The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-07-06
moscw.LETTEa.
Moscow, May 9eth, lss

oil all the Russias, accompanied by the
Empress and Princes ana Princesses
of the Imperial House Of Romanof,
proceeded in state from tho, PutroiIiky
Palace at Moscow through donb.s
line Of soldiers. extending four miles
ani halt in length, 10 the .kremlin.
The scene was extraordinarily magnif
cent, sh,nnding in life anil gorgsous,
with splendid eoloring, suggestive OF
unlimited power and incAIculsblo dan.
ger. His Imperial Mriesty must be q
great aud brave man indeed to have
borne himself 50 SerenelY. Along ali
those miles OF sen,inels he rode, on bis
snpsrb charger. little distance in ad-
vance of his glilteriug escort, tho n
trial figure Of the mighty cavslcadr. the
cyno"ure Il all eyes. the mark for a
temPsst Of aoclsmayton. inspiring lis
loyal subjects al "nce with Veneration
and snxiety. Throughout. The Emper
or maintained calm demeanor. an be.
6tted his lofty position. Now and
again be smiled upon his reople. and
bowed right sud left in Acknowledg.
meat Of the cheers ~hich rent the air
with sounds Of welcome. Yet who
shall say what miagiyings may have
stirred his miud. what pride and coursge
we're needed TO preserve that nnmoved
and heroic front Not fur himself
alone were hia thoughts, We 'n.y be
snre But few yards in advance Of
him went the Empress, accompanied by
the GraLd Duchess Xsnie Alexandra
van, in state carriage, surrounded by
grooms and pages and next them
came the rest of the Grand DuehesAes,
conspicuous among whom sat Marie
A:exAndroyan. Almost every member
Of the Imperial family took part in the
progress, the like of which f,r earthly
grandeur. mixed with we'll grounded
terror, the world never yet beheld.
al that Imperial tbrOng, not knowing
What a moment might bring forth,
must have seen much more than the
npturned faces Of the cheering crowds
in the streets, much more than the
ranks Of people aeclaimisg frou Tho
balconies and gazing down from be-
tween a forest OF venetian masts, and
innSmerabIe flags and banners antssr-
ing in the breeze-must have seen in
imagination, heightened by dreadful
memories, pictures Of ths fancy they
were too brave 10 reveal - tile multitude
That ther. ~a4 danger, sni that there
may have b.-n terror. cassot l,e dee
MED hut the peril aud the fear, not
withssnding the display ,f solid power,
of ssta !ishsd aathority, # willing seI
vice, snd sdrciionAle loyalty far out-
we'glsd the lUrkiny spirit OF mischief.
When, at noon. tho procession started
from the PetroEsky Palace. aud the
thunder ot The cannon and the clAngoT
of the pealihg BELLS shook the earth an,l
reaounded through the air ; when The
Emperor, in his Generals uniform
bIazing with jswelled orders, mounted
his charger, the people were wroughI
20 pitch Of contagious enthusiasm
| The t.ns and hundreds of thousands be.
tween whose long array he rode, saN
before them not an elected ruler, not 4
Constitutional Sovereign, but the:l
Emperor ant Father by Divine right
the Patriarch of the beloved and rever
ed National Church.
The immense majority bad nrithsl
part nor share in the new ideas, noI
wish nor understanding for change
The Imperal family OF Dukes ane
Duchesses, stately and resplendent
those high officers, and sqnadrons o
cavalry-making martial musie will
the clang and rattle of their arms ant
horse turniture-represented to then
their country's power and glory, an'
her high place among the nations
Simple, faithful folk, they were glat
and proud of that stupeudous, tha
great shaw. For it should be distinct
| ~ understood that the secret Of dan
gers which shake the stability of th
Russian Throne, and make OF the I'm
perial Russian Palaces so many glide
dungeons, beset with unseen rerils an
darkened with the shadow of threaten
, ing murder, do not spring from ,h
people, and in Russia there IL no mic
die classes. The peasantry and sina'
shopkeepers are ignorant, de~ou,, an
loyal. In that 1ittls-known, steril
0 and thsnly-populated country, the town
I and villages are few and far between
Communication is difficult, ideas sprea
slowly, and an organized revelation
Impossible. It is among the noLiIitl
: the military, and the stadent class
!, that the new views prevail and Il
! danger which yesterday threatened II
. Imperial family must he sought &
!. among the State officials and the mil
Z tary officers who wear the Emperor
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