Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1889-09-14
said: "I will not pay anything" Well,

ought, pay we must, pay we 40. NOT
pound Of powder burned, not a cartridge
bitten off, no one hurt so much as by the
scratch of pin. Arbitration instead Of
battle.
So the Samoan controversy in any 9th.
or age would have brought Germany and
the United States into bloody collision
But all Is settled. Arbitration instead Of
battle.
France will never again. I think through
peccadillc Of ambassador, bring on bat
tie with other nations. She secs that God,
IN punishment Of Sedan. blotted out the
French Empire, and the only aspirant for
that throne who had any right Of cxpccta-
iion dies In war that has not even the
dignity Of being respectable. What is that
blush on the check Of England today
What is the leaf that England would like
to tear out OF her history? The Zulu war.
Down with the sword and up with the
treaty.
OrR SECTIONAL DIFFICULTIES
We IN this country might better have
settled our sectional difficulties by arbi.
tration than by the thrust Of the sword
Philanthropy said to the North: "Pay
down n certain amount Of money for the
purchase Of the slaves. and let NIL those
born after a certain time he born free
Philanthropy at the same time said to the
South You sell the slaves. and get rid
of this great national contest and irou.
ble." The North replied Il won't pay n
cent" The South replied: ~ won't sell"
War. War. \ million dead men, and a
national debt which might have ground
this nation To powder.
Why did we not let VIM. II. Seward,
Of New York, and Alexander II. Stephens.
of Georgia, go out and spend few days
under the trees on the banks Of the Poto.
mac and talk the matter over and settle
il. as settle il they could, rather than the
North pay the cost Of war, $i.10O, ,OO0. 900,
and the South pay $4,,50. 5000 the de
siroying angel leaving the first.born dead
in so many houses all the way from the
Pcnobscot 10 the Alabama Ye aged men.
whose sons fell in the strife, do you not
think that would have been better: oh
yes =. we have come to believe, | think, in
this country that arbitration is better than
lmttle.
may he mistaken. hut hope the last
war between Christian nations is ended.
Barbarians may mix their war paint. and
Afghan and Zulu hurl poisoned arrows,
but think Christian nations have grad
ually learned that war IL disaster to vic.
tor as well as vanquishe,l, and that almost
anything bought by blood is bongh, at too
dear a price. wish to God this nation
might be model Of willingness for arbi.
,ra,ion. No need of killing another In.
dian. No need of sacrificing any more
brave General Clusters. Stop eXasperating
the red man. and there will be no more
arrows shot out from the reservation. 4
general Uf the United States army, in high
reputc throughout this land, and who,
perhaps, has been in more Indian wars
than any other officer, and who has been
wounded again and again in behalf oi our
government in battle against the Indians,
told me that all the wars that had ever nc.
cured between Indians and white men
had been provoked by whith men, and
that there was no exception To the rule
While we are arbliraiing with Christian
nations, let MS toward barbarians carry
ourselves in n manner unproyocativc oi
contest.
THE HIGHER CIVILIZATION.
I inherit large estate, and the waters
are rich with fish. and the woods are song.
iul with birds, and my cornfelis are silk.
en- and golden. Here Is my sisters grave,
Out yOnder. under that large tree. my
father died. An invader comes. and pro.
poses 10 drive me off and take possession
Of my property lie crowds me back. he
crowds me on, and crowds me into closer
corner, and still closer corner, until after
u while say: "Stand back, don't crowd
me any more, or I'll strike. What right
have you to come here and drive me oil
my premises got this farm from my
father, and he got il from his father. What
right have you TO come here and molesi
me - You blandly say: oh. know
more than you do. belong 10 u higher
civilization. cut my hair shorter than
you do. | could put this gionnd To a
great deal better use than you do" And
you keep crowding me back anti crowd.
ing me on into closer corner and closer
corner, until one day look around upon
my suffering family, AMI fired by their
har'lships hcw you In twain. Forthwith
all the world comes 10 your funeral Ia
pronounce culogiun. comes tony cXecu.
tion to mathematics me. You are the
hero. am the culprl.
Behold the United States Government
and the North American Indian. The rel
man has stood more wrongs than would
or you. We would have struck sooner
deeper That which Is right IN defense of
a Brooklyn home or New York home is
right in defense of home on top of the
Rocky Mountains. Before this dwindling
red race die completely out ! wish that this
generation might by common justice
atone for the inhumaniiy of lis prcdeccss.
ors. In the day of Gods Judgment |
would rather there he bloUsl. smcarcd
Modoc than n swindling United States
officer on an Indian reservation One
man was n barbarian aud savage, and
never pretended tn be anything hut bar
barian and savage. The other man
pretended To he u representative ola Chris
lian nation. Notwithstanding all this, the
general disgust with war and the subsii-
tuition Of fdiplomntic skill for the gli,terine
edge Of keen steel is sign nnmis,akable
/ Al. tast. 4. 4.