Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-12-07

! IL advised the Senator that the Emperor was
obliged to leave before his arrival, and begged
to see him at the review. The Senator and his
friend proceeded on to the ground, was met by
the Emperor and greeted with most cordial
shake of the hand.
81 understand" says the Emperor, 4" that you
have been travelling through my Empire"
81 came from Odessa" said Mr. ID.
"Then you have been at Constantinople," said
the Emperor.
81 have" said the Senator.
81 understand they are talking about war
down there" said Nicholas, jocosey.
"They are So" said Mr.. d.
SWELL" said Nicholas, "do they really think
there is TO be war;"
"They think, in that matter, very much de-
lpends upon YOURSELF" said ID.
60" said the Emperor, 81 am man of peace y
and the conversation turned upon the duties OF
the day.
Three hundred and fifty thousand troops, the
largest standing army in the world, then passed
in review and in open order before the Emperor
of all the Russians and his distinguished guest,
q sight that few Americans ever beheld.
In the course Of the day and the desultory
conversation which followed the Emperor more
than once took occasion to say that he consider
ed there were but two proper governments on
earth,-the one where all the people ruled, and
the other where only one ruled-the American
and the Russian Governments-the other pow
ers were n,ongrelS, and were destined to be alb
sorbed by one or the other of these "two" Gov
ernments.
From Russia Mr.. d. went to Paris, met Sena.
tor Jones, of Tennessee and by invitation Of the
American Secretary of Legation, was invited to
A., oJ tb
repaired to the Emperors quarters and found
some sixty of his Cabinet Council and head men
of the nation in waiting for an audience After
their arrival the Emperor received but two of
his own countrymen before sending for the Sem
ators. AS they marched into his presence the
balance of the guests followed, and with their
glittering court dress made dazzling array of
royalty, about the plain clad personages of our
Senatorial Republicans. The Emperor engag-
ed his American visitors in conversation about
ten minutes when he handed them over to his
talented and accomplished Queen, who enter
tanned them for one hour with great variety of
questions on political matters, and versatility of
| talent as unexpected as it was unequalled. She
dove into the young Senator in this wise:
"What do you Americans want of CubaW
Nothing" said Douglas, "only for her to be-
come lndependent,and then to maintain her sove-
reignty against foreign powers"
Then" said she, "why did you not join with
England and France in their proposition to guar
antee her independence!
because" said d., it is an American doc
trine to avoid all entangling alliances with for
eign powers"
"How long," said she, shave you Americans
adopted this doctrne!'
"Ever since she refused to join the Holy Al
lance in putting down one Of the greatest men
the world ever saw" said D.
This aluson to Napoleon I, senced the con-
versation on that subject, and after discussing
the most exciting political topics, and fully un-
yelling the Emperors views on all these subjects
by an ardent and frank expression of her own,
the Emperor suggested that the conversation
should be dropped, and the distingues Of the
realm, who had been standing all this time, caps
in hand should then have an audience.
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