Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-03-16
nIaIIIsrs AND soCiALIsrs.

In the frequent ausWPe =" se~
Of Gar Alexander. the Russian
Nihilists evidently cared little how many
other people they killed or injured. %
long as they accomplished their object.
The lives Of men, women or children
were % nothing 20 long - they could
succeed In numbering that q man.
They have triumphsd. and are now re-
joioins greatly over that triumph. 1t Il
. very evident fact that unlsss Alexander
H., Who has juss succeeded to the
throne, shall adopt . very different and
more liberal policy from that OF his
father, he too will Be sssasdnatsd.
All the guards and soldisry In the eoun-
try cannot prevent u. Al has already
been seen there are men who will face
certain death and give up their very
lives In making the attempt. Neither 10
the royai victim svsr safe iron . we'll
aimed bullet In passing whore he ean b
seen 1t all. "whsrs there's . will there's
. away"
But there must BE- some real grew
ancs. something terrible in the political
and social condition Of the Russian
people to cause all this. somsthins
radically wrong. They are capable
OF being governed properly or they
are not. The late Car many
years ago seemed to have enter.
tanned the idea, and psrcsivipg the signs
Of the times. adopted many progressive
and radical principles In his govern
mont. He deemed that BY acquisscins
and falling in with the radical spirit Of
the age he might the more easily con.
troll Il. Had no followed out this line
Of policy. hs perhaps would have sue.
decided. but he did not. He merely en-
courseed . movement which he could
net control. and aftervard rsceding to
the absolute and ~tyrannical style Of his
ancestors. he finally became . victim to
the very progressive rsdicalism which
he once encouraged and fostsrsd. He
msddled with edged tools.
And the Nihilists themselves do net
deny that his assassination Ii their work;
on the contrary. they boldly indorse II.
and exchange congratulations over their
triumph. A London telegram Of yestsr-
day says:
In Nihilist circles Il II accepted a. Q
fact that the assassination Of the Car ID
the work Of their organization. and 10 not
due 10 private revenge. In the course oil
the next few days the Russian Nihiliss
Committee will, 10 10 said. issue . state
msnt Of tho whole affair. avowing the Get
- psrpetrated at their instigation. and
attempting TO justify II. The Nihilist'
think the names given BY the tive mel
arrested arc assumed. - they are I'M
known 70 the revolutionists hero. tn
hssdquartsrs Of the party have bean 70
Gently removed from London TO Paris
Hartmann. who was concerned In the Nos
COW Attomptp l6lt houoou Anbt WecAs q
manifesto las been issued. which was id
dressed 70 the re~volutionists Of botf
worlds. calling upon them 70 assemble q
the IntsrnatienAi Socialist Rsvolutionar,
Congress. 10 DO hsld In London on Jsnu
AIRY IA. 1882.
But whatever may Be radically vrons
in the monsrohiss Of Europe
or anywhere else. Americans hav'
nothing to do with II. and q
far - Russia 10 concerned. ws Ger
tainly should have no friendship
for her enemies. whether at hom'
or abroad. Russia was our friend at tn
time Of nj v great civil war. an'
always was. Nihilism or Socialism l
not needed In America. and should b
promptly tramplsd down wherever
appears. - for instance In the case o
Schwab. the Socialist In New Yorl
who yesterday had the impudsncs Il
forebods disaster to Gould. Vanderbilt
and others Of q leading capitalist
merely because they were rich and In
fusntial. All such Schwsbs should b
vvonnflv throvn ovsyboard-