New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-04-09

brought BY Tho Niagara. of sss probable -.
tirement Of Prince Gorchakoff, the Minister
Of Foreign AfArs, and this on scsount Of bad
health. Every one knows tina. the report Of BAD
health in minister signifies that the sovereign aaa
master is tired Of his presence, and abovo Oh, Of
the IDEAS which he represents. Perhaps IL was
more from ambition than from conviction, that
Gorcbakoff inaugurated the new foreign policy Of
Russia; policy whose character Is faly described
when we say that it was opposed TO the holy ali.
ance and ant-Ausirian. Its tendency was to al
stain from direct participation in distant Europeaa
bros. and 10 aide with France, the natural ally Of
Russia. Besides, Gorchskof was decided part
can of various internal administrative reforms anl
above all, of Emancipation. With this gensrh
foreign and domestic policy the Prince rose into
prominence, TO ii he unnnchingly adhered, and With
it, according to the rumor, he Is to fan. Bsroa
Budberg hitherto ambassador at the Court Of
Berlin, is sad TO be destined for his sac
cessor. A man of honor, keen, sbrewd, and Of
strong will, Budberg, although still young, Is we'd
ded TO the old aud effete conceptions OF sbsolahsm
If he becon es the immediate adviser of the Car,
he German element, that eternal foe OF the normal
development of Russia, will preponderstc. Tkis
lement is retrograde, servile hostile to any nno-
yatiou. 1t is not only the author, but has been
the principal agent of the iberticide Russian policy
of the last fifty years. The advent Of Baron Bad
berg would signify close alliance with Prussia
and Germany, better understanding with Austria
in case of any continental emergency, the absadon-
meDt of the policy followed since the last treaty Of
Paris, subseryiency to German interests the even
tua defense of the left bank of tho Rhine, and tss
shedding of Russian blood in the interest Of Ger
mary, and of German absolusism.
If the rumors with regard to Gorchakof and
Budberg should come to be Like the appointments OF
Count Panin, an accomplished fact, it viii simply
prove that Alexander H. is subject to the fate Of
almost all autocrats who, after an atiemptat roblef
fight, fall into the n ire. His uncle, Alexander l.,
started as q reformer, bat ended as hypochondr-
achal. bigoted, my sticsl absolutist. His father
Nicholas, after brief effort, became nothing ous sae
absolutist gendarme Of his country, and OF Europe
Alexander H. is unfortunate in his surroundings.
The companions of his youth are all ciphers, mon Of
mean, inferior minds The recent change In his
policy is the result of debility and fatigue. The
influence Of Prince BaViatJnski, the conquerOr and
pacifcator of The Caucasus for whom Alexander
cherishes an almost fraternal affection, may also
have had banefaI effect 10 the Imperial councils.
Baryiatynski is an absolutist, an admirer OF the
Austrian oIigsrchic political system; he was alwaJs
stranger to modern conceptions and asptra-
tions and an enemy of reform. His career for moro
than twenty years in the Caucasus where he welded
with success absolute military power, was lot cal
culated to make him friend of liberal measures.
But the end is not yet. We predict with tbs ut
most confidence that neither Alexander ii nor his
German and oligarchic friends and advisers viii
prove able to arrest the great movement Of emanci-
patton and reform On the contrary they run the
risk of being crushed by it. There is more than
one Pugatsheff among the serfai the memory Of
that famous Russian Spartscus has not been obEt-
Grated. Recently, while travelling in Litts
Russia and in the South Alexander was
repeatedly admOnished By the peasantry, who
gathered in thousands around him, to hurry
forward the work of emancipation. The pow
ers of darkness and Of slavery had better not
exult too soon If Alexander III. dessts from his
former noble course, the Russian people viii co.,
tinue it. Only then the seemingly Insignificant va
pors of discomfort may expand into bloody tenn
pest, and purifying aurora OF FIRE rise upon
the horizon of Russia.