Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-08-09
The Political Feeling Of tho Russian
Officers.

The Political Foc!ing Of Tho Russian
Officers.
A number Of long and very interesting
articles have recently been published in
the New York Tribune over tho sigma.
ture Of z" Pansloyist )" entitled 3" Russia
ne it is, )" evidently written by one who
hes an intimate knowledge Of Ihc sub jcct
on which he treats. In his last commu'
nicalion hc states ,lnt 10 The amy, and
especially among the officers, there is
not such an absolute worship Of dcspot.
ism as is generally believed in this
county. He thinks that the number Of
raea,ics and ilola,ors Of Czarism, at a.
ny price, is rather minority, anl that
the mos, Of them would Willingly assist
IN getting rid of it. The conspiracy Of
1921, and that of 1925, were Initiated by
the army, and most extensively sprcaI,
N it. In 1898 anl ., more than two
hundred officers Of one sing corps, were
engaged in II conspiracy. The writer
makes this suggestion, III regard to the
course taken by NICHOLAS in relation to
Turkey
"Uho kaorS wh3ihcr he present war.
Hhe Gnd qnarreisOme aii'iadc, iahen by
Me Emperor MMe IrhiM qucstiea, is
MT q Aecessay Jorced on linn ly sane
cai conspiracy or uncaS'aaSs IN The ar.
my, wbich maSt tins be hcp' LHSy same
cay or Gaoia.r, Gaa lis eaeEgy direcied
or cEpendcd in sumo oiher ch0aaci. 4
war with the Turks always has more
national character than any other war
whatever, aud is exceedingly well cacu.
ted to kinilc intensely the religious, Us
we'll as the pansavislic arlog Of the ma. q.
ton AMI Of the amy, AMI thus to curb
and subIuc its dispute! spirit. Such
reasons contributed cmincnl!y to the war
Of 1923 -
As an cviLclcc Of the liberal feeling
of the Russian officers. the Hungarian
war is ciicl as follows:
Notwithstanding tie Magyars show.
ci themselves as deadly enemies of The
slavic element and indcpcnlcn. nation.
ality a., their cause was tinted with liber.
alism, the Russian officers never missed
an occasion to show their Partially for
the cause asn;ns, which they were feht
ing, and their most decided contempt for
the Austrians. They never met socially,
never. r.fra.crnizc,l with these allies. No
Austrian officer could show his face n
mong the Russians under the penalty Of
being instantly kickcl out from any
place Of public resort fcqucntel by
them. This took place continually dur.
ing the campaign, and it was even ru.
morel that sometimes, on the battle.
fields the Russians drawn up in linc
away from the Austrians, irol, for the
sake Of fun, whole vo)lcys into them in.
stead of against tie Magyar.
The Russian officers would willingly
wish TO become the means, even the pro.
mo;ers,..o of political, nay, even of a so.
cial, internal emancipation. But they
can neither combine together into unity
Of purpose AMI Of action, nor cvon com
municate together in large numbers,
without running the greatest possible
personal dangers. They are watched
over, surrounded by spies, and any at
tempt on their part will always be
lhwarted by the treachcry of some inji.
vilual among them, or wrecked against
the imposslL!ity Of acting united. The
dawn Of emancipation will no, rise in
those quarters, but its rising may be &C.
celebrated and facilitated through their in.
reference. When that blessed hour ap.
pears on the dial Of time, their duty
will bc-and many already understand
it so-not to oppose the rising of the
peasants, of the people at large; not to
qucnch, but to extend the action Of the
purifying fire.