Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-11-25

arrest. But my opinion is that IL a man
| Is disturbed in Russia it is because he
ought to be disturbed. Russia Is the only
country in Europe in which my baggage
was not examined. i carried in my hand,
tied together with chord 50 that their
titles could be seen, pile Of eight or ten
books, all OF them from lid to lid cursing
\ Russia but had no trouble in taking with
me the books. There Is ten times more dbl
Guilty in getting your luggage through the
| American custom house thau through the
Russian. speak not Of myself, for friends
intercede for me on American wharves, and
am not detained. l was several days in
] Russia before was asked If had any pass
| port at all.
Depend upon it. il hereafter a mln be-
lieves he is unc )mfortably watched by the
police of ST. Petersburg or Moscow it is be-
cause there is something suspicious about
him, and you yourself had better, when he
is around, look after your silver spoons. l
promise you, an honest man or an honest
| woman, that when you 60 there as many OF
you will-for European travel is destined to
change its course from southern Europe to
those northern regions-you Will have no
more molestation or superyisal than In
Brooklyn or New York or the quietest Long
| Island village.
Calumny the Tnird-9ussia and its ruler
are so opposed to any osher religion except
the Greek religion that they will not allow
any other religion; that nothing but perse-
cution aud imprisonment aud outrage into.-
cradle await the disciples OF any osher re-
ligion. But what are the facts? | had a
long ride in St Petersburg and its su )ur5s
with the project, brilliant, efficient an
lovely MAJ, who is the highest official in the
city of st. Petersburg, and whose chief
business is to attend thu emperor. / said to
him, al suppose your religion is that OF the
Greek churchy' mo" said he; 81 am a
Lutheran" "What is your religion" Isaid
to one Of the highest and most influential
officials at st. Petersburg. He said, u am
OF the Church of England"
Myself, an American, OF still another de-
nomination of Christians. and never having
been inside Greek church in my life until
| | went to Russia. could not have received
more consideration had been baptised in
in the Greek church and all my life wor-
SHIPPED at her alters. had it demonstrates
to me very plainly that q mans religion in
Russia has nothing to 60 with his prefer
ment for either Office or social position. The
only questions taken into consideration are
honesty, fidelity, morality and adaptation
had not been in st. Petersburg an hour
I before received an invitation to preach the
/ Gospel Of Christ as / believed it, Besides all
this, have you forgotten that the Crimean
war, which shook the earth, grew out of
| Russia's interference in behalf OF the prose-
cuted Christians of all nations in Turkey;
But" says some one, ''have there not
been prosecutions of other religions in Rus
( sia?p No doubt just as in other times in
| New England we burned witches. AMI as we
killed Quakers, and as the Jews in America
have been outrageously treated ever sincs /
/ can remember, and the Chinese in our land
! have been pelted, and their stores torn down,
aud 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 in
1 the different denominations OF Christians in
1 America 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 q furnace eight
times heated, one more degree Of caloric than
/ Nebachadnezz Prosecutions in all lands,
/ but the emperor of Russia sanctions none OF
them.
had a most satisfactory talk with the
/ emperor about the religions OF the world
| and he thinks and feels as YOU and do, that
religion is something between a man AMI
/ his God, and no one has a right TO interfere
/ with it. You may 90 right up TO st. Peters
/ burg and Moscow with your Episcopal
! liturgy. or your Presbyterian catechism. or
/ your Congregationalist's liberalism, or your
| lmmersionist's Baptistry, or any other re.
| ligion, and if you mind your own affairs aud
/ let others mind theirs you will not be mo-
Tested.
Calumny the Fourth-Russia is so very
/ grasping Of territory, and she seems to want
| the worll. But what are the facts; Dur
| ing the last century and quarter the
/ United States have taken possession OF
everything between the thirteen co.ones
and the Pacific ocean, and England. during
the same length of time, has taken poss ssion
! of nearly three million square mile, AMI by
| the extent of her domain has lded two
hundred and fifty million population, while
/ Russia has added during that time only one
half the nu nbar Of squlrs miles AMI about
eighteen million of population -EnglanT :
advance Of domain By two hundred and
fifty million against Russ as advance of do
main by eighteen million. What paltry
Russian advance OF domuin By eighteen mil
lion as compared with the En- glish advance
of domain by two hundred an fifty mil.
lion! The United States AMI En- gland ha I
better keep still about extravagant ana ex-
tortionate enlargement Of domain.
Calumny the Fifth-Siberia is a den OF
horrors, AMI today people are driven ike
d
pected ones: they are put into quicksilver
mines, where they are whiDpsiau starved,
and some day find themselves going ar0un l
without any head. Some of them do not
get so far as Siberia Women. after being
tied TO stakes in the streets are disrobe |
and whipped to death in the presence oil
bowling MODS. Offenders hear tdeir own
flesh siss under the hot irons.
But what are the factsy There ara no
kinder people on earth than thu Russians,
and to most Of them cruelty Is an impossi-
bility. hold in my hani a carl. You see
on il that red circle. That is the govern
ment's seal on a card giving me permission
to visit all the prisons OF St. Petersburg As
had expressed a wish in that direction As
the messenger handed this card to me he told
ME that a carriage was st the door fos my
disposal in visiting the prisons 1t 50 hap.
pened, however, that I was crowded with
engagements aud could not make the visi-
tation. But do you suppose such cheerful
permission and a carriage to boot would
have been afforded me if the prisons OF Rus
STA are such bells on earth as they have been
described to be,
/ askel an eminent AMI distinguish
American, Have you viste the prisons OF
st. Petersburg, and how do they differ from
American prisonsy' He repliel, 81 have
| visited them, anu buey are ~ wen NeuJlidO5i
and as well conditioned in every respect as
the majority of the prisons in America"
Are women whipped IN the street? No that
statement comes from the mandatory Of
fabrication, a mandatory that runs day
and night, so that the supply may meet the
demand.
But how about iberia My answer is,
Siberia is the PRISON of Russia a prison more
than twice the sizs Of the United States
john Howard VINO did more for the i'm
provement of prisoners and the reformation
OF Grim mails than any man that ever lived,
his name a synonym for mer = throughout
Chrsten lom, declared by voice and pan t1at
the system OF transportation Of criminals
from Russia to Siberia was an admirable
plan, advocating open air punishment rather
th1n enlargement, and als) bee luse 1t
was taking all offenders hundreds OF miles
away from their evil companions. John
Howard, after witnessinr the plan Of de-
portation OF criminals from Russia to Si6e