The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-14

" ali4ce insisted thst thrau. haut tht
centrd rcig =. representing the old
CIR il.n oi Mdscovy, there would lse
no p,>slii'ty Of the pcasaats' lmprn.
sin- their CONDITION 81 long they had
10 r..cet the yeaily instailmri,ts of six
per -ent. On the pricc of their ianI
On III contrary. he thought the,r con
ditian VAS lee ming wnise. seelng
that official statistics showed the nun
Der Of cattle IN this districts 10 bc De
crea>ing
A for Assassination, the T. lt-r 81
the furnler and Mechanic i, far from
excu,ing any such crime He abhors
anything aud all things mean, tricky.
and cowarly. But these king killers
are not towards. They have uniiorm IS
paid the penalty Of their own lives for
every attempt on the life of the tyrant.
One of the slayers Of the Gar il alread,
slain. The young man who sold the
/ bombs shot himself through the heart
as soon as arrested. And the three
leading participants must soon perish
! ignOblv. Indeed il Is asserted that they
are being tortured with electric batter
les, and other hellish methods and
L
| character we do not doubt il IN the
least The family of the Cars for three
hu1dred years has been noted for as
sas~ination, brutality, and tiendi>h
cruelty to which has no parallel outsiue
of the Fecjec Islands, Or the Modoc war
camps.
By the By, We have just noticed re
view Of the recent Russian Nihilis,s
/ trials BY Madame Racoz.n Who, like
many other Writer'S, i aware that il II
more popular to champion the power
full court side than the weak aud un
popular slic Of tae peop t. \ ct even
she, with her Tar 1871: tendencies. l.
/ bound to a nit the high character aud
self abnegatlon Of the king-Allleis.
She begins BY explaining that the
immeastlrabe distinction in motive be-
tween the R-gi.iic and the common
criminal generally exempts him from
the stigma attaching to the latter.
The idol to which the common
criminal sacrifices is self, l,t, t,Sonoi pas
siOa or pcrsoHuf proff wblic the con
/ scientious political offender pursues an
ina gned common COOL With 4 ttaf 1ic
/ 5nQ up ii sclf an nncO 4,1ibonI Shiht IT
his otra life and all that IS deufer than
/ life. That he has labored under gi-
gantic mistake that be fails Of his
| object taking nothing from tie
/ inherent righteousness of his sac
rifice, but rather makes il the
more pitiful and pathetic The conric
tton of huh ntusf bestr"pg iHieed 'ritch
cua causD mrn to dcpY Hetr o,on natarcS,
to tread under foot all their gentle in
stincts which can make cold blooled
slayers Of h1ndy, marn, hcurted mcu
and Of deItcdte, shranktag ,Comen, emi
nently humane in their usual views aud
daily inte course. helpful to others and
/ forgcJW If Seif.''
OF course this Rnssophobist writer
cannot see any nobility of motive 10
their action; though she can warmly
/ applaud the great historical characters
in other cOnntttea-vho are called
| patriots because they overthrew
i Despotlsm.
| But even Madame Racozin admits
that the Nichl lists Of to-day are not
what the Car worshlppels would have
us believe. She says
The boisterous m4lcontents of near
4 ly a generation ago whom Tourguenietf
christen Nlhilists- s-puguaclous, rant
ing but paratively harmless boys,
who were content with indlscrlmlnate
/ fault finding and dcnunciation have
been succeeded BY another and far more
dangcrou. class, who have developed a
quiet, stubborn resolution, a merciless
i unsWearNlHg cOn>tancy to liked
though indefinite purpose, ami a self
sacrlilce ~ Ii - unreasOnlng. IIeey are
not like Mc1r predecessors, Diere pro
clnsn,ers If aegutions Of al Tint Is not
pOSitire s,tence On Dtntertdf Improvement,
but the Qr..cunces which eyaporated Ia
more or less truculent talk with them
settled into dark purpose, which they
pursue literally unto the death to
their own death most frequently, some
times also to that Of their selected vic
tins. 7hey take the risk, and pay the
folfet manJuiy.
She then proceeds to detail some re-
cent trials. and shows how lot Of we'll
raised, and ltelligent citizens, were ar
rested; and hanged within ten days
thereafter
Commenting on her article the Phila-
delphia Record remarks: The trial
referred to was on A cale OF 50 unu> ual
magnitude, involved 50 ntnny pDinfs
and persons, and resulted In 50 e1tenstee
and significant reeej0tons, that Nine.
I,ac"zlu> gfa! hlc and detailed account
Of iIc judicial proceedings on that oc-
ca>;on must prove exceedingly interest
ing to American readers.
The sixteen prisoners, though differ
ing widely In ,octaI rank, educuttoa ercn
race ami reItg,oa, were alike in being
very young. Al, with one exception,
were under 80. and one half Of them
we're less than %, and three Of them
were women but a year or two beyond
their teens. The acknowledged leader
was a man Of -.
\. Since the above was written,
We picked UP copy of the Goldsboro
Messenger with well considered edito
rial as follows:
As ruler Alexander was crushed TO
death between the upper and neither
mill stones If he advanced the no
bility would d, stroy his dynasty; if he
receded, the doctrlnaIres Of both casse.
would Kill HIN, perhaps overthrow all
government. lie yielded to the then
more imminent pressure; he concllla
ted the strol1er faction Of the MOBILES,
but sternly refused In 1865 to concede
to them the clements of represent@-
tive gpvelnmelt. Here was his mis-
take.