New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-02-14

tN Atf a7-QircnE nosf UhtAN " NV NJ ''t".' 49,
whose political ssgacity or moral pecePtion VAS
TOO obtuse - discover the real nature O. the Trans
acton mt which they Are being tempted ~ nSh
Yer ccntaSe. We recorded or conviction that fhe
Government o. the Empc-nr Nicholas on whose
| Personal security this loan may almost b. coO-
sidered 70 have been made l. unstable and unsafe.
TIE perpesgation " his dynasty a century o. two
and u his own reign and stringent dsspctisni tor
i've and twenty years. sfOoi no reason ~ believe
rs security at tins date more complete than thar
.. rs elder shsc,utlsm Of Austria or prussis m
mutabic IN ls41 and couyulsed IN Is Like the
sbsolutiSns Of Austria ard Prussia that Of Russia
may in ISIS have had q toerahlo lease before it.
But we had Suod reason 70 beAcsc that in lss0 Us
duration vas commercially speaking scarce worth
A longer purchase nan the prussiSn or Austrian
absout,sns three wears ago. especis ally when we
tske into consideration the tact that Is peculiar
coustiturou and severity adrui. Of 20 mohtoatlon
ami that i must stand unyicldlng an erect up %
the hour proceeding It's nretueNao4e iau. The
very next mail BRINGS confirmation az our views
ia the shape Of the official sentence on twenty-on
sonspIratofs putl shed the tth ~ January IN al
organ of the Russian government The J9nrnA
a. s. Ps,ersb0u~s The same srtice admits the
conspiracy a-a.nst the Imperial Government 20
have been more widely spre sd. but alleges that
the Empenors PARTON was sraciously extended u
sii those who had been drawn into the pio,
through want ofrehectiou or Inadvcrtencc. Phi
vata information gives q the conspiracy al i'm
portance which 3 Russian newspaper could hardly
be- expected 90 brut ahroad, but which rs reluctant
admissions sufficiently coDhm We need hardly
hero express our repuguance 20 secret c0mbnR-
tlrn-a repugnancc perhaps uaditionaiiy arising
with Enghshmen. IS with Hangsrlans. rom prac-
teal liberty OF remembrance aud OF speech ini-
memori1ly enjoyed or rather never prevented, II
sometimes arbiuary punished. But when we re
call that no other form OF political opposition is
known in the Russian empire, We should not for
HN.- u. MI |aasN nts has
Mr. Wilberforce. Lord Grey. or Mr.. Golden could
Ia Russia have made no possible resistance - any
encr,sclment. nor attsca on any abuse, unless by
conspiung against the sovereign neal, eptomlssas
whole despotism In his person. We should re
member too, that IN Russia are hundreds OF thou
sands Of directly ard Indirectly saaried spies AID
that the expression OF opinion Is no. merely pun
ished but utterly prevented unless when inter
preied into publicity through the sentence Of the
ildge the sound OF tho cXeCutioncrs putt, OF the
clankinc Of the cOnvicts CHAINS Hence IA Russia
the habit of consplrlng does not argue the political
pusllanmty nor assassln-tke splnt which Il has
been supposed to characterize elsewhere. but IS
assumed by those bold enough TO face political
msrtyrdom. but whose protest is an attempted
blow, bccs use every other kind OF audible protest
eads equally TO the scaii0d or to the nine.
In 1875 lortuitous circumstance enabled the
Emperor Nicholas 10 subduo tho rebellion INTO
which the discomfort of his mobiles had broken ont
But the snake was only scotched. not killed, or al
least from analogous causes. hike results were re-
produced The revolutions OF lsis and 1919 gave
activity and hope 10 doubt, TO latent combinations
framed % wait patiently the opportunities o'
change of reign. IL was significant o. the times
that the Emperurs declaration Of neutrality should
have been oyertiy approved IN country where
appreciation ot the acts Of Government had Prev
ously been held Amos, as insolent liberty rs
dissent
H. .ubs.ouant dat, rrp,n afion IN int, ,rlare in
llgngary IN parted so much immnence 10 the con
spiracy on foot. and gave IL wide GA extension,
thai the danger telt % be imminent by al the
Emperors counseOrs. Ills council certainly by
majority, aud Il Is said, unanimously. gave their
advice against the proposed Intervention. Marshal
PaslNewitch and irrmoof recently restored "a
'avorl conceded in attempting 70 dissuade Nicholas
.rum his project, but Nicholas Is said 20 have re
Piled, /" have my reasons ! know what ! ain
doing words enormously atubuted N HIM on
another occasion by the Journal des DeJais. and
there is every reason 10 believe that he was al
uding To the result, OF negotiations be- had already
opened with GOrgey.
General Dembinski about this time received, as
he is known 10 have declared, propositions from
several Russian Generals, who promised, IN the
event of decisive action in Galhcia. 20 pass over
with their corps. These projects We're frustrated
by the results Of the Hungarian war, and the
police prosecuted vigorously rs researches But
IS OF conceament Our private advices intimate
hat this investigation has been unsuccessful, and
that only partial and external alilatOn had been
lrought to light This conviction is entertained
both by the Government and public Even IN the
inrlOrn hope captured belonging 10 an outer circle
~ the associatios. It IS said that dis
e9yered which the Government. has thought II pru'
lent o. ignore
Il may b. taken as an established fact, that n
sst conspiracy exists, indicative OF which only an
alarming fragment has been discovered. 10 may
ue relied on that officers OF high rank IA the army
have c0incideuty II not comparatively. exhibited
corresponding sympathlcs and u 10 certain that
- detonorativs 70 the fidelity Of the Russian army
is sOj0um IN Poland that al great Inconvenience
AID expense the period during which regiments
scd 10 be quarterrd in given districts has beer
curtaiied. The very contact Of the Russians with
the Hungarians during the last campaign, however
sdulously guarded against has given rise D. much
lad no doubt well justified suspicion on the part Of
he Russian government, and many Of Ire officers
have been known - poo2lse 20 the people they
Invading and % the captives they have made. Add
~ this that there are upward Of 2O,O0O,OOc Of pr.
.ite serls whO hate their masters, and moro than
20 600 900 Of Sorts slaves llor Ia practical
spect does the Russian serf differ from the Bra.
lillian slaye the property OF ths Emperor. and
Sho every month throughout the year rise uncOn
nectediy throughout the empire, and one has some
Tea of the volcanic nature OF the system on whose
stability the subscribers 10 the Russian loan have
pinned their faith
The detected offenders chiefly oii.cers in the
guard or civil officers u rank. Three Of the mum
Der, Timk0Yski, Luyo., end Pestscheiet belong |
- the old nobility Of the empire, ard the last u
anne taking precedence IN history u that Of the |
Romsnois But kaschkine, son Of a consplratOr |
q sled % Siberia after the revolt OF Pestel and |
Relief in ls25, seems % have played the nOst |
remarkable part in this transaction. Confronted |
With the Emperor. WHO promised lam fall pardon
be would betsy M accomPlices, kaschAhe IN |
gnznily refused sud added that he had not beer |
Inspired with the idea o; rsvenging the condemns
lon Of bIs father which was accounted one q us |
: Ores OF hs house, but BY the conviction that |
ether Nicholas nor us family we're atted 10 maze
6 IS counirys happiness. THeDty OF the conspfa |
tors we're condemned with MIN % death tleir sen |
fences were COMMITTED into hard abOr n INC slDe |
ian mines b. the Emperor. whose c.emency
cotemporary has thought ht 70 extoL We have 40 l
wish 70 undertake the nyidious task cf personal 1
& nirnadversion. even where the system IL repre- |
ssnted By lie man but Il iuJaficO1s friends vii |
attempt 10 palate the system. by setting op me
alan adorned by virtues the converse 0t as yices,
We have 10 stsrnatiys bg, T. strip on tie borrowed
I'asnes.
COuslderilg .hst ACCORDING " the words Of the
J1u5-Sql K s., PScrsbOprg the cglprits were con-
cemnec ior abuse md dsrespec,ful speech szainst
rbe sar,ed uerson Of the Efuperr-r au9 tov fake