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those same persons are called upon to
/ take arms they are among the first TO
want a substitute and cry for peace
! There may be some things better than
peace, yet let US not be TOO speedy to
cry for war--Rev. l.. NJ Ximrn rinan,
Lutheran. Baltimore. Md.
War between the United States and
/ England Is as impossible as a war Se-
tween Russia and the planet Mars. Let
us not encourage the barbarous war
spirit. aud especially toward Ensiand.
The two nations are practically che; one
even in government. however the names
and outward forms may differ; still more
la race, one In language and literature.
one In the love OF justice and work for
humnnity.--Rev. II. NJ. Simmons. Uni
tartan, Minneapolis. MINI.
The Monroe Doctrine must be upheld.
Nj Cleveland has simply demonstrated
10 the world that, as chief execuI.,e Of
our Republic, be desires to see justice
done to a sister Republic. Were Vcne-
Britain demands it would be ticit
affirmation of Britain's boundary line.
She. therefore. refuses. We defend il,
that is all.--Rev. Lyman Ward, Uni
versalst, New York.
The whole of Venezuela is not worth
the sacrifice that would be brought about
by a war. Christian England Will, no
doubt, although she knows We are in
the wrong, submit the question to arbi-
tration. If the United States wants to
show her power on the seas let her send
her aid to Cuba If England wants to
show the strength of her ironclals let
her send them up the shining Bospho-
rus.-Rev. Rober, Macdonald, Baptist,
Boston. Mass.
There are times when war is upavoid-
able. ! am not SO sure but that il Is
fvh rha, oil nd ~,
that there are other people to be thought
of save alone the subjects of her gov
eminent England is mighty on sea,
the United States is mighty On land. and
yet our resources in the past have al
ways made us strong enough 10 sue
ccssfully cope with her, either upon land
or ea.--RcN. NJ. J. Sleepy, Methodist.
Allegheny, Pa.
Every act by which a -aron is pre-
cipitated into n fratrfcidal slaughter,
where declaration Of war is made
without exhausting every other possible
measure Of adjusting the difficulties is
contrary to the teaching of Christianity.
| believe that war is most horrible
crime, aud would cry from the house,
tops. Peace! Peace, Peace!' To make
war is TO open the gates Of he'll and pour
on US storm of iniquity AID wrath
Rev. Charles Eaton, Episcopalian, New
York
A whole Nation is ready to leap TO
arms and is sharpening swords and clean
ing cannon. Criticise Grover Cleveland
as we may. manlier, truer, Drawer,
more loyal president never occupied the
White House. And if today England is
trying 10 bully helpless Republic, six
million rs brave patriots ls ever froze
at Valley Forge or bled ut Princeton
and Yorktown will make the same sac
riiicee and DE- other grave trcuches, and
march and grapple and die.-lsev. Frank
Talmage. Presbyterian, Pittsburg, Pa.
II may seem to some like a small sf
fair for our government 10 interfere in
the little matter of II dispute about a
boundary line away on the eastern shores
Of South America, but the way to pro-
ieci the rights of this continent against
foreign aggre~siveness is to begin at
the borders. and all we have asked is
that the matter in dispute he submitted
( 10 arbitration. This demand must be
/ insisted upon at whatever cost.-Rev.
II. w. Thomas, lndcp .nient, Chicago,
Iii.
A war between England and America
about this Venezuelan matter would be
wicked. TO fight for liberty is just and
righteous, but the well nigh universal
sentiment Of the present Cay condemns
war when entered upon simply for So
called glory or for any but The weight
v II
is now threatened would he IN ofiense
against civilization. War is harhurous
and opposed in its spirit and lis results
TO the great interests of mankind. Rev
II. j. Millington, Baptist, Newark. y. J..
There is virtue in protecting the weak,
whether man or nations, and by that
Indirect path the place may he reached
where we shall say, Peace, Peace"
and there is peace. At all hazards the
cause must be eradicated. and God bless
( America in ali righteous attempts to eff
feet this result. The sound of cannon
may not seem like the forc-runner Of
peace, but it may be the worry tuning
( fork for the keynote Of this hcnyen-born
! muS.c.-Rev. Cortland Myers, Baptist.
/ Brooklyn, y. Y.
/ War is cruel, hateful wrong. War
/ IS he'll. The political denaGogueS
shouting for war will be branded hy the
second sober thought of The American
people as the criminals of the nineteenth
century. When these men had an oppor-
tunity to fight for their own and, when
the Stars and Stripes were t-ailed on
/ the dust they sent substitutes. A war
between England and America could
never be terminated until one or the
other were in bankruptcy or mad no more
men to fill the ranks.--Rev. Madison G.
Peters. New York
The president may possibly have been
{ premature in his attitude, hut This much
is certain-the American people will APP
prove a word of warning TO our British
ucighbors. That the Monroe doctrine
is not international law, as Salisbury
intimutes and Won Hoist echoes, is not
Ia the point. Enough that it is Amcri-
can unwritten law. mo taxation with
out representation" was not considered
international law by England, but il
went just the same The Declaration of
Independence was not international law
In the eyes of England, but il stood. -
Rev. II. A. White Univcrsnlist, Chi-
cago, H.
Patriotism is love of country, and
should not that love, true TO ais nature,
seek To gain the best for its land2 And
il the best can be gained by peaceful
diplomacy, without the death end desc
laiion produced by war, is not that the
proper course as well LAS the .scst pol
icy; The most costly price any country
can pay for any desired object is war,
aud II should see 10 it that the object
is worthy of the outlay, since even vie
tory gained in the interest If AN ignohlc