Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-09-22

| 10 be true to our Constitution and to the
| objects Of our organization. 1t Is only by
| being tbus'faithful that we can continue
to be instruments Of good to our country
and to society. True patriotism IS con-
sistent with true Christianity, and they
! only can contribute to the advancement
and prosperity of our country and peo-
pie. No greater fallacy can be imposed
| upon people than that we can chris
! tianizc ard enligbten foreign nation by
sending nn army and navy to suhjugate
them. We are taxing and expressing our
own degraded and overburdened poor to
| raise armies and build navics to carry
des0lation and death TO the other side of
the globe. Ella w. Wilcox says:
How can the slaves of Spain
Find freedom under your banner,
| While your own still wear the chain?
Loud Is the screech Of your eagle
| And boastful the voice Of your drums.
| But they do not silence the wall of des-
pair
| That rises out of your slums.
What will you do with your conquests,
| And how shall your hosts be fed,
While your streets are filled with desper-
ate throDgs
| Crying for work or bread?
The people of this country were de-
ceived and made to think that 1t was to
relieve suffering Cuba that war was in
augurated. The result now before US
| ought to convince every one that II was a
| false prctense. After war was declared the
sufforlngs of the poor Cubans were greatly
increased, by blockading the island
and preventing any relief from reach
| ing them; and added to their suffering
| was that of many thousands OF our young
| mcn, sent 10 Cuba in the sickly season TO
| perish from the fostering wounds Of bull
| lets or the deadly diseases incident to the
4 climate, and to exposure to rain, mud,
unhealthy food and filthy surroundings.
| When the remnant Sof the army was
broughs again to our shores many Of
| them were mere wrecks of manhood. Our
indignation is raised against the mis-.
management of the war. No manage.
ment could have prevented these dread
full results, Gen. Sherman truly said
"War is hell" and all the lessons OF his
tory confirm il. II We SOW war, we will
inevitably reap death, misery, desolation
and decentralization. This is as true as
that God is true. and His law is yea and
amen forever. Cast your eyes backward
to the invasion of Russia by Napoleon l.,
when 100000 men persisted miserably
amid snow and frost, choking the
streams with the bodies of men and
horses. But it is the same tale all through;
we need not name any one war.
hear even now the infinite fierce chorus,
The cries of agony, the endless groan,
Which through the ages that have gone be
fore us
In long reverberations reach our own.
Fellow. members of the Delaware Peace
Society, the object of our organization il
q holy and a Christian one. II we arr
faithful to it we will receive the blessing
of Christ on the peacemakers. A cal
has emanated from the Gar of Russia TO,
the nations to meet through their repre-
sentatives and devise means to amellorat,
the horrors of war by partial disarma
ment and by international discussion t
make the conception of universal peac,
triumph over the elements of discord
This is noble and beneficent proposal
coming from the hand of despotic, war
like nation. 1t will be on honor to ou
society to welcome and promote it b.
every possible means.