New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-16
RELOICINGS on NIHILIsTs.

MEETING IN THE DOwERY-REGICIDE DECLARED a
DtrrY-AN UNPLEASANT CONSTRUCTION on AN
INNOCENT ACT OF WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT
SPEECHES IN ENGLISH, RUSSIAN AND GERMAN.
Several hundred unkempt and unshOrn Nihilists,
with few Socialists, packed last evening IN
second-story room of the Steuben House. in the Bow
ery They had met to rejoice over the ASSASSINATION
of the Car and to listen to speeches by the Nhls
conspirator Klemenko Ex-member Of the Relchstag
Wilhelm Hasselmann and Victor Drury' Oh
the walls of the small apartment hung
number of red flags bearing such mot
toes as "Our object: Reorganization OF Society
independent of Boss, King, Priest. Capitalist OF
Loafer.D and abolish Wars by Organizing In
dustry" Above the heads of the committeeman
who were seated behind table at the further end
of the room, floated long piece of crimson bunthg
with the inscription in white letters: SIC Semper
7yTdnnus"
At o'clock the burly form Of Justus Schwab was
seen to rise on the platform. AS chairman OF tho
meeting he addressed few preliminary remarks TO
the crowd in q very husky voice, begging those
present 10 give due attention 10 the eminent
speakers" of the evening. small sallow-faced
man was then introduced as Victor Drury'
This person made violent attack in English. at
the very outset on Assemblyman Browne, OF Otsego'
for offering resolution in the State Assembly pro-
hibitine the meeting. An Imperial ukase he said.
conld not be greater violation Of the liberties OF
the people than that He then poured forth
n series OF invectives on the head Of Secretary
Blaine for sending message Of coincidence to the
Russian Court What opportunity, he asked, bad
the Secretary, who no true representative
of the people, OF knowing the feelings Of
Americans better than any Nihilist Of New-York
And besides had not Wendell Phillips, the great
anti-slavery agtator, said that Government which
could not make Its people happy was not worthy OF
exlstencef Was not Wendell Phillips's opinion Of
moro weight than Blaine'sf William Cullen
Bryant, another great representative Ameri-
can, far from fawning upon the Russian
Court had honored the memory of Mazzlni
bv uncoysrine his statue In SO doing he had idgn-
tilted himself with the man who not only enDohlea
regicde but made tyraDnicide virtue. The Nihil-
ists affirmed the doctrine of Mazzinl that over and
above repicide tyrannlcde must be introduced, and
tyrauts must be killed wherever they cOuq Del0uuO
1t was merely question OF time when kings
would all be thus eliminated. Referring to the
political prosecutions in Russia and to the
numerous iucarcerations OF college students,
the Rsasg5 guctsa sas at be N6 it
movement had been started. Ire Aihllisls were
lighting in the cause of industry against "mlitar-
ismD The battle was between the worker and the
soldier, and so many associations Tor the prone
tion OF peace existed in different countries,
it was reasonable to supposee, tha5
the masses would side against "militarism
The Cars assassination might be applauued us
first step in tho right direction. Yes none should
forget that nitro-glycerlne could be manufactured
and nsed as we'll by the peasant as by the monarch
After this speech an address IN the name OF
humanity congratulatlng the Russian NlmIlsts on
the killing of the Emperor was read IN a meiG-
dramatic manner. amId DolsterOus applause, oH tue
secretary of the meeting -.
The Russlan, Klemenko-a handsome man, but
nervous in manneT-made the second speech 0l me
evening in his native tongue, which he speaks WIN
very provincial accent. DE was greatly opplauded.
The results of the Cars death o. the
hands of the Nihilists would, he said, be
incalculab!e. All Russians knew that Alexander
'tbe Good the RefOrmer, the LiberatOr" as lie was
called, was tyrant of the deepest dye. HIS
emancipation of the Serfs was an Immense fraud'
All know the present condition OF the Russian peas
ant All know that his lifes blood was sucked ont
of him by rapacious officials who cheated hin right
and left Then. again how was it possible to speak
well of the Gar when he allowed tie Third Section
to exist that Inquisiton OF the nlneteenth cen
were piuing away in the steppes ana mines OF
Siberia or the dungeons OF ST. Petersburg
and Kief. TchernchevSkys case was one one N point;
No Car coud ever make good the loss OF that grand
and sublime spirit. Under such circumstances
could the NIhilists be blamed for the acts OF
violence they had committed TO change thG
In conclusion the speaker called upon all prcscut
TO subscribe money to the good causc.
Wilhelm Hasselmann made the last speech, IN
German. He often abaudOns himself TO great elOcu-
tionary efforts and in speaking sways his arms TO
and fro to lend additional force 10 his
phrases The glass bomb explosion on the quay OF
the Eketerinsky canal he exclaimed, had found it's
echo all over the world, causing all tyrants to
tremble on their thrones. All such acts when
tended to convince monarchA that they were NOR
tails could only be approved ot peCaase % ley aSo
No rose-water was wanted in this struggle the peo-
pie wero carrying on against tyranny. Inc prn-
ciple of an eye for m eye and tooth ZOE toOth
should be adhered to.
POSTING RED HANDBILLS.