New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-24
RUSSIA AS 1T is. No. LII.
J. II. y.
The Gar Nicholas,

the Russian people, as well as fact in the ma
tional existence has reached ITS zenith in the per.
son of the reienng Gar. Whatever may now be
said and wished TO the contrary by the enemies o.
light and liberty, and by conservative owls, accord
ing to all the ply steal laws Of nature, as well as
to those revealed in history, from this point OF
! elimination CzArism must begin to decline. These
decisive moments are unavoidable, and rule the
rotation of bodies and the destipies Of men
and nations. The unnatural worship of the
Imperial authority begins slowly TO die out
even now, in the breast Of mighty numbers
among all classes of the nation, and the exter.
nal glitter with which it is still surrounded, de-
ponds on the personality Of the present Car
whose successful reign for more than quarter OF,
century, has maintained and kindled the flame
| OF LOYALTY and has accustomed the masses 70 be-
lisve in his good luck and skillful craftsmanship
! The like prestige will not surround the brow OF
! his successors. The spell will vanish. No doubt
! that the cOwardce recently shown by the rest OF
Europe. or rather the infamous treachery OF its
soyer,sns. its arstocraces and conservatives, has
contributed NIGHTLY to increase the spurious
brilliancy surrounding the Car. However, he
has himself thus nearly consumed all the fuel
which the faith Of the nation can offer him as q
burnt offering The idea is exhausted by him
its extinction has begun and it Is an indsputa-
bic truth and law, that what has begun to wither
as an idea, cannot much longer sustain itself a. a
fact.
Much has been said about the external persona
appearance of Nicholas. lie is as vain glorious of
| it as any DADDY. The glance of his large,
blue sreenish, crystalli like, hmpid eyes, perces
! through and through AS with the points Of two
freezing cicles. A cold pang seizes ones whole
being on receiving their full glare.
Nicholas was not destined from his childhood to
sscend the Imperial throne but his education
was not ne elected. His mother, a sensible, hon
est. and virtuous German house wife of the rOya'
house of Wurtemburg, directed II, and that of his
Younger brother, Michael. The two elder broth
err. Alexander and Constantine, were brought up
under the care Of the Empress Catherine, and re-
ceyed from Swiss, La Harpe, the French encyc-
lopedlca superficial education, at that time in
| fashion. Among the tutors OF Nicholas was the
| celebrated economist, Storch and notions sown
by this strong mind took root in that of his youth
ul pupil, budding forth to certain degree during
| his whole lie.
The great duel between Napoleon and Russia
soon made the mechanism OF armies of the prin-
cipa pursuits of the young Grand Duke, and other
studies were rather neglected. | may observe
| here, that there is kind Of mental disease in
this family especially since the unhappy Petee
ILL.,. through rhich they aHregard IL as their roca-
ton 10 be good c0rporais All of them have
devoted and devote as much time possible to
martyrizing the soldiers with daily exercises and
all the petty maneuyers of parade But not onr
| in the whole family has ever displayed any higher
military capacity whatever. Nicholas, however
| able he may be, his father and his three
| brothers, to detect button which is not in its
! right place on the uniform of a single soldier
drawn in line with hundreds Of Others any other
aut in the equlpment-coud never measure b
his eye the reach Of gun, or the distance acco n
plished by bullet. Thus, during the first cam
psign against the Turks, in 1898, he sought 10
earn military laurels by the sureness Of his eve
in matters Of seige and ratification The Russian
troops surrounded the impregnabe fortress,
Schoumla the key to the Balkan mountains. Mich
oIas pointed out the spot where the heavy ordnance
was to he posted to open the fire on the fortress
and the bullets fell half way from the walls
His capacity as commander has never risen above
that of directing the various maneuyers of
single regiment of cavalry. The movements Of two
regiments combined are too much for him. la the
sham fights, which every year serve for his past
time, and where 80 600 men are often numerically
employed in the hottest season, with immense
cost and loss of time, the Emperor used sometimes
TO take the command of one. half Of the army,
but always TO make the most objectionable blum
ders, and to be out.maneuyered 5y his opponent.
He has even been taken prisoner with his staff at
dinner table and now taught by experience
he takes ais seat among the judges OF the camp
An able General and bad cOurtier named Nu-
rawiOf who, on one occasion thus took the j. m
peror prisoner. very soon afterward fell into dis
grace, and is no longer intrusted with any military
command. During the above mentioned cam
paign in Turkey, Nicholas joined the army, COM
manded by Field Marshal Prince Wittgensten,
interfering continually as we have been told, with
It's military operations. To this untimely inter
ference the unhappy results of this first campaign
were due. The next year the command was
transferred to Field Marshal Dybitsch. The first
condition in accepting it was, that both the
Imperial brothers, Nicholas and Michael should
remain at home, and keep quiet. Nicholas, grown
wise by the previous years experience, acceded
to the demand The results are known. The
army crossed the Balkan, took Adnanope, and
there the treaty, bearing that name, was signed.
Dybitsch earned the surname Of ZabaikaHski tine
Crosser OF the Balkan.) Since this lesson, Ncho-
las has never joined an army, nor appeared person
ally on any theatre Of war, either in Poland or in
Hungary. Now he believes himself to be great
naval commander. So much for his military
abilities.
From the peace of 1915, to the time Of his as
cending the throne in 1875, he devoted his time
almost exclusively to military exercises but was