The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-03
MORE OF THE OLD SUBJECTS.
"Advnnce" Discusses Again the Intemper-
ance and War M'series.


ance and War Miseries.
H. L. G. FRIENDs-I visit you this time
because of Comets" speech on the tenn
perance question, and also because OF the
small amount of letters that appeared on
the page May 20. 1 refer you to the
former cause of this visit with pleasure,
but to the latter with regret.
I'm inclined to think that some Of the
members are just little too negligent
However, I'll not expose your names for
public comment just at present, for L
know you feel guilty, and hope and trust
that this will be sufficient to awaken you
up to the correct sense of duty without
further remarks from Advance"
"Cornet," 1 perused your letter with
pleasure and I'll confess that 1t is very in
structive. / am surprised at your remark,
viz: 81 was at a loss to know why you
referred so far back in ancient history.
Now, "Cornet," in dicussing the question
that we have commenced, it IS nothing
but right that both of US should search
the history of the human race Just as lar
back as the misery of war and intemper-
ance has been inflicted on the human soul.
If we expect to do our subject Justice we
should commence at the said date if posi-
BILE and show up the misery that has been
and is now brought TO bear on the human
race to the very best of our ability. There
fore. please let this suffice for my alluding |
so far back to ancient history. History IN |
its highest senses is not an account OF all |
the races of the earth, however primitive |
and uncivilized, but 1T is the record |
of those nations which influenced |
the general current of the worlds events
and made civilization what we now see 1t.
Anro hi "a
reading and reflection to follow the his
tory of the human race through the an
cient, medieval and modern histories and
attempt to express the misery that war has
caused. / must remark that 1t IS not the
number of persons killed and wounded in
a battle that determines the misery 1t
caused. Oh, no; far from it. If mistake
! not. war generally causes the whole nation
or nations where it is raging more or less
misery. Take the civil war OF the United
| States for an instance; has the misery OF
that war ceased yet? will take the liberty
| to answer, No. Look at the southern
states at the close OF that war, and also
some of the northern states. View
| their situation at that crisis for
a few moments Think candidly OF
| the suffering that was endured by the
! soldiers who wore the blue and the gray.
Imagine if you can how many homes that
were once bright and happy made desc
late during those five wears; from 1861
until 1866. at home in the United States.
| Notice the parting OF that beloved father
and son from the dearest spot on earth
called home. They enlist for the war, or
perhaps they were drafted. See the I'M
| preston of grief that is impressed on that
mothers face as she lovingly places her
arms around her husbands neck. Behold
the tears that course her cheeks in rapid
succession. Is there person that would
call those tears of Joy? Notice the change
in the picture. She has just released her
arms from her dear husbands neck and
placed them around her beloved son.
Perhaps it is her only child. If so, the
grief is more impressive. She bids
them good-by with the cherished hope OF
their early return but alas! dear reader.
remember that the chances of returning
from war are very doubtful. There Is
many a mother who resides in the North
and South this very day who continues to
pray for the return of that beloved hus-
band, or son, whom she kissed good-by
twenty odd years ago, when he went to
fight for what he believed to be right.
Will he return? That is the question.
fear not. No doubt their bones are scat
tered hitner and thither on the ground OF
some southern battlefield. But some one
remarked there is honor in fighting for
, | ones country, and to such individuals :!
, would ask if there is not misery that will
| cling to that flag of honor just as long as
the flag remains visible to the human eve
f, Has intemperance caused more misery
t than war? No; a thousand times no
| Just view the misery that war has
, caused here in the beautiful United
States. Hundreds and Thousands
= of mems hearts blood has beer
usurped by the thirsty ground of her MI
T merous battle fields and several of the
S beautiful streams of this very nation o
, ours have been crimsoned with the BLOOD
= of men who were fighting for what thel
: believed to be right. Thousands OF hu
= man beings stabbed, hewed or shot eacf
q other to death in the late war. Oh! thu
IS misery that was caused and such miser,
l. is not an idle fancy that passes away witt
|. onlv few years OF duration. No, no! 70
/ the misery of war will stand for all age
+" and you can't suppress it. Behold tn
q happy homes that war has made desti
n tute. thew can't be enumerated. HI
L homes that have been destroyed by wa
|. in the United States are comparativel
C small to those of other nations. Imagin
). il YOU can the number of the sacred a
II fections of husband and wife tina
v have been cut asunder by wa
e No can really lmaRln
d the misery Of such unless he or she hs
| tasted OF such bitter existence. War /
r its true sense has been the means OF II
10 flicting every torture that is almost IN
is aginable on the human soul. And "
Il some people remark that intemperanc
a has caused more misery than war, famin
as and pestilence, combined. Why. | al
he surprised as such remarks But thof
Id very persons would no doubt claim thu
err intemperance has caused all the wars, b,
n. oh, my friends, that will not work, and
s. defy you to prove it by history.
OF "Cornet," you remarked that "inten
ell perance had been Staying the innocel
ng and guilty for 500 years" The misery
a war has been inflicted on the human fan
ed ily for at least 4. 900 years, and can ref
De YOU to several instances where thousan'
of pure, innocent women and childre
II. have been put to death and war W
e. the cause of it, Innocent W
its men have been put in prise
ed and deprived of food until they sought
to satisfy their hunger by eating the flesh
ia their own babes, and thousands OF me