, 1876-10-21
ASSASSINATION OF NATIONS.

! To L. 5. TYLER, box 2psl, Eew York.
ASSASSINATION OF NATIONS.
victor Hugo on She Turkish Atrocities.
Il becomrs necessary 10 call The attention
Of the European governments to = fact 50
small II seems that the governments appear
not to perceive it. The fact Is this, q people
| i being as-ss-ius'ei. Whrref In Enrrp,I
Has this act witnesses One witness, he
J whole world. Do the governments Sc il?
No. The nations have above them some
thing which Is below thsn-the govern
ments- Governments see nothing through
the short--ig ghtcdGrss peculiar TO them : while
the human race looks on with another eve.
the conscience. We are about to a>touish
European governments by teaching them
| that crimes are crimes; that it j. DO more
allowable for a government than for an indi-
vi9ual 70 be an assls,iu that Europe Is soli-
Gair; that al that happens in Europa is done
by Europe; that If there exists Wild beast
government il must be treated a. q wild
beast that at the present moment, quite
close by Is, there under car eyes. people are
m mtssacreiug, burning, Pillagiuy, extsrmjna-
ting, cutting the ,hrcats of fathers ud.mo,h-
ers, selling the little girls and boys that the
children 20 small too be -,ll are being cut in
two " The blow Of a sabar; that families are
burnt IN th-ir houses that oae town-B.,Gk,
for exsmPle-has been reduced in few
hoars from 5000 inhabitants to 1900; that
The cemgteriss are choked with Uore corr4es
than can be buried, 50 that 20 the living
who have sent them carnage the dad send
back The pestlsuc., which Is only fsir. We
teach ;he governments of Eur,pe this, that
pregnant women are being ripped open to
kiII the ehilIren in their womb; that in the
public square there sra heaps Of the remains
Of women with the trace Of this treatment
! that dogs gnaw in the streets the skulls Of
outraged girls; that all this l. horrible; tha,
q gesture of the governments Of Europe would
De enough TO prevent it. ana the savages who
commit these crimes are terrifying. and thai
the civiliz-d = no let them coUmiJ them ere
appalling. The time has come to raise ones
voice. The universal Indignation Is b,ing
aroused. There are hours when The human
conscience speaks ana orders governments 80
listen Tie governments -tammes reply.
Th-y have already tried this s:ammer. They
say il Is exaggerated. Yes, It - exaggerated.
l. WAS not in few hours that the town Of Ba-
ak vas ex'cruiua'e3 il was in a lew days.
Il is said 200 Villages we're burnt-,hoTe
were ouly 80. What you call p.s;ilence i
o.,ly ryphn-- All he women have not been
outraged all the girIs have not been sold
a few have escaped. Prisoners have been
INITIATED. Lut th,ir heads have also been cut
off, which lessons he thing. The infant
said TO have beea thrown from one pike 10
he other wls, in reality, uuly placed On the
point Of one bsyonet Where there is oDe,
you put two; you cxaggeraie the two, etc.
And then Why a4s ;Lis people revOlted
Why 30 not a aock Of men let themselves BE-
owned like a herd Of animals? Why, etc. Z
This fashion of p.llia'ins increases The hor-
ror. To qu:bblg with public Indignation,
nothing more miserable. Let us call things
by their name t. kill man ct the corner
Of wood call 1 the forest Of Bouiy l. a
crime; to kill people at the corner Of that
other wood called Diplomacy Is 9 crime also
a greater one. That Is az the difference.
Dye= crime diminish in proportion to it-
eaormity? Alas, that is, indeed, an cd
law Of history Kali siz mea, you are TroFP-
man: kill G90OO0, you are Gear. To te
mons-rous Is 70 b. acceptable.
Witness The s. Bartholomew tlsssei by
Rome, the Dragouuadeg glogifed by B9s-uer,
the d Of December saluted by Europe. Bu;
It : tine that tho Old law l. surrsadad by
TIE new law. However black rhs night, tn
horiz.n lnu-, end by getting light. Ys-, the
nigh, j. black. We are q: the rising Of ghost.
Af-e- ID. Syllabus behod the Eor4n. From
one bible TO the other people frafernizs- Be-
hfrd the Holy See stands the sublime Pyr,e.
We ar- given the choice Of darkne,s sui s-e-
iBr that Rome otF.r-d 70. - middle a-.s.
Turkey has thought proper 10 offer ~ hsrs-
II l. time there Issues from civilization pr
smp-1ry pro 10. .ioa 70 - further. Ibis pro-
b!tIri,n 10 - further IN crime we, the peO-
,,,-. intimate 70 the gyvefuIa nfs. But
We a7- roi, ''ylH tJrggt that there ars I1ss-
ilu-r" To murder uaH J. q erlCa, %
murder a y=0rie = question Eagh gov
sruul4ut IA. us question. We reply, d" Hu-
mainly also has rs question In This l, l.
.r--. er than India, England aud RG--ia.
l. i The !uian: - L. mC,her- womb Irt
~ say T. Tie future, whatever i done,
al! sx.-t Everything serves i, evel crimes
What : happening III S-ryla Frovea 70 the
necessity Of the United S,arss Of ElrOge-
L, The distinct governments b. succeeded
TX II. united p-apies- Let u have done
v-i-h The rnurierCus empire l.. Us uiEZZ.e
,bs f4uat.ci--ns zni t--yOtI-Jus- After "a
fs<Lion, and Just b-esn-s brclu-a II l. hoTsi-
HE -.va-rery t--,Ifi-s Tor civilization. What
Furpr.- requires J. 2 European u4riYuzlity-
one g9reram-ur, Oae IalusE-e fF4tsruai ar
firr.r:oa. Democracy At P-4e- "! lf-eii,
all the ,i--r7 nations hsviug Tor 'helr city
aEi capital P4ri--'has i E5eT'y, having
light a. L. cayitzi--ia one woFi the CH.iet
S,.,es Of EurUpa. There l. the goal. tnerv :
tSe port. 7, was only ;rurh yrsisriay; To-
6sv- thanks 20 'hs exeeu'iJusT~, Of S-rvIa, Il .
i egii-nos. To The thinkers exc sdaed re
.-,a-siu--its pT0Of Was given y 'he mon
s-ers. The future Is : god drawn y tiSe-s- a.
--F8s EgggI.