Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-01-13
THE VINDICAT0R
ST AUNTON, VA.
SATURDAY MORNING., JAN. 1a, 1856!
Russia.

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on the globe, perhaps, is SO complicated
as that of Russia. Its colossal proportions
founded upon the various departments and
classes. tower SO high as to be beyond the
reach OF the great substratum, which un-
derlies and supports the mighty fabric
This great despotism has been superin-
duced by series of causes, outside, as
well as arrant usurpations within the
country. This, like almost all govern
ments Of the old world, is the work Of
blind accident, not founded by DELHI
crate Judgment and enlightened patriotism.
notwithstanding The governmental ma
chinery Of Russia is the instrument Of one
man, exercised upon millions at his arb-
trary will, yet it possesses some redeemng
qualities.
The true, natural and inherent condition
OF man is that of social equality--and this
seems to. have been the privilege of the
slave in Russia originally. The right to G.
leet their rulers was a franchise which !lley
enjoyed from the first, and notwithstapd-
ing the mutations and trans-mutatiop )
which have been made in their poyern-
ment through centuries, still they have
retain ID vestige Of this ancient tight to
the present day. Everywhere liberty and
equality were certainly ant trler 10 cSstes
the supreme power OF one man, or any
body Of men.
1t is saio by learned writer, that the
most striking testimony Of a primitive sin,
or fall, may be found in the successive es-
enlistment Of social oppression by patri.
archs. high priests. knights, or mobiles
and the labor Of the redemption may be-
looked for in the uninterrupted efforts Of
humanity TO disentangle herself from their
clutches The communal privileges Of the
Russians are contemporaneous with the
dawn OF history. aud they have struck
such deep root into the hearts Of that PEG.
pie, that they can never be eradicatcd by
all the willy Vaccinations o. despotism.-
The right to govern themselves in CON-
munities and villages inspires in the Rus.
sian heart consciousness of his capacity
for government, and conyinces him of
his inallenable right to do so--a fact
which portends high hopes Of the future.
Russia, socially, is divided into various
classes. The next to til. Gar in that
scale are the Nobility, most compact
jealous class, constituting the main prop to
Czarlsm. While the Nobility tread upon
the lower classes with an iron heel. they
in turn, arc relatively as abjec to the Car
as the Serf is to the Noble. The Gar is
above all law, and only observes them SO
far as it suits his pleasure 10 do SO. The
Nobility alone can own land and serfs
They alone can hold Offices. civil and mill
tary, which con6des to them the admins.
tration Of the empire. Political, civil and
military establishments for education, are
only accessible to the children Of the No
bility without cost. Their children alone
can enter the universities. The Nobility
are compelled to enter the pubic service
under forfeiture of their caste The adj.
ministration Of the internal affairs of the
provinces, districts. cities, townships, &c,
are ch;.av oona.,a,ad ~,
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fin the ;n,rort.n, e.. .,oh -,
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in a few campa;gns bv chra,;no ,hs w.
.rnms,t =, the one hand ord ,ha;, -.
soldier. on the other Th,s cr.a, .h,sa
n. cz.r has f,.o.e,,,v .nda..e..., =
mess bu, Il has become So a..n,, ,oo,aa
~ III bic officials viii, sr.,o.,,. 5.
t;op that he has been unable 10 L,;n, ~.
offenders to Justice.
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