Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-09-10

45plfdci6S winch nav OccAff14 IN huS
? sia since 1880 can be by no means at
tributed to the influence OF these re
turned exileA It's the work Of new
generation, exerting itself far morI
earnestly, anddOing al itcan to show
that the past revolutionary genera
ton was merely an assembly Of p0Gl
beginners. Although attempts at the
: life Of the Gar have been made only
twice-in Paris by Beresofsky, and In
Petersburg by Karakozof-his as
sassination has ever been the chic
feature Of all the plots, and ths
EsTABLIsHMEET OF a SOCIAL EEPUB-
8aaa 3 81 Lie gsBzas SO -
has been their almost i~nvariable aim.
Another, and not less striking charac-
Seristic of all these conspiracies, Is that
they gre conceived and carried out al
most exclusively by quite young and
obscure men.
DURING THE LAST ELEVEN YEARS
there were at least eleven plots organ
lied and scarcely in a Of them, ex-
eept those directly connected with
Polish affairs, could any man Of note
or even of mature age be found among
the c~onspirators. Students Of the uni
versities, headed by some second-rate
journalists or national school teacher,
were all that could then be found, as q
rule. Ifs few young officers, profess
sOFs or civil employees attempted to
take part in the affair they saw at
once that nothing but the chance OF
being semitic Siberia could be expected
from the schemes OF the foolish, PEN
niless fellows, who had no connection
whatever with the mass OF people,and
no other basis of action than a few
purely theoretical sentences borrowed
from st. Simon, Fourier, Pro1dhon or
Owen, SO intermixed as TO become a
real chaos. Prince DolgorOusky, the
head of the secret police and the
President of all the secret tribunals,
Used 10 divide the
RUSSIAN CoNsPIRAToRs INTO TWO
oATEGoRIEs-
those with empty heads and those
with empty pockets, and the classif-
cation was not incorrect. The great
majority of the conspiratOrs were stu
dents, having no means Of existence
other than a seanty pittance gained
by giving a few occasional lessons;
while the few wealthy young men
(like Serno-SoloWiewitch TcheFkessof
or Ounkoisky) coming early into pos
session of their p~aternal fortunes, were
drawn into the plot by mere ambition,
since those bringing money had, OF
course, a leading part reserved or
promised. Yet
IF THE POLISH REVOLUTION
had been supported by the European
powers, or had arrived at any success
by its own importance, these plots
might have become very troublesome
to the government. Poland was
crushed, and then General Mouravief
began to fight the revolutionary ele-
ments of Russia quite as thOrOuehly
as those of Poland. The only differ
ence he made, between the two cases
was that he shot or hung the Poles.
and exiled the Russians. Karahozof |
is the only man who has been hung In
St Petersburg as yet, and the new
conspiracy, the authors of which are
now on trial, is not likely TO have any
grave results, since the person who
might have been hung as the chief
ringleader-the young man called
Netchayef-is dwelling safely in Lon
don. Besides, the Russian govern
ment seems to have become accus-
toned to- cOnspiracies, and therefore
more inclined to deal with them
the ferOcious manner that prevailed
during Nicholas reign. The trial re-
from
THE LAST CONSPIRACY
has been entrusted to a new tribunal
is to say, not to a secret, but to
q public One-and since it Is q trial by
Jury, there exist fair guarantees that
the young men who merely wished to
Try the practicability of theories about
they have read at school, will
not be treated as persons guilty of
high treason. The murder of q con-
who intended to betray his
comrades will Introduce the only sub
criminal accusation, and by
sntrusting the trial Of these conspira-
,ors to a common jury instead of an
extraordinary tribunal, the govern
has shown a degree of wisdom
md q consciousness Of its ownstrength
which il has never shown before.
RUSSIAN DEsPoTIsM.
In fact, neither in Europe nor 10
America can people properly realize
he tremendous power the Russian
has over this immense
The emancipation of the /
effected q complete revolution of q
social order, a coup det0t that L
Tould have led to long disturbances 4
q any other country. 1t was ruin for a
be landlords without any immediate Q
lateTial benefit for the serfs. Yet a
either the mobiles nor the serfs at Il
smpted any serious opposition TO the Il
Storm, and only q few quasiliberals Fl
mOng the nobility whispered some Ii
hing like this: "That since the 8
Wner loses not only serfs, but lands
II those serfs, he ought to be COM \
ensated by the grant, at least, Of o
SOME NEW POLITICAL RIGHTS, y
" In the form of membership of a n
attOnal Assembly, This whisper n
as heard in one province out of sixty m
0 that of Tyer), and after the whis- Ii
3rer had been promptly locked up in
easemste no D dared propose any i,
milar reform. This power does by w
} means result, however, in the a.
ilitary force exceeding 1000, 600 ar
ca, nor in any particular loyalty of "a
e people to the institutions of the w
1t results exclusively from re
ignorance of the vast majority of w
10000, 900 OF the subjects OF the tn
for whom autoeraey snG ortho- W,
ky have still all the prestige of a on
edieval age. AS soon as a little 81
loWledge shall be ditiused among 81
6 masses the power Of the govern on
emit will be considerably reduced Il,
d the revolutionary elements in nc
eased by all the force that must ma ",
accumulate after a long period stI
rest. The Russian peasant is tn.
in his beliefs, but II he be- In
to lose them he loses them all at clC
&c, and the young enthusiasts Of or,
. universities anXiOusly wait for On
1t moment when they shall be able tn
bring their socialist theories before ire
understanding of the agricultural cis
)orer, already q socialist de Jacto, we
he holds and cultivates his land In sto
with all the inhabitants of We
village.
rHE DANGER MENACTNG RUSSIA mS
Here, Ia the practical socialism Of we
peasantry and in the theoretical IN
ialism of the students, lie the only Bu
myers that menace the Russian ~
va; and If the former is the result no
historical circumstances, the latter 10
imported plant, grown In France Ea
1 transplanted into Russia chiefly ma
two men-Alexander Harzen. who Gut
d last year in Paris, and the editor 7
the Contemporary (Lovzemennfk), yet
monthly review, for contributions NJ
which M, Tcherniehefsky has been pee
led to Siberia. This name IS much qUl
known in Europe than that Of haE
but Ia Russia OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES clio:
xnoWn lust e. mueh Is H he baa alN
Isinlv a greater infueaca. WI