. Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning. RUSSIAN COMMERCE.—Roadstead of Kkonstadt.—Drawn by De la Charlerie. verging lines of legislative, executive,and judicial power. If constitution asapplied to government is to be definedas the aggregate of those principles andrules of conduct bv which the of
. Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning. RUSSIAN COMMERCE.—Roadstead of Kkonstadt.—Drawn by De la Charlerie. verging lines of legislative, executive,and judicial power. If constitution asapplied to government is to be definedas the aggregate of those principles andrules of conduct bv which the ofoverninofpower is restrained and confined to cer-tain methods of activity, then it may betruly said that Russia has no constitutionat all. All the councils and ministersand bureaus, as well as the legislativebodies, look up to the czar and, at least autocracy, we note its principal , after the czar himself, consist offour great councils. The , ... The four great first is the Ministerial councils and ^ .- ,, 1 ,1 their functions. Council; the second, theImperial Council; the third, the vSenate ;and the fourth, the Holy Synod. Thefirst of these bodies is composed of acommittee of the various appointed min-isters. The Imperial Council consultswith the czar in the formulation of the THE SLAVS.—CiriL /NS77TUTIOAS. 161. THE AUTOCRACY.—Coronation of a Czak.—Drawn by Flanu imperial edicts. It is the business of the Senate to discuss and promulgate such laws as are handed down from the Imperial Council. Since the senators11 themselves are appointed by the czarthey can hardly be expected to opposehis will. It is their business rather tofind out his will and to express it in laws 162 GREAT RACES OE MANKIND. for the empire. The Holy vSynod may belikened to the lords spiritual of GreatBritain. The body has the jurisdietionof the religious affairs of the people,and is composed of the bishops andmetropolitans of the cities and prov-inces. It is of interest to analyze som
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