Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-11-21

lltuildIN TOT ten years. lie ~
prison. He is shut in between four
No sunlight. No fresh mir. No
room. Before he has served hi
years he dies of consumption, on
enervated that for the rest of his
sits with folded hands-a wheezii
valid. In preference 20 the shut
of the average American prisone
me Siberia. Besides that. when q
ers come ont of prison in America
chance have theyy Ask the poorl
ported societies formed 20 get thes
pie places for work. Ask me, 90
the newly liberated come from ;
prisons imploring what they tha
No one will commend them. The
of incarceration is ON their cheek.
wants TO employ in factory or a
man or woman who in answer I
question, "Where did you live
should make for reply, States pri
Auburn or Moyamensing." Now
IBERIA they have n better chance.
are never spoken of as criminals,
unfortunates, and they are allowed
opportunity of retrieving their lo'
utation and lost fortunes.
talked with the president
National Society Of Russia for u
ucation and Mobilization of the Ch
Of Siberian Convicts. The presidI
that society, appointed by the em
is lady of great accomplishment
much sympathy, which illumind
face and makes fearful her EYED
tremulous her voice. The eveI
passed at her house in st. PeteI
was one of the memorable events
lifetime. / will not attempt Il
nounce the name Of that noble W
appointed by the emperor as the|
dent Of the National Society of 4
for the Education and Moralizat|
the Children Of Convicts. Pied
name any such national society
country supported by GOVERNED
taking care of the children OF cod
You know, if You know anything
there is no chance i'm this country
man who has been imprisoned or
children. God pity them and
the time when we shall, by some MI
institution established by the congl
of the United States, initiate the
of the Russian government towd|
innocent children Of imprisoned 4
ers. He who charges cruelty 4
imperial family and the nobil
Russia bellies men and women as III
and benignant as ever breathed II
The merciful character Of the n
emperor was well illustrated In {
lowing occurrence: The man who
vised the assassination of the falL
the present emperor, standing
snow that awful day when the dyf
shattered TO pieces the legs Of Alet
the Second-I say the man who
vised all this fed from st. Petersbuf
quit Russia. But after awhile th
repented Of his crime and wrotq
emperor asking for forgiveness
murder of his father and promisin
a good citizen, and asking II heN
come back TO Russia. The q
pardoned the murderer Of his faith
the forgiven assassin is now lis
Russia unless recently deceased.
/ talked TO the empress concerni
sympathy felt in America for the
ings Of the drought struck req
Russia, she evinced an absorbing
est and a compassion and an emo
manner and speech such rs we nd
hardly realize. because IL seems til
has reserved for woman ms heI
adornment the coronet, the tear }
coronet of tenderness and coinmise
If You say that it was man, n
man that came TO save the world
yes, but il was n woman that g;
man. Witness all the Madonna
ian, German, English and RussiaI
bloom in the picture galleries OF
tendon. Son of Mary, have mercy
But how about the lnout, th
Russian knout. that comes down
bare back of the agonized cri
Why, Russia abolished the knout
ii was abolished from our An
navy. But how about the polite
oners hustled of 20 Siberiay Acd
TO the testimony OF the most celt
literary enemy OF Russia. only fOI
dred and forty-three political IN
were sent to Siberia i'm twenty
How many political prisoners did
in prison pens during our four
civil war? Well. / will guess at Il
hundred thousand. Americas OF
dred thousand political prisoners
Russia's four hundred and fort
political prisoners. Nearly nj
four hundred and forty-three of
years were noblemen or peop
perately opposed 10 the emand
of the serfs. And none of the Il
prisoners are sent to the famou
mines. For the most part u
dependent for information mp
testimony of prisoners who M
TO Siberia. They all say they WEI
cent. Prisoners always are In
Ask all the prisoners Of America
Guilty or not guilty. and ninet
of twenty will plead. mot guilty
them how they like their pris
how they like sheriffs. and how Il
the government of the United
and You will find these prisoners
the authority that arrested the
punished them just about as m
the political prisoners OF Russ
Siberia.
But, you ask, how will this Ru
bia, with which SO many have b
ten and poisoned, be curedy
God of Justice blessing such boo
pamphlets as are now coming on
Professor de Armand, of Wash
Mr.. Horace Cutter, Of San Fro
Mr.. Morrill,, of England, and
opening of our American gates
writings of some twenty-four
Russian authors and authores
some respects as brilliant as th,
or four Russian authors already
the translation of those TWEEN
anfhnrs which / am anIhnriza