Milford chronicle., 1892-11-25
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ID AMERICAS BEST FRIEND.
,r- Itls most important that this countr
lg have right ideas concerning Russia, 70
ST. along all the nations this side Of heave
O. Russia is Americas best friend Tbar
2, has not been an hour IN the last seventy
sy i've years that the shipwreck Of free iDsti
tutions in America would not have calIe,
er forth from all the despotisms Of Euron
Of and Asia a shout of gladness wide as eartl
u and deep as perdition. But whoever els
l. failed us, Russia never did, and whoeve
ss else was doubtful, Russia never was. Rms
is sia, then an old government, smiled on tn,
D. cradle OF our government while vet in IL,
Is earliest infancy. Empress Catherine ot
k I Russia in lI76 or thereabouts offered kindl,
d Interference that our thirteen colouie,
o night not go down under the cruelties Of
! war.
IS Again, in 1918, Russia stretched forth to
}. ward us merciful hand. When our
i dreadful civil war was raging and the two
a thunder clouds Of northern and southern
valor clashed, Russia practically said to
+ the nations OF Europe, Keep your hands
j on and let the brave men Of the north and
+ the south settle their own troublas.m I re-
s hearsed some Of those scenes to otheenperor
r last July, saying, 'You were probably too
e young to remember the position your IA
ther took at that time" but with radiant
smile, he responded, "Oh, yes, remember
] remember" and there was an accentua-
tlon OF the words which demonstrated to
me that these occurrences had often been
talked CT in the imperial household.
stood on New York Battery during the
war, as suppose many Of you did, looking
of through a magnifying glass upon a
fleet OF Russian ships. What are they
doing there" l asked, and so every one
asked. What business have the Russian
warships in our New York harborPn
Word came that another fleet OF Russian
ships was in San Francisco hGrb0r. What
does this mean" our rulers asked, but did
not get immediate answer In these two
American harbors the Russian fleets
seemed sound asleep. 1heir great mouths
OF iron spoke not word, and the Russian
/ flag whether floating in the air or droop- /
! ing by the flagstaff, made no answer To
our inquisitiyeness.
William II. Seward, secretary Of state. /
asked the Russian minister at Washing
ton the meaning Of those Russian ships in /
American waters and got no satisfactory
response. Admiral Farragut said to
Russian officer after dining in the home
OF the eminent politician, Thurlow Weed
that maker and unmaker Of presidents
What are you doing here with those Pus
sian vessels Of war;" Not until the war
gas ever WAS it found put that In case OF
foreign Intervention all the guns and the
last gun OF these two fleets in New York
and san Francisco harb0rs were TO onen in
fun diapaspn upon any foreign shin that
should dare to Interfere with the right OF
Americans, north and south, to settle their
own controversy.
But for those fleets and their presence In
American waters there can be no doubt
that two OF the mishtiest nations of Europe ,
would have mingled in our fight. But for Z
those two fleets the American government ,
would have been today only a name IN his {
tory. declsre before God and the nation .
that ! believe Russia saved the United !
states OF America Last July stood be- :
tore great thrOng Of Russians in the en- v
barrassing position Of speaking to an au- q
dienee three-fourtEs Of which could not d
understand nIY language any more than I r
could understand theirs. But there were g
two names that they thoroughly under a
stood rs wei. as you understand them, and a
The utterancc Of those two names BROUGHT a.
forth an acclamatiou that made the citv /,
hall of st. Petersburg quake from foundH.
lion stone to towers, and those two names d.
we're George Washington" and "Abra- Il
lam Lincoln" Il
Now IS it not important that we should n
eel right toward that mighty that God pl
,lFen friend Of more than one hundred ~
-earsf Yea, because it IS nation Of more "a
Possibilities than any ether, except our IN
wn should we cultivate It's friendshi, AZ
There is q vast realm Of Russia as vet un ~
coupled. II the population Of tine rest of M
Europe were poured into Russia it would ne
e only partially occupied. After awhile as
-merica will be so well populated that the Ga
des OF emigration will go the other way.
nd by railroads from Russia at Behring
5raits-where Asia comes within thirty yo
X miles Of joining America-millions Of he
eOple will pour down through Russia and OF
iberia, and on down through all the re- Is
ions waiting for the civil ~ IN Of the ou
ext century to come, auI - .ure great col
arrests and build mighty cities. wa
What the United States now are on the tie,
estern hemisphere Russia will be on the COZ
stern hemisphere. Not only because Of Al
hat Russia has been to our republic, but but
cause Of what She will be, let us cease boo
e defamation Of all that pertains 20 thai IN /
eat empire, II Russia can afford to b, ical
c friend Of America, America can afford siai
be the friend Of Russia. And now pro int,
ed to do what told the emperor and the and
ipress and all the imperial family at the in I
lace Of Peterhof would DO il ever got pas
ok to America, and that Is to answer d
me OF the calumnies which have beer liev
and reiterated and stereotyped poli
ainst Russia. ~;
sLAEDERs ANSWERED. -,
Jalumny the First-The emperor and all VIZ
2 imperial family are in perpetual dread snor
assassination. They are practically an /
soners in the winter palace, and trenches 81 >,
5h dynamite have been found dug around d 4,
winter palace. They dare not venture arn
tn, except preceded and followed and wiz
rounded by most elaborate military ,,ss
ard. ,t. w.
y answer to this Is that I never saw a ~
9 more free from worriment than the oro T,
peror's face. The ewinter palace, around a.
ich the trenches are said to have been M.
rged with dynamite, and in which the M,
'erial family are said 70 be prisoners, toie,
never been the residence Of the impe- reIio
! tamtly one moment since this present q Ion
peror has been on the throne nrbs
he winter palace has been changed into and
museum and picture gallery aud q in Il
ce Of great levees. He spends his svi,, eliiei
~ IN INC palace a. Peterhof fifteen OF said
nty miles from St. PeteFshuasj his ail- thai
lns nt tha paiaeo AZ oratschna, and his Il al
ters palace at St. Petersburg. but Qion
ute = .ierent part Of the city to that most
lpied ty the winter palace. lie rides He :,
'ugh the sereets unattended, except BIZ Nv
empress at his side aud the driver on nomi
box. There is not person in tllisaudi- ing Il
more free from fear Of harm than he until
His suhie2ts pot an!y admire him but ceive
81 worship him. tized
lere are ertnks IN Rnssia but have we Worsl
had our Charles GuiteHp aud JOHN strat,
ses Boott' 'But.n SAYS some one. liplor
not the Russians Kill thefather Of the prefe
eat emperoFin Yes. but in the time ton
Russia has haa one ASSASSINATION al sider,
error America has hal two presidents and
7eihh.tG. DGt j. not thc emperor an Peter
efatF Hy which you mean, has lac invita-
power Whhout restiietlonf Yes, but as I b
! uepenus upon what use man makes forgo