The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-03-03
Emancipation in Russia.

luE hOlld Is StCautiy auEahCibC WV al -
the grand goal Of universal freedom. \
century ago, practical seridom existed all
over Europe. Fifty years ago, slavery
was recognized by almost every govern
ment Of the old world. Thirty years ago,
England had slaves in the " est ladies,
while France and Holland, while Spain
and purtu al, while Mexico and the
States Of South America, rigidiy alher
cd to the doctrine Of the ''diyine right
of man to hold bis fellow in bondage and
dispose of him as lie would an OK or
horse.
What change has been wrought IN
public opinion and the policy Of States.
Slavery, monarch of al! it surveyed few
decades since, is an outlaw to day. 1t is
under the ban Of Chri3tcndom The
great powers Of the world have set their
faces like flint against it, Even Tur
key, half barbarous as she is, has spcwed
it out Of her mouth. Only the rebels
cling to it, and hope agans. reason aud
the inexorabe DEGREES IF fate, to save
and perpctuate it.
The progress Of freedom in Russia has
, cen especially remarkable. From time
/ lmmcmorial the masses Of that country
| have been 10 condition of chattClshlp.
! Bat the present Emperor, with a courage
! and humanity which reflect lasting honor
upon him, resolved to cmancipate the
serfs. The mobiles protested; conspira
cies were threatened and even hatched !;
aud a storm of indignation over tie in
povation upon the rights Of 'personal
property ragged from one end Of the
Empire to the other. 1t was predicted
that the effort would prove failure !;
that the people, suddenly invested with
the rights of citizenship, would abuse
their new privileges; and that the dis
turbaDce Of the Cd foundation upon
which society had rested for hundreds of
years, would result iu serious disaster, if
not in ruin.
But never were predictions more sig
nally falsfied Rev. j. Long, an Eng,
lish missionary, who visited Russia last
summer, has sketched the results Of his
observations as to the progress Of prac-
tical emancipation. He says that "with
in two years no less than twenty three
millions of intelligent, active peasantry
have been raised from the state Of chat
tells to the condition of insuripg THEN
own independence and comfort One
million have already bought the land or
which they were formerly located, bor-
rowing the money from the government
More than 5000 new sch OILS have sprun?
into existence through individual efforts
among the peasantry, and they are rap
idly on the increase. The general re
suits of this vast change are beyond csti
mate. Property is creryaehere rising ii
oa1ue, municipal institutions are spring
ing up, and Constitutional Gouera
ment must be the ultimate result. Th
Emperor Nicholas forcsaw this and hesi
tated to enter upon the work of emanci
a patton, but it was no objection in tn
mind of Alexander. Prince Gortscha
kof gives it as his opinion that the dc
velopment of Russia during the next tw
years would astonish the world"
The same results will follow emancps
ton in the South. A new order {
things will spring up. The rebel State
!. regenerated and made free, will cntc
s upon new career of prosperity.-Al
>. bony Eveniny Journal.
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