The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-01-25
THE CzAR's CORONATION.
A Picture o: Imperial erime and Popu,a,
Misery

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Misery.
How grand must be the coronation of an
emperor! What joy-what throngs of peo-
ple-what enthusiasm A superb, dar.
Sling magnificent spectacle, above all. in
the capital where the ceremony takes place,
But no! This is all dream. The city is
somber and dismal. The inhabitants have,
Enclosed themselves In their dwellings
where terror holds them captive, for they
dare not venture beyond their thresholds.
me ola are silent, and with drooplng
nsaus iook sadly on their children, who
nave ceased their play under a preseHti,
mother clasps her infant in her arms MS II
some blood.thirsty tiger coveted THIS prev
| All is quiet; not murmer escapes, and
even the breath is held The ear is In The
| kremlinl
Inc kremlln 4 collection of towers of
All forms; oil h"'tries, and donjons, and tur.
| rcls; OF mipages and bellies; o! loop.boles
crenelated walls, ramparts and fortified.
lions OF all descriptions. All in this vast
monument-the ancient residence of the
cruel tyrants OF Russia-all announces dis.
order, ana violence; all betrays the con.
tinual surveillance required for the safety
OF despot The Kremlin--the work OF n
malignant mortal, whose power knew no
bounds ana represented armed terror and
dessolatlon. Heritage of the dark reign of
ivan H., 1t stands prison, palace, a
tyrants, acell for the people
The czafis in the Kremlin He conceals
himself for the ceremony of coronatisn.
lie desires that none shall know the mo.
ment OF his arrival. Communication by
telegraph is forbidden as well as public
travel ON the line to Moscow Thirty thou.
SAND men guard the roads; posts OF soldiers
gre stationed on tine entertainments. and
| patrols are running night and day on both
| sides OF the rails. Like his father. the car
travels IN carriage cased with iron-tear
ing, perhaps, that his people, in an explo-
sion OF enthusiasm, in the wildness of their
JOY, might overpower him with thor adula.
lions, and smother him in their frenzied
pleasurel
Why all these precautionsp Why this
| terfof, even AZ the moment the c2ar is en-
tering the cathedral to be definitely crowned
and TO receive the Holy Sacramento Wny
endeavor TO shuttle through the ceremony
with closed doors, and thus make the coro.
nation secret affair, in which the nation
must have no participation
III Is because the son of Alexander | |. well
knows the dark and terrible history of his
predecessors because he well knows what
rivers OF blood have crimsoned their palaces.
and what profound misery they have
spread throughout the empire. The spec.
tacle oil Peter appears before HIM in all
his hideous surroundings; he benolds
him furious, intoxicated, in a
bloody orgy, showing with what ad-
dresses he can cut Off innocent heads
lie beholds the debaucheries of Catharine
and the infamous RIGHTEOUSNESS of Anne,
and he remembers the cruelties of Eliza
beth and Catherine l., so famous for her
odious crimes, her extreme deprnvity, the
history OF which produces the effect of a
horrible nightmare, and which even dis.
gusted her most fanat.cal adhcrents. And
time has rolled OH numerically, without
alternating sorrow, eiiacing the wide.
spread gloom, and without power to wipe
away the eternal tears shed by the Russian
people Groans and sobs and lamentations
reach MIN from the deserts of Siberia and
before his eyes gibbets are ranged by thou
sands, all ready to receive their victims
Translated from French Journal.