Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1881 — Nihilism in Russia. [ARTICLE]

Nihilism in Russia.

The Nihilistic faction in Russia organized under the influence of the philosophy of Bakunin, who, in 1848, preached the doctrine of destruction. His theory was that society, as it existed, was in belief, impulse, and habit, all wrong, and that reform was possible only after the existing state of things had been annihilated. He argued that all governments and all churches should be overthrown, and that society should be reconstructed on communistic principles. Under cover of this agitation the Nihilists entered politics, using assassination and menace to accomplish their ends. The extremists of this party are responsible for the assassination of the Czar and other acts connected therewith. They are known as “Terrorists,” and aim at the destruction of all Government. They are said to be comparatively few in number. The main body of the so-called Nihilists aim at a peaceful revolution which will make away with Czardom and establish a republic. Opposite to these two factions are the Russophiles, uncompromisingly in favor of the present form of government; the Slavophiles, who favor the ancient Russian government when the Czar governed according to the counsels of the Assembly of Land Representatives; the Liberal party, represented by the late Czar and General Melikoff, and the German and Polish parties. All of these are, as has been said, opposed to the Nihilists, and are practically united against them.

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