The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-03-12
gIHILISM.

The recent attempt Oh F'"h "
nm the Imperial w utrr Palace OF the CzH
and thus destroy him and his houshoiu
the presence Of these destroyers I'd ene
very PaIacs Of the Gar and the subsequent
conviction aud Punishment Of one OF the
Ladies Of Honor in the Imperial Household
for Being Nihilist, awakens renewed ih-
terest in the belief, purposes and strers'h
of that Order. Americans have but
vague conception of what this cloud is that
hangs over Russia, and what an important
figure 1t may cut in the destin'es oil Europe
Thei. belief is precisely defined by AMH-
nothing their mission is to destroy with
ont restoring their lumber is so great
that, although essentially an order OF toe
masses. It has IT'S foothold IN every Depart
ment of the government IN the very house.
hold Of the Car. and ma,utains Its agency
in every CapitalUf Europe. So determined
are these apostles ot destruction that IN h'e
cities alone, during the single monIh u
June. 1879, they started 26OO 'ncendiary
fires, destroying property amounting to
more than nine million dsllars, and carried
,h.;r Terrorism even to the chief OF the
Government police. 1t had its origin in
1868. Michael Bakunin being its first pro-
mulpatur. As a specimen Of the doctrines
he taught. the following extracts from his
speecb in Geneva are given:
Brethren, come to announce 10 you
a new gospel. This gospel admits OF nc
ba.f measures aud hesitatioBs. Inc oio
world must be destroyed aud replaced bs
new one. The Lie must be STAMPED ou
. and give Wat 10 truth IL ~ our hissio'
TO destroy the Lie, and To effect tins W
must begin at the very c"mmehctm ent
= Nux, the beginning of all thOsr lies which
have ground down this poor world ~
very IN God. ms w
y, is nothing but the personiiication OF aose
u lutte tyrany. lear W
y If vonr hearts the belief ia the cxistene
:, of God fer. az long as an atom oi thi
" s,llv sup rstition remains in your mlud
q YOU will never know whar FIR rdom is T.
20 list lie is God; the sreDud lie Is h,gh
When You hav. freed yo,
minds from the tear Of God aud from tn
'T childish respect Tor the fiction OF Rfgh
lie then all the remaining chaius which oit
ut >nu. and which are Gated science, civIilz
M ,ion, property, marriage, morality and Jh
tice. will snap asunder like t-rrads.
" y.ur avn happIuess bs your only la
g. Our fist work mast be q
destruction and humiliation OF rver,ih''
as H. now exists Guu must accustu
VI Yourselves Ia destroy ve'ything, the go
~ with the bad for. # but an atom OF ii
on old woIid remains the new Will never
IN | created.'
if In one Of thri' proclamattons, s"iz d
are 1876. occurs the following:
You should only allow yourselves to
Influenced in tue selection OF your
raj ,ms b, the relative use hich the Kew"
I'm ton would derive from the death oi
m ariicuar person.
The only Revolution which can RENE
lr' h. Ills of the people is that which will q
The no .yery ration of goveIpmei by It's "
b. roos and which viii upset all rank" "i
the kuss ,au Empit. with AL their Traditions
"Our mission is only one OF univerl
relentless, terror striking destruction.
ted object Of our organization and OF our
has | spi racy is TO concentrate all the forces
:. | this world into an inyIucIble aud all
stroying power"
sh' These doctrines are Infamous almost
yunQ Dellei OF CDIuplcheboiou' 80 '"~'
'na' ton would equal Dante's Inferno or
'h'' r,u's Dream of Darkness its c0ntem
'on- ton even Is borror Beside it Conn
nism in it's worst form is beatitude; c
tied red with its leaders Danton, Marat
aph Robespierre were immaculate saints.
the vet IL is this he'll of intent aud endes
." lat flashed up iu the palace OF the l
ter. aud throws its lurid light over Eur
dis f. is this dtabolism. intensified as it is
'niy I lied, to which many thousands OF
aust ans have devoted their lives, and
ire. which the Government of Russia is m
the tanned. What wonder is it that to app
nal this appetite for war, destruction and G.
,hes Turkey was invaded and Europe feels
reat it is threatened. We may not admire
uffi Imperial Government of Russia in com
900 ison with the more advanced -civilizatio
% to the West, bur, when the doctrines OF
with ilsm are considered, its supremacy
uks, the disciples OF that infamy must be
pug universal prayer ofciv,lized people.