Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-03-23
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With the arrival Of Earopear uewspa
pers and correspondence, details will throw
light Oh this sudden event Al present on
ly suppositions can be made. Already il
is intimated that his deaths due 10 pal
ace conspiracy. For the present, we have
not the slightest reason 10 admit the prob
ability Of such thing, albeit not ancom
mon 10 the domestic annals Of the Roman
ola Since the beginning Of the war, th,
English press often suggested, that will
The progress OF the war. dissatisfied mobiles
mRgnates and courtiers would initiate III,
uadegy Of bis father, Paul. But as W.
have several times stated, in relation L
the prosecution Of the war; Nicholas wa
the most peseeably disposed man Of tht
whole court Those who stood nearest &
him, orlof Adlerberg. Tchernicheff, Kise
JEFF, (brother Of the diPlomat) Seniawine
Dolgoroucki and many others, all belong
10 use comprehensive term, 10 the wal
party and policy Of Prince MenchikOff-
Besides, most Of them are several years Old
ef than the deceased Gar; they were hi,
trends and favorites; they have all reach
ed the limit Of their respective ambitions
and they are well well aware that new
reign brings forward new men. crovding
out the cid ones. They could have had
no earthly interest in shortening the day,
Of Nicholas. and until further explanation.
come. We shall not believe in conspiracy
Nicholas, We doubt not, came to his end il
6 natural way. -5.--t-..
OF a strong and irascible temper, and a
powerful, but infammatory, physical consti
tuition, Nicholas was subject 10 attacks o.
violen. pleurisy and inhammations Of the
liver, which more than once threatened lis
life. OF late years, Increasing flesh multi
piled the chances Of sudden and mortal at
tack. From the start, the Turkish ques
ton, with all its complications, with the
mortifying and unrelenting abuse Of his
character attending it had tendency tc
destroy a man Of such constitution SO sit
uated. he who stood as demi-god in the
eye Of Europe, before whom bowed sover
eigns, 10 be at once assailed by them, anG
treated by some With what might be called
ingrasitudei Those who knew him canno
be astoaished that bis health should fail il
The shock Of such change. During hi:
period, however, be has uniformly master,
ed bis temper. Reports from ST. Peters
burg, brought, recently. by Americans
stated that be bore all with calmness and
dignity-seldom showing any irascibiIity
This suppression of feeling may have has.
sensd bis end. Besides, his mind was in q
constant state Of tension. and bis daily Ia
Dor must have been long and severe to face
and direct the affairs Of great Empire al
war v Io 95o aaV5
In whatever way. however. Nicholas
closed bis career, the most interesting ques
ton which presents itself is how bis sue
csssor. now Alexander II, will act. Long
ago European newspapers intimated that 8
grave misunderstanding prevailed in the
Imperial family, having its source in the
complications into which Russia was precip-
itated By the VsE. It was severally rep.
resented that the present Emperor was op-
posed 10 the policy of his father, and 10
thatof party said to be headed by the
Grand Duke Constantine, his younger
brother. young man of eminent rapsci.
ties. Still, no positive facts ever confirm
ed these reports. On the contrary, as
Commander-in- Chief of the Guards, the
hereditary Grand Duke, now Emperor,
marched into LithuRnia and Poland, and
was thus 10 command, Extensively or de.
fensiEely, the great army comprising the
foHer Of the Russian forces. Ills head
quarters have been at Wilma This and
many other reasons lead us 10 suppose
that lhere will not be AZ once any depart
fure from the policy pursued BY bis father
Ths new Gar was born on the 29th of
April, 1915. and accordingly is nearly thir-
iy-seTen. If not of extraordinary abilities,
he possesses fair capacity and intellect =
II not gifted with the iron will Of his father,
and If marked By 8 certain mildness Of tenn
per, be has exhibited more than once con-
siderable energy. He has poetical and
lchivalrous turn of mind, and is Russian to
the core. Years ago, be urged the use of
the Russian language at Court, instead OF
French. As Grand Duke, he was always
kindly to any pure, genuine, Russian de-
velopement in literature and policy Some
ten years age, be insisted strongly on the
propagation Of the Russo Greek creed
among the Protestant Films. Estbonians,
and other tribes forming the peassDtry in
the Baltic provinces. .Tsgao sa1 h
Il is scarcely to be supposed that he will
make any changes among the highest dig,
nitaries Of the empire. Such things will
come by-and -by, as for some time past he
has had small court and knot Of favor
ties around him. Prominent among these
is Prince Baryatynsky. who last year dis
tinguished himselfin Asia against the Turks
and the Circasian Shamyl This prince is
a proud, naughty, ambitious Russian. He
spent great deal Of bis youth in Vienna,
and it is possible that he mar be sent lliith-
CT under some pretext-to control the ac-
ton OF the Russian Legation at the ap-
preaching conferences. .. i.- 2.
Gould il be admitted that the war, at
the start, had not the approval Of the new
Emperor, be viii feel it necessary to'prose-
cute It vigorously. unless peace, hccepia-
BE TO Russia, can be obtained In honor
Of the memory Of bis father, whom he lo' e |
devotedly. and to whom be looked with
deep Difference, he will SO act He was
a ,,s,,s -trooted h., tha daceasad Czar with