The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-10-17


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scholarDhfpl What schools and cotleneh and
univeristiesi What women radiant and ora.
cious and an improvement on ali generatione
Of women since Eyel What philannrnnhiafs
who do not feel satisfied With their Y
thousands and millionsl What Gods acres
for the dead. gardens OF beauty and palaces
Of marble for those who sleep the laet sleepl
Now stop your Islander Of American cities.
Do you say they are the centera or crime and
political corruption? Please admit The feet
that they are the centars Of IN.
~telligence and generosity and the
mightiest patrons an architecture and
sculpture and painting and music and
reservoirs Of Observation-Disclosures for all the conti.
nent.. It will be we'll for the country districts
to cease talking against cities, and it will be
well for the city OF one locality to stop talk.
ing against the cities of other localities. New
York will not get the worlds fair by depre-
eating Chicago, and Chicago will not get
the worlds fair by b~ombarding New York.
Another opportunity. If our public men
see Il, and it is the duty OF pulpit and print
ing press to help them to see 1t, will be the
GAZING az mat Time ana place o. q great
peace congress Tor oil nations. The conven-
tio1 OF representative rom enc governments
OF north and South America, at Wash
lngton, iss oniy g type 81 what We may nave
on vast and q world wide scale at the In
ternational exposition OF ~ By one
-stroke tne gorgon OF wa might be slain and
6urled 30 deep that neither rum pet ofhuman
ulsRu.e arGnanSs DioWlng couio resurrect
". When the last Napoleon called SUCH @ con
Gress g, nations many dld not respond, and
nose INA dld espond gathered wondering
what trap CnaT Willy destroyer OF the French
mOuarcQY mlQnC 0Or1UQ ON Them. But W0aG
II tne most popular government on EARTH
mean the United states government-shouid
practically TO all nations; On the Ameri-
can continents. IN 1922, we WILL hold q
WORDS iair, ana an nations VII send TO IL
specimens OF Their PRODUCTS their manufac-
Sr.es ,ams sn Sne, ~ Hrus, and we inv,ee an one
governments oI europe, ASA and AFRICA to
SEND representative to 9 peace convention
tnat snali De neid at the same time 2
pace, ana Una! shail ESTABLISH an inferno,
,iona1 arDitration COMMISSION 10 whom snaii
Qua ne+;on +he;r Sao;s;an p ~ AL anJ -
ali not;nns vorid ha rai;aro5 To,n az ~
nansa of stanS;n1 armies md neua, y" aor;n-
,nant' war HAVING haan made an euar, est;na
.imnnss;h;l;tv : ~A "
~ IN" -. 4. =
An tne naGions OF tne earth worth consid.
eratlon wouid come 70 It, mighty men OF
Engiand n germany ana france and Rus
sla and all the other natlonaitles, BISMARCK
VINO worshlPs the Lord OF hosts, and diad.
s1one VINO Worsnlps tne Zoo OF feaGe' ana
bouianger VINO worships himself. The TACT
ls Iha5 Sne NATIONS are siGk OF dr,nking out
oi c.alces mace OUT Oh human sKuls ana
nlea with Diood. Inc United states govern.
nienG y tne only goVernmeng Ill Tne Wnuie
world tnat could successfully call suGh
congress. suppose France should coll 1T,
Germany wonid not come; or ermany caiiit.
rance Mouid no0 come; or tsussia should
shn, ~ l aam woala NOT come; or England
snould call It. nations long jealous OF her
~ado power IN Europe would not
come. america IN 1avor Win all natlonai.
ities, standlng u independent and
aIone, IL the spot ana 1922 VIII De
the time; May 1t please the President OF
Ine Oh.ted ntates, may IL Please tne score
!ary OF state, may II please the cabinet, may
~ please tha senate ana mouse OF representa-,
~, May ~ piease tne Psln1llg presses ana
cue cnurces ana tne people VINO lit up and
put Town our americans rulers!
To them / make this timely and solemn
and Christian appeal. Do you not think
people die fast enough without this whole
sale hutchery of war? Doyou not think that
we q trust to ~pneumonias aud consump-
ions and a%poplexies and palsies and yellow
levers and Asiatic choleras the work Of kill
ing them fast enough? Do you not think
that the greedy, wide open jaws of the grave
Onght to be satisfied If filed by natural
csuses with hundreds of corpses q year? Do
you not think We can do some
thing better with men than to dash their life
ont against easements OF, blow them into
!raglnelts 3y torpeooes OF send them out IN
70 me woriu, wnere tney need all Their 1acui.
Cnnk lnat women mlgnt De appointed to an
easier place IMAM tne cage OF 9 grave trench
20 WIRING thelr pale nanos ana weep out their
9yesignt IN ana cnlldiessness!
Why, Ine las1 COY mas gone out OF war:
mere WI: q GlIne Wnen ~ that
quahGy Wnlcn we All aomire namely, courage
IIor q mar 70 seand az tne NIT OF MS sWord
wnen the point pierced the foe n while he
was Staying announcer the otner might slay
NM US ~ was nayonet charge. But now IL
ID cooi ana dehDerateiy murder, and clear
OUT at sea q DomDsneil can be hurled miles
away inGo q city, or whiie thousands OF prl-
vaIe SOLDIERS, VINO nave no interest in the
t6ntest, lor Ihey were conscrlpted, are losing
Gnear IVES stneir general may sIt smoking
pig " the cigars aiter Q dinner
OF naii on toast. IL may De, well enough for
g~raduatlng students OF colleges on commence
menu Gay 20 crate the poetry OF war,
put 0o nor IaiK apout the poetry OF wal to
the men ofthe Federal or Confederate armies
waos we're at lne 'front.' or to some ofus
mission Jaw the ghastly hospitals at Antie-
IAN and f1agersGown. AM you may Wor-
snip the Lord OF Hosts, worship the God
OF Peace, who brought again from the dead
our Lore Jesus Chrlst, that great Sheyhard
OF the sheep.
War is an accursed monster and it was born
in the lowest cavern of perditlon. and | pray
that it may speedily descend to tho placs
from which it, arose, It's last sword and
shield and musket rafting on the bottom Of
the red hot marl Of hell. Let there be called
a peace CONVENTION for 1892, with delegates
sent by all the decent governments of Christ
endom, and while they are in session, il You
should some night go out and look into the
sky above the exposition buildings, you may
Is centuries AFRO WINS sunr ont. In rehniIt