Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1888 — Why Russiaus Don't Emigrate. [ARTICLE]
Why Russiaus Don't Emigrate.
Century for April! “The Government does not recognize the right of its subjects tj go abroad cr tjliveabrord vit tout its pjrmissijn; and if, therefore, a Russia n takt s relug i from oppression in a freer c»untr?, he must fteetae p osp“c; 1 of exp triation, out a wiy, the li ss of all the property left behiudTimTaod exile tx Fibjriv i 7 be ever returr s. Few people are wil teg to s pirate theirs Ives for li’e in tris way from frierds, re’atives, home, ciu rtri'. and alt thst a man naturally holds dear. What alteriia'ire, then, is lett to the oppressed when oppression becomes intolerable. They mus: either submit or fight; at dis they era not wiling to submit and are hot able, under the provisior s of this code, to oppose tyranny by peaceful c.'lhe ive ee'.ion, th»y will inevi ab'y nsjrtt) violence and fgot, eihgly or insxall gioup», as they are now fighting, until t ley go so ribnia in leg- etteis or perish 01 the scaffold.”
