The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-10-13
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= = The bsrbaric peme and parade Of Rusiian
epronatlep,ss veil ~ celebration = 4
rrsat distances ffom the seat Of government,
always necessitates great preparations, but
tnsvsthssD long In Interval rs this oeen
placed between the accession and the solemn
browning Of the Gar. The yer, much
shorter delay which occurred In holding the
Emperor Nicholas coronation was consid-
cred very remarkable at the time" Inc
claims and the necessary remuneration OF the
Grand Duke Constantine, the natural heir
10 the throne; the pretended Discrimination
of Nicholas TO take his brothers place, ana
che military insurrection which Immediately
followed his proclamation, ell contributed 10
put Of the official recognition OF the new
monarch. II was On The oath Of December,
1926, Just three weeks after the death OF
Alexander, that the affected scruples OF the
Grand Duke were overcome and he POSI-
lively consented to accept the crown, but not
till the Sd Of October, 1925, when the CHIEF
consplrasors having been executed or exiled)
10 was considered the country was properly
purgsd Of i.s treason, that he put on, In the
Cathedral Of the Assumption at Moscow, the
crown Or oil the Russias. & q
IL used TO be once thought In Russia that
the Car was not properly tho LORDS
anointed until be had actually received the
sacred oil on his head at the hands Of the
Russian patriarch; and the reason assigned
for not burying the Gear Peter Ill In the
Church Of St. Peter and St. Paul in the cita-
dol Of St. Petersburg with the other Russian
Emperors, his predecessors, was that he had
never been crowned, and 90 was not entitled
10 the funeral honors paid by immemorial
custom 10 Russian sovereign. When Paul
came TO the thrsne hs paid his murdered
father the respect that had been denied him
I'm his lifetime. The funeral ceremonies
were gone over again, and the comm which
contained bis remains crowned with much
ponp and solemnity. The great Catherine
allowed ~ little time - possib 10 to
slapss between, Peters dsthronement and
death and her own coronation. She was on
TO Moscow before the breath was we'll out Of
her poor consort's body, and, by dint Of Law
ish distribution Of brandy and roubles,
bought something Of cheer Is she made
her entrance into the old capital. The next
day she started back again with feeling OF
intense relief. She looked upon Moscow ~
. place TO DO crowned In and nothing else,
and regretted every moment spent away from
Pstsrhon and Gatschina and the varnish Of
II western life. FLFF
! Every Gar, too, that has como after her
has fsttersd, and feared, and studiously
avoided Moscow. It Ii the Rome Of the
North" cried Nine. de Stasl In sort Of &C.
stacy, but the Russian Emperors themselves
have rather compared 1t TO Nineveh or q
/ Palnyrs, With it, Asistic magnifcencs and
Ito uncomfortable crown. Nicholas possess.
Cd . great attachment for the old capital, ~
, indeed became Prince who set his back al
oil Western reforms aid Innovations. But
for oil that, he tosk up his residence In thu
Krsmlin just ~ seldom - The Czars hi
predecessors, who never disguised their de-
testation Of the gloomy palace and prison
combined. There was an air Of independ
snce about the Muscovites that he neve
really liked at heart--a free-and-easy bear
ing which has grown snd grown out Of liber
ty Into license, and again out Of license intf
rebellion, until Leo present unpleasant pro
portions arc quite sufficient to explain thu
reluctance Of Alexander iii to soiourn fo
even day In the hotbed Of Nihilism.
At Peter the Greats death Catherine |, d
she was afterward known, claimed the thron'
In the right Of her coronation ut Moscow II
her husbands lifetime. The ceremony has
been performed on May Is, 1724, In tn
presence OF the Cars niece, Anne, Duches
Of CORTLAND, aud the Duke Of Holsten, hi
intended son-ln-law. In . manifesto pub
\ lished on the occasion Peter, after stating
that It was customary with Christian mon
srchs TO crown their consorts, and instancinI
among the orthodox Greek Emperos Basill
Ivy sses, Justinius, Heraclius, and Leo, the phi
t0sopner, no Iemtuueo sho Seohay VI Wa
Empress's services in the late war,.and o.
lpssialiy Of the courage and gensralship sh
had displayed ut tho battle Of the Pruth
"For these causes, and In virtue OF tn
power which God hath given US, we have re
4 solved; In acknowledgment Of all her fatigue
and good Offices, to honor our consort Will
the imperial crown" On the coronation
day the, Car walked before her on,foot
the procession, and'in the cathedral placed
the crown on her head with his own hand
D 4 short TINT. afterward 1t was all that Peter
advisers could do to restrain him from send
Ing the same head to the block on account Q
her amorous intrigues with the unfortunate
4, young chevalier, Moens de II Croix. -.
IA One Mr.. Fletcher, who was present In
q diplomatic capacity at the coronation Q
"a Feeder I, wrote an interesting account o
Ne ceremonies used on these occasions Il
The sixteenth century .',su1@5 .-S ''4
na sIn the great Church Of Our Lady," say
the Secretary to the British Embassy, "witf
In the Empsrour's castle, ID erected STAG
whereon standeth screen that bearcth upo
II the imperial cap aud robe In very ricl
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