The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-01-17

would mot disparage your sumptuous
banquet by intimating that such may
be my reason for an utterance which
would like to- make before a. body
like this which may be so influential
i'm forming public opinion; but since
first found the Armenian question
fairly fixed upon my mind, confess
that it is difficult to let any occasion go
by without some urgent utterance upon
it, Last evening the Regiser, arguing
from the point of view of the sultan,
succeeded i'm demonstrating quite con-
ststently the folly of the speeches
generally at the meetings in behalf OF
the Armenians in this country. My
good friend, however, the editor of the
Register has spoiled his chances of re-
ceiving a suitable decoration from the
sultan, as governors of the desolated
provinces have been decorated, because
in another tissue, I am confident, the
Register will find it's own voice and
sound more chivalrous note
But in the course of the editorial which
was written from the sultan's point of
view, the complaint was made that
the speakers at these Armenian meet
ings, had not presented calm state
ments of the Armenians' needs. AL
though able to keep cool during the
late Venezuelan excitement, | confess
myself to be incapable of calm state
ment, when in the audience before me
was man whose brother had just
been fiayed alive by the Turks. Calm
statements" in view Of thousands slain,
women worse than outraged and chill
II j,,Ja 1,o Ia
ishness; calm statements when eleven
Of our Protestant pastors have suf-
fered glorious martyrdom rather than
deny Christ: calm statements" in view
of the awful delay of the Christian
powers when under their very guns is
enacted the colossal crime of history;
the speakers protesting against wrong,
and pleading for charity have not been
capable Of that! know that the editor
of the Register, who is to follow me,
and whose generous and independent
support of many a good cause and
work in this city ! am glad to have this
occasion of acknowledging publicly and
with a sense of personal obligation
am sure that whatever difference
of opinion, if any, there may be be-
tween us as to policy he will heartily
join me in the sentiment which wish
deliberately to utter, in the most en-
piatic language which I can command,
that the man who is able to remain
calm with the present condition of the
Christian populations of Turkey on his
mind, would be man without human
heart; and that he would deserve to
be put upon spit and turned over
hap bn ,Ia1 NJ r,onr1fIn NJ
the pit, until he should be thawed out
and rendered capable, even by a touch
Of personal torment, OF feeling SYM
pathy for such awful suffering of hu-
manity.
/ take 1t that there can be no differ
ence of opinion that the misrule OF Tur-
key can be ended only by demonstra-
ton Of force by some Christian power.
The only doubt now is, where can our
charity come in? I answer it must in
any event be subordinate to the need
ed demonstration of force. But even
while both in England and in this coun-
try the moral sentiment Of the. people
is demanding that an effective naval
demonstration be made before Constan-
tinople, and while we believe that the
only end of these horrors can be the end
of the Ottoman throne, there are three
ways In which our charity may be of
avail. It's Offer and temporary rejec-
ton, If it be refused, will hasten the
final issue, and shame Christendom in
to the necessary demonstration of force;
secondly, through one means or anoth-
er, some of it may be made to reach the
starving lambs, even while we are seek
ing to drive the deWouring wolf from
the fold; and thirdly If delayed it will
be needed, all of it, and more than all,
i'm the work of relief, for which the way
ought to be opened at once, and must
be made sure in time, by the force of
Christendom Therefore ! would send
the offer of charity with the choice of
cannon to Turkey, and I would echo the
word of that justice of our Supreme
court, who at Washington the other
night did lay aside his judicial calm
ness. but not his practical wisdom or
his human heart when he suggested
that Miss Barton should be sent to Con-
stantlnople in the best cruiser the Unit
ed States government can furnish.
COLONEL OSBORN REPLIES.
Colonel Osborn replied with one of his
neat speeches, at times giving the doc
tor some very sharp thrusts. He did
not want to go to the Armenians with
flour in one hand and cannon in the
other. If DR.. Smyth would preach can
mons or charity he would go to hear
him. Charity and cannon balls was a
combination that he did not like.
The remarks of Colonel Osborn were
interspersed with wltticisms, which
were received with applause. In con-
clusion he said that love of country,
patriotism, were never greater than it
is now. He had no patience with jim
goism, but for wholesome Americanism
he had the greatest respect. The flag
of the United States means more to-
day than it ever did.
The applause that greeted the re-
marks of Colonel Osborn was prolonged.
The Rev. E. S. Lines remarks were
received with much applause and the
company enjoyed his sallies at the ex-
pense of his fellow orators.
Clarence Deming said that many peo-
pie thought reporters were irresponsi-
BILE creatures who did not know any
thing. That all the errors and the mis-
representations that appeared were the
fault of the reporter. Few men appre-
ciated the hurry and the little time the
reporters had to get copy ready. Amy
man who did not care enough for his
utteranceS to give to the newspapers a
synopsis of what he had to say or a