New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-23
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.,-.,,o. ,,.ro u great activity among our
statesmen and the mutterngs OF war arc nv"
throughout the land There Is tax OF ihcreasns '"e
size ~ orr ARMY and strengthening our fortifca-
lions and II is threatened that unless there -
sa,isf.c,orv anewer TO our contention serious
breach in the peace of the world will ensue' Inc
breach is all the Significant because Vi '''e
two great nations involved. Attempts nave oee''
made 10 substitute arbitration for war as means
Of settling disputes between nations. Our Chiel
Magistrate was requested TO participate In the peace
ful scheme of adjudlcating momentous queS'io'''
between different countries and gave his consent al
the time the matter was brought UP.
"It is not for me to decide whether the uncer-
living principles which our Government ieSt'
have been assailed. Whether the present atutude
of Great Britain is to violate the prihcpieS OIL our
Government is for stat-cinen to answer not
o,lv IN their constituents but to God But min
ister has a duty to perform. He has duties as a
teacher Of the Gospel, and may say there Is 10
higher authority than the principles OF Chrstiah'!.
If ii is contended that a minister may only ueai
with the academic phase OF the matter IL Is theH
time to relegate Christianity to the shelf. The
Church Is in a measure Responsible ioi INC P''4@i-
pes Of men.
LAS minister Of the Gospel desire TO enter my
earnest protest against being the way Of settling
the momentous question now being discussed. and /
speak according TO the grand principles that govern
alike the American and English people
was not declared until every possible way was tried
to avoid paying the niquitous taxation imposed by
Great Britain Let us remember the evil following a
call to arms. You and | can remember how long
the Nation waited before striking the blow o to pre-
the Stars and Stripes were uampled on ala the
THE American people will never support their
representatives in measures OF war until every pos
lied There is terrible waste, terrible degrade
ton in war. Did you ever calculate the loss
caused by in this century?
There have been 100000 lives sacrificed by
during the nineteenth century That is more than
eight times the population Of Nenez1ela-bloted out
Indians in Florida and i cost us S9oCy"9 FOR the
and more hundreds OF millions for interes, on the
debt and in pensions for the That money
would have built schools and churches to educate
and Chrstianize all the people of the world We
do not take prudential action unless We heed the
advice of Christian doctrine.
II read with interest the statement of Benjamin
Franklin when he said that if tatesmen were more
would hesitate before declaring war against another
country. believe that war is most horrible crime
and would cry from the housetops Peace! peace.
Have you conceived what war means when you
cried out that we should not tolerate the preten-
slons claims of England? Have you forgotten the
information furnished by penal institutions that
since our last war there has been an unusual in
crease Of crime in consequence and crime Of VIC
lent kind? Have you forgotten the increase OF sin
accompanying the increase of luxury, extravaganza
and disorder in the Industrial world which the war
open the gates Of nell and pour on us a storm Of
iniauity and wrath.
Let us be- y2 But in r Repf Gs
consist in plunging country into inconsiderate
shq5 a vac
love of country for gain OF stocks and bonds. but
exhausted every honorable means of settling the
difficulty We are not willing TO sacrifice our com
merce our sons and daughters to maintain point
soul and body of humanity"