Collected Works of V. I. Lenin - Vol. 13 - From Marx to Mao

50IN MEMORY OF COUNT HEYDENWHAT ARE OUR NON-PARTY “DEMOCRATS” TEACHINGTHE PEOPLE? 23“The progressive press was unanimous in expressingits profound condolence over the heavy loss sustained byRussia in the death of Count P. A. Heyden. The fine personalityof Pyotr Alexandrovich attracted all decent peopleirrespective of party or trend. A rare and happy lot!” Therefollows a lengthy quotation from the Right Cadet RusskiyeVedomosti 24 containing a sentimental effusion on the lifeand activities of that “wonderful man” by Prince P. D. Dolgorukov,one of that Dolgorukov breed whose spokesmenbluntly confessed the roots of their democracy: better cometo terms with the peasants peacefully than wait until theyseize the land themselves!... “We deeply share the feelingsof grief evoked by the death of Count Heyden in all whoare accustomed to value the man irrespective of the partyguise in which he may be invested. And the late Heydenwas above all a man.”So writes the newspaper Tovarishch, No. 296, Tuesday,June 19, 1907.The journalists of Tovarishch are not only the most ardentdemocrats of our legal press, but also consider themselvessocialists—critical socialists, of course. They arethe nearest thing to Social-Democrats; and the Mensheviks—Plekhanov, Martov, Smirnov, Pereyaslavsky, Dan, etc.,etc.—are offered the most cordial hospitality in a paperwhose columns are adorned with the signatures of Prokopovich,Kuskova, Portugalov, and other “former Marxists”.In a word, there is not the slightest doubt that the journalistsof Tovarishch are the most “Left” spokesmen of our