New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-10-16

Estates of the Grand Duchy, unless sudden
invasion of the country or some other unforeseen
| public calamity should make it necessary. he
further announces that the lcvying Of new
taxes will be proposed to the Dict to promote
the material prosperity of the nation and to ex.
tend tho blessings of public education; and ne
declares il to be "the task Of the Diet to de-
eide upon the urgency end extent Of these
measures.
As many provisions Of the fundamental law
are no longer adequate for the present state Of
things, the Emperor has ordered the preparation
of an act which will contain explanations and
supplements, and which will be submitted to
the next session of the Diet, to be cOnvoked
three years hence. While maintaining the
principles of q constitutional monarchy more
extensive rights will be conceded by the new
law to the Dict with regard to the assessment
Of taxes as well as The privilege Of making mo-
tons, although the Emperor reserves to himself
the right Of the initiative in everything relating
TO changes in the fundamental law And he
concludes with recommending TO the represen.
tatiyes to the Grand Duchy to "prove by the
dignity, the moderation, aud the calmness Of
their deliberations, that in the hands OF people
determined TO act in concert with their sovereign
for the development Of their prosperity, the
liberal institutions, far from being danger,
become guarantee of order and prosperity"
1t may be presumed that Alexander would
never have used this language unless the intro.
duction of constitutional form Of government
into the other parts Of the Russian Empire had
been fully determined on. We may therefore
expect that when be shall succeed in quclling
tho Polish revolution he will be ready to redeem
tho pledges given in the correspondence with
the Western Powers, and establish for Poland a
representative Constitution. The introduction
of some kind OF Constitution into Russia Proper
will probably speedily follow. Tho issue OF a
proclamation to that effect was expected about
the 10Th Of September. and it was thought that
nine Provincial Diets would be established, As
follows: For Finland, at HelsinsfQrSi Tor Bal
tic Russia, at ST. Pctorsburgi for Great Rus
sia. at Moscow; for Little Russia, at kiev;
for Southern Russia, at Odessa; for
Western Russia, al Wilma for Po'
land, at Warsaw; for Eastern Russia, az
Kazan, aud for Siberia, at lrkoutsh al these
Provincial Diets to be subordinate TO q Central
Chamber of Representatives, Of the Empire.
Public opinion has been disappointed as to the
date of this proclamation; but unless II were III
preparation, it is supposed tina; the Emperor
would hardly have made general procession Of
filth in the eIcellencies of constitutional
monarchy.
The constitutional change, which IL ap-
preaching in Russia, will be one of the great
events in the history of the nineteenth century.
The progress Of Austria for the last two or three
years furnishes a very instructive example Of
how vastly constitutional rule exceeds Abso-
lu,ism in developing tie resources OF great coan-
tries. Russia needs only to try the experiment,
10 show that she has under her control elements
of strength greater than those of any other Euro