New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-28

month has been marked BY the sts,av erc,.s.s ',
the Emperor Of Rusria down this de-lsiy a. ~ "
faith, Of Aggression Of bloodshed OF dssss II 49,
lafiop, arc at last Of death. which tsrnius,.s ~
spelling history. Yet At every step his oge a., -
brought about his chast'sement and the o.hs- IA
Of Europe hsve been accused OF too MI "a f,-h..'
srce in their eagerpess 10 avert some Of the ie,lor.E
coBsequt Of this struggle. He WAS s.o "A 49,
frequently, snd emphaiically, that If be psrs;.tss
tbs course. aud he failed TO control tn u ud,n;
pIiGe which gave perhlci0us import % hs ,n.nss
sectors, he wculc fall uojer the ban OF Earoo,, -
Il is impossible 10 doubt that the agonizns ssasa -
humiia'icn ard Iemorse AZ the lOss Of al he Ii
reason To prize bss Tea mirate his life. l, Is oas -
the most sclemn and forcible examples Of he 4.
which links human grsafiess 10 humn frs-l.y, a.
throughout sll future tine the reign OF NicholuN
Russis will be rememb. rcd Us an instance Of ths mn
cradle eTcifg Of 3 career which has been sscri6cs,
10 b.. and destructive PARSONS, when il misd, nav
been Prolonged IN peace good fame, and Homer
From whatsoever Nicholas received bis fe,rhs
task re bss Gone it with negligent band, sud mre
ever sisbd forth, even IN Russian annals, - tbs en-
qutror, oppressor and oistw Der Of na0ns. As sseh
II is eossoe not 20 receive the tdings OF his cs,
viii not say with svulgar and thou hu,ss en-
erttniaiiop but with sense of mon,entsry relief "a
dawn of hope Never indeed. since the bs ,iaaa,
OF ibis century was the aspec OF Europe so,u,
more disheaiienirg, than yesterday morning. New.
were the topes Of mankind more fang bsk on q ;
Seep sense Of righteous cause, and OF srony No.
luton 10 deferd it at all hazards. Now. at let.t y
know ttat oue stubborn sll is broken aud Que nea,
word of evil Vaccinations gone from ouI f'm,rsu
II do,rg schemes OF Peter TIE Crest ed the L.
rioJs visions of Cstharine may still plague the card
the Traditions OF coDques, may till ne cherished q,
the promises OF superstition be believed by slls,
yoaios yet a. less: one terrible presence ons sctrs
mischief rHltus iRstaHtts fyrdFht II mercraly we.
Drawn from u.s. and ns;iols are permitted oncs noss
10 biesihe nee.
Tttre something por.entous in tho spa0'sc'.d
ct man ho Gicg so large portion OF tee ga Woh
src s;il extending his ccuquests, stdl s,fe'chagk
po,icy at the see of sixty and after reign o. iadi
Sea,s Cfeat Conductors have commonly been q.
short either By the stroke Of disease, or the hana
sn a. ssssin or the fickleness OF fortune q nue.
eGrlitr sge ard Il seemed something reserved Tor ks
ctriury 10 SEE ore continually spreadng tue msshs
of a subtle policy and an iron doninion siisr sg
nicer for & hole generation. Bat man n " bic lir
It's Flesh snd blood are not equal u the gras2a
ambition ard the scope Of the mind. BS thu c)aeU.
rspt Testimony Of sll who have known the Enpecs
Nicholas he was such msn as the ancients msgoi6sa
into den igud-beIcuean IN his very frdms. ofu,
common stature, beauty sud grace, born 20 be akix
Of Inen-such one "a our own william tue ca
uutror or even As Chstlemagne Nothiog this wods
car supuly for itself CT borrOg from t1e ssn va
wsnt;rg 10 feed bis ambition, TO ex4lt his gsnlus,,
assist his uuderiakrss. From the beg'pning ON
rtigp be slowed that he Inherited and grdspsc, a.
ere possession, all the accumulated hopes and III
souA II bis dynasty. Secure as be Few fronr
Wet he prepared at once Tor the conquest Of IL
Fast One check after another only tang ht hunt
I,y de.uer the foundation of dominion, but fJr th
ytals he has FEVER c6esed, above ground Or uadr. \
croutd 10 push his scheme Of uu!versai empr.
HE race, however, wns with time, and when b
End lie own life ebbicg apace, at the approach
81 eccch which for ages bad been desi2na'et fr 10 \
triufuh tf the Cross over the Crescent OF Cjaslx
IL opie he could DO longer restrain himself III
broEe loose as river from US banks Tor me conqus
ef tie vorc We do but anticipate the ca n jais
mert of pos.erity when We describe the par'i,u'Gr
v hieh teean this unhappy war by ssylpg, that Ni
nero rrt;eIse. and in open contempt for the lsri
rstiors, the Emperor invaded, spoiled, AMI selzeih
t,uitoy of neighbor and not only Jasaded,@
con relIeG the Interference of the Western Pown
Who otherwise would have had, in their turn, to iga
hsrce battle nearer home.
For ttese two years all Europe has bebei wiihs
c,easirg establishment bow one man. assamiugn
c,ero'sI ell the attributes of abs Jue power o..
te1tloie, having himself alone to rely nponi cs-
maintain thst single handed struggle assins' w1i
Of stat .mtn, dipoGsatists, generals and sdmirsi
rePIeseLtTg all The art and science Oh tas cyllet
ytrld. Collecting continually fresh deterqinsb.
and ycor from each phase OF the struggleyye pn'
ytkirg still deeper phaanx and sill, wider circlsd /
foes he stood at last in a position Of which Anf |
too II UGH TO say that rs regards either side, anar
respects eiiher the questions at issue or the trsu
co.'s ornaments employed, the world hiss not sa \
II ike before or anything near 10 II. Bat thes
in the famous statue Of his crest ancestor, havingw
mounted the cizzy hight, he stood with the ,recPs
btftre him.
At this Last passage OF his fortunes We have seen ~
Gar ever risiDg with the occasion; defending |
pecy prote sting sgsinst that of his foes, opening
citations FL hting az once with words aud With arms,
weighing phrases and organizing measures. We
have Just seen bin stamp, az it were, Oh the gouat
az call new armies from its surface. We have *ea
him ann the whole Empire. We have seen hin esn
N otion the whole Of his million armed men towndns
soutb, Greeting routes, and preparing msgszasr
tie extremity of his empire; we hsve seen hin kri
two SEES 10 battle, and sven il is ssid prepare In
self to follow; we have seen him pledge n me se
utmost the credit of his empire to Obtain the nscs
ssry ,eeources: tfeie is not an act OF GovorhnE
or of conquest that we have not seen him pefSr
on The direst emergency and the vn,est scss
Seriously meI8ced along many thousand miles
iIoI tier by land and by sea, the enemy WITH
tourd Of his capital, with his fortresses beesguts
or actually destroyed, bis commerce shut up, hf
merchants ruined, he nevertheless, with hs ou
vast intellect, directed the whole war. AID msia.ne
the resistance of that one Igis. as 1t we're, egsD
inBumerab!e dangers. There never was The -
nay, We hope there never will be-of such ~ ~
Insn'ine frame az to stand this superbumsn ts4k.
this fel Get struggle, ard this darkest hour " 70
peror Nicholas still tishteLiDg his grasp, stll S4
irg lis ken, still WELDING more gigantic wsYoa
si csliI Lender to bi, va.sas, and rising hekrb
his tore ct the fullest Tension of mis- heart mns, ~
soLl ard every sense preternsturally quckaN
the last, hos suddenly succuUbed TO the lev ~ ii
tslty snapped at full beni fallen at full fg r. III
Ike that most formidable foe Of his house, No. NJ
representative, by strange chance, he has ~
once mere invading his coil
Left name at which the world grew pale a
tn nj a moral OYa adj f.le