The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-13
KOSSUTH ON THE DEATH OF THE
CZAR

Kossuth writes to the New York Times a
Characteristic letter on the death Of the Car.
We extract few paragraphs -
Car Nicholas is dead. lie Car est mort,
rire le Car. That's the history. lie died
March 3D. the same evening his death was
known mt London, announced in Parliament,
and-in the theatres. The rich people OF
London were enjoying the performance OF
the fashionable L'etoile du Nord, and just in
the midst of the scene when the Gar Peter
the Great presents himself dead drunk, the
manager comes forward and considers 1t "hls
agreeable duty to inform the ladies and gen.
tlemen that the death of his Imperial Males-
ty, Car Nicholas, has just been officially an
nounced in Parliament" Upon this, trenen-
dous cheering and hurrahing, and capping
hands and waving handkerchiefs, ard singing
Sod Save the Queen" and "Pdrtant pour Ia
Syrie," etc.
A strange sight, forsooth! We, on our
| side, when after hot day of battle, bravely
| contested and dearly won, we found the CORY
corpse of distinguished enemy on the battle
field, mounted though our blood has been by
the battles rage, and by the JOY Of victory,
we carried him to his grave with all the hon.
ors we could bestOw; and our stern WARRIORS
who, moment before, faced all the horrors
of death with smile of contempt on their
heroic brow, marched with eyes dOwncast in
meditation, and with solemn silence, near The
bier of the fallen foe.
And here we see q community, one OF the
pretended standard bearers of Christian civil
cation, carried away to bacchantic gambos
and Franks, by JOY at the tdings of the death
of man, who, had he but died year ago
before England was yet drfted to war, would
have put the Court of England and all the
fashionable circles, in mourning for forty days
in spite Of all the msdeeds and crimes OF his
former career, in spite of the blood of Poland
and Hungary crying to high Heavens, "Mur-
der" on his name.
The young Emperor Alexander II. is not
found slow in his revelations In his first
manifesto he declares to take a solemn oath
before God, to "mdintain Russia on The high
est standard Of pOVer and glory, and 10 accom-
pliSh the inceSsam oisheS and uieVS of Peter,
Of Catherine, Of Alexander and, Of Nicholas.
Has the tarantula of personal ambition
stung the young man likewise? No! He is
but the incumbent of Muscoyte Czarism-
that's ALL
The wishes and views of Peter, Catherine,
Alexander, and Methodist Why, what does
that mean? The wishes and views of Peter,
you know from his life, and from his last will;
and you know likewise, that he caused his
own son to be murdered in prison, estimating
him incaple Of carrying out his views. The
wishes and views of Catherine are told in
those words, "ThiS is the road 10 Constan-
tnOple." Those of Alexander l., in the say
ing "COnstantinOple is the key to my own
house" and by his Tilst negotiations. Those
of Nicholas are known from his campaign of
1928; from the repeated occupation o: Moldo-
Wallacha; from his Intervention in Hungary,
Ohe foulest act in bis sangunary career,
which trust to the justice OF the Almighty,
weighed the heaviest in the balance of retri-
button to his soul;) his wishes and views are
known from the secret Seymour correspon.
dence, and from the actual war. These are
the new wishes and views which the new
Emperor swears to accomplish.
And England dreams Of peace.