The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-07-22
Nihllistic Standardization.
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Times -Democrat.l
A copy Of the Paris Voltaire,
bearing date of June 81, which has
Just reached us, contains, in a let.
ter from its renowned st. Peters.
burg secret correspondent, a most
curious account of a recent Mill.
istic experiment in that city.
1t may be remembered that the
great Moscow Exposition was
opened by the Grand Duke valdi.
mir, who represented the Emperor.
Alexander himself has been so ter.
rorized by Nihilism that he seldom
dares to leave his palace, and no
longer dreams of attending a pub
lie manifestation. With good rea.
son he may fear to show himself,
judging from the last extraordina.
ry manifesto of his secret enemies,
Only a few days after the open.
ing of the Moscow Exposition, a
young man presented himself at
the headquarters of the secret po-
lice, and requested to be conduc-
ted before that functionary who
holds the title of Grand Master.
But the Grand Master is a person.
age not easily seen. Therefore
the young man was led first before
a deputy chief, and then before an
aide-de.camp. In either case he
refused to give any information of
his mission,-the news he possess
ed was so important, he said, that
he could not possibly communi.
cate II to any but the Grand Mas
ter himself
They seized him, stripped him
naked, searched his clothing most
carefully to assure themselves he
was carryingno concealed weapon,
and finally allowed him to dress
again. After a long debate he was
led before the Grand Master.
The young man was hardly out
of his teens, beardlcss, handsome,
with incisivc features. 81 Gomez
he said to the General, "as the
representative of the Revolutions
airy Party. If the Emperor did not
visit Moscow himself II was be-
cause of the fear which he enter.
tains of us. These fears he may
lay aside if he will only consent to
grant the Constitution. Then he
may freely go whithersoever he
pleases without dreading any snare
The lot fell upon me to announce
to you that If he persists in the
policy of reaction nothing can save
him. Neither | nor my friends de.
sire to immediate him treacher0us-
". Alexander III. is now warned
Just as Alexander III. was warned.
We are not assassins ; we are sim.
ply judges"
The astonished general turned
toward the secret Office gong to
call in his police. " Stop!" cried
the youth. 81 did not come here
to be subjected to insults and to
torture. In coming here, make
a voluntary sacrifice of my life. |
could easily kill you; but it is not
a part of ourpolicy to commit use.
less MURDERS
As he spoke the Nihilist drew
back several PAGES, and lifting his
hands to the height of his face,
suddenly struck his sleeve-buttons
together. A frightful explosion
followed; and the Nihilist fell
dead, with part of his skull blown
of. The sleeye-buttons were min
iature bomb.shells, filed with
some terrible explosive, believed
to have pyroxyline for a basis. 1t
is scarcely necessary to add that
the Russian press was not allowed
to give publicity to this incident;
and it is worth while recollecting
that shortly before the murder of
Alexander ii. an almost similar
sort of warning was given.
The exploits of the fidawis of
Hassan the Persian in the 11th
century, certainly did not surpass
such instances of self-immolation
as the Nihilists have given; yet
the latter are stimulated by no Wis
ions of sensual paradises, no delu-
sions of hasheeshl Their ideas
are atheistic; for them there is
nothing but mind, mindlng itself.
Fanaticism, it will be seen, is by |
no means necessarily dependent
upon faith in the supernatural.
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