The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1898-06-06

trumpets now have their origin
and operation through the reason
and judgment Of men.
Naturally, we turn first to oul
Town country for the most striking
example Of this higher conception
lof human relations. The civil wal
saw this land rent ii twain BY strift
and again united ia purpose AND
aspiration, until sectional lines
exist only III the memory Of men.
The struggle for asserted rights was
illuminated By deeds Of desperate
valor By both north and south,
The bitter aspefsiibfls generated
By selfshnesa and ambition are
smould ering ii the graves Of ou1
dead. The rehabilitation Of
homes and the ablishment Of a
country without section, show that
men now recognize the fraternal
sentiment, that aiiimosity ii to Be
merged into fellowship and that
sectional must yield to broad uni
yefsal patriotism The heroes Of
the conflict are the heroes Of d
united people. The willow that
waves it's naournfull branches over
the graves where southern sol iera
kiYouac ii their tanfs of green 4
essiye 81 much national
sorrow as the myrtle that twines
its tendrils around, and festoons
with blossoms, the graves Of the
soldiers Of the north Every mon
ument erected BY hands d. hearts
Of poverty and patriotism, every
statue croWning hillside and pub
lie square, every wreath and gar
land streWn by loving hands,
prove that the fire. Of conflict IS
ended aud ii Its place the spirit Of
fraternity reigns.
And, while the morning and
evening gun still stirs the hearts of
brave men to action, the old time
spirit of militarism is doomed.
What could be more pathetic,
what more touching, than to see
the scared veterans of France, men
of heroic mould and unpliable
spirit cheering an attack on war?
The anniversary Of the battle of
Trafalgar, a celebration which once
produced a blaze of patriotism
throughout England now aWakens
no more than official enthusiasm.
The Fatherland, only lately glow:
ing with martial victory, no longer
prides herself in her ability to des-
troy but extols the advocate of
peace who, without firing a shot,
has found a way to extend German
influence through the medium Of
the common schools. England
and America bound by common
ties Of Language, kinship and as
iratioI have arisep @ ths very
il nts ii national grandeur 81
adjusting differences BY arbitra-
ton.
The Great Powers of Europe
which have existed as independent
sovereignities for a thousand
years, each with it's own peculiar
civilization, are stirred by this
humane cause. A Peace Congress
of sixteen nations meet to further
humanity's cause. A Congress of
Religions, representing almost
every country and creed on the
globe; meet on common ground to
augment the CO mmon good. Ever
since Mediaeval times, when ma
tional boundaries were sinsecure
and transitory, we have seen a,pro-
erosion of divin ELY ordered prelim-
inaries toward g reater national con-
tentment. Witness, if you please,
the enlargement of cur own country
from the easternmdst cliff on the
Atlantic to the last promontory on
the Pacific, (which catches the
parting kiss of the setting sun as
he bids adieu behind the Golden
Gate" Note the union of italian
states, the consolidation of Ger
man states, the incorporation into
Russia of. Asiatic states, the per-
manent union of central Europe
from the Baltic to the Mediterra-
mean IN q defensive bond for greater
unity Of interest.
What significance has this Wan-
ing Of warlike tendencies except
for humanitalian purposes Il i
the growing Consciousness that
man antagonistic is man savage;
and man cooperative is man civil
lied. It means that the true
greatness of aEnation is not in the
maintenance Of useless army,
which withdraWs from industrial
activities the best element of q
people, but in moral elevation, in
co-operatiye business relations. in