, 1864-03-02
RUSSIA AND THE RUSSIANS.
LECTURE BY BAYARD TAYLOR,
The People of R9ssin-Their
Manners nnd Customs-'The
Polish QueStioR-Russf
and the United Saatea.


and the United States,
BaFaru Taylor, the celebrated traveller, lectused
In B15au Hall last evening before the Young Mems
Association. The hall was well filed both on thr
noor and In tho galleries, and on the platfo1m, q
large number Of seats having been reec17ed pre-,
vaous to the opening Of The doors. The lecturez
took ~ bis eubjcct Ruatia and the RuseIanA !" and
handled It with his own peculiar descriptive ability
In which tsait he is exce1led by few OF none. He
was introduced to the audience by the President oi
the Association, ". E. Dogctt, aud SPOKE some.
what as follows:
Among other 1cssons which our national troubles
have t2ught ns 3e TINT nothing Is harer TO arrive at
telligcnt oontabands, special correspondents, OF
even Official dispatcher, fruitful sorccs Of error.
Pit ws 5e growing betteE Z ia tins fesPec4 eveEy
Sy BY blood understands rs So 70 little >' we c can n
scarcely wonder that a nation so widely remoTed
from ne by position, customs and associations as
Karsia i spoken Of rs despotic, arbitfaiy pow.
or; her right the stroke Of the sabre, her freedom
the whip. He proposed to throw of the yell, and
Russia had existed for thousand years, founded
man Empire but It IL only within the past two hun
dtcd yeA1a that Ehe has been known 10 The western
part Of Europe She etrct hes over onc.aevonth of
the land Of globe covers .l0 degrees OF Longitude
20 deTcce Of Latitude, and has 25 miles stacuast.
Yet she hae bnt three ports which arc not closed in
winter. Heree She Is great within herself but fgs 90
rather as defensive than an Aggressive power. The
people arc principally Asictic, with slight ming
.ns oshfr raSsa ha The eet nees
called the black sheep Of the 1ock have somctraits
toE good in which the others are deficient:
ii IL at IT, ypa s IN eEsss e. fsee II as 9e s49 sat
must remember that all hare their own special ad-
rsntages. The Russians proper number about ffty
millions massed together II the center Of the en-
made up Of hbont one hundred ginals, who speak
different dialect.. The Ruesiana proper arc more
homoGeneous t1!an any Other nation. The En-
and though scparated BY little differences
in sects they all Of the essential religion
Among these NJ millions we hare bad, IN short
thanks 70 God and Alexander, they arc free. Zap
plause. The Russians specially noted for their
Rsys5cal epsg{ Tie coarFe tough powerful nature q
their natural sentiment for loving whole Ruseia.
They think more Of their country than the English
men. Or The F1e9shmcn. :%;h .,.n;r 1r ~ even h: ths
peculiar aptitude. for imitation. II N ofleer
wishes 20 many blacksmiths or carpenters, he
s Of 9 e 4 % 9s ssh wthet 4Ss IF
graded white Of The sonth: They are quick II IN.
md eTcn il their cups they are not qnsrreisome,
bqt hug one anothez 60 1aueh The more.
prociaio1 Of The salae of time. Hence works of
Importance are often neglected through the lack of
GONE minor consideration. They are great lovers
chronic disease, but It ia spasmodtc. In St. Peters
burg you must count on yonr servant being drunk
once In two months hut after day or two Of blind
eonp5e ass q nonths o1e They hare strons res'ous
and eocial feelings, arc Kind, hospitabfe and In,
mare, and stu retains eeme Of the old Arabian and
q rc hn flyfn
The wayfarc1. Tic RrasIan has hut slight leaning
TO crime except it uay be the lighter forms Of cheat
R hcPP Pss 6 e. T
wish them to steal, their sense Of respon-
T. H. Rasssn { 7sly ooeds8i and n each
u there is one head to whom all Is responsible.
: Hence they make excellent soldiers, though they
have not 'npetuoeity enough for shaEge E 6nt e!sn
standing charge thcy are the best In the world. Their
natural REPRESENTATIVE answering to the John Bull
e tao q The Sh ba o. s N en IS
careless, rollic1ins good hnmorcd fellow. In their
domestic lives they are auiehle and MS rule the
wife has no capse to complain Of tyranny on the
part of hez husband. md enjoys MECH greater In
munity from labor Than the present women OF Ger
many or France; in ttnct the common stories with
Se c s ,he il her ap Ssee
difference With his wife. Among the middle
clasees the women lead idle lives In the upper
;Sn az %us e 81 1Se
properly belongs to the women, md in some places
they have their cwn churches, where the service Il
pe3amsd Ss a1sDf y Women, an an,o..,r, Amt :. :.
founded On Republicanigm. The link which binds
them together fs not that Of fear from subject fol
his ruler but love to father or CHIEF They car
y <1etr domestic halitn into the outer life &c
much = that II twelve OF them meet together
they wiz ote.nize and chooee head. The 70
s Il aoSss " +
| In oommouswhich is csrereny portioned ont among
the hmilies in proportion to the number Of thci,
builds Lis own hut Il eost f q ss ~ to sio; Ii.
sheepskn lasts him life time, and Els heavy boot
don't wear out in fifteen years. Henco though
ss1 e1s np4as ss t q aneS s'aR religion.
eccts In the Empire, and their churches ale eelE
supported as here; the Ststc religion il the Greek
there lie no attempt 1t suppression The differences
Seas @ 20 = snsa The I'D 5s!ieSs1ss io1 Ins5anss
written In thee sy1ables, and beliere that Eve Nas
tempted y a roasted potato. There ase come
em Tno soa 0 on 2naee
coprn!t eucide; the Russian sects eeem 10 repro
dncc al varieties Of belief of ealhce, and Of prac-
ticc h4t have ever been met with from the Fairz
Of India 10 the asages Of our own, milton:
Tbe Russian people Tery tolerant Of others and
he Ind seen tossacks on guard over Mohamme.
dm Mosque to Keep the service from being des-
As We leave the lower classes We hnd the uppe.
orders Of society ea1anged from the simplicity ot
es1d to the European plan. especially the German.
0mdal life Is deception and snare, and this Ia
principally due to The tact that salaries arc too low
and that the p8triarchal r1nn Of action sought
to be carried to cxccas In the form Of government.
The nobility is 1oade up OF great tumble Of mate
naiS ae ~ sf aao viz N 81, ns ase e no
Eppe, they are subject equally as is the ee to the
VIII Of the Emperor: &c had seen aobleaan act
ia y Th he Empees @ s Te af noiify Il @ Eeass
to be made mere elbows Of tied up with etiquette
The lecturer then entered on an analysis OF the
Cd to be perhaps The nrst soycseign in Europe, lie
defended him asa'nat the charges which had been
brorght against the Emperor By bis enemies, e;pc-
bene!actor to Russia but to the whole race. Peter
is known ne 1.-THE Grcat-" but the present Empc-
ror Is Rncwn rs ''the 1lberatoE." When talk
England, France and Austria hare conferred m
through aisis which she might perhaps Otherwise
lie people together: Would that there wcre the
sau.e immunity Of feeling here.
The lcc;uter then entered on a Rkctch Of the
ttonble IN Poland which he imputed solely to the
increased freedom granted By the present Emperor.
raEt in the movtment the headquarters Of the con
spLaey being at Faris The mobiles and he pEiesta;
pot'ed anst Rpssa because shst country th dd
fc1ncr sr believe The iaith OF the lat.
measure taken IN hand to keep down the rebel
lion. He had heard MorevieT denounced. but he
had little faith in that since be had discovered that
the letters about Butier crueliies In New Orleans
publisht din the London 2imes, were written not
In New Orleane. hut in Pnris, BY paid seces-
Zionist, correspondent Of New York paper,
which hates Dcn. Butler. He knew that the Po-
ssnds Of pcrsons b.d been butchered at their own
doors for not giving In their adhesion to it
Ruseia could never expect to be well thought OF
By any European power. MI Of whom were afraid OF
her,, yet they rad nothne to fear, except TnfScy.
Azia; but the charges Of eIasping ambition often
brought ngnlntt her came with IN Ill grace from
those who had thus been distinguished Tor centu.
ries. Amcrico would find in Russ!a Tnlued friend
no oppSE interest between gcs them Ths
origin and had rot ben interrupted since they BE-
lnn. He hoped that the two nations would be still
more closely united and TINT tier wonld yet SEQ In
the other what were her own fanlts; In particular be
hoped that America might sce the adTantagcs aris-
ing nFnm Capitalization, and comprehend that q
mere confederation Of States is 4 mockery.
The lecturer concluded By repeating poem he
hnd composed On the one thousandih anniversary
OF the birth Of Russia. ~.
The next lecture b,fore the Association viii be
delivered In Bryan BEL on Thursday evening next,
by Mr. Coffin, war correspondent Of the Boston
Journal, known under the literary namc Of Ca1l.
ton."
CHAMBERoF COMMERCE.
Election Of Officers for the Ensuing
Year.