10 MY HORSE; MV LOVE. 



this place immediately, or I will shoot you dead!' 

 he required no further permission, and got away in 

 a hurry. " 



Had you no other clew to these wicked designs 

 than by such as you described? 



" No other was really necessary. One soon learns 

 the peculiar methods of nations in dealing with their 

 enemies, and Russia does not easily forgive. The 

 unlimited power of the Czar must be incomprehen- 

 sible to the inhabitants of a country, where freedom 

 of speech, and the liberty of the press, are the inborn 

 rights of every citizen; where no secret fear of 

 unexpected and undeserved captivity or punishment 

 influences every action, every thought, almost every 

 breath one breathes, and every dream one dreams." 



Has the banishment of the Jews from Russia been 

 in any way a matter of personal interest to you? 



"None, except that I have learned that among 

 them is an old servant of mine, and that he is now 

 living in Wilkesbarre. The immense population 

 of Russia was composed largely of Jews, and their 

 power and influence, although a secret one, was 

 sufficiently felt to interfere with, and sometimes inter- 

 rupt, the designs of the government. The lower 

 classes, it is well known, served the most immoral 

 purposes in the hope of getting wealth." 



In what way specially? 



" Many drinking dens of the vilest sort were in the 

 hands and under the control of the Jews, while every- 

 where they were the acknowledged receivers of 

 stolen goods. Famous as successful horse-thieves, 

 their different depots for the reception of stolen 



