The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-14
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There IS IN the State monthly peri
odicl, of recent origin, apparently aim
ingsto advertise enc school, and antago
Mise another, whose editor iSso athlete d
with Rus ,ophobia. or some other mania
that he forgets the proprieties OF jour
nallsm, which are III all respects the de-
cencies Of gent 'emanism. Here IS a
sample Of his irothy rawlings
shane on him who calls himself a
Republican, and is so devoid of all Re
publican virtue aud decency, that he
can rejoice at the violent death of a
great man. because that great man dJ
fered a. opinioa ubout h,s mission on
earfh nth tie ciotcn ft only to herd
stc,ne. lntamy on him who can palliate
and excuse murder under any circum
stances. We would not deserve the
name of journalists and teachers in a
State proud of its freedom, proud of
the morality of its inhabitants, State
respected and known all over the CONT
nent for the fairness and noble ;.ss, al d
esteemed tor the christian spirit OF Its
sons. if we did not show our horror at
the exultation some of The low papers
of the State express at this infamous,
/ >,
chief OF an allied nation, who has on all
occasions shown consideration and
friendship for US and admiration for our
constitution.
We take this to be iing 1T the FIR
nler and -lechdnic. the itette,r, and
some otl er papers which have express
ell sympathy for the Peopte rather than
the Ruling Despots of Russia.
1t is great pity the author OF the
above cannot be sent to bask in the roy
al atmosp phere of the Cos >acklan Court
1t would he rare fun for the tami-
| y of the dead Caesar to find
an apologist and "Putfi>t from
Republican America. 1t would b.
quite a joke to them to hear that Alex
ander, ''Autocrat Of all the RusslaS, :
who he'd the knout over an hundred
millions of human bodies and humaL
souls, who sent one continual train OF
tortured victims to die amid the black
depths OF Siberian salt mines, who
took anot her mans wife in open concu
binage, and thereby tortured his own
wife into the grave. and then opeuly in
stalled bis paramour In her place, VII,
repeatedly and contt luptu0usly, and a.
late as 1865, refused TO grant Cohsti
tuition to his own people or allow teen
any sort OF Freedom, Political, Personal
4 Religious, or Literary it wJuld, VT
say, quite tickle the sons ct the Auto
crat to hear that he was great al
mirer of the American Constitution,
which IS founded upon hatred to mon
ar ;hy, and which openly declares thai
All men are born free nd equal, anC
that Governments derive tier power
from the consent Of the governed T.
Bah Scratch Russian and you
find a Cossack was the truth 5C
years ago, aud is no less the truth to-
day.
Ii Alexander approved of our Repub
lican Freedom, = then was he viiest o
the vile in refusing to grant any conces
sion TO his own down-trodden millions
/ But it is absurd to talk about his love
for America. He expressed great sym
pathy with the Yankees during the war
because he saw that England anC
France leaned towards the South, anc
he hoped to use the Nast power OF Yam
keedom In levenging himself upon the
Nations which whipped him at Seva.
tapol in ls55.
And he may have expressed some
cordiaity towards the GRANTEES since