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and among them , the monks Vaxluam , Ambroise , Paul , and Denis ; the Czarat having , we may here remark , ever found its most skilful tools among the monks . The insurrectionary government , though composed of brave and determined men , had not the heart to punish with death ; they committed the mistake of respecting rights and men where there was nothing to respect , and contented themselves
with throwing these emissaries into prison . Soon afterwards , these first glorious successes were damped by the loss of Azarie and Borodine . The monks had escaped from their prison , and had contrived the capture of these two chiefs . They were surprised , while on a tour of inspection in the island , fettered ,
and sent to Soumsko , situated on the west of the Gulf of Onega , and the centre of the Czar ' s military operations . They were immediately replaced by Esaie Yoronine , Samuel de Reme , and Gheronhi ; and the triumvirate conducted the war with a talent which for more than eight years defeated every attack on Solofski . Their resistance was lonsr , desperate , and heroic ; there is no doubt
but that , if the Russian people had understood the point in dispute , they would have sided with them , and the Czarat would have fallen irrevocably . But the moral , as the physical action of the opposition , was restrained by an immense cordon of troops echelonne from Kola , and extending the whole length of the frontiers of Finland , to Novogod la Grande , forming a half circle , as far as Ponstogusk . Strict
orders were given to watch all who attempted to pass the line , and examine travellers most rigorously . Thus , the people knew very little of what was passing in the north . The incapacity , inertness , and venality of the Russian generals , w ^ ere the principal causes of the long duration of the war ; and the Czarat at last only triumphed by the work of time , and by enormous sacrifices of men and money . These are still the czarien laches in all it undertakes . Volotchof , at
the head of ten thousand men , could accomplish nothing against the opposition of Solofski , consisting of scarcely five hundred . Completely routed in several engagements , he at last intrenched himself in and around the Port of Soumesoie , placing the sea between himself and the insurgents . Although the proportion was ten to one
hundred , the Russian historians them selves allow that the insurgents only lost thirty-three men in the course of four years , while the czarien troops , continually reinforced , had more than one thousand live hundred put hors de combat . Voloktchof bought off eleven monks , and nine laics from the patriots ;
and his last exploit was to seize one of the secretaries of the insurrectionary government , the bearer of a proclamation to the inhabitants of the district of Kanclalachka . He put the unhappy wretch to death by unheard-of tortures , which at last extorted from him the confession of an audacious plan , which , had it succeeded , would have routed czarien troops in the whole of the north of Russia . In this
manner , they discovered that the opposition had allies at Moscow , at the court itself , and that their chief aim was the establishment of a general administration . ( Mirskoe praslenre . )
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and among them , the monks Vaxluam , Ambroise , Paul , and Denis ; the Czarat having , we may here remark , ever found its most skilful tools among the monks . The insurrectionary government , though composed of brave and determined men , had not the heart to punish with death ; they committed the mistake of respecting rights and men where there was nothing to respect , and contented themselves
with throwing these emissaries into prison . Soon afterwards , these first glorious successes were damped by the loss of Azarie and Borodine . The monks had escaped from their prison , and had contrived the capture of these two chiefs . They were surprised , while on a tour of inspection in the island , fettered ,
and sent to Soumsko , situated on the west of the Gulf of Onega , and the centre of the Czar ' s military operations . They were immediately replaced by Esaie Yoronine , Samuel de Reme , and Gheronhi ; and the triumvirate conducted the war with a talent which for more than eight years defeated every attack on Solofski . Their resistance was lonsr , desperate , and heroic ; there is no doubt
but that , if the Russian people had understood the point in dispute , they would have sided with them , and the Czarat would have fallen irrevocably . But the moral , as the physical action of the opposition , was restrained by an immense cordon of troops echelonne from Kola , and extending the whole length of the frontiers of Finland , to Novogod la Grande , forming a half circle , as far as Ponstogusk . Strict
orders were given to watch all who attempted to pass the line , and examine travellers most rigorously . Thus , the people knew very little of what was passing in the north . The incapacity , inertness , and venality of the Russian generals , w ^ ere the principal causes of the long duration of the war ; and the Czarat at last only triumphed by the work of time , and by enormous sacrifices of men and money . These are still the czarien laches in all it undertakes . Volotchof , at
the head of ten thousand men , could accomplish nothing against the opposition of Solofski , consisting of scarcely five hundred . Completely routed in several engagements , he at last intrenched himself in and around the Port of Soumesoie , placing the sea between himself and the insurgents . Although the proportion was ten to one
hundred , the Russian historians them selves allow that the insurgents only lost thirty-three men in the course of four years , while the czarien troops , continually reinforced , had more than one thousand live hundred put hors de combat . Voloktchof bought off eleven monks , and nine laics from the patriots ;
and his last exploit was to seize one of the secretaries of the insurrectionary government , the bearer of a proclamation to the inhabitants of the district of Kanclalachka . He put the unhappy wretch to death by unheard-of tortures , which at last extorted from him the confession of an audacious plan , which , had it succeeded , would have routed czarien troops in the whole of the north of Russia . In this
manner , they discovered that the opposition had allies at Moscow , at the court itself , and that their chief aim was the establishment of a general administration . ( Mirskoe praslenre . )