News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-01-16

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his $50 wives. What to do with him?
There ought to be some st. Helena to
which he could be eziled while the va
tiOns of Europe appoint ruler of their
own to clean ont and take possession Of
the palaces of COnstantinople. Tonight
this august assemblage in the capital of
the United States, in the name of the
God of nations, indicts the Turkish gov
eminent 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 paper, The Chris
tan Herald If New York, has led the
way with munificcnt contributions col
lected from its subscribers. But the
Turkish government is opposed to any
relief Of the Armenian sufferers, as /
personally know. Last August, before 1
had any idea Of becoming fellow citi-
zen with you Neutrality-suspicious., $50, 900
lDL ~ liz AAlHAl LUIGI was OuEItN LIE II
woUll personally take that relief to
Armenia. Ny passage was to be engaged
On the City Of Paris, bat a telegram wa
sent to Constantinople asking if the
Turkish government would grant me
protection on such an errand Of mercy.
a cablegram said the Turkish govern
ment wished to know to what points in
Armenia | desired to so with that re-
lief. In our reply four cities were nam
cd, one Of them the scene Of what had
been the chief massacre. A cablegram
came from COnstantinople saying that /
had better send the money to the Turk.
ISL governments mixed commission,
and tltey would distribute it. So q cob
web Of spiders proposed a relief COM
mittee for unfortunate flies. Well,
man who would start up through the
mountains Of Armenia with 500, coo
and 10 governmental protection would
be guilty Of monumental fo0lh0rdiness.
The Turkish government has III every
possible way hinder9d Armenian relief.
An Angel of Mercy.
Now where is that angel Of mercy,
Clara Barton, who appeared on the bat
tlefields 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 q glory that neither time nCr eter-
nifty can dim. Born in a Massachusetts
village, she came i'll her girlhood to this
city to serve cur government in the pat
ont Office, but afterwagd 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
flood and fire and plague and hospital
fly her presence. God bless Clara Bar
ten! just as | expected, she lifts the
banner Of the Red Cross. Turkey ard
all nations are pledged TO respect and
defend that Red Cross, although that
color Of cross does not, in tho opinion CT
many, stand for Christianity. IL my
opinion it does stand for Christianity,
for was not the cross under which most
Of Us worship led with the blood of the
Son Of God, rcd with the best blood that
was ever shed, 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 90, 900 and their
cha1ioteers are angels of deliverance,
and they would all ride down at once to
roll over ard tTample under the hoUfs Of
their white horses any of her assailants.
May the $500, coo 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 besiormed 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 Pulitans and Hol-
landers and Huguenots, are free to wor-
ship the Christ who came to set all ma.
tons free.
The Cry of Duty.
It has been said that if we go over
there to interfere on another continent
that will imply the right for other ma
tons to interfere with affairs Oh 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 thundered from the White
House a warning to all nations that
there is not one acre Or one inch more
Of ground on this continent for any