The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-07-14
The European Terror.

The same reasoning which led 10 a be.
llef In the end OF the world and to "A de-
sire to return to q primitive state Of
society, leads also to Nihilism; only, as
Nihilists look for nothing from divine
justice, the existence OF which they de.
ny, 1t is not fire sent from heaven, but
the avenging flame Of petroleum that Is
destined TO destroy the present social
order. The Utopian schemes OF Owen,
Fourier, CADET, and Louis Blanc all
failed; the difficulty Of carrying out
economic reform has been proved by
science and by facts; must we then wait
till the gradual spread Of education and
OF equality improves, By slow degrees,
the present situation' In that case there
are still centuries to be passed with
things as they are. No it is too much!
curse on society! Away with its in.
situations and its laws We will over
throw all and re-cstablish things in
their natural and primitive condition, as
Rousseau proposed.
II we examine closely the present
social situation we cannot feel any sur.
prise at these sentiments; civilized
States at war, either open or secret, one
with the other, draining their popula-
ton by unlimited ornaments and re-
tanning for military service the flower
OF the nation youth; crushing debts
everywhere, national, provincial, and
communal, in all about 5000, 000 600,
bringing in revenue Of about E3, 000,-
100, taken from the neccssitous, and
serving TO allow an eyer-increasing
number OF people TO live on their in
come and do nothing; everywhere enor-
nous budgets, quite out Of proportion
with the advantages which accrue
thence to the people; the cutvators of
the soil reduced to live on bread aud
water, on potatoes, as in Ireland and
on petldgraengendering maize, as in
Italy; the workingmans condition a
trifle arheliorated, Il is true, but not at
all in proportion to the increase in pro-
!ductlon; in the upper classes luxury
overfowing and becoming daily more
refined and more wanton; parliament
airy administration, which was to have
brought with it salvation, incapable of
carrying out any great social reforms,
either under constitutional monarch
or republic; and il at times a minister
is met with who, like Prince Bismarck,
desires to take steps in this direction,
the satisfied middle classes raising OBJ
jections to such policy,with the watch
word OF ldtSSez fare.
Anarchism and Nhilism, in spite of
the growing number and the despairing
energy of their adherents, are, at pres
ent wholly powerless to jeopardize the
safety OF the present social order il all
goes as usual; but suppose one of those
crises when there is collapse Of power
to take place-a great defeat, "a middle
class revolution, or, for instance. an at
tempt at restoration 10 france-thcn
1t IS much to be feared that the terrible
scenes OF the Commune Of 1871 would
be repeated with even more terrific
features, In the last volume of Paris
ct ses Organes, NJ Maxine du Camp
casts a melancholy glance at the beauti.
full city, rejecting thatit will one day be
the prey OF fire. Let us hope that this
viii not befall our capitals, and that a
Of the social order will
take place, without the aid Of petrole-
um and dynamite. - Fortntghiiy r..
UieW.