Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-12-02

other three-tourths 90 there because thsE
choose il as place to earn their IiTlng.
After being in Siberia awhile tie con-
demned 60 to earning livellnood, an tncy
come TO own their own farms and orchards
and vineyards, many OF these people coming
to wealth. and thousands OF them under no
iuducement would leave those parts or
Siberia which are paradlseS Tor saiuori1y
and luxuriance. Now which do you think
is the best style OF q prison-Siberia or many
OF our American prisons? When n man
commits big crime in our country. the
Judge looks into the frighted face Of the cui-
prit and says, ''You have been found guilty;
1 sentence YOU to the pennitentiary for ten
years" He goes 60 prison. He Is shut in
between four walls. No sunlight, No fresh
air. No bathroom. Before he has served
his ten years he dies of consumption or IS so
enervated that for the rest of his life he sits
with folded hands-a wheeling invalid.
In preference to the shut in life OF the
average American prisoner. give me ST.
IBERIA. Besides that, when offenders come
out Of prison in America what chance have
they? Ask the poorly supported societies
formed to get these people places for work!
Ask me- TO whom the newly liberated come
from all the prisons imploring what they
shall do No one will comment them. The
pal!or of incarceration is on their cheek.
Who wants TO employ in factory or store
man or woman who, in answer to the Ques-
ton: Where did you live LAST" should
make for reply: States prison at Auburn
have better chance. They are never spoken
of as criminals, but as unfortunateS, and
they are allowed every opportunity of re
trieving their lost reputation and lost for
tunes.
l talked with the President of the Ma
tional Society of Russia for the Education
and MoraliZation of the Children OF Siberian
Convicts. The president of that society,
appointed by the emperor, is a lady OF great
accomplishments and much sympathy.
which illnmipaS bar fara and makes 4aarFuH
her eyes and tremulouS her voice. The
evening passed at her house in st. Peters
burg was one Of the memorable events Of
my lifetime. | will not attempt to pro-
nounce the name Of that noble woman APP
pointed by the emperor as the President of
the National Society of Russia for the Eiu-
cation and liberalization of the Children Of
Convicts. Please to name any such national
society in our country, supported by govern
ment, for taking care OF the children Of
cOnvictS.
You know, if you know anything that
there is no chance in this country for man
who has been imprisoned, for his chill
dren. God pity them and hasten the time
when we shall by some national institution
established by the congress Of the United
States, initiate the mercy of the Russian
government toward the innocent children of
imprisoned offenders. He who charges
cruelty on the imperial family AMI the
bility of Russia bellies men and women
gracious and benignanc ever breataed
oxygen.
This merciful character Of the present en-
perOr was we'll illustrated III the following
occurrences: The man who supervised the
assassination of the father Of the present
emperor standing in the snow that awful
day when the dynamite shattered 70 pieces
the legs of Alexander the Second-I say the
man who supervised all this fed from St
Petersburg and quit Russia. But after
awhile the mau repented of his crime, and
wrote to the emperor asking for forgiveness
for the murder of his father. ana promising
to be good citizen. and asking If he might
come back to Russia. The emperor pardoned
the murderer OF his father, and the forgiven
ASSASSIN is now living in Russia, unless re-
Gently deceased.
When talked to the empress concerning
the sympathy felt in America for the suf-
feriugs of the drought-struck regions Of Rus
STA, she evinced an absorbing interes. and
compassion and an emotion of manner and
speech such as we men can hardly realize,
because it seems that Go has reserved for
woman as her great adornment the cOronet,
the tear jewelle1 coronet of tenderness and
cOmmseratiOn. If YOU say that it was
man. divine man that came to save the
world, | say yes: but it was woman that
gave the man. Witness all the MadOnnas-
Italian, German, English and Russian-that
bloom in the picture galleries OF Chrsten-
dom. Son of Mary, have mercy on us
But how about the knout, the cruel Rus
sian knout, that comes down on the bare
BACK or agOnlZ9d CRIMINALS? my. RuSSla
abolished the knout before it was abolished
from our American navy But how about
the political prisoners hustled off to Siberia?
According to the testimony of the most Gel
ebrated literary enemy of Russia, only four
hundred and fOrty-three political prisoners
were sent to Siberia in twenty years. How
many political prisoners did we put in prison
pens during our four years of civil war?
Well, will guess at least one hundred thou
sand. Americas one hundred thousand pO-
litical prisoners versus Russia s four hundred
and forty three political prisoners. Nearly
all these four hundred and forty-three OF
perately opposed to the emancipation OF the
serfs. And none of the political prisoners is
sent to the famous Kara miues
For the most part you are dependent FOR
information upon tho testimony of prison
ers who are sent to Siberia. They all say
they We're innocent Prisoners always are
innocent. ASK all the prisoners of America
to-day, Guilty or not guilty?' and nine
teen out of twenty will plead Not guilty"
Ask them how they like their prison, and
how they like sherffs and how they ike
the government of the United States, and
you will find these prisoners admire the au-
them just about as much as the political
prisoners OF Russia like Siberia.
But you ask how will this Russo phobia,
with which SO many have been bitten and
poisoned, be cured? By the God OF Justice
blessing such books AMI pamphlets are
now coming out from Professor de A"naui,
of Washington; Mr.. Horace Cutter, 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 tour Russian authors