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Show AE.EX1 5. 'Ibeluii- to ,he abtf.ule conlp.d of u'.l U; Ku-r.-ia, ilioyoun.g Grand luke , Alexia, ivachcl the skuHM of our J1l-pul.iie J1l-pul.iie on Sn ad.iy l.it. Tlii-' is n t tbe lir-t :;on of roya'ty that Juts visited lh; United St lies, but he is by far the ino.-f import; mt, for us a prospective riiL.T of rmllj ih, if his life bo spared, he is de.-.iinf d to play a more important import-ant put in tin: wurld'.s gretit di'inna of lift; and in realities (ban the 1'iinco of Walei. l!'J'b an: tbo heirs to crowns of mighty umpires, but. w bib: the British Brit-ish J'rino.: t .is a diaiisfied jcople to rule over, limuiy of whom threaten to i;as!. on i lie, m uiiiiiaieny uji-ju bis avc.'sian tu the throne, the Hus. j siafi (Ir.inJ l.lV-: :.o far has no such fears ahead nor a Minilur trouble in j pro.-,peetivc. Both, loo, upon their I accession to power will be tbe recog- nied bead-i of (diurches, as. well as of I empire.-; but; the I'ldnce of Wales will pt'C-i le ovi;i- mo .tripped already of much of its povcr, rapidly disintegrating, disintegrat-ing, and ie!ding before the vigorous a-saults of non coiifonnlsts, eor.grega-tionalists eor.grega-tionalists atiil dissi-nlers generally; and a church wlo'eh nivcr has jiaid much .civile devotion lo il l mortal head. While the Russian of io-day clings as sincerely to the faith" of the Greek cltureb as his fathers did a century 1 ago; and views with a reverence u!;in to idolatry ths father cf Russia, the; mighty potentate who has the power j to dispose of the lives and liberties of bis subjects unquestioned, and whose : spiritual authority is as freely aeknowl-, aeknowl-, edged by his people. This young man who has reached j the United Slates, and who will be twenty two years of age on tho 14th j of ne::t January, has beforo him the 1 supreme control of rsomo seventy mil- pons of human beings, unrestricted, j and u accountable lo any earthly being ; for the exercise of that power. ! The German lbMs for fathcrlaud, the i'Venchnmu for "la belle France," the Italian for a united Italy, the Englishman tor his "tight little idand;" but the Russian fights for the Czir, who is at once Rope and Kaiser, pontiff pon-tiff and emperor; and to die for him when needed tho Muscovite deems an act of religious duty as well as fidelity. This is the future of Alexis; this is (he prospect of tho young man who will bo the object of scheming politicians, shoddy aristocracy, pitiful parvenues and maneuvering mammas, for the favor of a fmiilc or tha condescension conde-scension of a nod, until the Grand Duke will be liable to think the patent of royalty carries its superiority among all peoples and claims its rightful homage ovcrywhere. The telegraph will, without doubt, furcish ample details of every movement move-ment of the Grand Duke, with the receptions, parties and honors which will greet him on all sides; and with this fact before us wc may the more quickly dispose of him editorially. |
