The Richmond palladium., 1863-10-16

In 1855 che New Odsans Bee published
the foQowisg extract from . letter address
ed to citizen of New Orleans by Russian
friend. then residen, at ST. Petersburg. 1.
Will now be read with interest:
ST. PxrKrxRsBuRG. Feb. 1885.
Before my letter reaches you. you will
probably have received intelligenes of los.
} dat will spread . gloomy vei ossr I'll Rus.
sla; for the death Of tuch . man il . blow
that not only strikes his own country. bu.
resouuds from the shores Of the whole
world. In my last letter did not dare
openly declare what We we're expecting from
day TO day. for We were unwilling to accus-
tom our hearts to an idea which our minds
were Incapable Of cenceiving. The last
days of the Gar are . whole century in the
history of Russia, and will never be forgot
ten by those who witnessed them. Do you
imagine that he Was exasperated With his
foese Quite the contrary. Impartially.
like prophet. he gazed upon 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 he, {" has reached her
culminsting point. either for life or death
There is no middle point for her to pursue
One thing alone may save her, and that is
free confession. not only by the Govern.
ment but by the whole aristocracy. made to
the people that they have been absurd from
6rst 10 last 1; that the crown is unable any
longer TO maintain lis power. and that the
people must arise and unite together as one
man to save the honor and preserve the in :.
tegrity of the country. A candid acknowl-
edgment of the truth may even now save
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brought 10 the stool of confession. France,
on the other hand, can maintain herself on.
ly by falsehood and deception. The En-
peror may proclaim to his subjects that be
governs and influences the affairs Of all Eu-
rope that not shot can be fired without
his permission. and that France is the Il st
Power in Europe: but a single shock, one
speech OF a demagogue. may overthrow
him. and dark en- the star Of Napoleon for.
ever.
Il have offered him my hand-the hand
Of reconciliation, but he refused il. He
wishes to avenge Moscow upon me. and
St. Helena upon Esglsnd. Shors-sight-
men. who seek to avenge the sins
Of the fathers upon the children As
for Germany, Austria and Prussia, they
would not now exist il had not saved
them when they crouched At my feet six
years ago; they think to strengthen them.
selves in the mighty struggle between the
other nations Of Europe. But they never
have been. and never will be. moro than
secondary Powers, satraps holding power
by the clemency of my house. or bv per
mission OF the Western Powers. Yet one
consolation is left me in the midst Of all this
ingratitudcd and villainy, and this is the
sympathy Of that high hearted people on the
other side of the A Atlantic, the only hearts in
which l hear an echo of my struggles
against United Europe. Never have 1 for
gotten the smallest kindness shown to me
by the least of my subjects let my Child
ren never forgot what we ows to America.
and if ever an hour of danger darkens
around the Uuion, le, her find q faithful ally
in my family"
These words may be OF interest 10 you,
my friend. because you are now living
amongst the Americans. and mentiou them
knowing that yonr sympathies have bound
you to a foreign land nearly bali century.
One learns to recognise his true friends in
the hour Of danger, and you may rely upon
it that, as long as Romanof sits on the
Russian thronethe American states will never
need friend. g.
The above says the Bee, is Q faithful and
almost literal translation from the letter,
which is written in German, BY one Of the
mobiles of Courland, residing 10 st. Peters
burg. From the source whence We receiv :
ed it. we have no hesitation in guaranteeing
its authenticity.