Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1892-11-26

II roii say cliss was i man, civ ile
man that came to save the world, say
yes, but it was woman that gave the
man. Witness all tha Madonnas-Ital-
ian, German, English and Rrssian-that
bloom in tho picture galleries Of Chris
tendon. Son of Mary, have mercy on usl
But how about the knont, the cruel
Russian knout, that comes down on the
bare back of the asonized criminals?
Why. Russia abolished the knout before
it was abolished from our American
navy. But how about the political pris-
oners hustled off to Siberia? According
to the testimony of the most celebrated
literary enemy of Russia. only four hun
bred and forty-three political prisoners
were sent to Siberia in twenty years.
How many political prisoners did we put
in prison pens during OUT four years OF
civil war? Well. will guess ut least one
hundred Thousand. Americas one hun
lred thousand political prisoners versus
Russ;a's four hundred and forty-th7ee
political prisoners. Nearly all these
four hundred and forty-threc of twenty
wears were nohle,nen or people des-
perately opposed TO the emancipation
of the serfS And none of tho political
prisoners are sent to the famous Kara
mines. For the most part you are
dependent for information upon the
testimony Of prisoners who are sent
to Siberia. They all say they wero inno-
cent. Prisoners always arc innocent.
Ask all the prisoners Of America today,
Guilty or not guilty. and nineteen out
of twenty will plead. Mot guilty" Ask
them how they like their prison, and
how they like sherifFs. and how they like
the government Of the United States,
andyou will find these prisoners admire
the authority that arrested them and
punished them inst about as much rs
the political prisoners OF Russia like
Siberia.
But. you ask. how will this Russopho-
hia, with which so many have been bit
ten and poisoned, DO cured. By the
God of Justice blessing such books and
pamphlets as are now coming out from
Professor de Arnaud, OF Washington;
Mr.. Horace Gutter OF San Francisco;
AIr. Morrill,, of England, and by the
opening OF our American gates to the
writings of some twentvfour OF the
Russian authors and authoresses, in
some respects as brilliant as the three
or four Russian authors already known
the translation OF those twenty-four
authors which l am authorized from
Russia to offer free of charge to any re-
spousible American publishing house
that will do them justice. Let these
Russians tell their own story, for they
are the only ones fully competent to do
the work, rs none but Americans can
fully tell the story Ct America, and rs
none but Germans can fully tell the
story of Germany, and none but Eng
lishlnen can fully tell the story at Eng
land, and none but Frenchmen can fully
tell the story of France. Meanwhile
let the international defamation come
10 an end. Cease To speak evil OF digni-
Ties merely because they arc dignitics,
and of presidents merely because they
are presidents, and Of emperors merely
because they are emperors. And may
the blessing of God the Father and
God the Son and Gc:l the Holy Ghost
be upon all the members of the imperial
household OF Russia. from the iliusJrious
head Of that family down to the prin-
cess, seven years of ago. who came skip
ping into my presence in the palace Of
Pcterhof last srmmer! Glory to God III
the highest, and OH earth peace, good
will TO men!