Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-03-22
ras czAR.

rHE aURDERED CzAR.
Tho only way in which oil right
minded people can regard the recent
assassination Of Alexander II in st.
Petersburg is in the light Of . great
political crime. His reign was . very
prosperous ono for his country. bu'
unfortunately for himself the iunds-
mental Law or principle Of the
government, demanded that he should
b simply what he Was. an sutoorstieslly
absolute ruler. The fault lay more with
those principles Of government than
With the man whose born duty 1t
was to represent and execute them.
For these reasons he vss very
popular with the loyal Russian
element. and very unpopular With the
homo enemies OF the government. the
Nihilists or Socialists, for Alexander
executed the duties Inherited to him
fsarlessly and to the best Of his ability
and Judgment. he certainly vas no
coward.
No national ruler Was ever more pop
slar than was Alexander whom he TO
turned from the seat Of war In the
Crimss, and on various ether oeca-
siops o~vations from his best people
testified TO their great respect and a.
lection for him. But BY degrees those
Who lonssd for . more liberal form OF
government combined and conspired
with Socialists, Nihilists and those who
preferred NO government at all and
against the Car personally were their
efforts principally directed. they evil
IDENTIFY regarding him - the sutocratie
concentration Of the government. A
though BY killing this one man they
could destroy all the ills Of which they
complained. or imagined they endured.
Even after each attempt 10 take his
life there were great popular dsmonstrs-
lions and congratulatory ovations OF the
people given to him In person. When
the Aith attempt was made, BY thu sx-
plosion at the Winter Palace. . grand
popular demonstration was made and he
Was called to appear upon the balcony
Of the Palace to receive the loud ovations
Of the populacs. And singular a. IL
may appear no m took . sly shot at
him.
But the Nihilisti and liberal govern
ment element still kept On oonspiring.
and the taking Of his life became q sort
Of inspired principle for enthusiasts
TO contemplate and fauatically under.
take. And they did 30. regardless
Of their own lives. It 10 10Y telegraph
ically said that had the two bombs failed
of their work in front Of the imperial
stables, several more awaited him on the
route before he could reach the Winter
Palace. They were ready to pslt him Al
though he were . mad dog.
In illustration Of the rseklessness oil
the oonspirators for their own lives. q
telegram Of yesterday says:
The preliminary judicial inquiry into
tho murder Of the Gar WAS concluded
Yesterday and tho minutes were handed "a
the P~rocurator. Murairof, who will DO one
Of tho State prosecutors before the special
tribunal appointed TO try the accused. The
persons TO DO tried are Nicolai Roussakof,
who confesses that be threw one Of the
bombs; Andrea! Tolejkoff. who confesses
he participated In the preparations for the
murder; Timofer Michseloff. who, on his
arrest at the Ritskoff domicilo, shot Q
policeman, and lastly . woman named
He's Helfmann. charged with being an
accomplice Of Navrotski. who committed
suicide when the police entered his house.
The man and the woman who occupied the
shop where tho mine was discovered near
tho residence Of the new Emperor have
been arrested in Cronstadt.
The Nihilist element succeeded at last
in killing their a Tho Gear regarded
that element and IN fact every man VINO
questioned his right to absolute author
lily a. . public enemy. ssa traitor seeking
10 ovsrturn the government, which 10
Russia. Q the Car. He treated
them Is enemies accordingly. and isuo.
minious death or Siberia was the lot oil
all who fell under suspicion whether
an overt act was committed by them
or not. Car Alexander has fallen
victim to Russian political
principle. Car Alexander 10 dead and
another Car Alexander takes his place
on the throne. But how soon he too
may require . successor remains for the
Ss..> "a A.. N;h;l;.ta - I.sa,u;u.