Show JIAVS IXHUMAXITT TO JIAX VB Jivvn received from the Secretary Sec-retary o the IJuresu of the Siberian Kxila r UUua AfsocJalion a copy of the dwunifiit it proposes to for 5niWtMe Enpcror CfRossin and i if I to numcrousiyfigned by mMdm lirtlzens in the hOpe of lqgciu tat r otentato to ameljor nt e ottof thuuufoitu nates cn th dhradetl region WDueotett to give space In oJIuuuo the petition which bas a I s 0 0 alue end we conse quently nn itliereto Tr Kttmpenal Jfcyaty the Car of fiffX > gfia iVewhp > petition your ilajostyare cII1aenot tao United Slates of Amer c0 to Unie 51 i irart ilW on to people yvho liavo Ibed by the natrral ties of iprjky 10 the great Itnsslan nation and to th lsars clothed tnth her majesty jesty 0 wield her power and shape fcerVesiiny It i your Majestys province to do for ilasjla 0 what we In a certain sense < lo for ourselves and though them mtl6dsol governmental acton am 4 different the stan of good government V govern-ment are the Game the strength and trnei raadeur ol the Stele and the rid happiness of the peopled For these things nauons are organ ised and hws are decreed and executed execut-ed fo these things great Princes in thc fjr ef Goa exercise imperial sway and presidents are appointed Dilfor though they may i outward form your government and our government gov-ernment brothers i their noblest duties iSo are our fraternal professions atf empty feeling wo remember and we can never forget how the Czar by lik faith in the stability of the American Ameri-can Union and by the presence of Ins SMU ships in the harbor of Xcw York atrengtbened the Jlapabite when it In ee ltpbh wss fcuppowd br leas farsighted Mvareigns and statesmen to be on the vcrgo of ruin Our danger then arose from nn evil which Jour libel rioas father Alexander IF by his e Alp helped our illustrious PL dent Abraham Lincoln to remove and te great Trinco who liberated the Raiau serfs and the great Cui ean who freed the American fine by ttndred deeds of humanity linked their countries together by enduring rk tfcWri < Sharing therefore as the pact has y hrng teror pt tafgnt OB to do in the thoughts that concern th glory and happiness of your people we have been moved t bring to yeu wIth good greetings this petition put tJThatyoor majesty will personally take note of a widespread interest among us in th workings and oOeeU of the Siberian exile system We do net forget the penal reforms already accomplished in the Russian empVe We are not blind to the mental men-tal and physical sufferings that of no cfty are a part of av lyn of punishment for crime against individuals indi-viduals society or the State nor are we unmindful of the need of reforms wjuch are actively engaghSg the attention atten-tion of philanthropists In otr ow methods o dealing with convicts In tills we are giving expression to the feeoog of a friendly people that in th punishment of some oC her sub jeets Ruseis whether from causes p culiar to h people or on ant of aaeieBi custom if not in harmony with the humanizing sentiments of the a I l our wish that by the vrisdarn and power of the Czar and the favor of G Russia may grow in the admiration and sympathy of the ll ptby American people and of the whole dv34ked world The document adroitly worded being decidedly diplomatic and its mild statement i much better than merely informing the Czar that he is fllntliearUxl tlevpoi and ought t > c ashamed of himf for hi barbarous treatment of Siberian uilee That i exactly what i men howeverr under the sugar Itc adminUUring a small piece of aWuetiJa iu a dippetfull of syrup in tile hope of deceiving the patient into the beljej that hcLjgwulloHrlng unadulterated molasses TJ1 projectors antI operators C this movement are t commended for their humanity in jluadln for the unfortunate victims who arc ground under the iron wheels of a relentless despotism Their tuccess in achlsving their object i however how-ever exceedingly doubtful antUt Is lueky for tho chief pleaders that they will not b within the reach aadfjurfediclion of the Czar when the sooft spoken communication readies him else they might L given auojijortunity to test the rig are of the Siberian climate if not the sharpness of the thongs of the jM 8irWHIrC iifiip Perhaps the Emperor of all the RusstesispajteJ about some things that dono ream exactly right In this republic where justice freedom dom and humanity have universal theoretic sway If 0 he might remark nr I had been thinking for sometime some-time pBtof Minding a petition t the American miens for the th le rkr thittpurpree of inducing lcm t give better 0 trratrncnt to a class of your people edited Latterday Saints They have l > een robbed peeled pillaged drivenT nrTiircIr homes and many of t L murdered and I have never Known of tKeir wrongs tlelr rng having been red rested r I obfenrc ak that many families fami-lies tliathive bejen cstablished from ten ytrs to half a century have been broken nnd bn upnnd dlsruptbd whihthlrJjLsJhave been thrown into prison because they declined t disonn Uiejin many tender hearts have I undcnjant been torni and nvxnylireMaluTir graves filled by these tra ngtyioi nIt n-It i 1een even credibly stated that quite recently much of the property of these unfortunate people luibttn confiscated by a procewjjivj appliedto any other dasetfyourcitlzen and latest and most extraordinary I of all I seems that rarsenumb rsoflhem In your countrywiiicii i supposed t be free and 1 iiberaUre bIa deprived oftheright to vote oTtynpyjppluical al omccor 1 dn mi on eor t sit jnrymen in tdalstiselr aJur 11 trh Ielr only privilege being t lay taxis a pre rogsUve which rog I rUe myself am always IIlIngto accord t my subjects d PCi iaj i c1amorSngfot ire to j r Rive my people a constitution I 1 wonder bow much better they would b ofT were I t dose st lien such oneIt tilings can b done where there i It seemato mo that you had bet I ter rertirT ome cT Iheso discrepancies discrepan-cies In yohr own country In the t meantime I will have t Inform you 5 that I shall prefer to sceyou laigr |