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Show DIM STOIKIIOMI LETrElt. The IVnplt's ICIktil ig IIJnrnsrni If peal to the Democracy or Sweden. Stockholm, April , 1891 The People's Ulksdag or Parliament, which recently convened nt Stockholm, Sweden, was one of considerable Importance, Im-portance, and may bo said to fairly inaugurate an agitation of much moment to the People of Sweden, and Indirectly also bearing upon her relations to jooooo men of Sweden -. .lsooqc of whom already vole the Parliament met for the express purpose of voicing a demand for universal suffrage The Parliament was n representative bojy representing most fully those numerous classes of llicbwedis'i people now left without a voice In the govern, ment of the country. Tint Its deliberations deliber-ations where dignified nnd worthy of the occasion is hardly necessar) to ray Tho well known conservatism of the Swedes would vuuch for that. In spite ul all this, however, the Pen I le's Parliament was treated by the government and the authorities as It had been a mob. The premier, walled upon by n limited number ol members delegated for tint purpose to nsk if lie would receive 11 deputation, curtly replied that he knew no representatives of the bivcdlsh people, peo-ple, except those elected in accordance with existing laws, nnd refused to hold nny further communication with tho Parliament. The king, to whom thereupon nslmllar request was prclcrrcd, also declined, the upper house of the regular Klcksd ig was no more to jrlcotn.t te only courtesy extended being by inutvidual members ol the second chamber The Impression made upon the peoples I'ailumnt by this treatment may be surmised It shows conclusively that the powers that he, will )ield nuthliiz to the demand for equal civil rights, nnd the first result of this conviction was the cill for another people's larhatncnt tlueo jcars hence. In other words, the disfriu chlsed people arc Just about waking up, and front tills on stirring times liny bo expected In Sweden The other result Is no less sign ficanl The Norwegian Storthing just then had passed the order of the ell) declaring the consular question n matter to lie settled by Norway alone, independently of Sweden Ilepljlng to this byway of thanking Notwcgian societies and political clubs for their cxprc slons of good will towards the Parliament, this body pissed piss-ed n restitutio 1 authorizing Its executive committee to call a special session should the inter stitc conflict ' threaten to be solved lua more or less violent manner " This resolution will go fir towards strengthening Ihe hands of the Norwegians, Norweg-ians, hut more Interesting still Is the fact, also expressed hi the preamble, that the democracy of Sweden ns a political organization wilt brook no policy ol adventure that may endanger Its demand for equal rights and privileges The idyllic peace which so long has characterised internal nlfnrs In Sweden cvidenll) Is at the end Ihe. masses of the Swedish people, heretofore almost untouched b uhi)cal ngllatlom, urc real ring their condition an 1 will soon be in a mood lo formulate their desires willi telling effect and in n m inner which must command attention H Hiornson mikes an appeal to the democracy of Svedcn to support the Liberals of Norway npalnst tho Conservatives Conser-vatives of botli countries ' I turn to the Swedish democracy, because that policy which may possibly lead to war between those who are united for the sako ol peace is tho greatest nbomlna lion to me I turn to the Swed s 1 democracy and nsk them if such n possibility pos-sibility does not disgust them? I nsk them If they do not understand that whoever Is the victor, the democracy of the north will be deflated? Without support In Sweden the consctvallvis of Sweden are a lost pari), nnd with Norway Nor-way as the impregnable bulkwnrd of libertys the present rulers ol bweden can never prevail In the long lun. When I hear members of Ihe Slurihlng speak of the possibility or war between us then 1 am ilumbfoiind-d ihe extra appropriations In N ray list year in view uf n possible attack by Sweden nnd similar appropriations hi Sweden followed by n repetition of tl c san tactics this year to 1110 this Is mad es, from the ngoul savagery When! see Christian men threatening each uth-r that way, 1 think tho rest of 11 1 ought tu teach them what Christianity is " |