Dodge City times., 1890-06-13

Mr.. Macready. the Elg1zsu actor. wnes ~
tatter appeared in New York, In Macbeth,
the distinguished Engiishman was hissed
and mobbed. the walls OF the city having
been placarde1 with the ann. .uncemept:
'.Shill Americans or English rule in this
ci,yP' Streets were led with . crowd.
insane with passion. The riot oct was
read, but i, only evoked louder yelis and
heavier vo.leys Of stones. and tho whole
city was threatened with violence and
assassination But the Seventh Regiment.
under General Duryea. marched through
Broadway, proceeded by mounted troops.
and at tho command: Fire. guardsi
Firew the mob scattered. and New York
was saved. What would hava become OF
Chicago two or three years ago. when the
police lay dead 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 as the Ephesian mob thst
howled for two hours in Paui's time about
the the theatre, amid the ruins Of which
stood last January. They were witnessed
in 1915 in Lo.don when tho weavers parad-
ed the streets and entered the buildings
10 destroy the machinery o. those who, be-
cause OF their new inventions, could under
sell the rest They we're witnessed in lsSI
al the trial Of Lord George Gordon. when
there Was a religious riot Again, in l'lo
when the rabble cried, ''Down with the
Presbyterians Down with the meeting
housesi" There always have been. and
always will be, in great communities, n
class OF people that cannot govern them
selves and which ordinary means cannot
govern and there are exigencies which
h,,e . tl,.> h.
militia are the very last regiments that it
will be safe to disband.
Arbitrament will take the place OF war
between nation and nation, and national
armies will disband as q consequence, and
the time will come-God hasten itl-when
there will be no need OF an American army
or navy, or Russian army or navy. But
some time after that cities will have to
keep their armories, and srsenals, and
weildrilled militia because until the mil
iennial day there will be populations with
whom arbitrament will be as impossible as
treaty with q cavern OF hyenas or jungle
of snakes. These men who rob stores and
give garroter's hug, and prowl about the
wharves at midnight, and rattle the dice in
gambling heils, AMI 60 armed with pistol
or dirk, will refrain from disturbance Of
the public peace just in proportion as they
realize that the militia of city, instead Of
being an awkward squad, and in danger Of
shooting each other by mistake, or losing
their own life by looking down into ths
barrel to Sc, IL it is loaded, or getting
the ramroi fast in their boot leg, are prompt
as the sunrise keen as the north wind,
potent as thunderbolt and accurate and
regular and disciplined, in their move
ments as the planetary system. Well done,
Then I eav n lorfAiuturos and onvorunr.
and mayors, and all officials who decide
upon larger armo-ies and better places for
drill and more generous equipment for the
militia. The sooner the sword can safely
60 back to the scabblrI 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 poin. like o needle and the
handle polished, not only by the chamois
OF the reglmental servant, but by the hani
OF brave and patriotic officers, always ready
to do their full duty. Such swords arc not
bathed in impetuosity. or bathed in cruelty,
or bathed in oppression, or bathed in out
rage, but bathed in heaven.
Before 1 speak OF the doom Of the sword,
let me also say that it has developed the
grapdest natures that the world ever saw
1t has developed courage-that sublime
ChciSy VI LILO SOui WHICH ucuS9 Tue UNI
verse when 1t feels itself TO bs in the right
1t has developed self sacri flee which re-
pudiates the idea that our life is worth
more than anything else, when for prn-
ciplc it throws that life away, as much as
10 say, II is not necessary that l live, but
it is necessary that righteousness triumph
There are tens OF thousands among the
Northern and Southern veterans OF our
civil war, who are ninety-tive per cent
larger and migh:icr in soul, than they
would have been, had they not, during the
four years OF national agony, turned their
back on home, and fortune, and at the front
sacrificed all for a principle. 1t was the
sword which on the Northern side devel-
oped Grant, q Mcclellan. Hooker, .
Hancock, q Sherman, . Sheridan, and Ad-
mirals F'arragit and Porter and on tho |
sid, Lee, Jackson, Hill. q
Gordon and the Johnstons, Albert Sydney
sud Joseph E., and Admiral Semmc,, and
many fedcrals and Confederat 3 whose
graves in national csmetaries are marked
yet who were just as self
sacr. .ficiug and brave as any OF their
ma. or generals, and whose resting places
all up and down tha banks OF this Andro-
sco2gin, the Hudson, the Potomac, the
and the Alabama, have re-
aowers typical OF resurrection, and strewn
With rcd flowers commemorative of the
,arnage through which they passed, and
he blue flowers illustrative o; the skies
through which they ascended.
But the swo d Is doomed. There is one
vord that needs to be written in every
hroae-room, in every war-of1ice, in every
iavy- yard. in every national council Th.t
word is Disarmament But no govern
nent can afford to throw its sword away
Until al the great governments have
agreed TO do the same. Through the influ-
,nce of the recent convention of North and
south American governments at Washing
on, ami through the Peace Convention TO
,e held next July in London, and other
movement; in which prime minister's and
md kings, and queens, nnd sultans and
zars shall take part. all civilized nations
will come to srrm mat an' IL a few
barbarian races decline TO quit war, the0
Ill the decen: nations viii send out q force
If Continental police to wipe out from the
lace of the earth the miscreants. But
Until disarmament and consequent arbitra-
ion shall b0 agreed to by all the great
-ove nments, any single government that
iismantles its fortresses, and spikes Its
yuns. and breaks its sword, would simply
invite its own destruction. Suppose, before
such general agreement, England should
hrow away her sword; think you France
las forgotten Water.oo! Suppose before
uch gencr-l agreement Germany should
srow away her sword; how long would
alsace and Lorraine stay a. they arel
Suppose the car Of Russia before any such
,eneral agreemen. should throw away his
word; all the eagles and vultures and lionf
# European power wculd .ther for
'iece Of the Russ an bear. Suppose the
United States without any general agree
nent of disarmament should throw away
ler sword; it would no: be long before the
sarrows Of our harbor would be ablazs
With the bunting Of foreign nsvies coming ,
lere to show the folly Of the '.Monros {
Doctrine"
So we are glad at the Isaiahic prophecy, ,
hat the time is coming when nations shall .
ot lift up sword ag ainst nation Indeed,
10Th swords shall go back into the scab !
'ard- the sword bathcd In heaven a1d tha
word bathed in hell In war in Spain Q |,
older went on . sxirmishinR expedition