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patriots , treated With the Czar on terms of perfect equality , at the same time displaying untiring activity in their preparations . The monastery of Solofski became the centre of their operations , both civil and military . Paleoshof and the provinces of Karghopole and
Obonege , the desert Oighorelsk , and , at length , Olonetz , made common accord with them . The old Epiphane , that martyr to his cause , commanded the districts of Obonege ; the deacon Ignatius in Karghopole , part of Obonege , and in Vighorelsk ; while the famous bishop , Paul de Kolomma , was at the head of Paleoshof .
Thadde Borodine and Ivane Sarafanof , ex-centurions of the Cossacks , were placed at the head of military affairs ; but even then , hesitating before their responsibility , the opposition attempted an accommodation with the Czarat . The eldest of their body was sent with terms of peace as ambassador to the Czar . He was arrested in the very audience chamber , and in the royal presence was dragged to the public square , knouted , and his tongue torn out , and in this
dreadful state was sent to the mines of Siberia . The papers he had borne were publicly burned , sentence of death was pronounced against all those who had signed them , with confiscation of the estates , and banishment into Siberia of all their relations , even to the fourth degree . In this manner did the early Russians show their contempt for the inviolability of a flag of truce;—a system from which their descendants have not departed .
The indignation of the opposition at such treacherous cruelty was extreme ; in return , they summoned the Czar to appear before their tribunal , on pain of outlawry ; he and his family were declared infamous , and the people freed from their allegiance . This protest terminated by the resumption of the former franchises of Novogorod , and the proclamation of an universal republic . ( Mirsko ye
pravlenie . ) There was more than courage in the publication of such an act ; but unfortunately , it was addressed to a people too degraded to feel their rights or their duties . Besides , the bo'iares , the ennobled spies of the Czarat , watched with a diabolic art that this paper should not reach those whom it might arouse ,
Borodine and Sarafanof had , how ever , in the meanwhile , definitively arranged their resources for the war . We cannot conceive how these men were enabled to accumulate arms , ammunition , and provisions of all sorts , in a country whoso productions are so few ; but true it is , —the love of liberty works miracles . The Czarat was no less active on its side . It had nothing to
create , —all was ready , and at hand ; and an army was sent to Soloiski with orders to destroy the insurrection in its shell . Borodine and Sarafanof drew it into an ambuscade , immediately it landed , and it was cut to pieces ; not one man escaped , —before that day was over , not a vestige of the army was left . The Czar was humiliated at the very opening of the campaign : his army was no more ; he became more cautious , and had recourse to his usual means , —gold and corruption ,. His agents were everywhere , Some were discovered ,
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patriots , treated With the Czar on terms of perfect equality , at the same time displaying untiring activity in their preparations . The monastery of Solofski became the centre of their operations , both civil and military . Paleoshof and the provinces of Karghopole and
Obonege , the desert Oighorelsk , and , at length , Olonetz , made common accord with them . The old Epiphane , that martyr to his cause , commanded the districts of Obonege ; the deacon Ignatius in Karghopole , part of Obonege , and in Vighorelsk ; while the famous bishop , Paul de Kolomma , was at the head of Paleoshof .
Thadde Borodine and Ivane Sarafanof , ex-centurions of the Cossacks , were placed at the head of military affairs ; but even then , hesitating before their responsibility , the opposition attempted an accommodation with the Czarat . The eldest of their body was sent with terms of peace as ambassador to the Czar . He was arrested in the very audience chamber , and in the royal presence was dragged to the public square , knouted , and his tongue torn out , and in this
dreadful state was sent to the mines of Siberia . The papers he had borne were publicly burned , sentence of death was pronounced against all those who had signed them , with confiscation of the estates , and banishment into Siberia of all their relations , even to the fourth degree . In this manner did the early Russians show their contempt for the inviolability of a flag of truce;—a system from which their descendants have not departed .
The indignation of the opposition at such treacherous cruelty was extreme ; in return , they summoned the Czar to appear before their tribunal , on pain of outlawry ; he and his family were declared infamous , and the people freed from their allegiance . This protest terminated by the resumption of the former franchises of Novogorod , and the proclamation of an universal republic . ( Mirsko ye
pravlenie . ) There was more than courage in the publication of such an act ; but unfortunately , it was addressed to a people too degraded to feel their rights or their duties . Besides , the bo'iares , the ennobled spies of the Czarat , watched with a diabolic art that this paper should not reach those whom it might arouse ,
Borodine and Sarafanof had , how ever , in the meanwhile , definitively arranged their resources for the war . We cannot conceive how these men were enabled to accumulate arms , ammunition , and provisions of all sorts , in a country whoso productions are so few ; but true it is , —the love of liberty works miracles . The Czarat was no less active on its side . It had nothing to
create , —all was ready , and at hand ; and an army was sent to Soloiski with orders to destroy the insurrection in its shell . Borodine and Sarafanof drew it into an ambuscade , immediately it landed , and it was cut to pieces ; not one man escaped , —before that day was over , not a vestige of the army was left . The Czar was humiliated at the very opening of the campaign : his army was no more ; he became more cautious , and had recourse to his usual means , —gold and corruption ,. His agents were everywhere , Some were discovered ,