The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-04
THE GAR or RUSSIA.
Emperor AIexander--Hts sharse'er'ss'cs
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His Liberal opinions.
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ana nu.y Iite4-lhe TzarOwitch--
Ma Liberal opinions.
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ar. PETERSBURG. March 23-The Emperor
Alrxaihsl's chronic melancholy ms thkHu
deptsr shade OF gloom since the war with
Turkey. he immense losses Of his army
aud the suffPrngs Of his troops. to Which ne
was nh ys-witness; the great increase " tne
national debt. tho crushing loud 81 taxes 70
to which the couhtry II subjected. tne u,s,
content prevailing among the edlcated
classes, aud the conspiracy with when TIE
empire is hopeycomhed, weigh heavily on ms
sensitive nature Yesterday met nun
riding alone In 81 droschka on the Newsky
Perspective, That magnificent street touf
wersts IN length, leading rom me
Convent Of Alexander Newsky to the Adult
rally. His face was pale, his eyes dropping
and the whole expression sal ~ the extreme.
He seemed to return the salufes of his stub
jects mechanically, and without the cordially
that habtualy cbaracterizas his rnanipr ~
public. He Ia sixtyAone years of age but ne
show no signs d decaying vigor. His males
elastic and martial, and his bearing excsed-
ingly imposing. lie Is by nature oneof the
handsurnest Ut men, while military training
has given him . lofty and commanding car
riage Heis not SO stern ald aws-nsplflnE
as Ills father, the Emperor Nicholas, but 80
is nevertheless every Inch king. he ts u u
more soft and aruiable disposition. the pink
Of courtesy. and most graceful and pleasing
sovereign. personally. In Eurupe. He drives
about the capital In the plainest style, goes
everywhere almost unattended, and recipro-
Gates the bow Of the humblest, ind sometimes
stopping n say good word where lpast ex-
peetpd. There is not a buster man. private or
public From morning until night, IN OIL
weal1ers, he is GU the go. inspecting tho ar-
senala reviewing the troops, visiting eduea-
tunal and eieemusynary institutions. cot
| feriing rewards on promising nupIls IN the
| academies, dropping IN ut the library 70 sx-
1 NL.,l NH
uent. spending al hour or two In the chart
rooms OF tbe staff building looking over some
Of the secret archives, comforting with his
ministers. aud In the evening presiding ut y
II court ball With all this. he lives sim
ply, rises curly. and keeps himself an courant
| On the worlds affairs. He reads the leading
German. English and French PAPERS. He is
familiar with al tho principal European
| tongues and with most Of the languages
spoken by his subjects. No one can go
| through the incfssant round Of duties OF u
| Russian emperor who has not strong eonsti-
| tuition. Activity, however. Is Il wholesome
| medicine to Alexander II. it In the best anti
aots to the melancholy with which he has
been afflicted oil his life, and which Is in
| rraaeed w his inordinnte love OF smoking
| lie has passed the us,in limit Of Kotuanotf,
and this, perhaps. also has q saddehing ibflu-
| enee on Ills spirits.
| The Gzareateb, or Grown Prince. ii built
| in tho same mould Of grandeur MS bis father.
| He Is q soldier by instinct. nnd fond of hunt
| Ing md military exercises. lie feals cha
| grlued that he WIS overshadpwed by his
| ,ucla In the Turkish war; and did not gather
| tbs laurels that ha would have won had the
| Oinnlaild In chief Of the army been given tU
| him. Since hs has returned from the wars he
has eyincsd spirit Of restlessness that has
| brought him under suspicion Ht the palace.
He IL INTENSELY Russian aud anti-atlinaIl.
He does not like tho prepondfrating In
| ueuce Ut the German element In all
| branches uf the government. | call II such,
though numerically tbs Germans are In
frrlor to the Russians. They surpess
them. however, III general learning, and
ability Tor public affairs. The heir apparent
disikrs Bismarck, and ne makes 20 attempt
to conceal bis anlinosity to the Prusslsn
Chancellor. Latterly he hates him the more
| because uf his effort to have GnltchakoH SUI
| persisted by Count SehouvnlUtr Having
inau. Andiassy bis vassal, Iiismark hopes to
obtain the same Influence Ovet Russian policy
through her Prime Minister. He will not
/ succeed. Alexander began his reign with
GortchakoT and he will hold on to him to the
| last. the veteran statesman Is now In bis
eighty first year, but that makes him only
the more valuable as counsellor of his SOW
srsign, on account Of his long and varied ex-
peIieuce Like tha Cztrewiteh he belongs ia
tha National, ~ ultra Russian purity, while
Count Schouvalon incliuss to Oeeidentalism,
In State craft, WISDOM fertility OF
resources and broad scope ct view, no living
Cabinet Minister equals Gurtchakoff. Time
and again he has proved himself mn over
match for the abIest Of his rivals Mt home or
abroad His motto has always been, Russia
bi;les her time Fooled Mt ono time she re-
tires ~ advance ut another. Driven from
naval supremacy In tho Back sea by the
Ciiuean war. she regaiped it by n stroke Oh
the pen In the Franc'rPrussian war. He has
| lived to st3 the Turkish Empire shattered in
twain, aud England herself nndea party to
| it's spoli,ttou. The Emperor will never desert
50 true u friend and so loyal n statesman.
! The CzHrewitGh IT, supterDely blessed In the
possession Of u most charming w0lnAn--the
| Princess Dagmar, of Denmark for wife. SIS
ter ~ the Princess of Wales. She loves her
husband, and he loves her With equal Hffec-
ton. Her love for him is the greatef because
She knows him to be ~ man of perfect private
virtue and thr finest traits 81 character. Re-
cent? y Hn enlargement has taken place be-
tween the Emperor and the heir Of the throne
H. ~ suspected Of giving eoul'tenance to the
schemes of the Gonstitutonnlists AMI the re-
form party. A few days since he was called
to the palaCe where Il scene OF great excite
ment took place. He was charged by his
fchnr with holding sentiments hostile to the
interests Of tho dynasty, with entertaining
relations with secret societies which
are plotting d radical changes Of men
and measures To test his loyalty
he was offered tho presidency ol
a committee Of public security. This would
| have imposed on him the responsibility ol
4 putting GOWN the NlhlliStH, anu ol llAuRu'
| rating oppressive measures OF the most severe
character. In this role he would have beer
the virtual head Of the secret police depart
mint and responsible for It's cruel punish
ments, It's fortunes, and the deportation tt
Siberia. He firmly declined to accept such d
post, not on account Of its danger. but because
Of his antipathy to cruelty, and 1T his liberia
! sympatbies. Since the interview he has been
under strict ulveillance. Tie situation II
strained to its utmost tension. 1t cannot
much longer endure. Either there must bt
u rOhe- face or the foundations OF the
government will be undermined by conspira
cles. and one OF those bloody revolutions IL
which the annals Of Russia abound will TAKE
place Whether tho Czarewitch will be az
liberal on the tnrone as he II wv Ia, Is difficult
to d, t.rminA. II rs the fashion for heirs ap
parent to be liberal. In his case. however,
thuk there Is much to hope for as he has al
way q been OF the same generous turu Of mlnd
There Is one thing sure, and that Ia, wbel
Alexander AiexandIovitch becomes Emperor
Russia will be more intensely National THAI
ever, and that no outsiue lntrigues Will hav'
any influence on her foreign or domestic
Motley