The Forrest City times., 1890-06-07

tho distinguished En glishman was hissod and mobbcd, tho walls of tho city having been placariei with the announcement; ''Shsll Americans or English rule in this cityr Streets were filled with c crowd, Insane with passion. Tho riot act was road, but 1t only evoked louder yells and heavier vo.leys Of stones, and the whole city was threatened with violence and assassination. But the. Seventh Regiment under General Durvea, marched through Broadway, precosded by mounted troops and at the commands Fire, guards Fire"' tue mob scattered and New York was saved " hat wou havs become of Chicago two or thrcs years ago, when the police lay doad in the streets. had not the sharp command of military officers been given. Do not charge such scenes upon 'ericau institutions.
 Arbitrament w,il t.s3 the place of wal between nation and nation, and national armies wlll disband as q consequence, and the tune will come God hasten it!--whcn there will be no uced O. an American army or navy, or a Russian army or navy But some time af1er that, cities will have to keep their armories. and arzenals, and welldrillod militia because until the mil Icnnial day there will bs populations with whom arbtramen. will be q, impossible as treaty with n cavern of byenas or jungle Of snakes. These men who rob stores and give garroter's hug and prowl about the wharves at miduish ht, and rattle the dice in gambling hell, ani go armed with pistol or dirk, will refrain from disturbance oi the public peace just in proportion as they realize that the mil tis of city, ns toad of being m awkward squad, and in danger oI shooting each other py mistake, CT losing thor own life by booking down into the gun barrel to Sc, if 1t is loaded, or getting tho ramrol fast in their bootleg, arc prompt as tho sunrise, keen Us the north wind, potent as thunderbolt, and accurate, and regular, and di .cipiinel, in their move ments as the planetary system. We'll done, then, l say to Legislatures, and governors, and mayors, and all officials who decide upon larger arnories and better places for drill and moro generous equipment for the militia Tue sooner the sword can safely go back to the scabbtri to stay there, the better; but until the hilt clangs against the case iu that final lodgment, let tho sword Do kept frce from rust; sharp all alops the edge, and it's poin. ike needle, and the handle polished, not only by tho charnois Of the regimcntal servant but by the hand os brave and patriotic officers always ready to do their full d1tv. Suca swords arc not bathed in impatuo ..ty. or bathed in cruelty, or bathed in oppression. or bathed in out rage but bathed in heaven.
 Before speak os the doom of the sword, let nc also say that 1t has developed the grandcst natures that the world ever saw. It has developed courage that sublime energy Of tho soul which defes the uni verse when 1t feels itself to bs in tho right 1t has developod salf sacr iico which TO padates tho idea that cur life is worth more than anything else, when for priu- ciple it throws that fife away, as much as to say, It is not necessary that l live, but Il IS necessary that righteousness triumph There arc tens Of thousauts among the Northern and Southern veterans ol our civil war, who arc ninety-iiyc DOT cent larger and mighticr in soal, than they would have beeu. had they not during the four years of natienIl agony, turned their back on home, and fortune and at the froui sacrificed all for priaeipie IL was the sword which oa the Northern side degcl. oped Grant \ Mcclellan. Hooker, a Hancock, a Sherman, Sheridan and Al. nirals Farragut anu portar and on tho Southern sids a Los, Jacasas, Hill, Gordon and tho JoAnstoss, Abr S yaney and Joseph r.. and Admiral Scmlnss, ana many fedorals and Cenfeaerat whosc graves in national essnetasies axa mark sa "Unknown,7 yet who weeu just as self sacrificing and brave IS any of thelr inasor generals. and sshesa resting places all ap and down the banks ot the Andro- scnggn, tue Halsoa, tho potoaac, the Mississippi and tha Aahaml, have TO. gently been showed under with white iiowers typical os resurrection. and strcwn with red flowers commemorative Of tho 4fs,fA 4agtst ArA tho Dlue flowers illustrative os tho skles through which they aacended.
 But the swo-a | Is doomed. There Is enc word that needs to bs written in every thrnae.room, In every war ofliee in every nAvx-yard. in every national epuncsL. That word k Disarmament But no govern.
 acas can arord to throw its s.orl away unui a tho great favernmeuts have agreed so do the same. Thfcugh tho influ, ence oE tue recent convention ef North and South American governments ut Washing, ton, and through tho Peace Convention 10 De held next July ia I.ondon, aud other movements in whteh prime ministers and and kings. and qgceas, and suitans, and cxars shall taAe part. all civilized nat oas will como to disarmament and if q few barbarian races decline U quit war, then all shc decent nations wi send out force of Continental police to wipu out from tho face of the earth lae miseraants. But until dssarm uient aud consequent arhitra. ton shalt ba agresd to 0y all the great Foye ntncnts. ny single government that dssmantlcs its fortresses and spikes it's guns, and breaks it's sword. would simply invite it's own destruction. Supposs, before such general agreanisat En ;laad should throw away her swori, tkins you France tprrnftrt as h.fn A such gencr agreement Germany should tarow away her sword how long would Alsace and Lorraine stay as they Grel Suppose the csar Of Russia before any such general agreement should throw away his sword, all the eagies and eultures aiid Hons of Earopeaa power would < stAer for a psecc of tho Russlaa bear. Suppose the United States without any gonefal agree uscnt uf disarmament should throw away her sword; 1t woald nos to long before the Narrows Of our harbor weu,d be aelaze with the bunting Of foreign navies coming hero 10 show the folly of the "Aonroe Doctrinc.n
 50 we arc glad at tho lsaIshIc prophecy, that the time Is coming when nations shall not lift up sword as alnss nation Indeed, both swords shall 70 back into the scah ba,d tho sword tnthed in telven and the sword bathod in heiL h . war in Spain soldier went on a sksrmlshiag expedition md, secluded in q bush, hc had tie oppor tun " Of shooting q soldier of ths other army, " Q had strollcd away from his tent fc took aim and dropped hlm. Running up te thi fallen man he took his knapsaek for spoii, and Il letter dropped osi of II. and it ta.ued out to ha d letter signed by his own father; In other words. he had shot his hrotnar. IT tho brotherhood of man be trae doctrine, then he who shoots an other man always shoots his owa brother. Ah .t a horror is WAT ani is ceualtles, wcra wei illustrated whea inc I'ariars after sweeping thsou.h Russ | and Poland, displayed W th pride Il na great sacks lille { with the right ears oI ths fallen. and when Il correspondent of Ina i.onsion Tlucs, writing of the wounded after tho batile of Sedan, said. Every moan that the human voica can utter ioso from that no of agony, and the cries Of water. For the lxsv,s rf ttnl s~Asssrt .f,ass.,s A 1...xta~f ff