Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1885 — A Historian on Nihilism. [ARTICLE]

A Historian on Nihilism.

In all countries there are disaffected members, and the Nihilists of Bussia are what the dynamiters are in England. War would only divert the people from the doctrines of thecause. As long as there is a standing army of 2,000,000 men in Bussia the Bussian has but< little hope for constitutional government. This force will always check any outbreak. This immense amount of soldiers is so distributed as to dispel any idea of a successful Nihilistic uprising. Besides, the disaffection is not so great as is supposed. The Bussian country districts have as good a local self-government as there exists in the world. It is practically democracy. Their local affairs are all left to their own administration. The effect of this is to implant principles of independence and liberty in the people, which may eventually result in bringing about some change in the general government. But this can never take place while an army equal to that of Xerxes stands ready for action at the nod of an autocrat.— James Anthony Froude. _ . A woman has asked the Belgian Jockey club to, let her ride her own horses in their races.