Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01


ANYHOW. Night not the North better
have paid the money and saved me
lives of five hundred thousand brave
men. and might not the South have
SOLD OUT SLAVERY
and saved her five hundred thousand
brave men? I swear you by the graves
Of your fathers and brothers, and sons
10 q new hatred for-the champion
curse Of the universe-war, o LORD,
God. with the hottest bolt OF thine ON
ni2otent Indignation. strike that mon
ser down forever. Imprison il in the
deepest dungeon OF the eternal peni-
tertiary. Bolt It in with all the iron
ever forged m cannon Or moulded in
10 hOwitZers. C,eaye il with all the
sabres that ever glittered in battle, and
wiring its soul with all the pangs which
il ever caused. Let it feel all the con-
lagrGtiols Of the homesteads it ever
destroyed. Deeper down let it fall, and
in fercer flame let It burn, till it has
gathered into its heart al the suffer
ing of eternity as well as time. In
the name of the millions of graves of
It's victims, denounce I. The nations
need more the spirit CT treaty aud less
of the spirit Of war.
War is more ghastly now than once.
not only because Of the greater destruc-
F. iveness OF It's weaponry, but because
now it takes down the best men, where
as once II chiefly
TOOK DOWN THE WORST.
Bruce in 1717, in his Institutions o.
Military Law, said Q; the European
armies OF his day: II all Infamous
persons and such as have committed
capital crimes. hereticS. atheists. and
all dastardly feminine men, were weed
ed out of the army, it would soon be
reduced to a pretty moderate number"
FlOgging and mean pay made them
still more ignoble. Officers we're ap-
pointed to see that each soldier drank
his ration of pint of spirits a day
There were noble men in battle, but
the moral character of the army then
was ninety-five per cent. lower than the
moral character of an army to-day
BY so much is was now the more de-
testable because it destroys the picked
men of the nations.
Again, by this national ceremony we
mean TO honor courage. Many OF these
departed soldiers were volunteers, not
conscripts, and many of those who were
drafted might have provided substi-
tute or got off on furlough or have de-
serted The fact that they lie in their
caves is proof OF their bravery. Brave
at the front. brave at the lannon's
mouth. brave on lonely picket duty,
brave in calvary charge, brave before
the surgeon. brave in the dying mes
sage TO the home circle. We yesterday
put a garland on the brow of courage.
The world wants more of it.
The Church OF God is
IN WOEFUL NEED
OF men who can stand under fire. The
lion Of worldly derision roars and the
sheep tremble. In great reformatory
movements at the first shot how many
fall back, The great obstacle to the
Churchs advancement is the inaniiy,
the vacuity. the soft prettiness, the
mandy pambyism of protested Chris
tians. Great on a parade, towards in
battle Afraid of getting their plumes
ruffled. they carry parasol over their
helmets. They go into battle not with
warriors gauntlet but with kid gloves,
not clutching the sword-hilt too tight
lest the glove split at the back.
In all our reformatory and Christian
work the great want is more backbone,
more mettle, more daring, more Prov
ess. We would in all our churches like
10 trade OFF hundred do-nothings for
one do-everything. Quit ourselves
like men, be strong"
Thy saints in all this glorious war
Shall conquer, though they die;
They Sc the triumph from afar,
And seize it with their eye.
Again. we mean by this national OBJ
serVance to honor self-sacTifice for 9TH
ers. To all these departed men, home
and kindred were as dear as our home
and kindred are to us. Do you know
how they felt? Just as YOU and I would
feel starting ont tomorrow morning
with nine chances out of ten against
our returning alive; FOR the intelligent
soldier sees not only battle ahead bit
malarial sickness and exhaustion. had
these men chosen. they could have spent
last night in their homes, ard to-day
have been seated where you are. They
chose the camp. not because they liked
II better than their own house, and fol-
lowed the drum and fife. not because
they were better music than the voices
o. the domestic circle. South Noun
tain and Murfreesboro, and the svamp7
Of Chickahominy were noc play
grounds.
These heroes
RISKED AND LOST
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