ulm, by the
Emperor Napoleon, We find him in command
fone Of the Russian corps, marching TO the
relief of Austria. This Russian reinforcement
enabled the Allies to fight the battle of Auster-
lilz, in which ii is said that Constantine, at the
head Of the Russian Guards exhibited proofs
of the most determined bravery. When the
Emperor Alexander Joined the Russian army
before Dire sden, we find Constantine in the
command of one of the corps oil the army, and
he participated in the campaign, and finally en-
tered Paris with the Allies in 1874. When A.
lexander came over to England, his brother
Constantine was dispatched upon important al
A.. - c.. D,,o,eb,r,h md W. after wards find
him at the Congress of 1ienna in the ensuing
wear. Finally, after the overthrow OF the En-
peror Napoleon in 1915, Constantine was APP
pointed Viceroy Of Russian Poland, and Com
mander of the Polish forces, in which command
he continued to the death Of his royal mother.
Constantine is said to be destitute Of the softer
and more valuable features of civil life, anG TO
be a soldier, and nothing but a soldier, and
tina, with all the ruder features of the Russian
military character. AT the age ofseventcen, he
married the sister Of the Prince Of Saxe-Co-
burg, and ii was the subject Of surprize and RI
dicule, that at FIVE O'Clock the next morning, he
was, as usual, on the parade, experimenting
the drill and exercise Of his regiment. In A.
pril, 1920, he was divorced from this lady, and
married the Princess Of Lowicz; but this lady
no, being of blood royal, by a decree of the Sc
nate, In the nature ol dc eIpoi JHtto law, Ills
children were, by anticipation, declared to be
Legitimate; fortunately, however, both of Con-
stantinc's marriages were unproductive OF Is
sue The Emperor Alexander has also left two
brothers, Nicholas and Michael; and two Sis
ter,, Mary, the Grand Duchess of Saxe-Wei-
mar, and Ann, Princess Of Orange. Nicholas
was born in the year 1896, and is consequently
seventeen years younger than his brother Con-
~stantine. His education aud pursuits have been
entirely pacific. He has made the tour OF many
Of the principal States Of Europe, and visited
England in the company Of his brother Michael.
A general idea has prevailed throughout the
Continent, that Constantine has been deprived
by the Emperor Alexander and the Russian Sc
nate of his right to the succession OF the throne,
and that his brother Nicholas has been declared
the heir expectant. A singular confirmation Of
this idea appears in the Prussian Court Calen-
dar, which gives the name Of Nicholas as "the
heir to the throne" Considering that the
Court Calendars Of the Continent are published
in fact by the Governments, this insertion is
at leas, very singular II connection with this
intelligence, i, has been stated by a daily print,
THAT in 1920 Constantine was detected In a
conspiracy to murder his brother; that the plan
being defeated, he was pardoned, and nothing
was allowed to transpire of this delestable pro-
iect, except a short notice in the Russian Ga
zctte Of a disaffection watch had appeared in a
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