The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-04-20
HUGH KRUGER,
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luur mention 0fmy humble person,
any 10 yesterday issue nf your yalu-
hhlp paper has drawn Wr iutO nnnOf
/ ahlt but uuWtlllri publicity which
/ ! hsrTlbr tu lhe great illrudshlu liai
exists hrlWeen your people aud tlI.
lar ol country uf which an yet d
sui iprL
| Nou thought proper a. without
/ rom the pui llr the REASONS tur which
nm to-day la eNile from my home.
also my name While both are mat
lela Of Indifference 10 tho pnulIt aud
without your friendly mention of the
same might never have Hppenrri ia
PRINT during my stay ia tins the home
Of my adoption, have no hest guoy
To- reveal both, having no cause ldr
secrecy in e lher cast, as nothing dis
hQp0rAhla Is the valso NJ my uisfur
IunT nor buItheus my family name
nor mine,
After the termination OF the Krl-
mean war; ia which for three yeArs
participated on the Russian ride, The
Ukas of our cEAr deprived M, on the
lOth of February, 1854, without reserve.
Of all the right, title and interest IN
the slaves 10y ~ owned up 20 this mo
mrnt our fortunes were DESTROYED.
Nothing remained but our landp, tides
Of nobility and privileges OF our caste.
Thls outraged the feelings &C the Rus.
sian nobility 10 such an extent that
conservative revolutionary societies
were formed and Cnuspirncips entered
inloi the victims of the clar's sweep
ing measures were ready 10 risk every.
thing IN swimming against the cur
rent OF popular william the torrent Of
ungovernable progress
But tie veal aud woe Of slXty.one
millions OF human souls was Of more
Importance 10 the ear than the rich
es OF his arislOcrncy.
High ranks caste was made worth
less by The mighty stroke of his pen.
We were perseculed, scattered TO far
OIL provinces of our large, mighty en-
pre- detailed 10 military service NJ
great distances from the field Of
influence lie made us useful in sub
jugaling Persia, when In 1872 and 1873,
General Kaufman fought the
khiYa aud SamarlSand OF Asia.
Leaving the remnants of our former
fortune In the hands of my age father,
huhtod the shores OF this hospitable,
humane and free country this alone
Is In the eyes Of Russia's laws u crime,
M emigrating Is 10y them forbidden, |
and Is sufficient to make a return most
unless "a new ukas gener-
ously eXtepded by the ozar, should
evoke forgiveness.
Your great and beautiful country of
freedom aud plenty has become the !
friendly asylum of many oppressed !
and prosecuted. She bids us in need !
of protection TO make it cur home, |
and to 1--we according TO our belief aud |
cOnSciences rs long as our conduct IL |
honorable and works not the detIi- |
ment of our fellow man. In truth, il |
is the country where extremes meet in |
peace.
In the north and the south | have
met with the kiudest of people, the
NEST considerable treatments have |
learned to know the greatness and
strength of this nation. It's leading
traits are those of humane feeling and
tolerance.
Texas, last but not at least-this
Italy of America, this land of dreams
and love, with its great and glorious
future, rs yet but devined, but not
fully revealed, who should not. in this
happy garden, no matter how humble
MS station, rlvel in the great anticipa-
ion!
Huwah for the Union and Texas in
particular!
Pardon me for having wished to give |
you the reasons for my presence in |
his country. My nameis q remnant |
If the old world and its institutions.
Having concluded to make Dallas my
nome in the future, | sign most re-
'pectfully, yours,
HUGH KRUGER.
Dallas, the 10Th of April, 1877.