The Penn's Grove record., 1892-11-25

free constitution that proposed TO give the
right Of suffrage to the people OF Russia. II
It had not been for the assassination he
would bave soon signed that constitution,
but that horrible vloiencs put things back,
~ violence always does.
What a marvellous character Of kindness
was Alexander the Second, the father OF the
present emperor, 50 that the present EN-.
paror, Alexander the Third, inherits his be.
nightly. Alexander the SECOND, hearing
taat a nobienian had formed a conspiracy
against his life, had him arrested. Then the
eyes OF the criminal wtre bandaged, and he
was put In u carriage. and for some time
Travelled on, only stopping for food. After
awnile the pandage was removed, and sup
posing that he must by that time have been
almost in Siberia, he found that he was at
the door OF his own home. But this pun
ishnent was sufficient.
The same emperor, having heard that q
poet had written a poem dssamatory OF his
empress, ordered the 10 It into his presence.
Expecting great severity, the poet entered
the palace n found the emperor and ems
press and dukes and ducns ses gathered to-
gethsr. Good m rning,n said tns emperor
to the offender. ~ hear you have written
q most beautiful poem, and have sent for
you that you may read 10 TO US and We may
have the pleasure Of nearing it.n Tee man
cried out, "5end me to Siberia or do any-
1tt "tsh ahet oot ~ Nah
poem in your presence" He was compelled
to read tho de'anatorv poem, and then the
empress, against whom It was aimed, saids
II d ! not think he will write any more
verses about us again. Let him CO." And
80 he was freed
And now comes In Alexander the Third,
doing the best things possible for the nation
which he loves and which as ardently loves
him. But what an undertaking to ruls one
hundred and twelve million people. made up
of one hundred tribes and races aud speas.
ing forty different ~languagesi But, notwith-
standing all this things there move on mar
velously well, aud I do not believe that out
OF five hundred thousand Russians you
would find more than one person VINO dis
likes the emperor, and 80 that calu my Of
dread Of assassination drops 80 DAT it Can
fail no f1atter.
Calumny the Seceni-N you go to Russia
you are under severest espionage, stopped
here and questioned there, and In danger Of
arrest. But my opinion IL that IL q man
is disturbed in Russia it Is because he
gu ght to be disturbed. Russia Is the only
country in Europe in which my baggage
was not examined. l carried in my hand,
tied together with a chord so that their
titles could be seen, a pile Of eight or ten
books, all OF them from LID to lid cursing
Russia, but ! had no trouble 10 taking with
me the books. There Is ten times more diff
Guilty in getting your luggage through ths
American custom house b through tho
Russian. / speak not Of myself, for friends
intercede for me on American wharves, and
I am not detained. I was several days In.
Russia before / was asked II ] had any pass
port at all.
Depend upon it, IL hereafter q man 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. i
promise you, an honest INA or an honest
woman, that when you go there, as many OF
you will-for European travel is distinct to
change its course from southern Europe to
those northeru regions-you will have no
more melsstation or supervisat than In
Brooklyn or New Yorkor the quietesn Long
Island village.
Caiumny the Third-Russia and its ruler
are 20 opposed TO any other religion exceot
the Greek religion that they will not allow
any ether religion; tsrt nothing but perse-
.cution and Imprisonment and outrage into]-
cradle await the disciples OF any osher re-
ligion. But what are the factss had .
long ride in st. Petersburg aQd its suburbs
with the prefect q briliant,1 efficient and
lovely maa, who 10 the highest official in toe
city Of st. Peters ourg, and whose chief
business is to attend tia emperor. 4 said 70
Greek ohurchf' "No," said he; ~ am o
Lutheran "What IL your religionr' Isaid
to one of the highest and most influential
officials at St. Petersburg. He said. II am
OF the Church Of England"
Myself, an American, OF still another de-
nomination Of Christians, and never having
been inside . Greek church Ia my life until
/ went to Russia, could not have receivsd
more confederation had ] been baptissd In
l. A.. n.~.A ~Lr~aI ~AH all me Hfa -nN.
shiped at her aitera 7 had 1t demonstrated
to me very plainly that Q mans religion In
Russia has nothing to do with his prefer
Inent for either Office or social position. The
only Questions taken into consider alton are
honesty, fidelity, morality and adaptation.
I had not been in St Petersburg an hour
before l received an invitation to preach the
GospA OF Christ a. ! believed ii. Besides all
this nave you forgotten that the Crimean
war. which shook the sartn, grew OUT Of
Russia's interference in behalf OF the prose-
cuted Christians OF all nations In rurkeyf
.'Butn says some one, have there not
been prosecutions OF other religions in Rus
STAR No douot Just as In other times IN
New England we ournet witches, n q we
billed Q1asers, and a. the Jews in America
nave been outrageously treated ever sincs
have been peited, and thelr stores torn down,
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