The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13

ira IN every Kreat community unprincpled
men who like n row on II large scale, and
they; heat themselves with sour mash and
Oil rye and other decoctiOns, enriched with
blue yitriol, potash, turpentine, sugnr of
lead, sulphuric acid, logwood. strychnine,
nightshnde. md other precious ingredients,
and take down n whole glass with re-
sounding "Ah!" OF satis action. When they
get that stuff in them. nnd the blue vitrol
coli,ies with the potash. aud the turpentine
with the sulphuric acid, the victims are
ready for unytlin. but order and decemcy
anu good government. Again and again, in
our American cities, has the necessity OF
home guards been demonstrated.
You remember, how, when the soldiers
We're all AWAY to the war in lS63.G4 what
eontlagratons were killlled in tho streets of
New York, md what negroes were hung
Some of you remember tic great riots in
fhll,.delphia at fires, sometimes kindled just
Tor the opportunity OF uproar and despoia.
tion. In lS49 u hiss al IL theatre would
have resulted IN New York City he,ng de-
molfshed had it not leen or the citizen suldi-
cry. Because of an insult which the Amcri.
can motor, Edwin Forrest. had received in
England from the friends OF Mr.. Mucrendy.
the English actor; when the lattrr appeared in
New York, in Macbeth, tho distinguished
EnElisliman was hisse.l and mobl,nh. the
walls oi the city having been plncar,lcd will,
the announcement: "Sl,all Americans or
al ku u'o y" tnis cttS: Stfeets were
llicd with crowd, insane xitIl pnssion
Inc riot net was read. but it only evoked
louder yells and heavier volleys Of stones
anu the whole city was threatened! with yio.
'ence and assassination. But the seventh
regiment: under Gen. Duryea, marched
through i'rondway. proceeded by mounted
trouns. and Mt he commando: Fire! Guards!
Fire!'' the mob scattered, and New York was
snved. What would have become fChcago,
Two or three years ago. when the police lny
ueau IN the streets. had not the sharp
command OF military officers been
given. DO not charge such scenes
upon American institutions. They are
as Old ns tile Ephesian mob that lIuwlet
ior two hours in Paul's time about the thru-
Ter, amid the ruins of which at ood last ] an
nary. They were witnessed in 1878 in Lon
don when the wravers pnralcd the street 9
anu entered buildings to destroy Ie macln-
cry oi those who brcnuse D! their new inven-
tons. could un.lerscll the rest They were
witnessed in 1881 ut the trial of Lord George
Gordon. when there was II religious riot.
Again in 1919, when the rnbble cried,
Down with the Prcslyterinns! Down
with the meeting houses!' There always
nave been, aud always will be- in grcnt com
munities, clnsa of people that cannot gov
ern themselves and whirh ordinary means
govern, and there are exigcncies which moth.
ing hut the sword can meet. Aye, the mill
tin nre the very last regiments that it will be-
safe to dsbnnd.
Arbitrament will take the plnce of war be.
tween nation and nuti0n, and national
armies will disbnnd ns Il cOnReuuence and
the time will comc-God hasten it!-when
there will be no need OF un American nr,ny
md navy. or n Russian army and navy.
But some time after that, cities will have ia
Keep there armorirs. nnd nrseunls, and well
drilled militia, because until the miIlcnial
day there will be populatons with whom
arbitrament will lie us impossible ns treaty
WITH cavern Of hyenas or aiunglc ofsnakes
hug, and prowl about the whurves at mid
night, and rattle the dice in gambling llells
mud go armed with pistol or dirk. will re-
IRAN from disturbance of the public peace
Just in proportion as they rculize that the
militin Of city, instead ofbeing an awkward
squad, ana in danger of shooting cnch other
bv mistake, or losing their oMu life by look.
ing down into the gmn-harrcl to see ifit is
i"a'ied. or getting the ramrod fnst in thei.
boot leg are prompt as the sunrise. keen as
the north wind, potentus II athunderbolt, and
accurate, mud regulnr, and disciplined. in
their movements, as the planetary system
We'll done, then, | say to legislatures. and
governors, nnd mayors, and all officials who
deriir upon larger nrmOries und bet ter ,la aces
ior drill ana more generous equipment tot
the militia. The sooner thu sword eau smelly
go bnck to the scnbbnrl to stay there. The
better: but until the hlt clnngs ngninst the
c:tre in that final lodgment, LIT the sword he
Kept iier from rust; sharp all nlons the edge,
and its point like u needle, and tho handle
polished, not only BY tho chumoi. OF The
rE'mental servant, but BY the hand of
brave and patriotic officers, always ready to
do their full duty. Such words arc not
bathrd in impetuosity, or bathed in cruelty,
or atliei in oppression, or bathcd in out
rage. but bathed in heaven.
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let inc also sny that il has developed the
grnn.lcst nature that the worhl cvcrsaw. 1t
has developed rournge-that sublime energy
ot the soul which drties The universe when It
feels itself to be In the right 1t has develop.
cd selfsacriiire which rcpudatrs the i,lrn
! that our life is worth more thnn anything
else, when for n principle it throws that lite
away, as much us to any. 1t is not necrss-
nry that live, but. il is necessary that right
eonsncss triumph. There are terfs of thou
snn,is among the Northern and Southern
veterans of our civil war, WHO ara 81 per
cent larger pnh migiti"r in soul. thnn they
would have been, hnd they not. during the
ionr years oi national agony, turned their
buck on home, and fortune, and ut tho front
sacrificed all for principle 1t was ,lp"
sword which on the Northern side develop ID
a Grnnt, Mcclellan. II Hooker, n Hancork.
n Sherman, n Sheridan, aud Admiruls Far.
Ingnt and Porter and on the Southern side
u Lee. jackson, II Hin, n Gordon and the
jollnst ons, Alb"rt Sydney aud Jos.pl. H.
aud Admiral Srmmcs, and many Fr,l4rnls
and tonklcrates whose grave in national
cemeteries are marked Unknown" " vet who
were just MS sel(sacriticing and brave as any
of their major grnernls, and whose resting
plnces nll up and down the banks OF lie And.
rOscorgin. the Hudson, the Potomac the
Mississippi and the Alabama, hnve recently
bren showed under with white flowers typical
q resurrection. and strewn with rcd flowers
commemorativeOltliecnr OF I he cnrna re through which
they passed, aud The blu flowers illustrative
of the skies through which they nscenled.
But the sword il doomed. There is one
word hat needs to he written in every throne
room, in every war Office, in every navy yard,
in every national council. Thnt word is
Disarmament. But no government cnn a.
ford to throw it's sword away until all the
great governmcn,s have agreed to do lie
samc. Through the influence of the recent
convention of North and South American
governments ut Washington, aud through
the pence convention to bo hold next July in
London, and other movements in which prime
ministers. and kings, und queens. aud sultans,
md czars shall take part, all lcivilizc, nalions
shall come to disarmament and fn few bar
barinn races declin" to quit war, then NIL the
decent nations will send out IL force
the fncc of the earth the mis-.
crennts But until disarmament and consc.
quent arbitration shall be agreed to by all
the governments any singlrgovernmcn that
iismantlfs, and spikes its guns, and br"nks
its sword. would simply invite it's own de.
struction. Snppcse, he'ore e"ra general
agreement, England should throw away her
sword: think you France has forgotten Wa.
tcrloo? Suppose, beor such general ngrec.
ment, Germany should throw away her
sword; how long would isace and Lorraine
stay ms they are'' Suppose the ear o. Rus.
sia, before nny ysuch general agreement, should
throw AWAY his sword: nlI tllecaglrs and vuI-
lures aud lions Of European power would
gather :or pirc. of he Russiun bear. Sup.
pose the tnited States without any such
several agreement OF disarmament. should
throw AWAY her sword it would not be long
before the narrows of our harbor would be
ablnze with the bunting Of foreign nnvics
coming here to show the folly Of the Mon.
roe 0ctrine."
Why Mr.. Gladstone Uses Post
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