Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-03-29
THE FOREIGN NEWS.

We lay before our readers this morning the
details of the news received by the Atlantic.
The death Of the Emperor Alexander is an i'm.
portant iact-a commanding fact-one of those
controlling facts which cannot fail to exert a
marked influence on the future of one of the
since the time of Napoleon Bonaparte.
But what that influence may be, gives con.
Germ to all nations. Neither the spectators,
nor the money changers, nor the stock brokers,
nor the produce dealers, nor the cabinets Of
of Europe, seem to have any definite, distinct,
and consistent ideas as to what effect the death
of the Gear may exert. The news of his de-
cease was received with regret and conSterna-
lion by the Russian Empire; and singular TO
say the same news has been received with
jog and CONSERVATION ny the enen,ieS Of Russia
The very statement of these facts proves that
we did not commit O mistake when we re-
presented Nicholai Romanof as great histo-
rical character-a man whose colossal frame
was but an emblem of colossal power.
Since the time of Bonaparte, Europe has not
seen his equal; ard any man who will study
with any feeling Of candor or frankness, the
origin or progress of the present war, must be
forced to admit that the Emperor Nicholas was
one of those great huge men whom the world
remembers for many ages.
The death of Nicholas was hailed with JOY
in England; but at the same time the man
ner in which that joy was manifested shows
how deep and pervading was the fear which
the British government entertained toward the
Gar of Russia. When the fact was announced
at the London theatres the audiences rose and
shouted and waved their handkerchiefs-re-
joicing, like savages, over the death of a human
being and dancing around the stake at which
he persisted. Can anything show palmer the
narrow, island prejudices of England, or tell
more eloquently the utter, powerful and abject
fear which the English nation entertains toward
Russia?
In France, more decency has been observed.
Whilst the English theatres applaud the death
Of the Gear Of Russia, the French government
has forbidden that any improper allusion should
be made to the death of Nicholai Romanoff
Louis Napoleon has more sense than the British
people can boast of-he has more tact-more
delicacy. Therefore he has ordered that not
even the ballad singers in the street shall row
sing songs which reflect upon the character Of
the dead Gar The new Emperor of France
seems to have decent appreciation of his own
position, and to entertain something like q
proper idea of the necessity of sustaining and
protecting the remembrance and the honor Of
brother Emperor.
Nicholas has been succeeded by his son
/ Alexander-who is now Alexander the Second
mamie permitted the enemies of Napoleon
Bonaparte to fetter his policy and to put ror
manacles on his limbs. But he was a gentle
man, and, as the world goes, proper man. W,
have now second Alexander-the son of Mich
olaf Romanof- promises that he will pursu,
and carry ont the policy Of the dead Emperor
The first shock Of the announcement of tn,
Cars death may, perhaps, have shaken tn,
not appear that the shock injured them an,
more than it injured the people and the bank
ers of France.
Louis Napoleon, it seems, has ordered tina
even the hurdygurdy singers in Paris shall
not say anything which reflects upon the char
acter Of Nicholai Romanof. Louis Napoleon
knows what that means. He sees that the
conflict between England and France com
bined, and Russia singlehanded, is not mat
ter of child's play-it cannot be determined in
a moment. Perhaps England and France
will meet with such dire overthrow that it will
be remembered for a hundred years, like thai
which the English and French fleets inflicted
on the Turkish squadron at Navarino. These
things ought to be remembered sometimes
when principles are involved.