The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1892-01-07

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Wan - RDA0n-Wn1ools
u seerssly look 1T : VA With
Chill. tbon6h I think : llt11e brush
VIII ~ oefs1dee weald - . geed
thing Tor the Omitted 6totss. PHtfie-
tisn becomes ssagnent ~ . ~ long
epoch Il psace. tie ge4ting about
time 70 open the temple of Janus
end let clip the dogS az war; !
rather regret We did not administer
. thrashing 10 Italy. True, che
could have turned loose her monster
men-of.war ON our unprotected
coasts, but We would soon have sent
them 70 the bottom With tofpedoes,
and, raising them subsequently, had
the grandest lot Of iron-cleds In the
world. az tell you, admire the
policy Of old England, which pro-
tects the property and person Of
single citizen, whether In the Wilds
Of Africa, the mountains Of Persia
or the plains Of America. Jingoism
IL all right, and We should pray TO
have little more OF Il iu these Uni
ted States. "-GenerdiHorace Porter.
One who pursues the study Of news
from day to day In these times sees
his country In that situation where
1t il 'just aching for . FUSS" rs the
old fashioned phrase puts IL. The
eagernees and apparent satisfaction,
with which the public receives the
reports Of our relation with Chill
when they are apparently strained
and likely TO become more so shows
It. The disappointment that mani
tests itself when the tendency il to-
ward an amicable settlement empl,a-
sizes It. The same feeling existed at
the time OF the italian incident,
growing out Of the New Orleans
lynching, . few months ago. The
same feeling has obtained ut differ
emit times since our late civil struggle
but happily has ended, as did the
famous pipe plot during the reign Of
Wilhelms Kieft Of New Amsterdam
lin smoke. It seems an Unborn
trait of humanity to be unable to de-
termine when 1t has . good thing;
and 30, when we are growing rich by
our labors and dull In our peace we
are suddenly taken with . desire to
waste our substance and have o sea-
son of great excitement and anxiety,
Just for . change.
Go abroad In the land and you will
any day find some fellow who has
his own peculiar notions and beliefs
shout 1.-THE next war" what will be
the cause, and who will be the parti-
cipants? One person has Q present..
ment that IL will be with England,
on account Of the Boring sea matter,
the fisheries and the boundary dis
putes, another man 10 sauguine 1t
will be with China on account of the
placed upon Chinese
immigration, still another knows 1t
will be with Italy because that New
Orleans affair IL not yet settled, and
the man who has . second
cousin who Ii o brother-in-law to o
clerk in the state department and
gets his information officially is deal
sure the war will be with Chill, that
the bloody affair Is imminent, and
will arise out of the late insult to
the American naval uniform. Then
you meet every day the old soldier
who stands every ready and expect
ing to be called upon to again go
down south and despoil his brethren
there, whom he hears are getting
into the saddle again. In the old
company you will find the
old gentlemen who thinks the next
war will be between the Catholics
and professionals. This includes
about all the war prophets except
the old man who was on the coast In
40, and who still adheres to the be-
lief that some day the government
will have . serious time with the |
Mormons.
Notwithstanding all General Por-
Ter said In the above we cannot be-
ieve this country will ever go to
war again, and we are firmly convin-
led 1t never should go to war on any
pretext. We may never be on very
,ordial terms with England, and
perhaps with good reason, but we
will never begin hostility against |
her; We cannot and neither can Eng
and afford 1t, no matter what the
may be. 1t il the mani
est destiny Of the English speaking
nations to lead IL not to rule the
vhols world, and the prestige of the
Anglo Saxon has been gained, not in
var, but In the pursuits Of peace.
War to the English has only been
to them when 1t has
taught them great moral lessons,
Iuch as those resulting from the re-
xolutionary war, and the civil war
hat destroyed slavery and state
ovreignty. There Is an irresistible
nifty existing between Great Brit
in, the United States, Canada, and
Austr ALA, while at the same time
zach 10 distinctly . separate nation
With an identity essentially different
rom the others. There will be no
var between English speaking ma
ions of the earth. With regard to
he other nations, none Of them will
ause war. Some Of them may feel
ecure In own insignificance, but
hey can be brought to time without
he shedding Of blood.
The man who looks for war be-
ween Catholics and protestants will
ever live to fire . gun In that con-
let. There is . common supreme
curt to which both appeal, and that
tribunal will settle all their differ
noes amicably, without forcing
hem to take up arms against each
Their. A common magnet 10 draw