The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-31

Mscioss fSss uss i sish Nschslas nor Tie M
n<st whsn bb fort t,ucAsd the step q ths throoe.
6seYn, bat NO longer hrAsc be -dsSsns, bat never
Argey inhea Ned kam Ais aeoestrs. sssmsd "a have
been est cut. rhsrs wore ayays many ~ho knew
that Il was not ~; and u late + understood bis
seh control has given way, and his temper and man
What his government q his dominioDs has been
there Il no need n descrbe. The more hopeless be
became Of doing eiectuAl good at home, the moro
be has inclined 10 she policy q Peter and Csshs-
ing system Is doomed and ,nly tx ect or desire 1t
e. last their time. He ID aware that the host Of
shver who worshtp him are NO power In bis hand,
but . mere burden. A man might e. veil be king
Ruis; and one kns % this better than Nicholas.
H. s aware that he cannot reckon on the honesty Of
., , one funssienaTy Of his whole empire. He has
invited and pensioDed savsns and man Of letters,
and institut~d schools, and t0iled h-rder than ha
own slaves, and he perceivcs that society grows no
better but rather worse. So Do ha. recourse to
scbs nts Of territorial extension; and there the
same evil folovs; bis ships are rptten. his cannun
fol nd 10 be osk b. r. and while he Is paying en,r-
nous bread biaA bis soldiers are pertaining under Q
bran and st NV diet. So $500 ta
OF bis faDatictm one does net know what - say.
His Empress turned Creek In 8 day - marry him /;
AID ttis 10 doubt seemed 70 him ali ris ht and nstu
raj. But when be wanted his daughter Olga to
marry the Archduke Stephen, hs offered that she
should turn R0mish in dsy--shouli embrace the
faith of those nuns Of Minsk who we're so very dis
pleasing 10 bis orthodoxy: u 10 probably ia his
30 disgu' ting in the history VI al churches at any
tint dominant and involved with the State.
In his family, be s NO less unhappy th N 10 other
relations. HIS faithful wife, who has borne with
ndeh from him, partly becsnse the was 10 he,p-
Ing his pa sions, and partly because hs carsid on
bis sstcDfion 10 her through all mis- va2a,ias, has
been wearing out for many dreazy year uodsr the
imposes on ali bis family. 0ns isSorts daughter Is
dead. Another is the widow Of the Due do Leucn.
tenberg; and the youngest Is Princess Royal Of
WurtembeIg. The two eldest sOns are always quar-
rliing-as 10 likely to happen II, "a is universally
understood, the younger (wh0 IL Muscogike
savage Of the N. scow partyl-striyes al In his
power to supplant his elder bfother, who i much
milder and more est,mable man, 10 the succession
70 the throne. The Cxar has till noy repressed
me too much for him. an the sandal Il fully
avosed. II the rcign Of Nicholas should come TO Z
violent end with Bis life. his may mot be tho only
royal blood shed on the occasion. ,rss Il ~
Thus has the proud man., the Emperor Of An the
among De On ok * Iii is idcis. They are IL clay;
an it Il his own iron viii Ii = has shiversd them ILL.,
Instead Of achieving territorial extension, be has s
pareDtly brought on the hour Of the iorcible dis
nAmbe imeot OF hs empire. Instead Of court gaioty
bis ldsh vanity has created only the mirth which
byeskA the heart and undermine the life. Instead
Of securing family pea by the oompressve 20 yer Of
his will he bas msde his the slaves, instead Of
himself the lord, Of their passions. Hated by hisno
bles; liked only BY those who can give him no ard,
and ret eve NO nod from him; drawn 10 BY his own
passions to sac, l6ce them In hecatombs while they
fx sbereyes on him as their only hope; txicked BY
his servants all over the ampke; disappointed in HIS
army and Ms officers; afraid 70 leave hs capital be-
cause It would be laid waste soon % his back was
turned; cursed In al directions fr the debts u hsno
bies the bankruptcy Of trade and the hunger Of his
France, Who're reprobstion could be NO indidsr.
ert mstter TO Lucifer himseh finding himself
out IN his count about Austria and about everybody
but HE deephed brothers q Pu-0a and Gas "a after
thought Naples; and actually humbied before tho
IMk-Whas position for man whose birthday
uDivtrsei Be Il rem embered the while, that he Il
broken in health and besrt he Scoops ~ II burden
cd with years; he trenhles with weaknoss because
be cannot take sufficient food. The eagle glance
has become wolflah. The proud calm Of hrs 6ns face
has given way TO an expression Of anxiety and
ness: He IL perhaps the greatest sufferer In Europe;
and let him 6e regarded accordingly. But, ~ we
need not Rsy, he h totally UNIT for the mansgement
Of human destl lea We have nothing TO do with
the Citations between himself and his SUBJECTS; bot
we must zee that he never again lays the weight Of
even bis hsle aDgcr on the estiriss Of any people
BEYOND his own proper bound4 We have done him
sumo harm in the course Of y6s, by our supinshess
and creduhty; and we uust regard ourselves, there
fore, as not unconcerned in his present abasemmt.
We must SIN NO moro In the same Wy. Having
Il rs resolve d-bsying made up minds that this
common foe shall do NO more hurt TO anybody bat
bis own subiects-we are At liberty to compassionate
freely and kindly the wretched man who hes de-
clntd into every other abyss before he reaches that
OF tile grxve.-OGtiy Nescs.