The Clifton clarion., 1885-04-29
wars and Isusnors Of wars.

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 There are wars enough and ru-
 mors of war to justify the timid
 Christian in holdlng the belief
 that the day of judgment, of
 which these were to be portents, IS
 at hand. Fortunately, however,
 for the creature who would yet abide awhile in this vale of tears
 and has a dread of present sum
 mons to appear instantly in the
 valley of Johosophat there has not
 been a single age since Scripture
 was written when the sword was
 not flashing in the sunshine and
 the blood of man running in rivu-
 lets was not testifying his insane
 thirst for military glory. The
 eagles of France in the land of the
 pig-tail are moulting their feath
 CTS, while the disappointed popu-
 lace of Parls is tearing down the
 ministry which cannot report vic
 tories for the French arms in Ton quin. That much goaded beast,
 the British lion, is flashing its tai and showing its teeth at the phleg-
 matic Russian bear, whose move
 ments are slow but whose hug is
 destruction. They glare at each other on the borders of Afghanis- tan, the one eager to extend its already wide dominion further into Asia, the other alarmed for its rich quarry, the Peninsula of Hindu stan. Upon the British dominion the sun never sets and the tax gatherer, as is the ancient mot, never goes to bed. To maintain its integrity the bayonet must ever be in readiness. The baified battal- ions are panting on the sands of African deserts confronted and confounded for the nounce at least by fanatical Arabs fighting with all the zeal of primitive Islam but with the disadvantage arising from inability to employ modern arma- ment. While the redcoats swelter under an almost vertical sun to assert in the Soudan the omnipo- tence of the British bondholders the battalions of the Queen con front in far different climate the outraged Indians of the Saskatch evan, whose rebellion is justified by the tyranny and treachery Of their treatment. Italy marshals its soldiers as auxiliaries of the British upon the littoral of the ked Sea. Spain for a marvel, is not torn by internecine strife, but it was too much to expect that Cen tral America would be at profound peace when the dogs of war were anywhere aslip. The Stars and Stripes cannot be treated with impunity, and full explanation of the affair at Aspinwall will become q necessity. Otherwise a latter day Farragut may be found laundering along the isthmus, ard She regulars of the United States army may accomplish the mission in which acting on his own account, Nicaragua Walker, the filibuster, failed.
 There's bombshells and broad sides to come in more than one quarter of the bellicuse globe, bat we are not to asume, therefore, that the day of judgment is at hand. Sweet are the uses of peace. For its happiness in that l respect since the war of the re- bellion the great republic should | be thankful. But man Is fighting animal, and the bloodiest battles l m all history have been fought | since the advent of the Prince of | Peace by warning followers of his faith, both of whom addressed his throne for favorable consideration of their case. As it has been from the beginning, so until the end of | time. The quaker is a mere atom in the human family which springs | to arms with the alacrity of a beggar to aims or Mussulman to prayer.