, 1877-02-28

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the autoCratio system had not made them
masters abroad. Frightlul pasquinades,
in which the Cars We're called on TO come
down from their throne, circulated in
manuscript in St. Petersburg. The Off
cials were go cowed by the storm Of ma
tional corn, that they with one accord
proclaimed themselves Liberals. The
Liberalstyrann became for a time as des.
notic as the Conservative. Those who
had formerly paraded their tcIlin' (oAi-
cial rduk) on al occasions, in season and
ont Of season, became half ashamed to
admit that they had the rank Of General,
for the tide no loager commanded res
ppct, and had become associated with all
that was Anticipated, formal, aud stupid.
Among the young generation it was used
most disrespec'luiIy rs equivalent to pom
pou< blocile,d Jealous %olicjls WAC val
ia'eiy regarded the acquisition Of Stars
and D dcrs as am0ag tha chief cnls Of
nan, were lila 10 conceal those harl-Won
trophies. lest SOM cyaicl. LID raj might
noj;cc them and make them tha butt Of
his satire. Look al tue depth OF hunt
li4tioa 10 wach yon lave brought the
ut sue was The ch rus of reprOach
;hat was ever %lju4ing in th.ir earS-~'With
your red tape, Your Chinese tormiliSn,
and your principle Of %lltcirSs, unreaS0ning,
mechanical al. dicpce! YOU asserted con-
%sianfly thai voa were The only true patri-
OTIS, and brauded with the name OF traitor
thoS. who warned YOU Of the insane folly
OF your conduct You see row what 1t
- o. i..o ,V.,, kh,
feeling, that had not Alexander H., partly
from sympathy and partly from policy,
headed the movement, and commenCed
immense reforms, ending III emauClpa-
ton. there cal be hardly a doubt that
the Russian people, which always advances,
or receIes il great leaps aud bounds,
void have radically changed the organ
ism Of their Government. The very
throne rocked, and but that Alexander,
by his " wholly unexpected" decision and
energy in the matter OF emancipation, re-
cemeuted his authority over the masses and
broke the power of the nobIesse, the auto
cracy TO winch with all his miIdness he is
devoted, mighc have crumbIed before the
public indignation. Explosions OF feeling
10 Russia are always dangerous The one.
ness of the people, their complete fusion
beneath the terrible sway OF the Cars, their
surface impulsiveness, and their extreme
t~enacity upon a few subjects give to their
movements enormous momentum. aud the
whole history Of Russia is a series OF yio-
lent rushes, followed Ivy long periods OF
%rcactionary tranquility
It is one of these rushe5 which would
follow a retreat o! Russia ffOm before Tur-
KEY. Mild by comparison as The govern
meat of Car Alexander has tern, it Is
still rerressivc enough to make Il ''slAn7
long for an equivalent in th4 grAli9lr OF
Russia ammL the ualiOls OF tho Earth
Freedom is still ca'irc'y u%n'tNoFl; m41
suspected Of bad ilteljlo IS sill dl'lD
pear sulIealy from til If nsatl hunts,
either to b. cpQdd ~! il priso Or dePo:J-
cI r|axlti0l is sal e.tcIelln5y h 'avy !;
whole masses Of di<cnltent, pro luc!l by
the msthol Of enncipltion, dro still for
mcnting; the Army IS S i'll the most forml-
dable power in tbs state, ana lts leliars
the most p)teut perSoaages. A grand hn'
initiation f.Is pocnlia:'y by the Army
woud end in an ltler explosion OF rage,
aud this tins the institution OF s4rtago
could not ba male to bear all the blame.
i" What our ARMY, which absorbs our
taxes and our children, and daily donI-