Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-02-25

tunes were emblsz) ned with precious stonef.
Their liveried servants formed an army by
Themselves. Thirty thousand troops in
sp' eniid Uniforms followed the Car az lie
rode into TIE City OF the Bsls-Preob.j Mt
ski Guards, with towering shsko.s; Chevaiier
guards, with silver helmets; Circsssla an
Guard, with surcoAts Of chain mail. Sham
fights were held outside the CITY. Popular
festivities were given at which fountains
played with vodky, beer and wine. Dinners
were served at which five roasted sheep were
placed on each table" The religious as
pect was most impressive. In the magnificent |
cathedral Of the Assumption, at Moscow, |
built 500 years sge, the solemn rites we're |
performed. Here, in the vast Enclosure,
with its columns Of porphyry and jasper, its
floor covered with sgates and comedians, aud
it. walls enriched with costly mossics, the
monarch bares bis head for the blessing Of
heaven. Here The crown is given him by
Inc high prelate, who solemnly pronounces
"Most pious, puissant, great lord, Emperor
OF all Russis, this visible and material orna-
ment is the outward Sign by which the King
Of Glory cTowns thee at This momept-thee,
the chief Of all the people Of Russia-cou-
6rmipg thee by means Of His holy bene-
diclion in thy absolute and supreme power
! ever thy subjects" Here the historic cape,
| typifying the weight of empire, is placed
about his shoulders. Here he is anoInted
with the sacred ell, and here, in fact, is he
overwhelmed with all the solemn regalia
that Church and State can bestow. Ga the
9Th of Nay these grand ceremonies will be
repe ated, but they will not awe into submis-
sion the lurking hate and discomfort OF
down.trodden and oppressed people. The
wrongs Of the bleeding sire have been trans
mitted 10 the son, aud the battle for free
dom begun BY the assassination OF the late
| Gar will be continued. III the new Car 20
soon as be is crowned will authorize the
clergy TO nominate for themselves the head
to their Church, and draft code for Church
government, and urge the adoption OF con-
stitution whereby those who fight Russia's
battles shaII be represented in making
her laws; organize civil government
on an enlightened basis; reorganize the
school system so that all the children OF the
poor shall obtain the Iudiments of an edu-
cation, aud understand that hereafter Church
and State are each to be confined 10 their
own spheres; call home from Siberia the POI
lilical prisoners and permit them 10 write
aud speak Is freemen; that hereafter The
people are to make the laws, and the CT r il
merely to stand as an umpire and see the
laws execuled-Ue say if the new Car will
make these just concessions he will have
peaceful reign, command the affections o.
the pt ople and transmit an enviable name tC
posterity. But the son will not see mis- father
mistake and bow 10 the inevitable. Such {
concession would be the moot msgnihcen
triumph that ever crowned with glory al
: earthly sovereign. But the old story is e
be repeated. The new Gar cannot absndor
the rule which slew his father. He propose
To be crowned, not only as temporal sover
eio7 brit also eousecrated as the prince ano
} head OF the Greek Church. He will assume
: To be both the spiritual and temporal head
of the people; to hold In subsection alike
their bodies and souls. Under such rul'
thers will still be Nihilists, discomfort ano
| assassination. The industries Of the country
will lauguish, vics and ignorance abound, and
uuspeakable cruelties prevail. The people re-
: volt at a bondage that cruibes independence
and this has been going on for centuries, ant
there will be no peace now that the peopl
are yearning for the sweets Of freedom. Th
+ shores of time are strewn with the wrecks Q
l nations that have been stranded on the roc
c which the Car OF Russia cannot see an
will not shun. The enslaved people, hedge
around by million glittering bayonetf
awed by all the terrors of the kuout, tn
halter and Siberis, still have the manhoo
L to cry out for liberty, and it will come soone
or later.