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

the reckless, 5einsn amDltlOn Ol LII
. bruted partizans and politicians.
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. Russian cansPlFaeles.
From the New York Herald
! ST. PETERSBURG, JaIy 20, 1s7I.-
The so-called Netchayef conspiracy
e the members of which are on trial
, shows once more that though tn
Latin races have been always con
sidered the most conspiratory thu
SlavOnic races are by M e be
hind them in this respect. The fact j
that Western revolutionary move
menfs have made more noise in thu
: world and have been more feared thai
similar Moscow attempts. Carbon
arism spread terror all over Europe il
/ the early part of this century, and
| this terror has not given way for
{ much longer time than the reminis
cences Of the great French revolution.
while Eastern countries, Including
Russia, were scarcely ever quiet for 8
few consecutive years; but no n in
Europe or America cared much about
what was going on in those distant
regions.
RUSSIA AND IT'S DEsTINIEs.
without speaking Of endless riots
amid its pessantry, Russia had two
great mutinies-the one in the seven
teenth century, that of Stenka Rszine;
the other in the eighteenth, that OF
POugatchef. Military riots were also
frequent, and that of the archers dur
ing the minority of Peter the Great
was the most important. On the
other hand, Court cOnspiracies carried
their work in the upper spheres, end
ing almost constantly In regieide, as
in the case of the Emperor Paul. The
middle classes and the small landed
proprietors were the only classes that
remained more or less quiet until
about 1895, when the sO-called Deem
Der conspiracy took place. And since
then Court as well as mob plots have
completely ceased, as if to give way
to the revolutionary activity of the
middle classes, which began then to
gain strength with every year
THE CONSPIRACY OF 1926.
had for its aim the Introduction of con-
stitutional government into Russia.
Ii was organized almost exclusively
by officers of the army, and had its
ramiicatiOns In all the provinces. It
is well known that the Emperor Alex
ander l thought for some time of
emancipating the serfs and intrOduc-
ing a parliamentary form of govern
ment. But the mystic dispositions of
mind of that sovereign, which led
him to conclude the holy alliance,
were speedily increasing, and caused
him soon to give up his liberal pro-
|jects. this was the chief reason that
gave birth to the December cOnspir-
aey, which did not ripen at the time
of AleXander's sudden death, and
broke out only on the day of
EMPEROR NICHOLAS ACCESSION TO
THE THRONE.
Alexander died leaving no children,
and the throne should have passed to
his brother Constantine, then Lieu 1
tenant of the Gar at Warsaw. But
COnstantine's personal character made !
him dislike the role of sovereign, and
scarcely fitted him for the perform.
ance of the duties imposed by that
role. Consequently he resigned his
rights already during Alexander's
reign, and a formal a~bdication in
favor of the third brother was depOs-
tied in the State Paper Office. 1t was
of this transaction, not yet made
known to the public, that the Deka-
brists (men of December) expected to
take advantage at the time of Alex
ander's death. Their chief aim was to
IMPOSE APARLIAMENTARY FORM OF
GOYERNMENT.[ -~l
upon the new Sovereign, and the Off.
won whole regiments to their
cause. But how well the mass of
soldiers understood the matter can be
from the fact that amid the revO-
IutiOnary fight that took place in front
IF the place they cried for U6RStituzid,
understanding by that word not the
constitution, but the supposed wife of
Nicholas not only put
Town the movement, but managed to
'ule Russia for thirty years as despoti-
ally as ever a country was ruled. [
Five Of the leaders Of the cOnspifacyl !
II the 18th OIL Observation-Disclosures I
MOuravief, Pestel and Kahoy- I
ky-were hanged, and the rest sent to ]
IL was during the execution
hat the rope Of one OF the condemned {
and the man exclaimed, "in {
they do not know even how to
lang a man properlyl" For this ex- I
Nicholas ordered the eon-
.emened to be hanged a second time.
Though the breaking of the rope, 3
ccOrding to immemorial custom, was I
Onsidered to be Gods order for a par v
on. But Nicholas said he wanted to {
how that Russians knew how to p
ang. As Q matter of course the most a
DREADFUL SYSTEM OF TERRoRs 8
'as introduced into the political life, =
nd the panic-struek people remained n
uiet for several years, until a less n
Important conspiracy broke out In =,
lief, partly with the same constitu- Il
onal views, partly with some ten n
sncy toward separatism on the part n
the leading men of Little Russia. a
be plot, however, had no organiza- n
on, the members were almost eXclu- =
vely students and professors of the n
.niversity, ali of whom were soon n
rested and sent into exile. Ofthese q,
couple were men of real merit. =,
rOfessOr KOstomarof, now already an r.
d man and the highest authority in al
ussian history, was then a young, Il
sayant, as well as the celebra- oi
q poet Of Little Russia, Taras Shelf E,
Both of them suffered exile II
ID Imprisonment for long years, and n
was only the now reigning Empe- -
r Alexander III that set them again n
liberty. A few years IL
AFTER THIS KIEF CONSPIRACY 70
IOther arose at st. Petersburg, this co
ne q more Important one, and bear hi
2 quite a European character. It
Ok place in 1849. The European
vOluti0n OF 1S4s communicated its 81
ntagi0n to the Russian capital, and -
thin twelve months after il had ~
en- more or less pscifed in the west er'
Europe Il sprang up IN the east. A ~
v copies of the works Of ST. Simon -
d Fourier were smuggled in. and a an
ret society was formed with q view hx
propagate and establish seeialisticl5 !.
d republican Institutions. This of
lspiracy is known b. the name of a
leader, 70
PETRAoHEEPKY, av.
! was discovered before any pracu- les
steps were realized. All the chief Ht
lspiratoTs-abOut thirty in number is
we're tried by q secret high tribunal eel
l Condemned to be shot, without
public having the slightest idea as .
the intentions and crimes Of sta
culprits were. The preparations mi
the execution were already made TO
the Semenoisky Parade Square and shi
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