Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-09-08

leu aSSOCliteS. Ut. THOMAS OOtt-
man, who was raised in Maryland,
but who has occasionally practiced
medicine in Louisiana, where he
still owns a plantation aud large
number of slaves, tells his own story
to The New York Herald. Ia his
rambles through Europe he found
himself quite at home, AS, indeed,
he informs us all Americans are,-|
with the Car. As there is some
thing in the English which has al
ways prevented them from getting
on well with this gentleman, il is
quite delightful to be admitted be-
hind the scenes by one who felt no
such difficulty, and appears to have
met with none. The Gar, then,
or Citizen Romanoff, as perhaps we
should call him, is a capital fellow,
quite ready to put off state with
anybody who can do a transaction
for mutual advantage. SO are all
the Romanoffs Constantine, in
particular, though not SO tall as the
others, is quite go-ahead. He looks
quite like Yankee, and in many
points of his character there is a
great similarity. Indeed, though
DIR. Cottman maintains a little pru-
deut reserve as to these points of
similarity, and the many entertain
/ ing social meetings he has had with
the family, one can easily perceive
that the Doctor aud Constantine
have been "A good deal together, GO
ing the rounds of the bars at ST
4 Petersburg and Cronstadt, drinking
sherry-cobbler and gln-sling, splitting
like gentlemen, and letting out freely
about those iarnation cowardly Brit
ishers. In the family group we
must not omit the Grand Duchess
Marie, who is a monstrous fine wo-
man, and made herself very agreea-
bic TO the doctor.
Arcades dm6o, equally ready TO
administer I" soft - sawder" and TO
take (which of them shall we
begin with ; Perhaps we should
pronounce Nicholas Romanoff most
in love with the country, the insti-
tutlonS, aud the politics of his new
friend AT all events, he comes our
the loudest. " He is exceedingly
desrous," says the Doctor, "to
cultivate the friendship Of our
country. Of which he always
"speaks IN the highest terms Of
praise Then comes something
which we think we have heard be-
fore. "There are" says Nicholas,
" but two Governments il the
" word-those of Russia and
America; and, although | have
the greatest regard for the latter,
vet know il would he impracti-
cable in my country" Now,
that's rather too bad It's saying
of Napoleou's, which the Gar has
lilched, with his usual indifference
10 the rights Of property. In hall
a century, said Napoleon 49," there
will be only two governments in
" Europe-Republican and Cos
"sack !" and, could he have read
the article before us, he would have
thought his prediction very nigh al
hand But we will proceed with
tho Cnssack rs reported by the Re
publican. "The republican form Of
government is best suited, - he adj
ded, " for the people of the United
d" States, because they are enIight-
"ened and intelligent; bul with
Russia it is entirely different, and
"the government she has is the only
zone entirely suited lo her coudi-
"tion They say, It's an IN
bird that fouls its own nest I" but,
as the Car must know a good deal
more Of his own subjects than
we do, we must permit HIM to
inform the world that they are gond
for nothing bat 10 be slaves II is
rather hard, however that the Gar
should claim 10 be equal authority
as to the rest of the world. For
example, whatever he and his friend
Collman may think of MS, We beg
TO prefer our own government to de-
spotism, aud TO believe ourselves in
no case for the latter. We think
the same Of the Turks, and, indeed
of all the other nations of Europe,
excepting only the Russian, who
may be what their master describe
them for ought we know to the
contrary. The Americans, OF
course, he entirely understands
He more than understands them.
He knows the names of the leading
men in every State by name. He
is also thoroughly "posted up
in the history Of the different par
ties. He treats every American
who enters Russia with the greatest
hospitality ; he gives them letters OF
introduction, aud employs them in
all sorts of ways, and offers no end
of inducements. Indeed, by way
Of proving his entire confidence in
the whole nation, he actually in
trusts a Louisiana doctor with an
important mission to Washington, OF
which more anon.
1t is not upon Russian institutions
that DIR. Coltman returns all these
compliments. These institutions
may be well enough for Russians,
Turks, Britlshers and niggers, but
the doctor evidently prefers for hun
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