Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-11-24
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onstratcd To me that these occurrences
had often been talked of in the i'm,
pcrial | ousehold. ! stood on New
York battery, during the war, as |
suppose many of you did, looking Off
through magnifying glass upon
feet of Russiar ships, What are
they doing thcrce' ! asked, and 50
everyone asked: "What business have
the Russian wnrships in our New York
harbor" Word came that another
i'eet OF Russian ships was in san Fran
cisco harhor 'What does this mean?'
our rulers asked, but did not get i'm.
mediate answer In these two American
harhors, the Russian fleet seemed
sound asleep Their great mouths OF
iron spoke not Il word and the Russian
flag, whether floating in the air or
dropping hy the flag staff, made no
answer To our inquisitivencss VIII
lam II. Seward, Secretary Of State,
asked the Russian Minister az WASH
ington, the meaning of those Russian
ships In American waters and got no
satisfactory response. Admiral Farrar
gut said toa Russian officer, after dining
in the home of the eminent politician,
Thurlow Weed, thnt maker aud un'
maker OF Presidents: what are
you doing here with those Russian YES.
sells OF war;" Not until the war wus
over was II found out that IN case OF
foreign Intervention all the guns and
the last gun OF these two fleets IN New
York aud san Francisco hnrbors were
10 open IN full diupason upon any
foreign ship that should dare 10 inter
fcre with the rights of Ameri.
cans North aud South, 10 set
tie their own controversy. but
for those fleets and their presence IN
American waters, there can be no
doubt that two Of the mighiiost na
tions OF Europe would have mingled
IN our fight, lut for those
two Heets, the American government
would have been to-day only u name IN
history, declare before God aud the
nation that | believe Russia saved the
United States of America. Last July
! stood before great throug Of Rus,
SLAMS in the embarrassing position OF
speaking ~ an audience TN sc. iourths
of which could not understand my
language any more than could under
stand theirs llut there were tive
names that they thoroughly understood
ns we'll rs you understand them, and
the utterance of those two names
brought forth nm reclamation that
made the City hail of'St Petersburg
and those two names were George
Washington and Abraham Lincoln"
Now, IL II not important that wa
should feel right toward that mighty
that God given friend Of more than
| 100 years?
| II the population of the rest oil
| Europe were poured into Russia, Il
would be only partially occupied. Az.
1 ter while, America will be so well
populated that the tides OF emigration
will go the other way, and 10y railroads
from Russia NJ iichring where
Asia comes within thirty six miles OF
| joining America millions Of people
viii pour down through Russia and
! siberia, and on down through NIL the
/
the next century 10 come and culture
great hnrvcsts and build mighty citiea.
/ What the United states now are on the
| Western Hemisphere, Russia win be on
the Eastern Hemisphere, Not only be-
cause Of what Russia has been to our
! republic but because OF what she will
be, let rs cease the defamation of all
That pertains to that great empire, II
| Russia can afford to be the friend OF
| America, America can afford To be the
friend OF Russia -
lut you ask, how win this Russopho.
| bin, with which So many have been bit.
ten and poisoned, be cured? by the
God OF Justice blessing such books and
pamphlets us are now coming out from
Prof de Arnaud Of Washington. Mr..
| Horace Gutter OF San Francisco, Mr..
Morrill, Of England, and by the opening
OF our American gates to the writings
Of some twenty-four Of the Russian
authors and authoresses in some
! respects as brilliant as the three
or -four Russian authors already
| known - the translation Of those
twenty-four authors which | am
authorized from Russia To offer free of
charge TO any responsible American
publishing house that will do them
justice. Let these Russians tell their
own story, for they are the only ones
fully competent to do the work, as
none but Americans can fully tell the
story of America, and ms none but Ger
mans can fully tell the story of Ger
many, and none but Englishmcn can
! fully tell the story Of England, and
none but Frenchmcn can fully tell tho
story Of Frnncc. Meanwhile, let the
international defamation come to an
an end. Cease 10 speak evil of digniI
f, ties merely because they are dignities
and of Presidents merely because they
are Presidents, and Of Emperors merely
because they are Empcrors. And may
! the blessing of God the Father, and
| God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost,
| be upon all the members of the imper-
! :a household of Russia from the illus
trious head OF that family down to the
| Princess, Z years Of age, who came
skipping into my presence in tho
palace of Peterhof last summer. Glory
TO God in the highest and on earth
| peace, good will TO men.
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