The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-10-24

IN 1000 L1e new orleans Bee published
the following extract from letter addressed
to citizen of New Orleans by Russian
friend, then resident at ST. Petersburg. 1t
will now be read with interest:
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb, 1855.
Before my letter reaches you, you viii
probably have received intelligence of a
loss that viii spread gloomy veil over all
Russia; for the death of such man is a
blow that not only strikes his own country.
but re3ounds from the shores OF the whole
world. In my last letter l did not dare
openly declare what we were expecting
from day to day, for we were unwilling to
accustom our hearts to an idea which our
minds were incapable of conceiving. The
last days Of the Gear are a whole century in
the history of Russia, and viii never be
forgotten by those who witnessed them. Do
you imagine that he was exasperated with
his foes? Quite the contrary. Impartially,
like prophet, he gaz=d upon the present
situation of the different European Powers.
aud predicted the future with tho accuracy
of one that looks far beyond the present..
''England, said he, "has reached her
eliminating point, either for life or death.
TneIe is no middle point for her to pur
sue. One thing alone may save her, and
that is free confession, not only by the
Government but by the whole aristocracy,
made TO the people; that they have baen alb
surd from first 10 last; that the crown IS
unable any longer to maintain its power,
and that the people must arise and unite
together as one man to save the honor and
preserve the integrity of the country. 4
candid acknowledgment of the truth may
even now save England, if her corrupt arts
tocracy can be brought to the stool of con
fession. France, on the other hand, can
maintain herself only by falsehood aud de-
ception. The Emperor may proclaim to his
subjects that he governs and influences the
affairs of all Europe; that not shot can be
fred without his permission, and that
France is the first Power in Europe; but a
single shock, one speech of a demagogue,
may overthrow him, and darken the star of
Napoleon forever.
4 have offered him my hand-the hand
of reconciliation, but he refused it. He
wishes to avenge Moscow upon me, and St.
Helena upon England. Short-sighted men.
! who seek to avenge the sins of the fathers
upon the children As for Austria and
/ Prussia, they would not now exist if [ had
not saved them when they crouched at my
! feet six years ago; they think TO strengthen
themselves in the mighty struggle between
the other nations OF Europe. But they new
er have been, and never will be, more than
secondary Powers, satraps holding power
by the clemency of my house, or by per
mission of the Western Powers. Yet one
conclusion is left me in the midst of all this
ingralitude and vilainy and this is the
sympathy Of that high hearted people or
the other side of the Atlantic, the only
hearts in which hear an echo of my srug
giles against United Europe. Never have
forgotten the smallest kindness shown to ms
by the least of my subjects; let my children
never forget what we owe to America, anC
If ever an hour of danger darkens arounC
the Union, let her find faithful ally IN my
family.''
These words may be of interest to you
my friend, because you are now living
amongst the Americans, and l mention
them knowing that your sympathies have
bound you to a foreign land nearly half I
century. One learns to recognize his true
friends in the hour of danger, and you may
rely upon it that, as long as Romanotf sit
on the Russian throne, the American State:
will never need friend.
The above, says the Bee, is faithful anC
almost literal translation from the letter
mobiles of CouItland, residing at st. Peters
burg. From the source whence we receiv
Ell it, we have no hesitation in guaranteeing
its authenticity.
Z Frs-