The Penn's Grove record., 1892-11-25
PENN's GROVE. N. ]. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER IS. 1892

| the majority OF toe prisons in America"
| Are women whipped IN the street? No; that
statement comes from the mandatory OF
ia ~rication. a mandatory that RUS day
and nj ght 80 that the supply may meet the
demand
But how about iberist My answer Il,
3 IBERIA Is the prison. of Russia, a prison mora
than twice the sizs of the United States.
| John Howard, VINO did more for the i'm
provement of prisoners and the reformation
OF Grim mails than any man that ever lived,
his name a synonym for mercy throughout
Cnristen ION, declared by voice and pen That
| the system OF transp 7rtation OF criminals
from Russia to Siberia was an admirable
plan, advocating open air punishment rather
than enlargement, and als1 beciuse It
was taking all offenders hundreds OF miles
away from their evil companions. John
Howard, after witnessing the plan OF de
portation OF criminals from Russia TO Sibe.
| ris, commended 1t to Eugiani.
IL q mar commits murder In Russia he Is
not olectrocuted as We electrocuts him, or
choke1 to death by a halter as we choke
him to death. Russia is the only country on
earth from which the death penalty has
| been driven, except in case OF high treason.
Murderers mi desperate villains are sent to
, the hardest parts OF Siberia, but no man Il
sent to Siberia or or.iered to any kind Of
| punfshment 10 Russia until be has q fair
trial. So lar as taeir being hustled Of 10
tne night and NOT knowing why they are
exiled or punished Is concerned, all the
criminals 10 Russia have an open trial be-
fore a jury just as we have in Am srica, ex-
cept in revo usionsrv AMI riotous times aud
you know in Americ1 at such times the writ
Of nabeas corpus is suspsn led.
There are in RIssia grand juriss and
petit juries, and tine right to challenge the
jurors, and the prisoner confronts his ac-
| cuser, and, mark this, as in no other coun-
try, after the prisoner has bsen condemn I'd
| by juries and JUICES he may appeal to the
| minister of the interior, q a.ter that to
| the senate, an after that to the emperor,
who il constantly pardcniny. As l said,
the violent and muir ferrous are sent to the
| hardest part 0. Siberia, but ths more moder
ate criminals to prepitious parts Of Siberia.
| ind those who nave only q little criminality
to parts OF Siberia positively genial for
elimate, for you ought to know, II you do
not know, that Siberia Is so large and wide
Ind long tnas it reachss from frigidity to
torritity, from almost arctic blast TO Climate
as mid as that OF Italy.
Run your finger along the map of the
world, and you will find that the lowest
| part of Siberia is on the forty-ifth degree
Of iatitu lie, ant ths richest part OF Italy is
On the same forty-httn degree OF latitude,
70 that 81 )eria reaches from the furs at the
north to the palm leaf fsas at the south.
Il has been demonstrated that ninety per
cent. OF tine Russian criminals colonies ID into
Siberia go into a climate miider than New
YorS-a land songiul with birds AMI EN-
broidered with fora enough manieolt TO
contound the botanists. Much o. toe soil Is
q ricn loan, and hsrvests wait for a piow 70
lioerate then.
When a criminal is sent to Siberia, in the
vast majority OF cases it gives him an OPP
portunity to make a new start under the
oest possible circumst inoes. The criminal
is allowet to take his or her family aiong,
and that is . mercy no other country grants.
In the quicksilver mines OF Sioeria-tns
hardest piacs of expatriation-only one
fourth OF the miners are criminals. The
other thrss-fourths go there because they
choose it ns a place TO earn their living.
After being in siberia awhile the con-
demnei @ to earning a livelihood, an ! they
come to own their " farms and orchards
to wealth, ami thoussn 10 OF til under no
inducement would leavs those parts OF
Siberia which are paradises for salubrity
and iuxuriance. Now which do you think
is the best style of aprison-Siberiao or many
Of our American prisonsl When u mar
commits q big crime in u country, the
ia igs looks into the frighted facs OF the Gull
orit and says, .tYou nave been found guilty;
/ sentence YOU to the pennitsntlarv for ten
years.n He goes 20 prison. He il shut Ia
between tour walls. No sunlight No fresh
air. No bathroom. Before he has served
his ten years he dies OF consumption or 10 20
enervated that for the rest OF his life he sits
with folded hands wheezng invalid.
In preference to the shut In life Of the
average American prisoner. give me 81
bsria. Besides that when ofenders come
out Of prison in America, what chance have
tieyf ASH the poorly supported societies
formed TO get these people places for WORK.
Ask ma TO whom the newly liberated come
from all the prisons ~tnploring what they
.h-ll DO \. ana rri III n1n1t N an A than Ina
| pallor Of incarceration ia on their cheek.
VINO wants TO employ 10 factory or store .
| man or woman who, in answer 70 tne ques.
| aou; Where did you live lastp' should
make for reply, States prison at Auburn
or Moyamsnsingr' Now in Siberia they
| have a better chance. They are never spoken
| OF as CRIMINALS, but as u~nfortunates, and
| they are allowed avery opportunity Of re
| trieving their lost reputation aud lost for
| tunes.
talked with the President Of thu Ma
| tional Society OF Russia for the Education
and Moralizstion OF the Children or Siberian
Convicts. The president OF that society,
| appointed by toe emperor, Is q lady OF great
accomplishments and much .~sympathy,
| which illu her face aud makes fearful
her ewes and trenulous her voice. The
evening ! passed at her house In st. Peters-
burg was one OF the memorable events OF
| nv lifeline. I will not attempt to pro-
k4V ao149 "a hha< 0~
pointed by the smpsrcr as the Preaident OF
the national Society OF Russia for the Eiu-
cation aud Mora izition OF the Children OF
| Conviots. Please to name any such national
society in our country, supported By govern.
ment. for taking care OF the children OF
| convicts.
You know, II you know anything, that
thare IL no chancs In this country for a man
WHIP has been imprisoned, or for his chill.
| drap. Col pity them and hasten che time
pnen we hail by some national institution
established by the congress OF the United
Ssatea initiate the mercy OF the Russian
government toward the innocent children Of
imprisoned of lenders. he who charges
| cruelty on the imperial family and the no.
hliry OF Ru ssfa bellies men ami women as
gracious aud benignant a. ever brestasd
oxygen.
fns msroiful character OF the present EN-
psror was wall illustrated in the following
Occurrence, The man who supervised the
anaofnasion OF the father OF the present
smpsror, standing In the snow that awful
day when the dynamite shattered 70 pieces
the legs OF Alexander the Second-l say the
man who supervised all this fed from ST.
Pstersburg and quit Russia. But after
awhile the mar rspenred OF his crime and
wrote to the emperor asking for forgiveness
for the murder Of his father, and promising
to be good citixsn. AMI asking II he might
come back to Russia Toe emperor pardonsd
tae murderer OF bis father. and the forgiven
assassm Is nov living In Russia, unless re-
GENTLY deceased.
When I talked to the Empress concerning
the sympathy fslt in America for tbs suf-
fcrinSs OF the drou zht-shruck regions OF Rus.
MA, she syincsd an absorbing interest and q
compassion and an emotion OF manner and
speech such as We men can hardly realise
because 10 ssems that Col has reserved for
woman Is her great adornuent the coronee,
the tear jswellei coronst Of tenderness and
commissration. II YOU cay that IL was .
man, q divine man that came TO save tho
world say yes: bat IL was a woman that
gave the man. Witness all the Msdonnas--
Italian, German. Eazlsa and R~ussian-rnss
bloom in the picture galleries Of Christian
dom. Son OF Mary, have marcy on usl
But how ABOUT the knour the cruel hus-
sian knout, that comes down on the bare
back Of agonizsi criminaIst Why. Russia
abolished the knout before Il was abolished
from our Americsn nav But now aoous
the political prisoners hustled OF TO oiosrtai
Accordiny 10 the testimony OF the most osl.
ehrated literary enemy OF Russia oniy ionL
hundred and ~fortv-thres political prisoners
were sent TO Siberia In twenty years. how
many political prisoners did we put In prison
pens during our four wears OF civil war;