The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-01-11
UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA.

Many reasons have been assigned for
existed between Russia and the United
States, and which has been SO forcibly ex-
hibited to the Grand Duke Alexis by the
people of this country. Ex-senator James
r. Doolittle, of Wisconsin, who spent
some time in Russia in 1861 and had per-
sonal interviews with the Car, gave an
! explanation of the cause of such friendly
feeling, in his speech at the banquet to the
Grand Duke at Milwaukee, as follows
| What is the secret of that sympathy and
/ friendship between Russia aud the United
States which all the world sees, respects,
and sometimes even fears They are both
young. There are men living who have
seen all the years Of our republic and
| Russia, though thousand years old, is
] still young. They are growing powers.
| We know and feel our coming DESTINY in
this new world. But the same necessities
which, in Jcfierson's time, demanded the
! purchase of Louisiana to control the mouth
Of the Mississippi, SO that our commerce
could flow a., free as It's waters to the sea, are
laid also upon Russia, and must control Its
] ~
| of civilized people can not hold free COM
mercial intercourse with the rest of the
world through the frozen sea, which for
eight months in the year is closed by ice
They must and they will have other out
lets. They look beyond the Black sea to-
ward the Mediterranean, and they look
eastward toward the Pacific, and sir, they
will 60 there. Great cheering And
they ought to go there. The interests of
humanity and of free trade with all man
kind demand it, and il will come. In this.
the United States sympathize with Russia.
Great cheering
But there are other grounds Of SYM
pathy. Russia was our friend when we
needed friends. During the darkest hour
Of our late struggle, when Napoleon and
Palmerstcn we're ready TO acknowledge
the independence of the south, and to
break our blockade, Russia said, "No.
gent emen, hands off. The great republic
i, my friend, and shall have fair play"
Tremendous cheering.
hnt' esyond this there are special reas-
ohs Tor sympathy growing out of the great
reforms III the interest of freedom and
humanity, which the present emperor has
mmsNs1rMed and is carrying into effect.
w sPetk, sometimes bOastingly, of our
w. 4 nn vn'ntSmSGeipation Of our giving freedom
800 ,'HAves. Let me remind you the
a", ' Is AieAsader, in lsCl, before our
"on 600 "o.S patio took place, set free pa
$500 IItl'' Our Saauci ,ation came Il,
o'oou' lis came III ISL IA
q the mobiles and II mnjorlty 90 IL vi
upon tue question Of Civ, .o"'.'r,
= iIoe'ty with or without lands lne seris
~ opposed TO giving them lnndre STOUT
peror oVerruled them, lie gave en-
u liberty with land lie gave them 4fem
5 dom and he gave them homes. Tho la.,
! reform l will mention now, the creates,
y perhaps, next to the act of emancipn,inn
e he has introduced in the administrator =
justice. 1t s,what all true Americans nm
Englishmen fee! to be the bulwark Of civ
3 liberty-the right Of trial by Jury
= Mr. President, | have thus. in n fe,
-, words, told part Ofthat secret, and give
l. the reason why the people of the Unite
k States look with such friendly sentiment
upon Russia aud upon its present Empe
c or Alexander, and these are the reason
e why everywhere they now extend such
Joyous and heartfelt welcome to our distiI
~ guished guest, in himself a noble repr
st sentative OF Russia, and of his own gre,
f. iather, Long and continued cheering. 1
;, rea- Pritchard commenced speecb ,
l. Columbus, recently, thus: Gentleme
, and Ladies' reckon am the fullest of
story Just now, that ever was. Comm
-. from Jacksonville, the other day. NJ
smith, our worthy Recorder, steppe