Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-06-27
JBt 8nBmuno daBig.
IATURDAY nORNING, JUNE ~, 1888.
Poor Alexander :


OnArehs, ike ordinary morals, have their days OF
and tribnlatiou. Not alSsys Of roses is the bed on
ich they sleep, and often thereon uneasy lies the
hd hat wears a crown" OF such Alexander IL. Of
ssia, Is At present shining example. The insurrec
d Of his Polish sutieets-a Troublesome enough
ter per ss-has been rendered doubly to that uu-
-lunate Ruler OF men by the iunumerabe diplomatic
sies with which be is being peled aud pestered in
hsequence thereof First came the French remOn-
anee, pointed aud energetc though courteous in its
be. Unwelcome as it was, the NapOleOnie Interior
&c could not have been unexpected. No one knows
ter than the las. OF the RomanOs by what precari-
tenure the last OF the Napoleons holds the inherit
ee Of the couqueror Of Austerhtz. He must swim
IA the current Of French opinion, or should he at
npt 10 stem il, be drowned in the effort. The re-
embrance Of Polish achievements in the French
mics under the banner Of the old EmpIei the uni
rsal sympathy felt BY all slAsses Of Ere. csmen for
heroic, though unfortunate struggles OF tie POss
1851 aud 1876, would have compelled the present
perOr 10 take some steps in their behalf even had he
co indsposed 10 DO 50. Of course, Alexander knew
LAT he might expect from that quarter, aud being hus
FeEarned, gut ed down the nauseOus draught Ike
hn and philosopher. But when Austria the partner
4 sccomp.ice in tie grand act Of highway robbery
which Poland was swept away from the map Of EU-
pc, approae led him with her crocodile lamentations
hen Great Britain, the oPpressOr Of nadonahdes in
Gland, in India wherever aid whenever il has suited
interests or her commerce to DO so, undertook to
al him lecture on moderation and tOleranee-then
ust he have felt that bitter indeed the dose he
as called uIol 70 swallow Tue cool impudenee with
ach thar smallest Of European aud statesmen,
PIN Russell the worthy friend and abettor Of
e Lincoln despOtsm- assumes 70 take in hand
e cause OF oppressed naiOnaliies, would be a
bieet OF amszamen any not eOnveIsAnI with the
ntipg and hypoc iuell garb in which the British
oVeFnmens are wont oloshe their most treacherOus
d least worthy motives. No sane man believes that
~ and is actuated in this matter by any sympathy
the Poles. Hatred and fear Of the Russian power,
,t the desire for Polish Independence, are at the bot
N Of all her movements. A coalition between
anee, I.aly Austria and Russia whereby, through the
snembsrment Of Turkey, France would recover her
nenish frontiers, aud the MOliayan principaliies
ould compensate Austria for the eession Of Veneta 10
ctor Emanuel, whilst Russia would crap The long
veted object OF Les traditiOaary ambidon-COustanti
pie and the Dardsnees-this IS at present the stand
? bugbear OF England. To avert such a con-
mmst on-.he immediate result Of which would
to reduce her TO the condition Of a sec0Rdrae power
Europe-sbe would be glad enough TO resuse tate
hand in order to seaken Russia or, at any rate to
. the embers Of Polish Instruction, she has done
ose Of the Hungarian revolution, in order to keep her
rails on the continent in perpetual hot water. This is
secret Of the encouragement which the British Gov
lment has ever been ready extend TO all contnen
agitatoFs and revUuiouists; this accounts for tie
,ral and material aid furnished TO Garibadi in his
e fool hardy attempt u embrOl Italy aud France /;
this also is the reason Of the weltOunded distrust
th which the British Government is viewed every
lere in Europe.
But if Earl Russel's homiy must have aroused the |
and indigestion Of che Car, with what inexprsss-
lcathing and disgust must he have Perused that
document in which Seward, with genuine |
nkee vulgarity and mpertinenee kindly volunteered
give him the eminenty reassUriug information that
} great Yankee nation, so powerful at home-(vids |
.nassAs Seven Pines, Fredericksburg, etc high
respected abroad-(y ids the SideI Mason affair, and
} European newspapers passi0')-would not cast its
werful weight aud immens, moral and material in.
enoe on the side Of Poland and the Cont
ensd Powers Alas, for poor Alexander. This
indeed, the most naUseous Pi he has had TO
allow in The hour Of bis tIibulatiOn and dis
IS To be snubbed BY France was bad enough-to
lectured by Austria Was Worse-tO be reprOved by
gland was sill more humilatiug but TO be taken
Tens BoeBs into the tout and pOluting embraces Of
graded hArlOt beslavering With tipsy tears the hap
8 object Of her unEeleOme sympathetic be actually
roRisd BY the seayeDgers of the earth and the scum
ereation-this indeed, is hard lot for born gentle
,n-and such has been the fate Of poor Alexander.
,st sincerely DO We pity him The enmity Of N-Do-
N, Swartzenburg and a Russell be might possibly
tliye-but who can survive the friendship Of Sew
a.