New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-26

win wcrh out ihsir legitimate resass before the eyes Of the
as,enahed world.
Eeholas may be viewed under distinct and different
sreets A. private Individual il mas, be scknowiedsed
he Is a. honorBbjs man; he is good parent and whs'
i.eonuonly ctned "A eood noheman. with all the qasl
lis yiYues anu vices belonging n the ciss AS plone
and ign, he has ever been devoid OF all noray
Twenty nine years Of unlimited power have raised n pds
TO ID pitch that he considers himself besnd surely
noihrg be dangerous than such belief IN case
Of Of secondary intellect yet armed with more taan
ordinary Iswer and force Of will repeat it. sovereign
he d. stue Of all moral principle He Acknowledges no
Svtie, be knows nothing but hi rights Standing up
bfore the world the champion Of the mOnsrchcsl and
ecnsery alive idsas he ID the last in the world to com
prh,ud Tie simple ides Of duty The doctrine that Mon
sreby tie harmony of rights derived from eudssm sad
allied to those Of third class tiers s must be wholly
ptecill e 10 sovereign who understands the system Of
Ore1 to de, po.sm alopehnse at the top, let what viii
be below Processing be The defender order and ofths
rights of property be has in fat been the n6 tor Of the
hardest blows upon them during his whole reign Making
his will his only guide. he has conhscated property regard
less Of either law or right be has imprisoned condemned
and banshed without legal proceedings his most respec
be and indeed respectful subjects and with no rea
son but that such was his will, has destroyed the
most ancient and venerable institutions lie reek'
lesfly assaled the religious ideas Of his people De-
cause tLey dpiessed rim and finally acted the part
of The very revolutionirts against whom he hurled his
snath, nas-tbeugh far from having thor sngshearssd
courage and devotion The only other example in history
of the course he has pursued be found in the action OF
the French National Convention, and yet he is the
most implaesbe enemy Of the French Revolution Thus
far he has rulsd entirely by special and exceptional laws
and pledge mysef to prove this assertion IN subsequent
article in which shall give the Ukases OF the Emperor
for period Of four years in comparison with the most vlo
lent DEGREES Of the French National Convenon-and their
striking resemblance will be evident at q glance Now
is supposed by that hr the man destined to savethe
mons1cLioa principle from s impending fate No. moth
He is but the last representative OF Aosontsm and Is
SUCH but the representative Of dying idea erepressns
but it. brutal and material FORM for is already souess
and dead Louis Napoleon may be eonsd red another rep
resenstve of the same principle but in fact he is snere
caeeure of the Russian Emperor and in the struggle be
tween these two men, the idea must breathe lis last Mich
las is brutal sometimes consistent never, mentally above
mediocrity Louis Napoleon is covetous, crafty aad
thief-the whole spirit Of devotion. self sacrifice anu
chvary has deserted their polluted ag This spirit mas
enrolled ferself under the bannero hery Ovorpowered
weak feeble she struggles on but having truth ut her side
she must eventually conquer the two great comedians who
unforu1 aey possess that material force which Liberty
wants Comedians said, for Nicholas at his court apes
Louis NV and upon the parade ground III tue Pese"o
his oops be sometimes too the laconic style oil
Nsroeon while Louis Napoleon in the naivete OF his lit
tn,fs labors to initiate Mo holas Between the two the
msrnrchical idea perish believe this most firmly
for when see the last relics Of monarchy reduced to
nohpenoss and sunk in apathy placing themselves under
the protection of Tartar parrrna or under dull sighted
sdv,nurer lost in vice and debauchery can cherish no
faith in the future Of that idea All the armies in the
word ere not powerful enough shield against single
ra Of Liberty when, sufficiently supported by her sons she
shah raise her noble head above the clouds which now hide
ler in our old Europe.
Having been led away somewhat from my subject by the
wish TO give an idea of the influence which the reign
of Nicholas has had upon Russia, have dwe perhaps
too long upon the Sovereign, and not long enough
upon the man; to atone for this l intend to give
,one anecdotes and details of his private life, as well
as some pictures of the principal personages who
surround him. in my future sketches If differ in my
opinions of this powerful Sovereign from those who
coll themselves Conservatives but who seem to me in fact
revolution ists Of the most dangerous kind think those
opinions are well founded resting they do upon my per-
sopal observations well ss upon deductions from the
worlds hiftory during the last tssnty FIVE years am
boune TO make known at the outset my political creed and
chow the public my point Of view before proceeding to the
tketehes which intend to lay before for its peru'a fit
thinks them worthy and also to give my views OF the dpo
macy of Russia which the principal source as well as the
most potent instrument Of the Fictitious power e1erted by
that empire in the current Of occidental affairs