The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-12

Wa ever -ucl : nr .yc chap asI-"
The North Carolina Crs>ark Nay
the Orator l'ufI IS in apes the ta>>ach
In his s,ran.e a|iIlAIiIn of the West
dynasty ihtt curses the CRIME stained
thrones o. kurope ami Asia. has again
fired bis monthly |r,ctarl, aiming. TIN,
time openly. nj the fdrmec and We
cLnnic. instead at COY, rtly as before.
We are not disposed at present 10
make much reply 1T. Because the
OronidH waS received yesterday, three
or four DAYS later ihan IT Wa> sent 10 1t,
one or two subscribers IN Raleigh.
Secondly. Because The warm weather
has evolved a much more lively aud
amusing crop of gnats within reach
and. thirdly ani chiefly, for a reason
NEST easily Illustrated by an Indian an
ecdute FROM Pikls Peak. 4 party o!
explorers were clubbing the mountain
side, when suddenly attacked. The
\ onslaught WAS 81 fierce that the whites
I did not have time TO take down a small
cannon which they had brought with
them, strapped upon the back of a mule
Fortunately some u remembered hat
the gun was loaded, and turning the
muzzie down the slope applied a match.
The howitzer ex ploded with a treuleu-
dous roar, and the recoIl sent the mule
tumbling heels over head down the
mountain amidst the Redskins, who
Instantly ami incontlnently fled III every
direction, bowling like mad Some
weeks later an old chief was captured,
aud being questioned a. 10 the cause o!
a., ,,,l,.. l,,b, a.,KoF.fa $50
Indian no coward Indian light
against Long Knife Indian fight
against rifle, pistol, carbine But when
new conner brings out big old smooth
bore that tttngs a tchoie HCe jfchaSs at a
time, Indian bound to go away, and
stop shootin -
We can appreciate the old Chief dis
inclination to contend against such a
gun. We confess To auiazenent that
Mr.. JAS. II. Horner (tor whom We had
long held, and have often expressed,
kindly feelings, based upon the repre-
sensations Of his tricndsl, should estab
fish such a battery OF his premeSes, or
even permit it to be established 1t viii
not help his school, his own reputa-
ton, or the cause of Southern literature.
1t should be called the or IyottSt,
the prefix to indicate its wisdom. There
is somethiE. ridiculously ridiculous and
hell -metal-ish in its assertion that the
Editor Of the Farmer and Nechonic, and
those whothink with him, haveno Anowl-
cdge Of the Russian question, and are
Incapable of comprehending 1t whereas
he, (lI4o, |, me, Orator Puff, -mc'seli!) !
know It all Know more than the man
that made the Diet, nary
And how? And why?
Because we,-me, Ego, myself, have
beeu Meret IN. B.-Reader, dil you
ever meet with a chap who had carpet
bageed Z lew months across Europe, OF !
drank some gallons of lager at a Dutch
University, who aidnt claim to know
it all, and lose no opportunity TO air
the fact that-I've been to / rup!
Y'kno r')
To hear the Or0Hian declaim in its
oro-rotundo, fulminado, Now you Hear
Me rhetoric (Which must IL axe a deep
impression upon the small boys of the
InStitution),-to hear the Oc0Htrfa, we
would make one feel sad that the
benIghted Cossack, cannot have the
services Of one who Knows them 50 we'll.
True, he does not assall "a great nation
without a proof. lie found "a respect
able shop-keepcr in Moscow who gave
him an whole heap of proof We
quote these proofs. Read them and
see what a dreadful set the Russians
are, and how eXcusablc the Gar Is,
when lie la.hes, RODS, murders, or exiles
them Hear our Oxford Russ:
To give our readers q faint idea
''of Siavonic civilization, we will give
characteristic item, illustrating the
. moral and intellectual standing Of
- the Russian.
I'VE were assured by a respectable
store eeper III Moscow that the Greek
CLERGY, with the consent Of the peo-
pile had the intention Of comforting
on the late Emperor Nicholas the sit
of Archangel. because the
prevailed in Russia that the
"ArchaDgel Gabriel was getting too old
ito perform satisfactorily his duty
AT the beginning Of the reign ofthe
late Emperor, an instruction broke
'Out. instigated and fomented by the
Grand Duke Constantine. The square
before the Winter Palace was filled
with soldiers and civilians shouting
for Constantine and threatening death
''to the Emperor: thirty thousand stood
there all armed-rebels. They had
been told to cry: 'Hurrah for Con
''staptine and the Constitution :" They
cried; "Iiurrah for Constantine and
his wife the CONSTITUTIONAL Sudden
ely the Emperor appeared on the bal
'cony of the Palace; he surveyed the
enormous multitude brandishiug their
arms eager to tear him to pieces, and
cries: A bias canaille.-en your
knees, you sc%oundrelsl' And of that
great mass, composed of mobiles, Off
Gals, merchants, peasants and sol
'dlers. not one remained standin 2 -
Did ever sane nan before produce
such arguments to glorify-deify- "a
aud denouncc his victimsl
Suppose 1T We're true, what do such
acts prove?
Why, that the Russian Despotism has
rampled the people into the mire until
hey are as ignorant as brutes, and as
as Spaniels
Generation after generation of brutal
Ears have made u brutal people. Is it
TRANCE that the populace crouched be-
ore the Emperor, when they knew that
re had the Army, the Police, and a
OF sychopants at his back?
Is 1t strange that all manhood is
rushed out of a people who have for :
generations been taught that the least
against the Iron Hand brought
death, or lie Long Exile, worse
han death !