Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-12-24

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pecl,IisrIv embarrassing ciFcunseenoUt
none wbosc stalr. from editoss down % ee!s
Hers. take such enormous risks to- sses
small ., ospective profit; none wkcse ~
usrntIon. publicatIou, and circulation ~
snyeloped ID such impeuetsabie mya4ys
aud none which involves sucb e<fuoes
txLenditure OF suffering and Of blood g ~
directly or Indirectly concerned. ~?
mere possession Of copy Of Tue Hefoo-
mai Voiio, even u the poseo*0r
is unable TO read, IL. II detected. equlyaaset
10 indenuiie Judgment In The foxh
ct dungeon. perpetual IsboS In stbeel4n
miues, or death. As for the men and wo'
non immediately connected With Il, no
mercy IA ever shown TO them. They Htsral-
ly carry their lives In their hands, ready %
Law them down at . moments waruie2;
and more than once has writer OF priuters
caught in the act. blown bis or her brains
out iather than endure the ipsylttblc tor
lures which follow conviction. Fcrtuuates
" for humanity, journalism has bns oue
such rcpresentntiye on earth; ana the ex-
istence OF this one fsau unanswersDte areu'
ment against the iron tyranny wb:ch maker
it necessary. When the wrongs Of long
oppressed people reach . point which de-
mands and crextes such an organ, then tns
cau,e OF these wrongs mESt and VIII oe
.bolishcd sooner or later, either by radicai
reform or sweeping revolution.
The latest, and tenth. Issue II the organ
Of Russian Nlh,lIsm contains little that cin
he called news; much, however. that u
10th interesting aud Importantto those who
are watching the progress OF poIiticaI AZ
fairs In Russia. The paper is dated Octo-
ber IL. but one OF the iead;ng articles beirs
the date Of last January, and another OF
March; and the writers OF them may bave
died in prison or on the scafold before
their thoughts appeared In print. Re.
cent losses are frankly admitted. Type
md presses have been seized and de-
stroyed by the Government aSents. and sew.
eral Of the ablest Niailist leaders are now
buried I'm living tombs, awaiting dismissal
hy halter or bullet. Tue Executive Com.
mittee. in an official circular, state that
these disasters are mainly due to the treach.
ery Of Degaieff, the assassin OF Colonel
soudaikin. This man, so says the circular,
had been prominent member OF the revo.
lulionary party. but when arrested pur.
chased safety by turing ,nformer aud &C.
cepting the position OF chief police agent
under Soudaikin. lie told all he
knew, aud did what mischief be
could; and then, either disappointed
in his pay or smitten by renorse.
returned TO bis former associates and
submitted to the punishment they innict-
ed. That punishment Is characteristic
ana remarkable. Degaieff's forfeited ilfe
was spared on condition that he should
never again Join Ia political movement
of any description whatever, aud that he
should kin Colonel soudikin with his own
hands. The last part OF the contract having
been faithfully performed, the Executive
Committee issues proclamation - the ef-
feet that Degaiefl's life benceforth belongs
exclusively 10 them, and that whoever u
instrumental in his arrest, or harms him In
any way, Is doomed to death by the secret tri-
lunal. The Aorodndi TOlia declares that
the damages caused by DagaietFs treachery
have been fully repaired; that the party has
pe,n thoroughly rc0reauized, aud Is now In
better condition for effective work than ever.
Details. hitherto unknown. are gwen OF
The great development OF agrsrlanism ut
Ufar and in Southern Russia; and II Is an
nounct d that " the Prolctsriat," or Social
Isl and revolutionary party OF Poland. has
formed an offensive and defensive alliance
with the Russian Nihilists. and that here
after the two partIes-heretofore In -
measure antagonistic- will hght together
under common banner agsiuos ~
common enemy. There Il an obItu1Y1
notice Of NeoustraielT. professor Ia ~
gymnasium, who was shot at Irkutsk TOT
rtscniing with blow an insult from the
Governor.General Of the province; and
the notice Is accompanied by an Interest
ing letter written by the condemned man
TO bis friends few hours before his death.
The last " the twenty-seyen pages, large
guarto, il devoted to long lis, of arrests,
and the denial OF the assertion In English
and continental journals that NJ. L. Layron,
editor OF Nihilist review published at Ge.
neva, Is or ever has been a member OF the
Executive Committe.
II We may Judge from The general tone
and method OF the latest No. OF Nar0dH1(
Volta, Russian Nihiism Is neither dead ~
sleeping; only working and waiting t1t6
favorable opportunity to stiike another q
those swift and deadly blows which have
emphasized the definition OF Russian aii.
tocraey "A despotism tempered by as
sassinatioD."