The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1896-01-17

Tor the Armenians, if not through Amer
lean reporters, then through some of
his 800 wives What TO do with him?
There ought to be some st. Helena to
which he could be exiled while the ma
lions OF Europe appoint ruler of their
own to clean ont and take possession of
the palaces OF Constantinople. Tonight
this august assemblage in the capital of
the United States, in the name of the
God of nations, indicts the Turkish gov
eminent for the wholesale assassination
in Armenia and invokes the interior
ence OF Almighty God and the protest of
eastern and western hemispheres.
Cobweb of Spiders.
But what is the duty of the hour?
Sympathy, deep, wide, tremendous. i'm
mediate A religious paper, The Chris
tian Herald of New York, has led the
way with munifcent contributions COL
lected from it's subscribers. But the
Turkish government is opposed 20 any
relief of the Armenian sufferers, as
personally know. Last August, before I
had any idea of becoming fellow citi-
zen with you Washingtonians, $50, 900
+ for Armenian relief was offered me if
would personally take that relief to
Armenia. My passage was to be engaged
on the City of Paris, but telegram was
sent to Constantinople asking if the
Turkish government would grant me
protection on such an errand of mercy.
A cablegram said the Turkish govern
ment wished to know to what points in
! Armenia 1 desired to go with that re-
lief In our reply four cities were NAM
ed, one Of them the scene of what had
been the chief massacre. A cablegram
came from Constantinople saying that I
had better send the money to the Turk
ish governments mixed commission,
and they would distribute it. So cob
web of spiders proposed relief COM
mittee for unfortunate flies. Well, a
man who would start up through the
mountains of Armenia with $50, 900
and no governmental protection would
be guilty of monumental foolhardiness.
The Turkish government has in every
possible way hindered Armenian relief.
An Angel of Mercy.
Now where is that angel of mercy,
Clara Barton, who appeared on the bat
tlefields Of Fredericksburg, Antietam,
Falmouth and Cedar Mountain and I'M
der the blaze of French and German
guns at Metz and Paris and in Johns
town floods and Charleston earthquake
and Michigan fires and Russian famine?
1t was comparatively of little impor
lance that the German emperor decorated
her with the Iron Cross, for God hath
decorated her in the sight of all nations
with glory that neither time nor eter-
nifty can dim. Born in Massachusetts
village, she came in her girlhood to this
city to servo our government in the pat
ent office, but afterward went forth
from the doors of that patent office with
divine patent signed and sealed by
God himself to heal all the wounds she
could touch and make the horrors of the
flood and fire and plague and hospital
fly her presence. God bless Clara Bar
ton Just as I expected, she lifts tho
banner of the Red Cross. Turkey and
all nations are pledged to respect and
defend that Red Cross, although th7ss
color of cross does not, in the opinion Of
many, stand for Christianity. In my
opinion it does stand for Christianity,
for was not the cross under which most
of us worship red with the blood of the
Son of God, red with the best blood that
was ever shed, red with the blood pour
ed out for the ransom of the world?
Then lead on, oh, Red Gross, and let
Clara Barton carry it / The Turkish gov
eminent is bound to protect her, and
the chariots of God are 90, 900 and their
charioteers are angels of deliverance.
and they would all ride down at once to
roll over and trample under the hoofs OF
their white horses any of her assailants.
May the $500,0 she seeks be laid at
her feet Then may the ships that carry
her across Atlantic and Mediterranean
seas be guided safely by him who trod
into sapphire pavement bestormed Cali
lee Upon soil incarnadiped with martyr
dom let the Red Cross be planted until
every demolished village shall be re-
builded and every pang of hunger be fed
and every wound of cruelty be healed
and Armenia stand with as much liber-
ty to serve God in its own way as in this
the D6SJ lauu Oh dll the eartn, we, bn6
descendants of the Puritans and Hol-
landers and Huguenots, are free to wor-
ship the Christ who came to set all ma
lions free.
The Cry of Duty.
1t has been said that if we go over
there to interfere ON another continent
that will imply the right for other ma
tions to interfere with affairs ON this
continent, and so the Monroe doctrine
be jeopardized. No, mol President
Cleveland expressed the sentiment Of
every intelligent and patriotic Ameri-
can when he Numbered from the White
House a warning to all nations that
there is not one acre or one inch more
of ground ON this continent for any
transatlantic government to occupy.
And by that doctrine we stand now and
shall forever stand. But there is doc
trine as much higher than the Monroe
doctrine as the heavens are higher than
the earth, and that is the doctrine CT
humanitarianism and sympathy and
Christian helpfulness which one cold
December midnight, with loud and