Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-04-21
LAST WORDS OF NICHOLAS ABour THE
UNITED STATES, ENGLAND AND FRANCE.

The New Orleans Bee publishes the FOL
lowing passage from letter. addressed to
an eminent foreigner, now in that city, bV
a Russian friend, residing in st. Petersburg
The Bee says, il may be regarded as en-
tirely autheDtic.' 2Hartre
| ST. PETERsBuRo, Feb 1s55.-Berere nv
| letter reaches you, you will probably have
received intelligence Of loss that will spread
! a gloomy veil over all Russia for the death
Of such a man.is q blow that not only strikes
| bis own country, but resonnds from the shores
| of the whole world. In my last letter l did
not dare openly declare what we were expect
! ing from day to day, for we were unwilling to
accustom our hearts TO an idea which our
minds were incapable Of conceiving. The
! last days of the Gar are whole century in
| the history of Russia, and will never be for
| gotten by those who witnessed them. Do
not imagine that he was exasperated with
| his foes. Quite the contrary! Impartially,
| like prophet, he gazed upoE the present
situation Of the different European powers,
and predicted the future with the accuracy of
one who looks far beyond the present.
England" said be, "has reached her cul-
minating point either for life or death. There
is no middle point for her to pause. 0ne
thing alone may save her and that is a free
confession, not only by the government, but
| by the whole aristocracy, made to the people,
! that they have been absurd, from first TO last
that the Crown is unable any longer to main
| tain its power, and that the people must rise
| and unite together as one man, to save the
honor and preserve the independence of the
country. A candid acknowledgement of the
truth may even now save England, if her cor
rupt aristocracy can be brought to the stool
ofconfession. France, on the contrary, can
maintain herself only by falsehood and deccp-
tion. The Emperor may pro lain to his
subjects that he governs and influences the
affairs of all Europe, that not shot can be
fred without his permission, and that France
is the first power in Europe; but single
shock, one speech of a demagogue may over
throw him and darkeu the star Of Napoleon
forever. | have offered him my hand, the
hand of reconciliation, but he refused it. lie
wishes to avenge Moscow upon me, and St.
ifalena upon England. Shoit-sightcd man,
VINO seeks to avenge the sins Of the fathers
upon the children! As for Germany, Austria,
and Prussia, they would not now exist, If
had not saved them, when they crouched at my
feet six years ago: they think to strengthen
themselves in the mighty struggle between
the other nations of Europe. Butthey never
have been and never will be more than sec
| ondary powers, satraps holding authority by
| the clemeney Of my II louise or by permission
Of the Western Powers. Yet one consola-
ton is left to me in the midst Of all this
ingrattude and villainy and that is The silent
sympathy of that high-hearted people on the
other side of the Atlantic, the only hearts in
in which l hear an echo Of my struggles
against united Europe. Never have l for
! gotten the smallest Kindness shown to me by
the least Of my subjects; let my children
never forget what we owe to America, and
| fever an hour of danger darkens around the
Union, let her find a faithful ally in my
| family"
These words may be Of interest TO you, my
! fien1, lecause you are now living among
| Americans and mention them, knowing
| that your sympatbies have bound ycu 10 a
foreign land nearly b0lracentury. Onelearns
! to recognize his true friends il the hour Of
! danger, and you may rely upon it. that as
| long as Romanoif sits on Russias throne, the
American States will never need friend.
! The above Says the Bee) is a faithful and
almost literal translation fromth letterwhich
! is written in German, by one of the mobiles Of
! Courland, residing inst Petersburg. From
the scource whence We received it, we have
no hesitation in guaranteeing its authentic
, ity,