The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-09-22
BUREA UCR4CY "TEMPERED BY ASS4S
SLNAIION"

sination of the Chief of the Russian Secre,
Police afford glimpse into the real condition
of the Empire of the Tsar, which is not exact.
ly like the pictare that some ad mirers of the
Muscovite liberation of the Turkish Christians
have painted for themselves. One of the most
import tant Ministers of Srate-for such the
head of ae famed and feared Third DIVISION
OF the 1nperial ChsncelleIie isis assassin ated
IN open day in ore of the Chief thorough fares
OF the capitol. The assassins are proved bJ
their dress and other circumstances To be n al
easy condition of life probab bly, members of the
higher classes. They do their work 80 tho.
roughly and choose their time ahd place 80 op
portdnely, that they are able to step without
molestat on into their "splendidly y -appoin nted
cquipage standing close by" and 60 withdraw
themselves from the scene of their crime SO eff.
| fectually that "ali trace of them is lost"
| The tragic horror which this outrage il nat
urally calculated to inspire, is almost lost sight
OF in contemplating the circumstances which
| accompanied it, This becomes still more the
case when we reflect that this is not the first
| or the second deed of this kind " hich has been
| lately perpetcated in Russia. General Mesent-
self was assassinated on August 16 Two days
| before, the parade ground at Odessa a stu
dent named kovalsk was shot, while several
| OF DIS companions, Young men and women,
were sentenced to various rms of penal SER
| vltude or exile to Siberia Their effence was
| resisting the police" A few months ago,
Colonel Heynina, commanding the Eolice at
Kiev, was assassinated. at the beginnipg of
spring, we had the trial Of Vera Zlssulitch
for ber attempt to assassnats General Ire
poh, the Governor of the City of st Peters
burg. 1t will be remembered that this young
person waited on The Governor in his priv ate
til 70 and fred two shots at him in retaliat ion
for the harsh treatment of a stadent at Mos
COW, who was alleged to have been punished
with inhumau severity. There was denial |
of the offence, yet she wfs acquitted with |
boster9us approval which led to fresh coils. |
ions with the police. If we go back q tile |
farther, we shall find many other instances of |
this deep seated seditious spirit, to use the |
mildest term, ready on the slightest occasion |
to disturb the pablo peace and resist TIE au- |
thorties. and prepared to go to any leng tbs |
and to endure any penalties in the prosecution |
OF is obj The result of all these tausac-
lions has heen to ergender q spirit of active
hostility b. tween certain classes in Rossia
aud the Government, and especially the DO.
lice This hostility fnds expression in the
continual exercise o. mutual reprisals, if We
may be permitted such phrase. An onL5r-ak
OF Hlsafiecton will be met by stern aud often
al 1bltrary measures of repression. These in
their turn will provoke some fresh display of
resistance. t be followed by more severe act
sination of General Mesent At ff is 10 latest
link in th S terrible chain, and is judged by ,
some or the lie aiding newspapers of 81. Peters
hnrg to be "the rejoinder of the NibiIists TO
hpvaIskrs execution" al Odessa.
1t is easy to underet md that q state of feel t
ng akin TO terror prevails in the higher official t
20 forth to bravo danger on the battlefield f
But il is a very different tGi3g when one is
,aleG upon t. confront all but certain death
rom the dagger or the revolver of ne assas-
used, if he feOls sinking of the heart in pre-. A
epce of mortal foe whom he knows to be
lsiiant and remorseless, and who s all the
1ore dangerous because unseen. When the
eading officers of Government, the men upon al
'hon the conduct Of the business of the t.
tste hourly depends, are brought into such d.
eril that they are made to feel literally that su
hey carry their lives in their kands, it is unite h.
Latin that society has fallen into deplorable st
ep;h. When legal repression only leads } st
staliation, and when punishment has ceased br
deterrent hacOma1 a rt tnf 4.
We to crime ,cisl disorganisation has al tb
:ady gone long way. Men may be found ro
CONFRONT 'he diff teties of such a situation, en-
I'd to attempt either to rem sdy its evils, or DO
coerce the turbulent into at least external in
admission. They may b. case hardened men, fe;
ho will trust for safety to their reput alton br
T relentless seveIitj. BIT what good can an
me from the administration ofsuch official.H We
the Danger OF the assassin's knife is to be we
ced with the un1linching courage which L.
mes from the consciousness of high princi- | III,
ed disc large Of dnty, il s. be encouut cred I'M
II 10 serenity of good conscience. Can ae
e chief agents of tie Russian Administrations oui
g men VINO codceiVo and decree it's met hods " i
Government. be presumed TO D )ssess such a fl,
ck!er against their secret foes The very bee
mic which ts said to pervade their ranks is 10
Q best evidence OF their consciousness that int
ist! sE0S''n"s"' '0s a. the bottom of the mis- hq
The st. Petersburg Gazette declares that tw,
1is assassination shonld be q solemn warn wh
: to all to maintain wit all their foros and yor
all proper means that conviction of true ore
tice, and of genuine morality and religion, mo-
ich will be the best safeguard for the State, gri,
we'll as for individuals, against the attacks Dos
Coe uesFu ctVe elements Whose agitation sup
pires 80 much anxiety all over Europe of 7
ese are excellent sentiments, which must few
nmend themselves to every honest mind. hav
t1ey seem steanGely out OF place in the and
itude of St. Petersburg. Is there any COM Ian
ison between ne Government of the Tssr the
true Just'oe and genuine morality and Pat,
gion" Has Poland been annexed How
70 its unfortunate people been treated
,sian Journalistic may treat with cynical n
vion the tragic story of Lithuania, of 1
hynis, of Padolia. Bot Europe has not ping
gotten it, 1t is only three years since the the
i'd was horri6ed to hear the barbarous pro- cally
1ings of which the diocese of Che III was To p
theatre snd t le object of which was to tAted
% the people to abandon the faith of their imita
leTs, In distinct violation OF solemn treaty vgor
Satiohs IN as lnct radictlon OF repeat convt
promises and declarations of succes sive from
S' 5iS r.. ~. a,otio LIS, " o'SHoS . - wont,
"oS o Hu' < '"e l0st seNonty ySeISJ Oeeu Tienc
entity torn from the Church OF thelr ances- syste
and foroibly driven into the State echiBm grow
Oh tbev loatba6 Ear a. the oTaaent dav Chron
remnant of thsse uOor tfaODle are GeBiSd S..5t