New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-10-20

oppressive measures toward themselves OF Tic "'N'
classes pass through the Artocracy before reacnins
the others On IL the heel Of Despotm more vioenIy
pres,e, and Il there be in it, ranks some slight breath
ing Of better arirstions Czarrn strsnges al once
Al present the Autocrat restricts even the means OF
education The ukase allowing only three hundred
youth TO each Unworthy yearly we have already men
Toned Tins Is blocked from the mobiles all possibility
of receiving even halfway independent education
The obec, Of th. ukase il force the youth into the
srmv and the military drill as lees dangerous FROM
Among the military the civil officials arc aterwiru 70
he Amounted by this means despotism expee-S 70
have more mute ind doce tools though the country
should be administered BY incapable persons bul III
the long run tbeCzsr will find himself ba'ed III tnese
ex,ecfstions The iron rod Of military discipline
wounds more deepIy-and evokes silent thoughts pre-
paring however slowly, final reaction.
The Nobility OF large preserve much Oh true nao4i
feene They wish for an amelioration and veJ oiten
look for the possibility of relaxation in the prese hara
ard crushing system Of Government But tneir posi-
top Is exceptional and abnormal notwithstanding tne'e
better feengs and renders them wholly unable 70
re,nedv the evil and to be the harbinger Of better
fure Thus in their ranks the sparks OF the socaied
revolutionary fire il very often kinded but these a.
,e,,,,,s remain fritless The country's redemption
viii not Cum, quarter The Nobility for cen
turtles have contributed nightly to ensiave the people
s large TO depress the burQhor to etter the peasant
| m the soiI and 10 rivet bic bondage as sen
Tbus the Arstocracy shares with Czsrism the maledic
ton Of history Vanly will il attempt TO free se from
| the deadly embrace Of the Autocrat He drugs and
keeps II attached his destiny with the bonds OF IN
chsngsble doom. Both gnawed by the same cancer
both deyoured by the rust OF decay Both VIII
finally be called to give bloody account OF their donss
The Nobility at large already have gloomy present.
ent Of their destiny and dread both the Car and the
people of whose real confidence they deprived for
ever
Whatever the so-called liberal constitutional reform,
wished or attempted by the Nobility, may be- If ever
carried through-whch we judge to be perfect inn
possbity-,ha class will wholly resign iis var
Gus privileges 1t will put itself on an equal foot
ing with the remainder of the nation II will grant
voluntarily this that concession Of more or ess value
but that is not enough
The eo-csled liberal mobiles are no rarity in Russia
There certain party especially among the higher
Nobility or Aristocracy endowed with pure osarchcal
oppettes This party Notwithstanding external var
nsh of liberalism is as hostile and dangerous 10 the
real liberties of the nation as il Czarsm itself LIS aim
IL 10 raise a certain number Of families 10 dignity
eouivslent TO that Of the English Peers, and 10 make
them independent of the despotc will Of the Car but
10 maintain the existing oppressions toward inc rest OF
the nobility and Of the people The great iomcnters Oh
this scheme are the families OF tho srRoGoNoFFs ana
rome others, as KIsELEFF, MENscHTKoFf, &c. Inc
srRoGoNoFFs are the descendants Of wealthy mer
chants of Moscow who in the 10th century, made a
compact with ERMAK, celebrated chief OF roObers
and. through him. conquered Siberia, but have never
since that time rendered any other prominent civil or
military services TO their fatherland.
Uneatiness dissatisfaction with the existing state Of
II no aFn
the predominant feelings the breast of the greater
number of the Nobility In common with that class in
other countries, they overwhelmed with debt and
unable to keep pace with the material progress around
them which requires order intellect capital and hands
Commercial and industrial enterprise ia OF course open
ard accessible 10 the uobes Many OF them farm from
the crown the monopoly of the sale of liquors But
with rare ard very few individual exceptions trade In
dustry or manufacturer form rather costly pastlme
when INDUCED in by q nobeman aside from his other
occupations and pursuits The spirit OF caste ID likewise
: an impeachment. Finally, the nobeman cannot cope
with men for whom commercial and industrial enter
prize is the cole and exclusive aim Of life and who ex
cluded by the Nobility from other easy so;is posi-
tons and prevented by the laws from freely enjoy
ing and making In their turn ad titHm use of their
wealth look on a commercial noble a on who en-.
croaches on their ground and accordingly sin.
cerely raternize with him Seridom likewise moral
and material burden for the Nobility and all the more so
since the majority Of them possess small or reduced
fortunes Ii is an element financially ruinous and socially
menaces explosion In truth numerous mobiles revove in
their minds the idea OF giving up their estates to the
Crown for the payment OF perpetual rent Thus dis
tant clouds gather dark and heavy from all directions
around this caste.
The position Of the Nobility is to be sincerely vt!ed
They with and aspire 10. .omethng better and still are
fatally condemned TO the worst. Trey continually
placed between two fires That OF Czsrism in
full while it is loathed by the other classes. Among
the Noblemen many sincerely ashamed OF being
the scourge Of despotism and the extngusher OF light
the propsg6iors of darkness and the principal tools for
the destruction OF liberty at home and abroad.
Hall willingly andhafby fatal compulson the Nobili
~ ,harcs in the ssturnaa ofdepots still receiving the
masters fret lsshes it, humbled head Before his
tory, and the genius Of humanity and of Russia, it
stands mpeached for having with its hands worked
Gu, the moral and intellectual debasement OF the nation
The burehers the peasanty the serfs and feel in il
,herimmedsie opprcssor They feel and experience
that msyersston venely, corruption and all the most
abject impurities which siill stamp the Government
and the administration, the exclusive doing OF the
Nobility which Is the exclusive holder OF all higher and
lower Offices The real genuine people find their caste
everywhere IN the way. IL SURROUNDS tncnl as py an
insurmcuntabe wall comprising pitilessy their prac
tical everyday life well every better, lotier i'm
pulse Of the mind The Nobility have even drawn aline
Of separation in the social intercourse between them
selves and the clergy, who to certain degree form
separate class, but who account of their calling,
have approach to education not only clerical but
partly of general kind Few mobiles take orders
excepting ard then outworn soldier Ia private
day intercourse the Mobility keep the clergy rather
at bay and in turn no, beloved by the latter.
As we have already Observed the caste Of mobiles has
almost exclusive access to the existing mean: and re
sources of education the admission TO them Of other
classes is exceptional and the whole, rather acct
dental Thus the mobiles have absorbed for their
benefit ell the and rays of the civilization existing