The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-03-28

conquest The Grand Duke Alexander may have been
wise and JUST but the Gar is the Car As such he is
me representative OF system. the heir OF policy as
well OF principle the custodian OF nations pre-
judices passions ambitions and hopes; and part Of
grand machine with which be must work be crushed
beneath its wheels II is natural that the Empress and
people Of Russia should to extend their frontiers
1he 10 s quite natural and more just that the
other States Of Europe should sge % prevent the re-
Europe there necessary and inevitable hostility Rus
sia VIII ose sight Of her object She pursuss it
fully than in Patient, perhdous and persevering
great object absent from the mind and
any real security against their aggression other than
the security which can be exacted at the lannon's
mouth Had the proclamation of the Gar been
pacific the policy OF the allies ought to have bsen
ed the war trumpet axdeaed the world by hurting in
in its face the significant Of such sovsreigns
Peter and Catherine the Great Europe thus knows
what il has to expect To the fears, and to the
Of justice OF the Cars must the appeal made
Treaties do not bind them considerations Of honor aud
humanity have no place in their councils whenever
the moment arrives when portion of Turkish or any
other territory can be stolen or conquered they are
pared to strike. We believe for many reasons that the
death OF the late Car is calamity; and that the un-
wise politicians and sovereigns OF per-
haps by the timid the ignorant and the selfish nearer
endeayor, in consequence TO bring the pre-
wsr and But
Ter itself as well Vienna and Berlin may be assured
that peace hastily mace, without material guar
antee-without the capture of SebAstopol-and with
the payment by Russia Of the whole expenses of the
present war; would be peace that would not last mo
msnt beyond the time when it might suit the whim or
the policy of Russia to break it. So far from believing
that nothing changed by the death Of Nicholas we
s more psrous by the event There is only one con-
neency that would improve it, and that is the absolute
and unconditional surrender OF the new Emperor Uoess
and t-that event happens the policy OF the Allies
should be with redoubled energywar in the Baltic
and in the Black Seawar on every eide Of the Russian
dominions.
from the London Times, Marsh 81
We are not accustomed to attach undue importance
to the formal ceremonies and observanccs of foreign
courts in the different Of their mouotonous
existence. The acts prompted by those occasions
commonly to be regarded as mere demonstrations Of
courtesy good breeding, which not misplaced in
lie maDestoes and declarations Ia quite often used to
conceal the thoughts of their authors to them
The marks OF coincidence and sympathy shown by the
German sovereigns to the imperial family of Russia,
the sudden death Of tho late Emperor have therefore,
political transactions in which the interests of Europe
are at this time engaged and on the other hand the
tone o. the OF the emperor st On nus
course of policy he may really intend to pursue.
He his determination to regard the welfare
Of his empire including Poland and Finland, as insep
arabic from t and he promises to maintain this empire
one and indivisibe at the highest standard of
and glory and TO accomplish in his own person the in.
wishes of Peter Catherine Alexander and Ncho
has, As the address Of young sovereign who has just
assembled the throne, and who.e first object is to
claraon is perfectly NATURAL and prince suspected Of
moderation is Perhaps more tempted to resort to such
puiation for vehement and undiscrimnating patriotism
But II such terms were seriously addressed to Europe,
they would be extremely Ridiculous for empire
not be sad to be at the highest standard OF and
glory when its ports bockaded, its navy compelled
70 disappear from every sea- its troops Debated 10 every
encounter with the enemy and large portion Of Of
ITS provinces occupied by an invading army.
Stn less can the young Emperor boast, with any SEM
blance of reason that he s about to accomplish in his
own n ach0 q
and his father IL by that expression is meant the
overtime of the Ottoman empire: and the establish.
ment OF empire and church OF the East under the
protection of the Rustisn Cars. Never was there
moment when such q scheme seemed less practicable,
Rince all the great Powers actually bound by treaty
resist and to defeat IT. and the
avowa Of deliberate intention to give effect to
be direct challenge to the rest of Europe 1t scarcely
possible to imagine that the Court Of st. Petersburg
would have held such language IL it had intended to act
upon it abroad and the greater probability appears to
be that these expressions dictated by the
eessty Of humoripg the passions Of powerful and po
pular party IN the Russian empire.
1t may, however be inferred from the tone OF this
address, that war rather than peace animates with It's
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yet reached us-it contains ausion to the hopedfor
termination Of the present contest but it could De
supposed that the Emperor Alexander H. means to Yur
the objects which have already embroied his prede-
with the greater part Of Europe he would SCARCELY
When about twenty nine years ago. his father the late
Emperor mounted the throne, after short nterregnum
Nsnoas Sselared to his people in similar but in mder
language, that
He should live solely his people; that he should
aecompsh that he had wished for the Ppiness Of
Russia and following his example, he hoped to obtain the
blessing OF God and the love Of the people.
Such the prelude to the reign OF the most stern,
reif villed, and absolute monarch who held the
Russian sceptre who mounted the throne amid the
motion Of revolt, and who ended II in the convulson of
No stronger proof could be produced OF the worth
such maniiestoes for any practical purpose;
and ~ a et Terri n nom
one may be nsincere as the affected moderation ofthe
other.
It may, however, be doubted whether any Russian
sovereign has either the will or the power OF perma-
neny resisting suspsndpg by act Of his own that
traditional ocy which dates from the founders of the
empire and especially from Peter and from Cathe
Jne II. The Emperor Alexander l. sometimes dis
ayewsa ~ and even coqusttva with ' R, moera In
he allied himself with Napoleon at Tilsit to
obtain the Dapubian Provinces and he awaited
himself Of his ascendancy in 1915 to carry his frontier
beyond the visua. Yet, in writing confdentally to
Lord Castlereagh 1922 Alexander spoxe OF himself as
the Only Russian who resisted the views of his subjects
upon Turkey and of the loss OF popularity he sustained
by this antagonsm. In like manner bs Emperor Nicbo-
duIog great part 81 a rsg1 70 nave ae
his conversations with SIR Hamilton seymour In 1893,
he said
catherine was IN tho habit Of dasns these were handed
down TO our times but while inherited immense Territorial
ss 70 oa Ssm % those 'n0''
Yet at that moment subsequent events have
shown, he WIS entering upon course OF policy wholly
At variance with these declarations the restraint
he had hitherto placed upon the traditional policy OF the
Russian empire had become too rksome to be borne,
and as he fatally mpeIled into course OF action
which ne followed to the loss OF his honour aud his
HE With these striking examples before the part
Of two successive Emprors who proessed rather TO hold
an than TO promote the aggressive traditions OF
Russia, 1t becomes matter OF grave consideration for
the Of Europe whether any reliance be placed
on any assurances the Court Of st. Petersburg may
give this subject. and the announcement by the pre-
sent Emperor OF his resolution TO accomplish thoss de-
had
tsrtained, certainly does impose the Allied Powers
both the duty and the right to require from Russia
positive and eecual securities against the prosecution
Of schemes fatal to the peace OF Europe We presume
that the very 6rst efforts of the penpotsntiaries az
Vienna viii be directed TO the object OF ecitng far
possible from the Russian ENJOYS the real policy Of
the reign; and in the critical position in which ali
the other Powers stand n wards Russia, all am.
bigu'y on this point must speedily be removed. There