Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-08-01


A.. s.~.rx ssess cold psng ssIzss ones whole being
No., M. reign die syssm Of secret police was remod-
shsd and became The o.' ne. s,psS NTH
power or. engaged In is service NO hmhy IN tne snu
z r.. f Ire w.tchfu OF the government emssare
s,a ever when the Russian travels abroad this surve
TO-. el,x. him Ike shadow. Though the army OF this
re-. country had years been the special object OF in
sre.s 40 The government Nicholas perfected the immense
machine Neither pains expense were spared 10 auop1
a. s..,r,vemep,. made In military science Wherever
shev originated they without hesitation adopted and
perfected by the skin and experiments OF the orar
IN. Emperor s the military head OF two hundred and MY
shous.nd horse and ave hundred thousand Infantry.
Although the Emperor has devoted great portion OF
his he the study Of military exercises SUI he was new
or destined shine able general Indeed not one
of hs family ever displayed any high capacity for military
sciepces Nicholas never had good eye Tor Judging us
tanccs Thus during the first campaign agsins, the iu
In ISIS he sought 70 military aure by the sureness
of His e,, M matters of scige aud fertilization The Rus
nan troops surrounded the impregnabe fortress
"a the KEY the Balkan mountains Nicholas pointed ou'
the spo where the heavy ordnance was TO be posted To
omen the FIRE on the fortressand the bullets fell hall way
nom the walls. His capacity as commander has never
risen above that Of directing the various n'OS S , o.
mens combined are much for him. During the above
mentioned campaign ia Turkey, Nicholas joined tho army
commanded by fied-Aarshal Prince Wittgensten inter
opersons To this untmey interference the unhappy re-
suits OF this first campaign due The next year the
command transferred to field- Marshal Dleoseh-
The 6rst condition in accepting il that both the lm
.r;.l broth er Nicholas and Michael should remsR nj
ho and keep quiet. Nicholas grown wise by the pre-
io,. xe.r,s experience acceded TO the demand. The
snl, 4 known The army crossed the Balkan took Adr
nope and there the treaty. bearing that name was sign
al Diebitsch earned the surname OF Labakanski 1.-THE
Crosser Of the Balkan.)
Cautai punis. en which was abolished in Russia by
aha Emprss Elizabeth with the exception OF the sentences
G o-t martial restored during the reign OF the pre-
an, Car All his good qualities for good and Tor evil APP
,..,ss hen he assembled the throne. He was at nrst
- cautious in his movements, End endeavored to sur
,,n himself With honest men, possible His council
lo. AZ n afterwards appeared, we're not all honest some
~ s he,nv intriguing rascas whom he summarily dis
missed from their offices and sen'enSeu "e W 0e WI
fined in the mines OF Siberia ,,.
From the day his first ascending to the throne all MS
,honshts have been intensity and direct the power
m ch he has inherited In striving 70 attain this cruel
and NO difficulty has been great to be surmounted no
cruelty too atrocous be employed he IS the centre
soul of his government and probably does all that
an "a industry can do advance the social welfare OF
~. n,io, so Ear may be compatible with his general
, 49,, r. u have no coadlutor in this work. His
,s,ive ,endency was TO be reiorner, to give new
snd sJhnp impulse to tie nation, and TO awaken IT'S
in,eect and powers The first steps were SUCCESSFUL tne
r.,;,n saw a new light a dawning before IL. NJ
cholas proclaimed the supremacy oil the law o'e' ~
.i and his star rose and shone more brilliantly an De-
Geo The last campaigns with Turkey, Poland anu nun
rary proved TO him highly successful aud lucrative from
thess eonouests the people believed In him. ana he De
6eyed that his mission TO be the conductor OF MS
neonle into light and civilization. In Persia Greece ger
many Austria and above all, Turkey his diplomacy has
ever been active aud pre-emnenty sagaeous ana sue
css The European Of the last few years have
the influence of the Gar on the CON
tinen and have constituted hun the pillar and ground
-ork Of Autocratc government from the Nisula to the
Rhine.