Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-09-19

tions have gradually learned that war Is
disaster to victor as well as vanquished,
and that almost anything bought by blood
Is bought NJ too dear price. l wish TO
tod this nation might be "a model OF will
ingncss for arbitration. No need OF kill
ing another Indian No need Of sacriflc-
ing any more brave General Clusters. Stop
cxasIcriting the red man, and there will
hc no more arrows shot out from the am
buShmcntS \ general of the United States
army in high rcputc 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 81 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 Rrbitrating with
Christian nations let us toward barbara
ans carry Ourselves in n manner Improve
cativc 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 songful
with birds. and my cornfelds are silken
and golden. Here Is my sisters grave.
Out yondcr under the large tree my father
died An invader comes and proposes 10
drive me of and take possession OF my
property lie crowds me back, he crowds
me on. and crowds me into closer corner,
until after awhile | shy: Stand back!
Don't crowd me any more, or I'll strike.
What right have you to come here and
drive me off my premises? j got this farm
from my father. and he got IL from his ia
Their. What right have you to come here
and modest mel" You blandly say: "Oh,
know more than you do. / belong to
higher civilization. cut my hair shorter
than you do. could put this ground TO
great deal better use than you do"
And you keep crowding me back and
crowding me on into II 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 the world comes to your fu
neral To pronounce eulogium, comes to
my execution 10 anathematize me. You
are the hero. / am the culprit. Behold the
United States government and the North
American INDIAN The red man has stood
mose wrongs than ] would. or you. We
would have struck sooner. deeper. That
which is right In defense of Washington
home is right IN defense of a home on top
of the Sierra Nevada Before this dwin-
that this generation might by common
justice atone for the inhumanity Of It's
predecessors. In the day of Gods judg-
mcnt / would rather be n blood smeared
Mctloc than n swindling United States Of
flccr on an Indian reservation. One was a
barbarian and "a savage, and never pre-
tended to he anything but barbarian
and Il savage. The other pretended to be a
representative of n Christian nation. Not
withstanding all this the general disgust
with war and the substitution Of diplo
matte skill for the glittering edge of keen
steel is sign unmistakable that 1.-THE day
is at hand.
The Worlds Nearness.
find another ray Of dawn in the COM
preston Of the worlds distances What a
slow, snaillike, almost impossible thing
would have been the worlds rectifcation
with /, 400, 900, 900 Of population and no
facilc means of communication, but now,
through tclegraphy for the eye and tele
phonic intimacy for the ear and through
stcamboating and railroading the 20, 900
miles of the worlds circumference are
shrivcling up into insignificant breyity.
Hongkong Is nearer to New York than a
few years ago New Haven was, Bombay,
Moscow, Madras, Melbourne within speak
ing distance. Purchase u Geographic chart,
and by the blue lines see the telegraphs Of
the land and by the red lines the cables
under the ocean. You see what opportuni
~ this is going 10 give for the final move
ments Of Christianity.
a fortress may he months or years in
building. but after II Is constructed 1t
may do all its work in 90 minutes Chris
tianity has heen planting its batteries for
| Ia. 81 Il
through other centuries, but when those
batteries are thoroughly planted, those
fortrcs>cs are fully built, they may oil do
their work In 81 hours. The world some
times dcrides the church for slowness Of
movement Is science any quicker Die 1t
not take science Bose years to find out SO
simple thing the circulation Of the
human blood: With the earth and the sky
| full of electricity, science took 3, 500 years
before il even guessed that there was any
| practical Use that might he made of this
subtle and mighty element. When good
men take possession OF all these scientific
forces and all these agencies of invention,
| do not know that the redemption Of the
world will he more than the work Of half
II day Do we not read the queens speech
ut the proroguing of parliament the day
before in London: II that be so. is II any
thing marvellous TO believe that in "a hours
IA divine communication can reach the
whole earth? suppose Christ should de-
scend on the nations-many expect that
Christ will come among the nations per-
sonally; suppose that tomorrow morning
the son OF God from n lowering cloud
should descend upon these cities Would
not that fact be known all the world over
in "a hours: Suppose he should present
his go5pcl in a few words, saying: II am
the Son of God. l came TO pardon all your
sins and to heal all your SORROW To prove
that | am supernatural being have
just descended from the clouds Do you
believe me, and do you believe me nowi"
Why, all the telegraph stations OF the earth
would be crowded rs none OF them were
ever crowded just after n shipwrcck
tell you all these things 10 show you 1t
is not among the impossibilities or even
the improbabilitics that Christ will con-
quer the whole earth, and do 1t instanter
when the time comes. There are fore
tokenings in the air. Something great is
going TO happen. do not think that Jul
piter Is going to run us down or that the
axle of the world is going to break, but
mean something great for the worlds
blessing and not for the worlds damage is
going TO happen. j think the world has
had II hard enough. Enough the famines
and plaques. Enough the Asiatic chol-
erns Enough the wars. Enough the
shipwrecks. Enough the conflagrations
think our world could stand right well
procession of properties and triumphs.
Better be on the lookout. Better have your
Observatories open toward the heavens
and the lenses OF your most powerful tele-
scopes well polished. Better have all your
Lcyden jars ready for some new pulsation
Of mighty influence. Better have new
fonts of type in your printing offices to set
up some astounding good news. Better
have some new banner that has never been
carried ready for sudden professions Bet
ter have the bells in your church towers
well hung and rope within reach that
you may ring out the marriage OF the
Kings Son. Cleanse all your courthouscs,
for the Judge Of all the earth may appear.
Let nll your Legislative halls be gilded, for
the Great Lawgivcr may DE about to come
Drive off the thrones Of dcspotism all the
occupants, for the King Of heaven and
earth may he about 10 reign The dark
ness of the night is blooming and whiten-
Ing into the lilies Of morning cloud and
the lilies reddening into the roses Of stron-
ger day-nt garlands, whether white or
red, for him on whose head are many
crowns. THE day is Mt hand
Rays of Dawn