Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1892-11-26
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by that Tine have ,Jeeil q most i'll f3;..Deria
lie found that he was at the door Of, his
own home. But this punishment was
sufficient. s.
The same emperor, having heard that
poet had written o poem defamatory
of his empress. ordered the poet into his
presence. Expecting great severity, the
poet entered the palace aud found the
emperor and empress and dukes and
duchesses gathered together. Good
morning. said the emperor to the Of
fender. II hear you have written y
most beautiful posm. and have sent
for you that you may read it to us and
we may have the pleasure OF he;tring It."
The man cried out, Send me 10 Siberia
or do anything with me, but do not
make me read this poem in your press
ence.n He was compelled to read the
defalnatory poem, and then the empress,
against whom it was aimed, said: Il Go
not think he.will write an, more verses
about US gain. Let him go. And so
The was freed.- Aid nov. co1acs in Alex
ander the: Third, doing the best things
possible for the ma tiol4, which lie loves
and wliich as ardentl loves him, Bnts
what anSunGert In: TO srpl ss oIo hun
sdred and twelve III ion poop made
snpsofE eehuny red tribes nnd traces AID
speaking los tstttE ;erent 41angnsse Bar
notwithstanding all this, things thcrs
move OH maryelously well. Z and L do not
believe that out OF five hundred thou
sand Russians you would t;id more than
ono person who dislikeS tue emperor,
and SO THAI calImny OK dread Ut assls-
sination drops 90 fiat it can fall no aatter.
Calum1yt the Second-u YOU go to RuS-
STA you are under severes5 espionage
stopped here ana questioned there and
in danger of arrest. But my opinion is
that if u man is disturbed iii Russia IT is
because lie ought TO lie disturbed. Rus
STA is the only country in Europe il which
my baggage WAS not examined. car
ried in my hand, tied together Will ~
cord, so that their titles could be see,i. II
pile of eight or ten books-ull of them
from lid told cursing Russia- had
no trouble in taking with me the hooks.
There is ten times more difficulty IN get
ting your baggage through the Amcri-
can custom house than through tic fus-
sian. speak rot Of myself, for friends
intercede for me on American wilaryes,
and am not detained. was several
days in Russia before was asked If 1
had any passport at all. Depend u!0I
it, if hereafter u man believes he is I'M
comfortably watched by the police of
St. Petersburg or Moscow, it is because
there is something suspicious about Elm,
and you yourself had better, when he is
around, look after your silver. spoons. l
promise you, IN honest Min or az, honest
woman, that. whep you 80 there, US
many of you will. for European travel
is destined to change its course from
southern Europe TO those northern re-
gions, you will have 10 more ElolesIa-
ton or superyisal than III brooklyn or III
New York Or the Guietcst Long Island
village.
Calumny the Third-Russia and its
ruler are SO opposed 10 any other religion
except the Greek religion that they will
not allow any other religion; that moth
ing but persecution aud imprisonment
and outrage intolerable await the dis
ciples Of any other religion. But what
arc the facts? / had long ride il 81.
Petersburg and its suburbs with the pre-
feet, brilliant, efficient and lovely may,
who is the highest official in tho city Of
ST. Petersburg, and whose chief business
is to attend the emperor. [ said to him,
"I suppose your religion is that OF the
Greek church, Mo" said he. II ain
q Lutheran" "What is your religion?'
said to one of the highest and most in.
1uential officials at st. Petersburg. He
said, II an Of the Church of England
Myself, an American, of gull another
i 81 ;csi1 0y,I
having been inside Greek church in
my life until went to Russia, could not
have received more consideration had
been baptized in the Grccl, church and
all my life worshiped at her affairs.
had it demonstrated to me very plainly
that mans religion III Rnssin has noih-
ing to do with bis preferlnent for either
office or social position. The only quas-
lions taken into such consideration arc
honesty, fidelity, morality and adapta-
ton. had not been in St. Petersburg
an hour before | received an invitation
to preach the Gospel of Christ as he
lieved it, Besides ell this, have yoC for
gotten that the Crimean war, which
shook the earth, grew OUT of Russia S in
reference in behalf OF the prosecuted
Christians of all nations in Turkey?
But" says some one, ''have there rot
been prosecutions Of other religions i'll
Russian Nodoubt, just as In other times
in New England we burned witches,
and as we killed Quakers, and as the Jews
in America have been oatrageously treat
ed ever since 1 can remember. and tie.
Chinese in our land have been pelted,
apd their stores tom down and their way
from the steamer wharf to their destined
quarters tracked with their own blood.
The devil of persecution is in every land
and in all ages Some Of US III the differ
emit denominations of Christians in Amer
ca have felt the thrust Of persecution
because we thought differently or did
Things differently from those who would.
Il they had the power, put us in afernace
eight times heated. one more degree OF
caloric than NebuchadnezZar's. Perse
,utions III all lands. but the emperor g.
Russia sanctions none of them. had n
most satisfactory talk with the emperor
.bout the religions of the world. and ho
thinks and feels as you and do-that re-
igion is something between D man and
his God. and no one has 2 right to inter-
rere with it. You may go right up to
st. Petersburg aud Moscow with Your
Episcopal liturgy, or yonr PresDytcrian
,atechism, or your Congregation.'list's
or your Jininersionist's Bi:p-
5istry, or any other religion. and il you
mind your own affairs and let others
mind theirs you will not lie nolested.
Calu1nny the Touith-Russia is 80
very graspipg of territory. and she
seems to want the world. But what are
The facts? During the last century aud
q quarter the United States have taken
CT everything between tho
thirteen colonies and the Pacific ocenE.
and England during the same length CT
time has taken possession of nearly
three million square miles, and by the
extent OF her domain has added two
hundred and Fifty million POPULATION.
while Ry,ssil has added during that time
only one-ha,f tie numhrrcf sQuarelnilcs
and about Experimentation of population