The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-19
But that thou art ever dreadful, ever bar
harous, l shall not deny.
WAR STRIPPED OF SHOW

But, that thou art ever dreao1ut, ever par
harous, l shall not deny.
WAR STRIPPED OF SHOW.
War! Is It by cunning design-in order to
hide from men thy true nature-that pomp ana
circumstance attend thy march: that poetry
and music set in brightest colors the rays
OF light struggling through thy heavy dark.
ness; that history weaves into threads or
richest glory the woes and virtues of thy
victims Stripped of thy show and tinsel who
art thou but the Staying of men-the Staying
Of men by the thousands-aye, often by the
tens. by the hundreds of thousands!
With steady aim and relentless energy:
! tasking science to its utmost ingenuity, and
multitudes of men of their utmost endurance
whole nations work Gay and nght-fttiEg
themselves for the quick and extensive kill
ing of men. This the preparation for war.
Armies meet on the field of battle; shot and
shell rend the air; men fall to the ground
| like leaves in autumnal storm, bleeding.
agonlzlng. dying; the earth is Redeemed by
human blood: the more CORY the earth be-
meath the tread Of one army the louder the
revel of victory in the ranks of the other.
| This; the actual conflict of war. From north
10 south, from east to west through both
countries whose flags were raised over the
field of battle. homes~not to be numbered
mourn in soul-wrecking grief, for husband.
father, son, or brother. who sank benea III
| the fcemans steel yielded life within the
fever-tent, or, who, surviving shot and MAJ
/ ady, carries back to his loved ones maimed
/ CT weakened body. This. the result Of war.
Reduce to the smallest sacrifice of human
! life the carnage of the battle 1eld-some one
| mas 0led, and some is bereft.
only one killed. the head line reads.
The glad news speeds"
| The news boys cry. killed only one!'
He was my son.
''What were thousand to this ONE
my only CON-
1t was Wellington who said: Take my
word for It. If you had seen but one day of
war, you would pray to Almighty God that
you might never such a thing again"
1t was NAPOLEON. who said: THE sight Of
a battle field after the fight is enough 10
princes a n
horror of war"
War. be thou gone from my souls sight
l thank the good Gcd that thy ghast,y spec
ire stands no \longer upon the thresholds
of the homes of my fellow country men
in America, or of my fellow beings in dis
! tant Andalusia. When | ask heaven shall
humanity rise to such heights of reason and
of religion that war shall be impossible and
! stories of battle fields but the saddeniEg
: echoes OF primitive ages of the race?
AWAIT THE BLESSED DAY.
And yet, while await that blessed day,
when embodied justice shall sit in judgment
! between peoples, as between individuals
from time to time conditions more repel-ant
/ than war may confront a nation; and to re-
move such conditions the solemn dictates of
reason and of religion impose war as rghte-
! Gus and obligatory. Let the life Of a nation
or the integrity of its territory be menaced
/ let the honor of a nation be assailed; let
srievous crime against humanity be perpe-
trated within reach Of a nations flag or a
nations arm, reiterated appeals to argument
and diplomacy failing, what else remains 10
nation is not so base to court death or dis
homer. but to challenge the fortunes of war.
! and give battle while strength remains in de-
fence OF its hearthstones and its altars?"
War, indeed. is dreadful; but let it come; the
! sky may fa,l, but let justice be done! War is
no longer reputation Of peace; but the
/ means to Deace-to the sole peace a self
respecting people may enjoy. peace with
homer.
! who at countrys call engage in such a war
are the country's heroes to whom must be
given unstinted gratitude and unstinted
praise. The sword in their hands is the en-
blem of self-sacrifice and of va,or; the flag
which leads them betokens their country, and
! bids them pour out in oblation to pure st
patriotism the life-blcod of their hearts; the
! shroud which spreads over the dead of the
battlefield is the mantle of fame ard Of glory.
Happy the nation, which has the courage
) OF just war no less than that of Just
peace, whose sons are able and willing to
! serve her with honor alike in war and in
/ peace! Happy the nation, whose jubilee OF
/ peace, when war has ceased, is also jubilee
! Of victory.
eve love peace, not war; but when We go
/ to war. we send to it the best and bravest
of the country" These words spoken few
/ days ago by the chief magistrate of America
embody great principle of American pohtl-
| cal life.
IN NAME OF HUMANITY.
Six months ago the congress Of the United
| States declared that in the name of humanity
war should be waged in order to give to the
! island of Cuba a stable and Independent gov
| eminent. Magnificent patriotism of Am ca!
! The people of the United States at once arcs
| in their might. They argued not, they S
| tated not; America had spoken; tie was
| not to judge, but to obey. In moment tae
money of America, the lives Of Amsrica, were
| at the disposal of the chief magistrate of the
nation, whose sole embarrassment was the too
| generous response to his appeal for means TO
bring victory to the nations flag. America
| had spoken; partisan politics, sectional els
putes instantly stiled beneath the N l.
| jesty of her voice. Oft it had been wh.sp sre1
! that we had North and South; when
America spoke we knew were but one peo-
! pie, that all were Americans. 1t had bee1
whispered that social and economic lines were
! hopelessly dividing the American peop,e, and
! that patriotism was retreating before the
! growth of class interests and class prajud C s.
! But when America spoke there was no one
! in the land who was not an American; the
! laborer dropped his hammer. the farmer
turned his plough, the merchant forgot his
| counting-rcom, the millionaire closed tbs
| door of his mansion, and side by side. equa
! in their love of country and their resolve t.
serve her, they marched to danger and to
death. America can never doubt the united
| loyalty of her whole population, nor of thS
power which such united loyalty puts into her
| hand.
What may I not say in euiogy of the senti-
! ment of humanity, that in union with their
| patriotism swayed the hearts of the Ameri-
! can people and in their vision invested the
| war with the halo of highest and most sacred
duty to felloWmen?. ! speak Of the grea1
| multitude whom we name the American peo-
a neighboring people, struggling for peace
and liberty; they believed that only through
war could they acGuit themselves CT t3t
| sacred duty Of rescuing that people from the1i
sufferings. I state a broad undeniable fact
The dominating, impellng motive OF the war
in the depth of the national heart of Amer
lea, was the sentiment of humanity. The
! people of America offered their lives through
no sordid ambition Of pecuniary gain. of con-
quest OF territory. OF national aggrandiZe
ment. Theirs was the high born ambition
to succor fellow-man.
POWER OF AMERICA.
What strength and power America wa:
| found to possess! When war was declared sc
small was her army, so small her navy tha
the thought of war coming upon the coun-
try affrghte6 for the moment her own citi
zens and excited the deriSiye smiles OF for
egners. OF her latent resources no doub
was possible; but how much time needed
to utilize them. and meanwhile how mucf
| humiliation was possible? The president
| waved his wand; instantly armies and navief
| were created as by magic. Within a few