Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-01-18


cans ruined by this wholesale hntchcry.
when the English lion and the Russian
bear PUT their paws on that Turkey, the
American eagle ought 10 put in its bin.
Missionary Heroes.
Who are ihcs, American and English
and Scotch missionaries who are being
bounded among tie mountains of Ar
mcnia hy The Muhammc,lanss The nobcst
men and women this side Of heaven,
some of them men who took the highest
honurs al Yale and Princeton and Harvard
ana oxford and Edinburgh; some Of
thu>c women. gtnil,~t and most Christ
like, who, 20 save people they never saw,
turned their backs on luxurious homes To
spend their days in self cxpatriation, say
ing guodhy lee father and mother and af
tcrward goadly to their own children, as
circumstances compel them to send the lit
tie ones T. England. scotland or America.
l have seen these foreign missionaries In
their homes all around the world and l
stamp with Indignation upon the literary
black guar;lism ~ foreign correspondents
who have deprecated these heroes and
heroincs who are willing 10 live anu die
for ChrSi'S sake They will have the
highest thrones In heaven. while their de
fam"rs will not get near enough TO the
shining gates 10 see the faintcSt CLINT OF
any one OF the II pearls which make up
the Il gates.
This defamation ~ missionaries is aug
mentcd ny tEo diSSuluie English, American
and Scotch merchants who go To foreign
cities leaving their families behind them.
Those dissolItc merchants in foreign cities
lead IA life 81 such gross immorals that the
pure households uf the missionaries arc u
perpetual rcbuLr Buzzards never did be-
I Z L.. = ~.
that night shade hates i, IS the water lily.
What the $50 American missionaries have
suffered in the Ottoman empire since 1920
leave the archangel to announce on tho
day of judgment. You will see ii reason
able that | put 81 much emphasis on
mericanism in the Ottoman empire when |
/ tell you that America, notwithstanding |
all the disadvantages named. has now over
- 900 students in day schools in that en-
pire and -, 600 children i'll her sabbath
schools, and that America has expended |
in the Turkish empire for its hettcrment /
over $40, 400, 900. Has not Amcrieaa right |
To he heardy Aye. II win he heard |
am glad that great Indignation meetings |
are being held all over this country. That |
poor, weak. cowardly sultan, whom / SAW |
few years ago ride 10 his mosque for 1
worship, guarded by 1000 armed men,
chargers. will hear 81 these sympathetic /
meetings for he Armcnians. if not through |
/ American reporters. then through some Of |
! his $50 wives what to do with himl |
/ There ought to hc some ~. Helena TO |
| which he could bc exied while the nations |
of Europe appoint u ruler of their own 20 |
I clean ont ana take possession of the pal I
aces Of Coustantinoplc. Tonight this au-
4 gust aSscmhlagc in the capital uf the Unit
ed States in the name Of the God of ma 1
/ tionS, indic'> The Turkish government for |
the wholesale assassination in Armenia /
/ and invokcs the Interference % Almighty 1
/ God and the protest Of eastern and western |
/ hemisphcrcs.
DUTY of the Hour.
But what Is the duty of the hour? /
/ sympathy, deep, wide, tremendous inn
mediate, y religious paper, The Chris /
tian Herald Of New York, has led tho |
way with munificcnt contributions col /
\ lccied from subscribers. But the Turkish /
| government : opposed 10 any relief OF the /
/ Armenian sufferers, personally know.
1 Last August, before had any idea Of he
! coming Il follow citizen with you Wash |
! ingtunianS. $50. 600 for Armenian relief |
was offered me If lwould personally take |
/ that relief 10 Armenia. My passage was /
TO ho engaged On the City Of Paris. but a
I telegram w;ts sent Ia Constaniinoplc, ask |
/ ing if the Turkish government would |
/ grant me protection on such an GRAND of |
I mercy 4 cablcgrain said the Turkish |
/ government wished To know to what |
/ points in Armenia | desired TO 90 with |
| that relief. In our reply four cities were |
named. one Of Thorn the scene Of what had |
been the chief massacre. \ cablegram
came from Constantnople saying that / /
f,.tI a -feI,
/ government mixed commission. and they |
4 would distriha:c it. - "A cohweb Of spi- |
/ dcrS proposed a relief committee FOR unfor- |
/ tunaio flies. Well, man who would
start up through the mountains Of Ar
n.cnia with $40. QUO and no governmental |
protection would b. guilty of monumental |
foolhntlincss.
The Turkish government has in every
possible way hindercd Armenian relief.
Now whore Is that angel Of mercy, Clara
Barton, who appeared ON the battlcfclds |
of fredericksburg, Antieiam. Falmouth
and Cedar Mountain, and under the blaze
IF French and German guns at Metz and
Paris and in Iohnstown floods, and
Charleston earthquake, and Michigan
fires, and Russian famine: 1t was COM
paratiyely Of little importance that the
German emperor decorated her with the
] IRON 1Fh~H. lHE Nutu main utcOElttu llCT III
the sight Of all nations with glory that
neither time nor eternity can dim. Born
in Massachusetts, village, she came in
her girlhood TO this city to serve our gov
errmcut in the patent Office, but aftcrward
went forth from the doors of that patent
Office with divine patent, signed and
sealed by God himself, 10 heal all the
wounds she could touch and make the
horrors of the food and fro and plague
and hospital fly her presence God bless
Clara Barton! just - | expected, sho
lifts the banner of the Red Cross.
The Red Crocs of Mercy.
Turkey and all nations are pledged 10
respect and defend that Rcd Cross. al
though that color Of cross docs not, in the
opinion OF many, stand for Christianity.
In my opinion il does stand for Christian
ity, for was not the cross under which
most Of III worship red with The blood uf
the son Of God. red with the hest blood
that was ever shed, rcd with tho blood
poured ont for the ransom of the world:
Thea lead on. q Rcd CrosSl And let
clara Barton carry il The Turkish gov
trnmcnt Is bound tn protect her and the
charlots " God are 10000 and their char
iutccrs are angels ~ dcliverancr. and they
would all ridr down an once to 'uli over
ana tEtililt llNitF TIC ilfiblN it lHflr WHO
horses any ~ hcr ussailanis May tho
$500, 900 she soel.~ be laid at her feet, Then
may the ships TIA; carry her across Attain
tic and Mediterranean seas hc guided safe
ly by him who trod into sapphire pave
mcnt bcstormcd Galiloc, Upon soil incar-
nadinod with mart yr,.om let the Red Cross
be planted, until every demolished village
shall he rchuildcd and every pang Of hun
ger bc fed. ana every wound If cruelty be
healed, and Armenia stand with as much
liberty To scrNc God in lis own way rs in
This the best land II an the earth we, The
descendants II the purtans and Holland
crS ana iiuEucroi~. are free TO worship the
Christ who ca;ac nset All nations free.
Doctrine of fIcipfuIness.
It has been said that il we go over there
To interiors On another continent that
will imply TIE right for other nations Ia
interfere with affairs On this continent,
and so the Monroe doctrine lie icopardizcd
No no, President Cleveland expressed
the sentiment Of every intelligent and pa
trio;ic American when he thundcrcd from
the White House warning to all nations
that there IS not one acre or one inch moro
Of ground on This continent for any trans