Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-10-18
VOICE FROM JAPAN
,,r CONFLICT WITH CHINA CALLED
'o1 A RIGHTEOUS WAR.
lila. Of Lord baltimore, William
rcnn, and l'nool" Invoked to r"'' Up
:, the Justness OF the Cause.
crol,lmoro Amcrican.)

This letter has been forwarded To
''.-...~o nv the Rev. a. II. Morgan, OF
lsnan. and viii be published IN
nc weeks Methodist Protestant
900 .,,cr takes as n text tho words:
.,...n whence come wars ana hsh''nss
Won? come they not hence. even
...,r lusts that war in your memoersY
..,s that war for Righteousness
n,w no more obsolete than 1t
puritan days. but in this ma
....c.aec sinister motives are imputed
AN ia her occupation of Korea on
30 SAYS: We believe the Korean
now On between Japan ana Cn'ha
..,h a war-wc mean righteous
u.refelss Ne say no; only In u legal
wv realities can he manufactured
..-tI-frirs can. but righteous In
,.r-c - wcll-she only kind OF
....,s that can justify any war
Cf-sicudom doubt such a war.
...rt..us war. having practically
t. Dc . rcauty within its owns
...s war is waged 10y n nation
..g christian. Such war is not
,.a u.s. and we with our own hght
Beloved ga It. and fought It,
.....-a. & dark. Is earnest, and II
,.. retain enthusiasm, which
IN, has lost with its superstl-
s.st ~ chValric spirit Is yet
, .r'r8t nkin 20 spartan courage
... NaIor-to crush the proud. II
u...f has passed its era or en-
t.. East - stiil In H. and d
war Is rtil possible with US.
CHINA WAS INsOLENT.
- r.raa as nation has entered
- r.,.rtanuy upon the present
....t lo acb nowledged by all in
....+ Observers Of our late situation,
,~ a very unwarl!ke Cabinet.
behaved against rs now for more
...-. Of years IN rs unneighborly
..-t manner as we have ever
... ts bear in our national exist
... great Saigo "a general had
- t. before. and HIS sanguine
l- r.. immediate chastsement OF
no. elm his life and the nation a
.yu war Indeed. we killed Our
.-.- $751;. might avoid conflict with
-.r.,.- ST., deslrious have We been
l, how dl China act against
.. arr sean in 1854. and ever
enc Constant cffrontery against |
r.-.. lv constant interference |
Esd +,.rs't policy with that nation. |
... I.l.rpI % open 10 90 the world
..~a ..h.r.-i - close II. anu 10y impos-
.- % its own Monsolian regime |
~-s' '-- I'D -, "a,,dn'. IKE Us |
-.fr alien % civilization and |
.... tro.r,ss For the last ten !
....- wh, introduced IL 10 the |
- r1.h'rc more than an intru-
t.. Korean court, while emma. |
.. after. rc.snei supreme IN all |
-.-->uER or sAVAGERY.
,...... alone Las kept us from open |
N '.' - Zoe ~ |
80 ,",.ap~ry And |
.,.allt,,, hyoka ont |
or a yes,ilt Of mis- |
"a ,,."f.r chirsea i'm
-..t''-s - ir5uca tts |
,.@u for ali from |
. 60 hind ~ more Nv /
....., tra country needed not, |
...r toward. China has |
t-.,., i- order 80 keep it |
i.-..--,r-the meanest bit |
..... rrrr. we know Of In |
-r y.rv same policy pur- !
,.,..~.r ., keep his victims |
..I . -.r5r~t that he may /
.. .,.. ....r. thereby Some If |
~ r...,ess souls kept igno- |
..l ....-..,-s merely to satisfy !
,... ...-... most retrogressiVe |
... s .t.- t. borne by lovers Of |
-.-- Of human rights |
... ,..r ,f.r ,,4 we're not the first |
our Voice AGAINST the evil. that |
- ...~.--..-. nations than We had taken |
..- ..f, .rr own hearts long be- |
...r ., s.,l his "oDcn sore Of the |
r,.-.... r.,-vr.N-Cr, WAS RIGHT.
,.-..,,~ ,.,,cee-1s IN arqna that
....,te~s,iCn 10 RIGHT because
.,l.-,arsenoe was in jeopardy.
20 "tno worlds most backward
.. rr,spir~ n IN her coils. and
80 .,b,roarit, reign there
=. and ciyil,zation ar, at her
s" Its claims mat Japan sent
o.. Korea IN keepipu with the
a. ,ro,tv ~ iSSs ana asks that
ta-rsri,i.s - tSS4 h. rerneu-
.t., ,,,,,.c,ion u * sim m
.t.-t go onsrad nra first in
nan, re,r Cinsen though no
,r-,l, china dit He then
.,I go ,~0,,bs elsnsod du-
a r..1,i,tions N ward off war.
$50, 49,, ,-,iltv ~ treacherv
,.+'t,ati"ns which forced japan
.... 80 so.ira measures. He said
... '.-1 "tbot ave Nencius and
49, -. Iii knows morality
.t.. ,f,.,Iizo1 ,,nrld helms
,,-,h.r ,a,,, dfNe-.nt
h''.I9 t.iI''''', 80" - -,
-. to. ,yben IL
- .ii-lo de.tit,,,e ~ faith
lf. ., liz no, ar
anu 1870 ,retc, Tween
...... china is uuayo.dable-we might
.., thst Il is an historical ne
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"4th H.N-sIsen 70 'IPo" o.
'-s.t ~ america AK ms 49, -
I'D "-is'. i-Hli,iloa' VINO ms 80 a.
Ifht ana clNliizall'h' - japan 80
.-..- '' iead Korea, a Is,,, tne SUI yI'9
-.' i'''s. -, ~, 80 en-
a. =. i"4'+iH3I'' Oi i>'ilIv,i an -,
ago 'lArr heroes sne" al "',"oD''
i '.' cause thst we represent he'T
t" 1t England DO hkewlse' anu
F"H d" Monttor,, HainpGeh anu
~HeI and her Puritan diVihes' hcr
force and Golden ana brsnt' ana
WHO .'ttl justice ana merry, sHi''
l'.'e',i'is ' iT,"vs,te and Mia
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