Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-07-05
HoxDIao UP rue CARS HANDS.
Es,raera.nasy Efforts in asssia 80 ssrcnash'
a.. au,.rvo &c Rrgime.

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Thu, sbc .utocratic ytqsms Il fast declin-
,ny IN tIis country IL no secret here or else
where. and tho olIgarchici! ministers NOW
ruling IN the CA, q name and for the Ca.
| sake are directing all their efforts 70 tne
| sfreuctheulpg Of czarism, leaving tue NUS
| aim shin of state at the mercy OF tue
winds. saws a st. Petersburg letter 10 20.
New York Sun. The triple principIe OF
line RussophIles---" orthodoxy, aitocraey.
| and uatiouaIity--is, for the time bring, re-
| s,,iccd simply TO autocracy; 80 uucn -
! that those working In the interests OF either
religion or the country are regarded as sus-
picious persons. On the other hand. every
| Thing tending in any way TO support tne
nrrstiye OF the autocrlt Is nnagnihed, ana
| trumpeted, and hurrahed 10 the utmost
capacity Of the quadruple Imperial ponce.
What can be more plain and natural tnan
that a boy OF thirteen in three years aaa'ns
the age Of sixteen yearsi And YET tne I'M
perial claquers recently made such tn,ng
! the occasion Of so much NOISE that cue
Grim Russians relaxed their features anu
grinned. ,, ., nv
hearing. "bas safely lived behind nine iron
doors these three years to see his boy
! growing up 10 slxtcen--is this the occasion
| for all this boll-ringing, cannonading, pa
rading, and feastingy"
n HE peasmt could read. or would hear
the last imperial manifesto, he would
change his boorish opinion OF the matter.
The manifesto runs ~ follows: 800
.sBy Gods grace, we, Alexander Ill.
Enneror and autocrat OF all the Russias,
| Gar @. Poland, Grand Duke oil Finland.
etc. declare TO all our loyal subjects that
CIR dearest son and heir 10 the throne OF
Russia. Czsrowitch Nicholas Alexandra
witch. has. by Gods grace, attained to-day
| his majority. established by the funda-
mental law, aud after thanksgiving services
his imperial highness, according to law, in
our presence, took the oath OF allegiance 10
us and the country.
"Bowing before the Almighty, who pro-
yides the destiny Of the Gar and CARBON
we announce this joyful event to all iaith-
full subjects. Trusting in Gods grace. we
believe that our common prayer VIII I'VE
! heard. We pray to God that lie wiu
strengthen the youthful soul OF our nrst-
! born son and heir In the holy vows OF Ills
| great service foredesigned 10 him by Gods
will: that he will place in bis heart and
mind His justice and wisdom, and that the
divine grace, enlightening and strengthen
Ing every good deed and undertaking, VIII
ID otect him.
Given at st. Petersburg. in the 9Th day
70. 81 OF May, A. ID. 1884, and in the
| fourth year Of our caring.
ALEXANDER
The occasion Of the Cars heir coming
OF age was celebrated with great Off ;al
pomp throughout the country. In all inc
! large towns the "Te Deum " was sung, and
/ all Governors. in behalf Of their provinces,
! sent to the Gar and his heir congratulate
ry dispatches.
| "Tbe autocratic throne" said civil Off
Ger. dis now safer than before. for, In the
event OF any accident TO the Car, his heir
will assume the imperial rights aud duties
| ST once. Now the danger OF regentshipis
! over"
| The first act OF the Czarowitz was 10 seek
| TO win the hearts OF the populace OF both
capitals. Along with his rescript he sent
| to the Metropolitan Isidor, president Of the
| Imperial Philanthropical Society, 10000
rubles (S5,000). 10 be distributed among the
poorest residents Of this city. and Prince
| DongorukoiI, Governor-General Of Mos
| COW. received $1,000 rubes for distrlbu-
ton among the needy Moscovites.
In the person OF his heir the Car has
now one more man who has sworn to serve
| him, "not sparilg his own life even to ths
| last drop OF his blood" Perhaps the Cars
son will fulfil this solemn oath, but as TO
| the rest Of his 100, 100000 subjects 1t Is too
evident that TO them the oath is mere
| form. The civil and military officers
are fast forsaking their master. Re-
| Gently the Gar issued an order for
| bidding the heads OF departments and
other high civil and military officers
| from serving in any banking, industrial, or
commercial institution. II has been proved
! in hundreds Of instances that officers OF the
| crown when connected ia any way with
private institutions. usually serve not the
| throne but their own company. Prcvl-
ousIy such officers were forbidden TO con-
! tribute TO any periodical. Thus being
driven from the press and from trade and
industry the officials are bemoaning their
! unhappy lot.
The officers Of both the army and the
navy are getting holder and holder in their
murmurs against the Government, and
scores OF them are daily arTested-not that
! they are guilty OF nihilism, but new kind
OF patriotism is fast developing among
| them. The military commission now in
vestigating the causes OF discomfort among
the officers was told by one officer, @ 1t Is
high time TO serve the country" 1t Is said
that this has frightened the Cars generals
FAR more than nihilism itself; for an officer
who is guilty Of nihilism is easy TO deal
with-shoot him; but an officer who IL
| loyal to his country, even IN spite OF the
Cars orders. is something new in Russia.
In view VI these startling facts the Car
has found il necessary TO examine the
members Of his own suite as 70 whether
| they mean to serve him or the country. IL
| is said, however. that all Of them assured
! their august master that they knew no
country. The imperial suite consists OF
| SIS members. There are among them one
! Tartar, one Armenian, two Roumlnlans,
| three Greeks, six Georgians, seven Poles,
eleven Firms, and siXty.one Germans, the
remainder beng Russians.
Prince Wilhelm, OF Prussia, recently VS.
tied the Car. He was dned, wined, and
petted TO an extraordinary extent.
NO more danger Of war!" exclaimed
the ST. PelersbuTgers.
! But, after seeing his Prussian guest of,
the Gar issued an order calling 10 duty
224,O00 recruits, which is 5000 in excess
/ OF the last years CONSUMPTION.
| II will be remembered that during the
| last six years a number OF the senator's have
! been working here on the reform OF the
| provincial administration. Lately their
| little project, embracing 2l,973 printed
! pages, was handed 10 the sutocrat. new
! senatorial commission has been appointed
| order 10 review the project, and rs some
| imid members OF the commission limited
| that it was a hard task, the Car ra,hly
| agreed that a little Russian Parliament
| should be called to help them. So Il num-
Der OF governors and members Of provin-
cial administration will he invited here to
! discuss the reform OF the provincial gov
eminent. Some OF the Russian papers,
however, express strong doubts whether
the statesmen of the capital, even when as
sisted bv the statesmen Of the provinces,
can reform anything. The Contemporary
NeicS says:
"Ah If we only had quarter, nay, an
eighth OF Bismarck, what life and order we
should have in our State mechanism
Malarial Poison.
ROVE, GA, May %, 1888.
With the hope that it will reach the eye
Of other sufferers, desire to make a state