The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-07-05
SIBERIAN ATROCITIES.



Ths Indignation OF the Civilized world
Aroused by Recent Cruelties.
Can we then do nothing7 Is the In
tense indignation which has been arous-
ed by the recital Of Siberian atrocities,
the death of women under the lash OF the
executioner In order that IAN example |
may be made;" the cruel flogging of po-
litical prisoners, the hanging Of wound
cd men, who have been shot down be.
cause they dared to petition against arbi.
trary orders which are practically sem
tences Of DEATHS this indignation to
pass away as the days 20 by and leave
no marks We can not, indeed, take any
direct part in the struggle of the Rus
sian people for political freedom. They
do not ask it, and 1t would be wrong to
offer 1t. But not the less are we called |
upon to do that which in us lies to
strengthen them in their hour of bitter
need. 1t seems at times vain, hope |
less task, but It Is not so in fact. The
civilized peoples Of the world are as one /
upon this question. II remains for them
70 say so to convince those of their breth-
rem in Russia who are bravely struggling |
for the right that they are not alone in
the struggle, but that they have the
strong moral support, the earnest sym.
pathy, of all who love liberty and abhor
tyrany. This may seem small thing,
but the power and influence of sympa-
thy are boundless. Not only does SYM
pathy strengthen those who
have already declared themselves,
and stimulate them to contin.
ue the strife with renewed ear.
nestness and vigor, but it encourages
those who have as yet taken no part to
come bravely forward If once this be-
came general, if once the men and
women who are opposed to the present
regime were to lift up their voices, IL
once those who naturally dread the ter
| rible consequences of open declaration,
| but who agree in spirit with the declar-
ants, were tospeak out, open declaration
| would cease to be followed by terrible
| consequences, because even the autos-
racy of the Car must bow before the
generally expressed will of the people.
Five hundred Madame Tsebriltovas
would redeem Russia. There are signs
that already the sympathetic movement
in Western Europe and America is hav-
ing some effect. / do not attach too
much weight to the disturbances at the
universities, which the newspapers are
curiously anxious to assure us are quite
non -political; am quite ready to be-
| lieve that their immediate origin was
not political one; but it is not easy to
Say what is or what may become polit-
| ical question in Russia, where every OPP
position to constitutional authority,
however trivial, is treated with severity
and rigor, and religious, educational, So
cial, charitable movements alike are
looked upon as dangerous because they
are movements. There is constant civil
war in that unhappy country. What
ever is of, or borders upon, the domain
of intellect is and must be at strife with
the grinding autocracy which would
compel all wills to subject themselves
| to it's own. The fact that brave and
noble woman can be imprisoned for an
hour, much more be sent into lifelong
exile, for the crime of writing a calm,
faithful, respectful letter to the auto
crat himself has shown many doubter
in other lands how bad and bitter the
| despotism is beneath which all the best
| mind of Russia is crushed almost out
of existence. This letter, and the re-
cent intelligence from Siberia, and the
| knowledge of how they have aroused
the indignation of the civilized world,
we're certain to exercise great infiu-
ence upon the young and ardent mem
bers of that body which has, with the
generous instinct of youth, always led
the van in the battle for freedom, and
| has fur rlished so large a quota to the
roll of political prisoners and patriots;
and thus the movement among the STU
dents would seem really to have strong
political tendencies, and, possibly, to be
of wide significance Robert Spence
Watson, in Westminster Review.
-Carefulnessa and exactitude in speech
are sometimes characterized as atfecta-
ton and mere pedantry, but say what
some people may, it is unqucstionably
the unfailing mark of culture. No one
thoroughly and lovingly acquainted
with the literature of his language can
regard propriety in its use with con-
tempt. The purity and harmony and
rythm of his native tongue are as pre-
cious to him as the perfect rendering
and Interpretation of music are to the
musician; and to the preservation OF
the English language in its integrity it
should be the duty and the pleasure of
every individual lover of it to contrib
ute.-N. Y. Ledger.
Mamma" said little Boston boy,
"Willie Jones isa very bad boy, isn't
hep" "Why, Willie?' HE used bad
language" "Why, l am surprised.
What did he say?' pants. .'-Washing-
| ton Post
"A popular clergyman in Philadel-
phia delivered lecture on "Fools.
The ticket to it read: Lecture on
Fools-Admit one." There was very
large attendance.-N. Y. Herald.
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