Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-10-14

: the jury were polled. All gave til,
same answer. "Guiity OF niurder il
The tirst degree"
The Respondents counsel mad,
sOlne exceptions to the ruiing Of h,
court, ANA NE cA,e may 20 To III,
supreme Court Tor final aujuuic,.
ton, winch will delay Tue scnUu,,c,
III next August, even il the excep
lions are Ovcrrulr,l.
Il FAHis, rnAs.I, au.ustS2t 1876.
EDITOR OF OPINION: Through
ihe courtesy vi Al. vlctOr hugo
am aoie 10 send you The follow III,
Interesting document from his pea,
somewhat aDre> lated. IT. is hope,
that when it snail appear, us It short
~ VIII, its effect upon Euronaa,
Governments WIN be to awaken thp,,
" II realization OF the tact, whicl
oecomes increasingly cvident will
the receipt OF each days teIe grams
mat unless some neutral power il,
tertele, the total externiination O
Tie Servians is inevitable.
lie saws: ut has Uecome neces
sary to draw the attention of Euro
pean Governments to IL fact, appar
emily so small in itself that they d,
not seem to noGice it, and this il
that a whole nation is being assas
sinated in Europe. Are there wit
nesses of it? Yes, there is u wit
ness-the whole world. DO the Gov
ernments see it? No; there is some
thing above nations which is at the
same time beneath them-their Gov
ernlnents-which opposite meaning
becomes obvious at Gel tain moments
Civilization is inherent TO nations
Barbarity is Inherent to Cover
ments. What humanity knows, Gov
ernments ignore. This is caused
10y the fact that Governments only
see through that ruyopy, State rea
SONS. Humanity sees through all
other eye-its conscience. We shal
astonish the European Governments
by informing them that crimes ART
crimes; that it is no more excusa
ble in a Government than in an in.
|diyidual to be an assassin, that En-
rope is jointly responsible; that if
there is u wild beast in Europe it
must be treated as u wild beast
tI,at at this very moment, close to
where we are, under our very eyes,
massacres, pilIageS, and wholesale
determinations are going on; ia
theirs and mothers are being muir.
dered, their children sold into cap
tivity, and thvse who are too small
cut in pieces by the sword whole
families are burned in their homes.
Certain towns, such as Balak, tor
instance, are reduced in Il few hours
from 5000 to 1900 inhabitants; the
cemeteries are INSTRUCTED by corps.
es which it has been impossible to
bury, so that, to the living who put
them to death, the dead give the
plague. All this is horrible. A sig.
nal from the Governments of Eu
rope would suffice to prevent it.
How hideouS are tho savages who
commit such deeds, and how vii.
are the civilized people who toler.
ATE them The moment has come
to lit up our voice. Universal in.
is aroused. There are
times when the human conscience
speaks and imposes its authority W.
on Governments. Ministries STAN
mer out q reply. They have already
forth their response, say.
ing. ooh, tits exaggeration. 1t WAS
said that 200 villages were burned
it was only 1919. What you call
the plague is only typhus. Prison
ers were mutiIa:ed, but their hea lis
were cut off wards, which les.
seas the crime. The child who was
said to have been thrown from one
bayonet to tho other was only at
tached to the end of one. Where
there was but one, you say two,'
and so Oh. Why this palIiation 2
1t adds to the horror. Nothing can
be more miserable than to thus bar
gain with the public Indignation.
1t is subtlety pleading for barbar-
ism. Let us call things by their
name. 10 Stay man III a corner OF
4 wood called the Black Forrest is
a crime. TO kill people at the cor.
ner of another wood called Diplo.
macy is also q crime. 1t is greater,
md that is all the difference. Is
crime diminished by reason of its
Alas! it is. in fact, ain
Did law of history XIII six men-
gu are an assassin kill 10000.
you are Caesar. But it. is time
hat the new law should succeed
he old. However black be the
tight, the horizon must finish by
Frightening. Yes, the night is
black just because it is horrible.
'avageness proves in favor of civil.
cation. What the atrocities in Ser
ia prove beyond a doubt, is tina,
here must be European national
y ~ =: wv - "tnStsS putJ ou Iul
uense traternal court of arbitration.
Democracy at peace with itself.
That is to say, Liberty, having Light
IS a capital; in il word, the United
States of Europe. That Is the aim.
hat Mnst De the end. This was
esterilay but the truth; thanks to
he executiOners of Servia of to-day
is eoident. 10 the testimony Oi
hin kers. is now added that of an
assins. The proof has been fur.
ished by monsters. The future is .
god drawn by tigers. Is
VICTOR HUGO"
That the man who yields the most :
owerful pen of any statesman in i
Europe should not only possess but !
i've utterance to such sentimen Is
, are embodied in the foregoing e
rticle, augurs not well for those !,
lctions who are regarding with 50
'uch iIl.will the prosperity of the i
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