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at with а fnger of triumph and exaltation, but this too is а

тете coinage of the brain at опсе deceptive and pernicious: de-

ceptive, because the quantity of falls greatly below

the amount that would have been by the same пиш-

Ьет of hands, if separately employed оп their own individual

account; and pernicious, lkause its collective form and the

superior power presiding over it, сап not but lead to а шо-

noply of the market, highly oppressive to the small farmers,

rnrticularly in the government contracts, as has already been

seen, felt and proved.

То sum ир all, the most subtte foe of the sovereign's

rights, the master-spirit of conspiracy against both, could not

summon to his aid а тоте ef6cient instrument than the «Colo-

nial Administration», which is in itself а new, distinct, self

acting despotism, of dangerous tendency and incompatible with

tbat undisturbed march and uninterrupted unity of supreme

power, which render unlimited monarchy so bene6cial and

ind*nsable to the vastness of the Russian Empire. What тау

this despotism do, after it shall have Ьнп deeply in

the heart and strongly ramified throuetl all the veins and ar-

teries of the body politic, тау perhaps be judged from the

triHing circumstance that already does the chief of the Do-

netz-Colonies arrogate to himself t.he power to stop all ри-

blic post-travelling, by ordering at his conveniency to have

all the posthorses in the different post establishments to be

exclusively kept for his accomodation, that is against the day

от days, оп which, weather it тау be his supreme

р1еыи•е to indulge а little in locomotion. This is а fact wit-

hin ту own knowlege. If had not anticipated by опе day

his mightiness general klaymichael's [Клейнмихель] orders,

I should have been stopped and detained оп the road, although

travelling оп official duty, and with а passport from the

highest authority of the state; because по postmaster would

have dared to disobey the authority so strangely assumed!

Such, then, is this unnatural colonial svstem! Such the