The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-05-23
GOVERNMENT ~ THE SWORD.

rese Otsaeeuttsas 10 Inn Nnsstaa Army.
When Attiia displayed TO his Huns Il
drawn sword =. the scoptcr wherewith
he meant 10 rule them and the world Ut
large, he nnconsciously synbolixcd QUO
of the deepest truths IN history, viz,
that despot must govern by the sword
or not nj All, nnd that absolute mon.
arcliies ard vast standing armies arc tlls
necessary complement III each other.
Tho Roman Cnsars, Tree To cofamit
every outrage while their legions re-
manned faithful, fell the moment some
PaviA or Martinez can,pos of thu period
made his prO,iiil,cianenfo In favor
of now ruler. Lord Stafford. the most
xsalons Of all champions Of .thc right
divine of Kings Ia govern wrong
schcmed 10 make Charles /. lll.powcrini
by m overwhelming military establish.
ment. which. oatensibly raisctl to crush
Irish slisailection. WAS really m.nnt To
destroy English liberty. Louis Nnpa.
leon was scared into the wnr TINT over
turned his throne by the "a, 6,thhl mays"
which his soldiers caHt into the nlna nf
the plchiscite. The thrones of R,lsain
and Austria are proir,ed hy bnyonetr.
aud must fall ~ noon 4. the holders ~
these bAyoncts begin To think for them.
selves.
OF thu two great military empires.
Russia might bo held tho more secure,
posseasing \ homogeneous population
In place of tho jarring mars Of diverse
nAtionalitics painfully held together hy
her neighbor. Hut her security IL more
apparent than rcal. The safeguard II
tho ruler of u standing army lie, In this.
that whereas tho citizen soldier thinks
and feels with his fellow.citizcn, the
professional soldier thinks anil feels
with his fcllow.sul.licFs, and Will, thr
master who pays them. hut the l.us.
sian, dcspitc his perfect discipline, IL
more of xcn.soliier than any other
man In Europe. liz has I.o amhiti, ii,
and little esprit de co,J,s. lie Ii always
glad 10 get home again, to see hia
friends. 10 sit BY his own iircsidc.
Should such man onco imhibc tho
idea that his fellow.peasanta are being
oppressed, and that the army 10 which
hc belongs II the instrument II their
oppression, his native instinct u loyalty
would bc rudely shaken.
Into m army ol this kind the spirit
of diaalIcction has now begun 10 pence
tratc. When @two foot gimcnts an.l
brigade of artillery" losN nearly All
their officers BY arrest, II n II sinister
omen, Russian army being more a.
pendsnt upon its officers tllAn Any other
of onr day. A similar peril thrcaiencd
England century Ago, when. illc chief
olllceSS of thc Anclo.IndiAn army, In.
tlignAnt q Lords Gives s~ct1,ing r.
lorma, rendered their rosignation IN
body. Give met tho emergency by Civ.
ing commissions ~ n-commissioned
officers and even civilians: and tho
fidelity ~ the Sepoys, together with
tho perfect peacelnlnexa u ,lsdia VI the
time. enabled him 70 tile over the peril.
ons crisis. hut remedies, that Milice
IN peace Arc apt 10 fail IN wAr. llad tho
present disorGsnizAtion oi the Russian
army occnrrcd when u Was facing
Osnsn pAsha VI plcyna. and had tho
soldier. ~ we'll ~ the officers heen lens.
enel with the new doctrine, what would
the re%sik have lncnp
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