Sharp County record., 1890-06-26

the RUNS OF which ! stoUd last Jan ia'''
They were Witnessed in 1861 in London
when the weayers paraded the streeH
and entered buildings to destroy tue
machinery of those who. because Gl
their new inventions, could underSeh
the rest They were witnessed IN l'ol
at the trial of Lord George GORDON
when there was religious riot Again.
In 1919. when the rabblo cried: "Do"h
with the Presbyterians! Down WIN
meeting-houses" There always nave
been, and always will be, in great com
munities, a class of people that can not
Govern themselves and which ordinary
means can not govern, and there a'e
sxigencies which nothing but the sword
can meet. Aye, the militia are the
very last regiments hat it Will be safe
TO disband
Arbitrament will take the place oil
lwar between nation and nation, ana lla-
lional armies will disband as a conSe-
huence. and the time will come-Uoa
hasten it!-when there will be no need
lbf an American army or navy, or Rus
}Sian army or navy. But for some time
after that, cities will have to keep their
'armories, and arsenals, and wcll-drilled
ianilitia. because until the millenial day
Rthere will be populations with whom
/ lIarbitrament will be as impossible as
ltreaty with a cavern Of hyena3 or
!iungle of snakes. These mon who
pS0 stores and give garroter'S hug,
land prowl about the wharves at MD
might, and rattle the dice in gambling
,hells, and go armed with pistol or dirk
2will refrain from disturbance of the pub
llic peace Just in proportion as they re-
,alize that the militia of a city, instead
# being an awkward squad, and in dan
+ of shooting each other by mistake,
t5r losing their own life by looking down
Yinto the gun barrel to see if it is loaded,
or getting the ramrod fast in their boot
leg, are prompt as the sunrise, keen as
/ the north wind potent as thunder6olt'
and accurate and regular, and diSclp'
/ lined in their movements as the plan
etary system. Well done, then, | say
to Legislatures, and Governors, and
MAYORS, and all officials who decide
upon larger armories and better places
for drill and more generous equip
ment for the militia. The sooner
the sword can safely 60 back to the
scabbard to stay there, the better; but
until the hilt clangs against the case in
that final lodgment, let the sword be
kept free from rust; sharp all along the
edge, and its point like needle, and
the handle polished, not only by the
/ chcmos of the regimental servant, but
by the hand of brave and patriotic Off
GERS, always ready to do their full duty,
! Such swords are not bathed in impetu-
osity, or bathed in cruelty or bathed in
oppression, or bathed in outrage, but
bathed in Heaven.
So we are glad at the Isaiahic proph-
ecy, that the time is coming when ma
ton shall not lift up sword against ma
tion. Indeed, both swords shall 60 back
into the scabbard-the sword 5athed in
Heaven and the sword bathed in hell.
In a war in Spain a soldier went on a
skirmishing expedition, and, secluded
! in bush, he had the opportunity OF
! shooting soldier of the other army,
who had strolled away from his tent,
He took aim and dropped him. Running
up to the fallen man he took his KNAPP
sack for spoil, and letter dropped out
Of it, and it turned out to be letter
signed by his own father; in Other
words, he had shot his brother. If the
brotherhood of man be true doctrine,
then he who shoots another man always
shoots his own brother. What a horror
is war and cruelties were well ilMstrat
ed when the Tartars, after sweeping
through Russia and Poland, displayed
with pride nine great sacks filled witt
the right ears Of the fallen, and when 6
correspondent of the London Times
writing of the wounded after the bat
tie of Sedan, said; Every moan thai
the human voice can utter rose
from that heap Of agony, and the
cries of 'Waterl For the love O.
God, water. Adoctor! A doctor! never
ceased" After war has wrought sucl
cruelties, how glad we will be to have
the old monster himself die, Let his
dying couch be spread in some disman.
tied fortress, through which the stormy
wind howls. Give him for pillow Il
battered shield, and let his bed be hard
with the rusted bayoneJs of the slain
Cover him with the coarest blanket thai
picket ever wore, and let his only cup be
tho bleached bone Of one of his wa
chars ers, and the last taper by his bed
side expire as the midnight blast sigh
into his ear; "Ihe candle Of the wicked
shall bo put out
Tonight against the sky Of the glori
ous future / see grcat blaze, 1t Is
foundry in full blast The workmCi
have stirred the fires until tho furnace,
are sovon times heated. Tho las
wagon load Of the worlds swords ha,
been hauled into the foundry, 0ut
they are tumblcd into the furnace
aud they begin to glow and red
den and melt, and In Kissing GnC
sparkling liquid they roll on dowr
through tho crevCo ct rock until they
fall into u mold shaped like tho iror
soov OF q plow. Irhon Tho LIQUID cool