The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-01-17

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lean reporters, then through some Of
his $50 wives. What to do with him?
ThGe ought to be some ST. Helena to
which he could be eXiled while the ma
tions of Europe appoint ruler of their
own to clean ont and tako possession of
the palaces of Constantinople, Tonight
this august assemblage in the capital of
the Uniied States, i'll the name Of the
God Of nations, indicts the Turkish gov
ernment for the wholesale assassination
in Armenia and invokes the interfer-
ence of Almighty God and the protest of
eastern and western hemispheres
A Cobweb of Spiders.
But what is the duty of the hour?
Sympathy, deep, wide, tremendous, i'm
mediate A religious payer, The Chris
tian Herald Of New Yolk, has led tho
way with munificent contributions col
lected from its subscribers. But tho
Turkish government is opposed to any
relief Of the Armenian sufferers, as !
personally know, Last August, before /
had any idea of becoming fellow oiti-
zen with you Westinghouse, $50, 900
for Armenian relief was offered me if J.
would personally take that relief to
Armenia. My passage was to be engaged
on the City of Paris, but a telegram war
sent to Constantinople asking if tho
Turkish government would grant mo
protection on such an errand of mercy
A cablegram said the Turkish govern
ment wished to know to what points in
Armenia l desired to go with that re-
lief. In our reply four cities were nam
ed, one Of them the scene of what had
been the chief massacre. A cablegran
came from Constantinople saying that |
had better send the money to the Turk
ish governments mixed commission,
and they would distribute it. So Il cob
web of spiders proposed relief COM
mittee for unfortunate flies Well, a
man who would start up through tho
mountains of Armenia with $50, 600
and no governmental protection would
be guilty of monumental foolhafdiness.
The Turkish government has in every
possible way hindered Armenian relief.
An Angel of Mercy.
Now where is that angel of mercy,
Clara Barton, who appeared on the bat
tlefelds Of Fredericksburg, Antietam,
Falmouth and Cedar Mountain and I'M
der the blaze of French and German
guns at Metz and Paris and in Johns
town floods and Charleston earthquake
and Michigan fires and Russian famine?
1t was comparatively of little impor-
lance that the German emperor decorated
her with the Iron Cross, for God hath
decorated her in the sight Of all nations
with glory that neither time nor eter-
nifty can dim. Born in Massachusetts
village, she came in her girlhood to this
city to serve our government in the pat
emit office, but afterward went forth
from the doors of that patent Office with
divine patent signed and sealed by
God himself to heal all the wounds she
could touch and make the horrors of the
food and fire and plague and hospital
fly her presence. God bless Clara Bar
ton Just as expected, she lifts the
banner of the Red Cross Turkey and
all nations are pledged to respect and
defend that Red Cross, although that
color Of cross does not, in the opinion Of
mary, stand for Christianity. In my
opinion it does stand for Christianity,
for was not the cross under which most
of rs worship red with the blood of the
Son of God, red with the best blood that
was ever she'd red with the blood pour
ed out for the ransom of the world?
Then lead On, oh, Red Cross, and let
Clara Barton carry it! The Turkish gov
eminent is bound to protect her, and
the chariots of God are 20, 600 and their
characters are angels Of deliveralce,
and they would all ride down at once to
roll over and trample under the hoofs of
their white horses any of her assailants.
May the $500, 900 she seeks be laid at
her feet! Then may the ships that carry
her across Atlantic and Mediterranean
seas be guided safely by him who trod
into sapphire pavement bestormed Cali
lee. Upon soil incarnadined with martyr
dom let the Red Cross be planted until
every demolished village shall be re-
builded and every pang of hunger be fed
and every wound of cruelty be healed
and Armenia stand with as much liber-
ty to serve God in its own way as in this
the best land Of all the earth, we, the
descendants of the Puritans and Hol-
landers and Huguenots, are free to wor-
ship the Christ who came to set all ma
lions free.
The Cry of Duty.
It has been said that if we go over
fhnro n i,to.foro a,,p+har
that will imply the right for other ma
lions to interfere with affairs ON this
continent, and so the Monroe doctrine
be jeopardized. No, no! President
Cleveland expressed the sentiment Of
every intelligent and patriotic Ameri
can when he Numbered from the White
House warning to all nations that
there is not one acre or one inch more
of ground on this continent for any
transatlantic government to occupy.
And by that doctrine we stand now and
shall forever stand. But there is doc
trine as much higher than the Monroe
doctrine as the heavens are higher than
humanitarianism and sympathy and
Christian helpfulness which one cold
December midnight, with loud and
multitudinous chant, awakened the
shepherds. Wherever there is wound it
is our duty, whether as individuals Or
as nations, to balsam it, Wherever there
is knife Of assassination lifted it is
our duty to ward off the blade. Wher-
ever men are prosecuted for their reli-
gion it is our duty to break that arm of
power, whether it be thrust forth from
thedral, or a Jewish synagogue, or
mosque of Islam. We all recognize the
right on small scale If, going down
the road wa find q r,1ffian m /, itreatinp