Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-06-10

innr posters. The personal supervision
OF the troops, the fatigues of the march
and The camp constitute his summer pas
time. His mode of living is always sim.
pie; his dress, on ordinary occasions,
plain military uniform, his equIpage,
when in town, a one horse drosky. He
is accessible 10 his subjects and consta IT.
ly appears in public unattended. His
delight is, like the fabled Haroun Alr,s-
child, to visit his subjects in disguise r.nd
learn their sentiments and feelings. w non
omnibusses were first introduced in st.
Petersburg, they were voted vulgar, and
were left 10 muj,ks (serfs.) To heck
this feeling, the Gar rode in one hinls elf,
and they at once became the rage. 1t is
said tnut one night in returning frr IN the
opera, he took hack drosky, AMI drove
TO the public entrance of the Win ter Pal
ace. He told the driver to wal t and he
would send HIM down the fare o., ser.
want. "Fhat won't do said Il le fellow,
that's what all the officers tel me, and
may wait all night and lose nv money"
"Can you point out any that h ave served
you thus - said the Emperor. "To be
sure | can," was the reply. Nicholas
threw him his cloak in pledg e, and the
servant that brought him the money, Or
dered him to appear before tn Gear the
next day. The trembling Sc rf obeyed,
and those whom he pointed cnt were Sc
verelV punished for their dis honesty
On another occasion an istvostchik
(hack drosky driver) told hira he thanked
God he did not belong to ne Emperor,
for in the part of the cou ntry he cine
from, murrain had destrc ,yed the cattle,
and the crown serfs in the neighborhood
had suffered great hard ships in conse
quence; but his master lad sent to dis
lance, purchased new he rds, and supplied
all his own serfs. NicDai (for that is the
name which we transla te into Nicholas
asked his owners name, and that nigh
the nobleman was arc used from his oet
and summoned before the Emperor
: "Alas, SIRE" cried he, ''what have don,
l, u to merit your displeasnre - TO his as
II y, tonishment, he was told b,s had been sen
;, for to assume one of the chief offices O
u the empire, that of manager of the crown
i lands, The Gar told him the accoun
: g he had heard, and saying, "Treat m,
l. serls as you have treated your own,
y: 10 dismissed him to the enjoyment of hi
10 10 new dignity.
le The Emperor is worshipped by tn
o middle and lower classes, and dreaded b
The nobility. If one will study for mo
). nent the condition of Russia, he cannc
~ but admire the TACT and wisdom of tn
III man that controls that vast empire.
re French author calls the Russian form c
n' government ga despotism tempered b
K assassination" Her ruler is surrounde
's' by fierce and naughty mobiles, feuds
W princes, that have never hesitated nc
no would hesitate to use the poison or tn
knife, when it might further their amb
= tions aims. The peopleAre corrupt fro.
" 'e top to bottom. Bribery is open even i
u, the courts of justice. All, from the higl
''h oh est noble who receives costly presents
l'h wink at fraud, to the lowest policeman
~ who opens his palms and shuts his eye
mlS III when the thief !nrusts few kopecks I'M
~ his hand, arg dishonest. Are not Il
le, Cars predictions for absolute mona
'eu chy not alone sincere, but correct, whe
aa -. applied 10 people like his? Are sue
S 'lS men fit to govern themselves
.u .u The past of Russia is but day in tt
AZ az history of Europe. 1t is less than tv
''' centuries since Peter the Great ascend,
:. the throne. HE made the Russians E,
el' ropeans, os Philip made the Macedonian
w. Creeks" His success was due, not
n:s his extension of the Russian dominion
q" but to his concentration of the powers
.e' .ee government. He reduced the overgrov
I'M powers of the Boards he dsbanded Il
M Jul Strelilzes, those Jannssaries of Europ
suI !, n He founded St. Petersburg, he built shi
y: and armed and equipped powerful n
ei ue, Wy, making Russia for the first time
" .eu maratime country; he raised an effe
al a'- tive standing army; and more than a
op> he encouraged science, and introdue
ne' mechanic arts among an almos, barbara
'ne people. l72l, he was crowned Emper
NY and was the first who bore the imposi
. aoe title of "Emperor Of all the Russias."
lM' The great instrument of Russian civ
'es' es' ization was Catharne the Great, Be-
'lu' learned and warlike, she drew savans
az. her court, used every effort to advar
mna' m the diffusion of knowledge in her dom
'ne WI ions. and improved the machinery of g,
ne eminent; while she quelled insurr,
NIL, tions, and by conquest added 2lO,O
ana square miles Of fertile land to her ter
anu try. Now, Nicholas is pursuing Il
'tso course that Peter the Great marked O
az He has been as vigorous in governme
was as he was anxious TO civilize his peop
at We condemn his oppression of
''es : Poles, and his interference in the Fl,
. ., garian wIr. But while The rue-hear
soS suu American sees with grief these Two gr
's,s. ,oS. nations reduced to slavery, must he
'f''' own that if he occupied the Emperc
- position he must have taken the sa
~" INV course! The law Of self preservation
tol' the highest human law. In obedianc.