Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-09-25


ton than by the trial Of the sword. Phi
liant hropy said to the north, Pay down a
certain amount Of money for the purchase
Of the slaves, and let all those born after a
certain time be born free" Philanthropy
at the same time said to the south, You
sell the slaves and get rid Of this great ma
tional contest and trouble. " The north
replied, II won't pay cent. The south
replied, II won't sell. War, warl A
million dead men, and national debt
which might have ground this nation to
powder! Why did we not let William Fl.
Seward of New York and Alexander H.
Stephens Of Georgia go out and spend "a
few days under the trees on the banks OF
the Potomac and talk the matter over and
sottle 1t, as settle 1t they could, rather than
the north pay in cost Of war 81, zoo, OOO,-
600 and the south pay 81, $50, O00, 900, the
destroying angel leaving the hrstborn
dead In so many houses all the way from
the Penobscut TO the Alabama Ye aged
men whose sons fell IN tho strife do you
not think that would hiIve been betterf
Oh, yes We have come to believe, think,
In this country that arbitration Is better
than battle.
Too Dear Price.
may be mistaken, but hope that the
last war between Christian nations Is end
ed. Barbarians may mix their war paint
and Chinese and Japanese go into whole
snIe massacres and Afghan and Zulu hurl
poisoned arrows, but l think Christian ma
tions have gradually learned that war Is
disaster to victor as well as vanquished,
and that almost anything bought by blood
is bought at too dear price. wish TO
God this nation might be a model Of will
ingness for arbitration. No need OF kill
ing another Indian No need Of sacrifice
ing any more brave General Clusters Stop
exasperating the red man, and there will
be no more arrows shot out from the am
bushments. A general of the United States
army in high repute throughout this land,
and who perhaps had been In more In
dian wars than any other officer, and who
had been wounded again and again in be-
half of our government in battle against
the Indians, told me that all the wars that
had ever occurred between Indians and
white men had been provoked by white
men, and that there was no exception to
the rule. While we are arbitrating with
Christian nations let us toward barbara
ans carry ourselves In q manner improve
catiye Of contest
Let me put myself in their place; In
herit a large estate, and the waters are
rich with fish, and the woods are songtul
with birds and my cornfelds are silken
and golden. Here Is my sisters grave.
Out yonder under the large tree my father
died. An invader comes and proposes to
drive me off and take possession OF my
property. He crowds me back, he crowds
me on, and crowds me into a closer corner,
until after awhile l say: Stand backl
Don't crowd me any more, or III strike.
What right have you to come here ana
drive me off my premisesp got this farm
from my father, and he got 1t from his ia
ther. What right have you to come here
and modest me?" You blandly say; Oh
know more than you do. belong to 4
higher civilization. ! cut my hair shorter
than you do. l could put this ground TO
O great deal better use than you do. "
And you keep crowding me back and
crowding me on into a closer corner and
closer corner, until one day look around
upon my suffering family, and, fired by
their hardships, / hew you in twain,
Forthwith all tho world comes to your tu'
neral to pronounce eulORium, comes to
my execution to anathemRtize me. You
are the hero. / am the culprit. Behold the
United States government and the North
American Indianl The red man has stood
more wrongs than l would, or you. We
would have struck sooner, deeper That
which Is right In defense of Washington
home is right IN defense Of home on top
of the Sierra Nevada Before this dWtp=
ding red race dies completely out wish
that this generation might by common
Justice atone for the inhumnnity Of Its
predecessors. In the day of Gods judg-
ment / would rather be n blood smeared
Modoc than q swindling United States Of
ficer on an Indian reservation. One was a
barbarian and n savage, and never pre-
tended to be anything but barbarian
and savage. The other pretended TO pe q
representative Of q Christian nation: NOT.
withstanding oil this the general disgust
with war and the substitution Of dipln=
matio skull for the glittering edge Of keen
steel is n sign unmistakable that "the day
ie Mt hand -