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

H8IA - = ~ uNuus p " = our UTtuu-
nj cjyi1 war was raging and the two thun-
4tr cIonds Of northern int southern vaior
cjuihed. Russia practically said to the na.
fiops OF Europe, Keep your banda OF and
II the brave men Of the north aud the south
attic their own troubles" I rehearsed
eoue Of those &C mos to the emperor last
Jsiy saying, You were probably too
hook At that time but with radiant smile
Ne responded, "Oh, yes, l remember, ! re-
member" Rnd there was an ~accentuation of
the words which demonstrated to me that
those occurrences had often been talked Of
- the imperial household.
! 6food o. New York Bittery during the
unr. - 1 suppose many of you did. looking
o. Russian ships. "What are they doing
thersfs ! asked. and 70 every one asked.
HWhat business have the Russian warships
n our New York harborf' Word came that
anotter 1set Of Russian werships was in
Gsn Frhpcisco haroor. "What does this
F,peenrs or rulers asked. but did not Eet i'm
rhsdiate enswer- In these two American
knrbors he Russian fests sseu,sd sound
s6ko6p. sTheir great mouths Of iron dpoke
mo- 5 word, and the Russian hag, whether
4o2ttng IN the air or dropping ~ the dag
st1R, nads no answer to our fnyuisitivs-
william b. Seward, secretary Of state,
MUkXQ VOC &tu5-l8u mlulEbCE ~ fnouiuS tOu
tte meaning of those Russian ships In Amer
lem waters and got no setlsfaotory re-
sep1nss- Admiral Farragut said to q Russian
E6flcef after dining In the home OF the emil
nent politician, Tnurlow Weed, that maker
ard 1nmuker OF presidents "What are you
dolnr here with those Russian vessels of
warp Not until the war was over was 1t
fouhd out that I'm case Of foreign intervsp-
&ou ~ ~ guns and the last gun Of these
tga dssts In Nsw York and San Francisos
harpors we're 10 open In full diapason upon
auy fuFoixn ship that should dare to inter-
sfefe With the right OF Americans, north and
sou<h, 70 settie their own controversy.
Bat for thoss deets and their presence IN
Amsrioan waters thsrs can be no doubt
that M OF the mightisst nations of Europe
wupld have mingled 10 our fight But for
1Aona two heets the American government
would have been to-day only q name In his
t1ry. ! declare before Col and the nation
ttat I believe Russia saved the United
Btateu Of America. Last July l stood be-
fore Z great throng OF Russians In the em-
tarraGing position Of speaking to an audi
6ncs three-fourths of which could not un.
degstand my language any more b l
eould understand theirs. But there were
TWO names that they thoroughly under.
sstood ~ we'll a. you understand them, and
~ utteranoe Of those two names brought
If6rfh IA reclamation that made the city
haii Of Bk Petersburg quake from founda-
ton stone to towers. and those two names
were s'0sorge Washington and Abraham
( Now Il It not important that We should
fesi right toward that mighty, that God
given friend OF more than one hundred
|Tearsf Yea. because it Ia nation OF more
Possibilities than any oths except our own.
Shouid Ne cultivate It's friendship. There is
) vass realm OF Russia as yet unoccupied.
II ths population OF the rest Of Europe were
poured iuto Russia 1t would be only partially
.occupied. After awhile America will be so
we'll populated that the tides Of emigration
viii 20 the other way, and by railroads
hon Russia At Behring straits-where Asia
|&omes within thirty six miles Of joining
EXmarioa-millions Of people will pour dow
s6tfouxh Russia aud Siberia, n on down
sthrcugh eli the regions waiting for the
I0ty5lfsation OF the next century TO come,
vi calturs great harvssts and build mighty
What the Unitsi States now are on the
Western hemisphere Russia will be on the
eastern hemisphera Not only because of
what Russia has been to our repub fc, but
4because OF what she will be, let Us cssse the
defamation Of all that pertains to that great
s5lpire, u Russia can afford to be the friend
n xmsrica Amsrica can afford to DO the
friend OF Russia. And now-l proceed To do
Neae ! told the emperor and tbs enpress
rs. al tbs Imperial family at thu palace Of
E1tarhot / would do II I ever got back to
HA6sorica, AMI that 10 to answer some OF the
|palumnies which have been announced and
|rslep!atsd and stsreotynsd against Russia.
tbs imperial family are in perpetual dread
II assassination. They are practically pris-
|oo>rsin the winter palace. and trenches with
|dlnamits have been found dug round toe
Sinter palace. They dare not venture forth,
|exosus prec sied and followed and surround
|sdsby amost elaborate military guard.
ny auswer to this 10 that ! never saw a
face more freq from worriment than the eni-
gbtch the trenches are said to have been
Charged with dynamite, and tn which the
imperial family are said 10 be prisoners, has
nsyer been the residence Of the imperial
family one moment since the present en-
IpQror has peen on the throne
The winter palace has bsen changed into
i museum and . picture gallery n a place
the palace At Pstsrhof, fftaen or twenty
mflea from ST. Petersburg; his autu ms at
|the palace &C Gratschua, and his winters in
il painee ct st. Petersburg, but in quite a
dikefpnt part Of the city to that occupied
BY the winter palace. He rides through the
Es(rest1 unatten ie1; except BY the empress
~ his hide and the driver on the box. There
- INV = k1I " Ia tAko 6AAiSheO iASAc AhSS
from fear OF harm than he Is. His SUBJECTS
not ouly admire him but almost worship
HIN.
Thsrs are cranks in Russia, but have we
NOT had our Charles Guiteau ami John
Wttkss Bootht ssBurn says some one, did
not the Russians kill the father d the pres
ent empsrrr' Yes, but in the time that
RumiA ha4 had one assassination OF en-
|psfor America has had two presidents assas-
dnated. 'sBut Il not the emperor an auto
|crntf By watch you mean, has he not
power withous restricticnf Yes but it al
Edepenis upon what use . man makes OF bis
power.
Are you an ausocrat in your factory,o or an
sutcorat IN your store or an autocrat IN
wcst use yon make ofyour power. whether
70 Stsss or 70 oppress, and from the time OF
Peter the Great--that Russian who was the
wonder Of all time. the emperor who became
incognite . ship carpenter that he might
help ship carpenters, and q mechanic that
be might help mechanic, and put on poor
mems garb thst he N ighr synpathixs with
po9r alen, aud who In his last words said;
'sMv Lord, I am dying. Oh, help my unhe-
lI@tf--Isay from that time the throne Of
Russia has for the most part been ocoupiei
BY rulers as beneficent and kind and sym
pathetic As they were powerful
To 20 no further back than Nicholas, the
Rr1uul4tu9r OF zoe ptSsehb emperor
Nichotns had for the domid ant idea of his
administration tine g ~uancipation OF the
serfx When 10 was found that he premedi.
tatsd the freedom Of the ssris he received
tho following letter Of tareat from q deputa'
zion Of noble insn, your Imperial Majesty
I'VE learn that the council and senate OF
the empire have tefore them for dehbera-
ton, With your sanction, toe plan to abolish
strtiom ~throushcut the Russian empire.
VI ars perfectly willing to abide by your
matestyss deaxon Ia this matter n tc
lqgaiIy supportyour will. but there are In
R1NlA 4 large number Of small owners Of
wrfs who are dependent Tor actual subsist
cups on the hhsr OF those serfs, and WHIT
conseQnsntiy viii BE- left wholly pennies,
and Nitbout any resource by the operation
d emancipation, They will then undou otediy
rssort 70 resperAts measures and in tbs en-
rremity Of their despair will put thu life o
yout s1ajestY Ia jeopardy"
Td9 emperor replied In WORKS t'sat wi!
last - iong as history. sGsntismen- II
thould die because OF my devotion to suca .
canss. / am willing to meet my fate" When
uuder an attacS Of pnsumonia from ex
, posure to severe weather it, th Q service o
BIS rsople. that empsror put down his hea'
Oh tbs pillow OF dust, Russia lost as good
monarch As was ever crowned. Then cam
Alexander the Second, father OF tho presen
] afuuaror Amid the miahtieSt oDDOsltIoi