The Red Cloud chief., 1890-05-30

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the better, but until tho hiit cisns,
against the case In that final Judgment
let the sword be kept free from rust,
sharp oil along tho edge. and It's point
like . needle, and the handle polished,
not only by the channels Of the regi.
mental servant, but by tho hand OF
brave and patriotic oficers, always ready
70 do thcir full duty. Such swords ars
not bsthed In impctuosity. or bathed In
cruelty, or bathed In oppression. OF
bathed In outrage. but bathed In Heaven.
Before I speak Of the doom Of the
sword. let me also say that IL has also
developed che grandest natures that the
world ever saw. II has developed cour.
sge--that sublime energy Of the soul
which dcAes the universe when II feels
Itself 10 be In the right. II has devel.
oped q self.sacrifice which repudiates
the idea that our life IL worth more than
any thing else, when for o principle Il
throws that life away. NJ much rs u say,
1t Ii not necessary that I live. but 1t IL
necessary that Righteousness triumph.
There arc tens Of thousands among the
Northern and Southern veterans " our
civil wa who are ~ per cen larger and
miRhttcr 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 ut the front sacri.
fice all for . principle. II was the
sword which on the Northern side dc.
vclOpcd u Grant. . Mcclellan, a Hooker.
u Hancock, . sherman, o Sheridan. and
Admirals Farragut and Porter. and on
the Southern side q Loo. q Jackson. q
Hill, u Gordon. and the Johnstons. Al.
bert Sydney and Joseph f.. and Admiral
Semmcs and many Federals and COnfcd.
crates whose graves In National GENE.
tories are marked "~Unknown," yet who
were just ~ self.sacrlfcing and brave ~
any Of their MajOr.Generals, and whose
resting places all up and down the An.
~droscoRgin. tho Hudson. the Potomac,
the Mississippi and the Alabama, have
recently been showed under with white
flowers, typical Of resurrection. and
Strewn with rod flowers, commemorative
CT the carnage through which they
passed. and tho blue flowers illustrative
Of tho skies through which they
nscendcd.
But tho sword " doomed. There IL
n word that needs to be written In
every throne room, In every war Office.
In every navy yard. In every National
council. That word IL Disarmament.
But no Government can afford TO throw
its sword away until all the great Gov.
ernmcnts have agreed to do the same.
But until Disarmament and consequent
arbitration shall be- agreed to by oil
the great Governments. any single Gov.
ernmcnt that dismantles It's f~ortresses
and spikes Its guns and breaks Its
sword would simply invite Its own
destruction. Suppose before such gen.
eral agreement England. should throw
away her sword; think you France
has forgotten Waterloo? suppose be.
fore such general agreement Germany
should throw away her sword how long
would Alsace and Lorraine stay - they
are? Suppose tho Car Of Russia before
any such general agreement should
throw away his sword oil tho eagles and
vnlturcs and lions Of European power
would gather for . piece VI tho Russian
bear. Suppose tho United States with
out any general agreement Of disarma.
mont should throw away her swor,. Il
would not bc long before the narrows Of
our hnrbor would be ablaxc with tho
bunting of foreign navics coming hero
to show tho folly Of the ''Monroe Dor
trinc."
Side by side the two movements must
20. Complete armament until all agree
20 Atan a. A..
mand Of "nalt!" nil nations hating.
At tn" same command Of 'a;round
arms" all musksts humping. Al the
Same command Of "iireak ranks" all
armies ~disbanding. That may be- nearer
than you think.
40 We are glad st the Isaiahic prophe.
~ that the time Ia coming when natian
shall not lit ny sword against nation.
Indeed, both swords shall, ~ back into
tn" scabbard the sword bathed In
Heaven and tho sword bathcd In hell.
In u war In spain u soldier went on q
skirmishing expedition, and. secluded
In u bush, he had tho opportunity VI
shooting y soldier Of tho other army,
who had strolled away from his tent.
Tic took aim and dropped him. Run.
ming up to tho fallcn man. he took HIS
knApsack for spoil and u letter dropped
out ~ II, and II turned out to bc q lot.
tor signed by his own father; In other
words, he had shot hts brother. n tho
brotherhood ~ man bo q true doctrine,
then he Who shoots another man always
shoots his own brother.
To'nigh, against the sky ~ the
glorious future l are y great blaze. II
Is . foundry In full blast. Tho work.
mon have stirred the fircs unit | tho fur.
naccs arr seven times heated. The last
wagon load Of tho worlds swords has
been hauled into the foundry, and they
are tumblcd into the furnace. and they
begin a. glow and rcddcn and melt, and
In kissing and sparkling liquid they roll
ON down through tho crevicc Of rock un.
I'll thcy fall into . mold shaped like the
Iron foot Of . pillow. Then the LIQUID
cocls on into . hard metal. and. brought
u ON an anvil, II Il beaten and pounded
and fashioned. stroke after stroke. until
that which WAS . weapon to req hAr.
vests Of men, becomes On implement
turning the soil for harvestS Of corn. tho