The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-07-01

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more progressive city than MOSCOW
The streets air wider, the public
| buildings an the homes ov the people
air larger an better, an there seems
ter be more a-goin' on. But the peo.
pie seem ter be just az slow an slug.
gish az in MOSCOW. They strike me
az bein' so uncertain az ter what will
happen next that they do not really
care what does happen. In hot eli
mates this ANYWAYS shows in the
movements ov the people. But hit
ought ter be different in Russia
where the climate liz generally cold
an dry.
The government ov Russia liz strict
ly autocratic. The Gear hez more
power an fewer things ter restrict
him in that power than can be found
in any other big civilized country ter
day. In fact, he hez absolute con-
troll, there bein' no legislative bodies,
such az they hev in England, France
and Germany. There is no trial by
jury in Russia, no habeas corpus
Punishment liz the great weapon used
ter enforce order an the Car passes
on most ov the cases. Even II he
were a Solomon in wisdom an could
give careful attention to each case.
1t would not be possible fer him ter
do justice, because Russia liz too big,
the population too great fer anything
ov that kind. The charges, the evil
dence, must be worked up by gov
eminent spies, awl bein' under the
control ov the Car. In many cases
they may be just. But there air
vast opportunities fer the venting ov
personal spleen, prejudice, an awl
that, greater, perhaps, than can be
found in any other country at this
time. An the people cannot COM
plane. They air not allowed "ter
write piece to the paper" an blow
up an ''cuss out" the government
from the Preserdent down az IL often
done in America an in some other
countries. If such a thing should
happen the editor ov the paper would
be arrested, the publication ov the
paper would end, fer a time, at
least, an the whole outfit, includin'
the writer ov the offendin' article,
would probably soon be diggin' salt
in the government penitentiary, the
great salt mines ov Liberia. Things
may be rather unsatisfactory at times
in the United States, air unsatisfac-
tory, but after seeing several ov the
biggest ov the European countries, 1
feel safe in sayin' that America liz
much better than the best ov them.
Through the kindness ov the
American ambassador, wuz able ter
call an see the Gar, az he il called,
though hiz real title il Emperor
Nicholas II. OWN ter the fack that
he il supposed ter run the whole
masheen, I expected ter find him
nifty busy. But if he wuz, he didn't
let on. Az he hez ANYWAYS bin meet
in the big American politicians an
the quality" he seemed ter be
agreeably surprised ter meet up with
a plain old duffer like me, an hit
wuz no time till we wuz tawkin'
same az old friends. The Emperor
LdlhS EuSlloA JloI IlhC ILL WuZ oil
everyday buziness with him.
In appearance the Emperor may
be called handsome man. He IL
only little past forty-one years ov
age, an il small in size fer Rus
sian, bein' erbout five feet, eight
inches in height, an doesn't weigh
more than 100, if that much. Hiz
hair IL blonde in color an hiz eyes
air deep blue. In conversation he
looks you straight in the eyes, looks
pleasant an often smiles. He IL ex-
acktly the opposite ter what you
would expeck from readin' erbout
him an to judge him from many ov
hiz official acts. He asked a number
ov questions erbout the United States
an I gathered from hiZ conversation
that he manages ter keep up with
what IL goin 'on in awl ov the big
countries He axed me how long ]
had bin in Russia, what portions ov
the country had visited, an what
I thought ov hiz country an hiz peo-
pie. "Your country IL so big that
hev only bin able ter visit small
portion ov HIT" seq I, "but I think
hit IL a great country, an your PEG.
pie seem ter be friendly an conduct
themselves we'll so far az I kin motifs
But I think your people need tel
| become land-ho1ders, az in America
an thus they will be encouraged tel
become more thrifty az individuals
In America every citizen liz a soverigr
an yet we honor our Preserdent al
much az the citizens ov an empire
honor their Emperor. Our Preserdent
could travel alone an visit every
country in the United States If hi
could spare the time, an aside from
cranks, he would not be in any dan
ger or insult nor injury. Russia IL
or ought ter be, the great Anglo
Saxon civilizer fer this part ov tn,
world, an she can be. Russia shou1t
exert a great influence upon China
Japan, India, an even Africa, fer aw
ov these countries air near enough
fer commercial intercourse, at least
an hit will awl come erbout in time
No matter what occurs, England
France, Germany, the United State
an Russia air ter be, must be, tn
leaders in civilizin' an modernism
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