Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-09-27
RICHMOND WHIG.
From "a. London Time, Sen, q

From he London zimss, Sept O.
In western Europe pageshtry may be said to be pas
e out OF DATE ior neither is tel reqnired We
nave 70 travel Two Thousand miles towards the rising
penetrate frontiers almost sealed the traveller t
p"hse INTO oaoArou' tribes and end ourselves In the
heart OF an ancient serfdom in order to see in i ,c
ne old language of human msgnheence The ca,,Ic.de
heh ten days conducted the Emperor of a the Ru.
-ia- into his ancient palace d. successor Of ,b old RI
man triumph. In this country none ever s,v IN. r..
none over ~ and the States Of old Europe tn he
eoe even GREATER and ~eahrr they ~oud neither
'h- materials nor the sentiment for such DISPLAY Nh
aouo' they who gazed on that rushing stream Of silver
ana gold and jewels, of the finest horses and men, the
"s singular faees and the quaintcst costumes in tn.
world, extending ave mile. length and Who alan Xmas.
that IN all that multitude Of observed and bs,ve
'as probably not who not ready To die for b
'ou'n'"i EMPEROR could hardly but ieel HIN TO be the
freae-' Sovereign in the world We shall not o,.,o,
FOR such titles there il no contention in Thea.
lays The subjects OF Queen Victoria count three d,
one ior those Of the Car their wealth. their freedom
their arts, the grandeur OF their tradition. tbsr
historical antiquity, even greater u the sc,Ie n, -
parison Nevertheless need dispute that there j.
20 snch potentate autocrstic exalted so mAgni6
e, as Alexander Ncolaevsch and that he Is The only
ne OF ne sons OF men whose position entities him To .ucb
procession that descrbed in our columns tbi, a.,
No one but he combines with Asiatc maruifcnee F,,
'ean policy, organization and wealth No one but he hld
ne greater part OF two continents anJ occup In. shor.
VI Two oceans aud two great inland seas No one hun he
iofd OF sixty millions OF men, still retaining the
hsrdhood and pto~es- Of ancient barbarian Nations are
u>eu INTO TIE ranks OF his army and history NAV
On" roll OF bis procession. When he enters IN. fn,on
Nremhn !. Is portion OF the human that conducts
~" and the roll OF names reminds one Of those WHICH
neralded the earliest conquerors of mankind
Yet the slightest reflection is enough 10 remind ma IT,
~haiever the meaning and virtue of this pompous c,ya
'de It denotes not unbounded power paramount destiny
nHutabe institutions ANYTHING beyond the co,,no,
lot OF humanity. Let marshals and chambe,l,ins .u,
masters OF ceremonies do tney will they cannot q. f
Yer the type o. human events, those Of the most
arbitrary and artificial character In all s eircnmsan
re even those which contribute grandeur the coro
uatiou OF Alexander ii. Is very different thing
Ir"m that even Of his father thirty years ago In
'na, Inference We read the law Of progress, to
T'neh even Imperial institutions must bow But What
are these circumstances which forced themselves ON the
notice even amid the Of artillery the clash of haIs
me Drawing OF trupes and the shouts Of awestruck null
utudes What ate the events striking than
ne Wild costume and caparisons Of Camueks and Min
Sreiians, and Circassans and Imeans-more jmnressv
han the now familiar Of Russias powerful vet de-
voted atstocraeyt la the unparalleled naeui6cencs ~
the present ceremonial in its enormous cost
At million seriing the growth OF that wealtb
Neh has laws OF IT. aud which changes
even while adorning them II this occasion l. grsnd.r
ihsn the last then il is far another thing than dr.
and who shall tell what the next change shall be S;,
cen hours brought Alexander with perfect safety aud
uo tue shorcs oi the Neya TO the walls OF
cow who could have dreamt of that the year 1895
let the railway from ST. Petersburg to Moscow il only th
st INK In irework which 70 the whole empire
By the electric wire Of the actual
o reached this city yesterday, and might have come
~ less than minute. In the representative of the
or's press aud the numerous other strangers at Moe
COW, We see the oTerunners OF influx which can
not Out De Oenehca To Russia and 10 the
1i the world. All this porends change or Improvement
5 chAse, though seldom without some of sacrifice
DHt Nho could forget even while gazing that spectacle
d nrE and lVlaf sI.NN
been compelled abandon the port and arsenal she
ad prepared tor the extension of her empire further into
NE heart OF three continents: This mighty pomp so
iul OF traditions OF the past and bursting upon u. like
fe very climax OF Imperial spendor comes indeed At th
moment when Providence has pronounced the doom,
Ihs far, aud farther" Henceforth all these nations
md tribes will have other employment than To augment
sieir muster roll The list is complete. The work O:
conquest Is done. In that human column We read
the working OF great policy but We read IL TO the end
soeh Is 1ne true reading OF that gorgeous living nscrp-
non What shall reld when the roll is opened
But these not the thoughts of envious rival IL
hn.Sas Best Interest TO give up dream which, the
nest Is one oi misery bloodshed and Injustice and to
cape the inevitable retriouton that hunts down con-
queroF Russas own statesmen know this and they are
preparing TO divert and concentrate all those mighty ener
ses and all those fresh impulses the internal and socia
Improvement OF those sixty millions. UnassaAbe within
her frontier Of the implicit obedience of he,
people Russia would BE- without excuse were she still 10
convert the strength Of all that people and all that soil in
to the means of destruction The itself has hanniy
brought light the Of internal communications and
the disadvantage any State conditioned must lie under
"a comparison with its wiser aud fortunate neghbor=
The few miles Of ralEay have laid Russian soil are
hint which she viii improve thousand fold So ali
those numerous tribes that figure in Aexanders long tr
dmphai escort though thirty ago they might be
Earke demonstration, TO day only celebrate the umphs
~ peace and ask for the universal extension Of its bene
hts They represent how much is to be DONE and What
duties devove on the who claims the ordshp Of
vast territory aud the obedience OF many races and
tongues The Government trat muster all these men,
TO march in one column solemn measure can dc
more IL can give them all leisure opportunity and en-
couragement for those works Of peace which even sava
ges and soldiers love better than war; when the choice
offered them