, 1879-06-07
POLITICAL MIJIsDEn.

Tho 1snsatHn Revolutionary Organ Justlflcs
NInoslst,csl III tho Causc Of Freedom.
Tic Russian revolutionary journal ztn'ra
VoYa land and Libertp} in 'ts Issue ni April Is
1,as an article d, the "i.npustance oi Political
Murder" OF which tho following is an extract:
"pnlitical murder !s, rs rule, IN act ut re.
vonQc. Only when tl,e destrustlon Of political
Offenders Is fcsepied by murder on thu tart Of
their surviving colleagues can the revolutionary
party exist Asit! nsReEt their tudepcMlencc. Only
by nScugng the death Of their asaocintes can
a,ul ctIcctua1 force. Ontv by shedding bloul
In a good cause can we rise to that lofty
morality from which alone liberty can !,e
born. Only by proving ourselvcs prompt to klll
ma e die can w hone TO carry the masses wttl
US. NJ me acquainted with The existing atato
Of things In l.11ss,a HlIl 1euy tlut, apart from
being one ot the most clectuaI means OF agita-
t[oH, murder Is Tic only weniMn LIFT III our
hanls. b. spreading terror throughout 6ov-
crnmont csclcs We may hopc to sl!uko t!!o
entire system, and finally overthrow The whole
structure. Each bullet fred at our enemies
aets IKE m electric spaFk. causing treptdatin
functions Of tic official b'uy III extensive
provinces. While tho champions Of liberty
were u,I!y handful they concealed their action
an'l formed secret societies. THIS orgao1zcd
organized dl7ided enemies found 1t dill.
CLOSELY al'IeS coasprators. As ilerken
easd In his famous revolutionary journal.
u.vcras, III sublerra.seau do'es md there found
Cd th0sc sacred unions III noble desperadocs
wt,scll cs,ull le defeated neither By the horrors
ofa harl'arous persecution, nor bs .l!c n!!mon!.
tlona Of l,anRhty but stup1 civilization" But
now that the formidable urn Of sure
and systemntic assassination is added to
sccrccy. conspiracy becomes power III
thr Statc, formidable to TIA enemies, who never
| know When md wl!cre they will be singled ont
tfIr fntrlt f!nn 1l1p f!t00 hn4 ftr nnr(frr
to take rank unon9 tho po'ttcaI agencies Of the
period. The mysterious subtesiaucan power
by which our ponlarsl Is Welded las Mt last de-
ternsfncd to arraIgn before its tribunal all those
long been rcvcllng In wtckedness. And lol
scarcely hare VIC begun to strika few
blHws when the wls0ln lot OF them feel
the ground sl,ake unlcr their feet, ind with
tlleif qua1tng eye. Against whom are they to
conteudi Frum whom orc they to shield thcm-
sc1ves} Whom aro they ~ destroy III blind A.ld
sae b en e Slaves, 9e are pea to c.
| out any ociests that mny be given them. Let
tlle wurd Vi command go forth, a.id they will
shoot and stab right and left. 10 matter how
n, y o. tfr brethren ay persn W.
bic force, wetdesi togetter by the corruption
| ard tyranny Of agcsl There is no enemy In
sight. There ia nothing to ahow whence the
asenslnE blow has comc' and whittier t1!e hand
denly "a 1t came Into view, leaving nothing but
a corpse and thu stiffness Of death. The
| habitual repetition Of this phenomenon
bcEtns 10 convince our enemies tint
n time Of reckoning has come, and
TINT, however formidable tic power TINT pro-
tocs t1iem they will soon have to pass nway
FROM the faee of tho earth. Murder TINT can.
not 10 nYcrtcd By whoiu corps d'aFmocs, uor
0hylatet by lcgioDs Of cunning: spies, is thu one
grent resource of the friends Ut liberty. A few
| pa1try assassinations On our uart have forced
t}ovcrnt,,rnt to proclaim state Ut siege, double
thu political police, place Co-saci posts al every
| corner, mud distribute swaru,s Of gcn1armcs,
over t'e country. 10 all these devices VIC
| have ttrisen by few rcsoltte deeds that altor
racv which cbllltl not 10 sl,nkon by years Of
secret uEtu.lon. BY centuries Of agony, by the
despair Of Thu young, tho groans of the op-
presscd nnu the crscs Of thousands murdered iu
| oxinanl tortured to death IN the wastrs md
snlnc* Ut asberia. Duly taking all this into ac-
count. w recogn!ze n,uratE as one of tue pssn-
cipal nlcaus nt our disposal fur WarFiuE elect
| uufly against Rus6ipu lesD0tIYIu,n