Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-20
THE SAVAGE SIDE OF MAN.
A Lady's Views of War and Inter-
national Strife.
(For the Dispatch.)

national Strife.
For the Dispatch)
That man is sometimes inspired by pa
triotism to engage in warfare, no one VIII
deny. When his inalienable rights are
assailed and superior force essays 70
coerce him to retract the dictates OF MS
conscience. or else invade his home, then
it is. in such an emergency, that every
noble element In his character Is aroused
and his arm is nerved TO go forth ana pat
tie in defence of home and hreside' ms
is patriotism in it's most exalted FORM;
and where can history furnish grander
example than in the person OF the great
military leader, Robert e. Lee, VINO
Loved not war, but could not well re-
nounce
The fealty TO his native land due
He marshalled a force, one Of whom
might be taken as a fair representative
an aged father, who, seeing the morse
with empty saddle come home pan nav
ing ended the life of the rider-his elder
son-said. pointing to his other SON. YET III
his teens: my son, mount the morse
the ranks must be filled Such was tle
spirit of the intrepid host, who thought
that
whether on cross uplitted hlgh'
Or I'm the battles van;
The httest place for man to de-
Is where he dies for man.
But that man is far oftener actuated
nv the savage instinct Of his nature
let some evidence and a few examples sur
fee 10 prove: Man, in his fallen state
said the eminent divine, Charles II. spur
geon. 'Is worse than some OF the lower
animals: he has cat in him, dog IN hlin'
lion in him, tiger in him serpent In MN
| devil in him-that is, he is part man. Pai
! beast. and part devil How, then' De
ing composed Of this trio, can UNIVERSAL
peace be expected {. reign? There Is 70
| he found I'm this analysis Of unregenerate
man the instructive elements of selilsh-
| ness ereediness, ferocity, stealthlness'
! subtlety. and duplicity. Hence, when the
/ tocsin of war is sounded 10 aVehse d
| wrong. fancied or real or when conquest
! is the ultimate end in view, this creature
man-with all the baser attributes OF ms
| natured aroused, rushes into war Tor war 5
/ own sake and in 50 doing Is ihdhllcS'5
| a specimen Of savagery.
! one of the earliest and most notorious
tvnes which history affords was revealed
II, the parsonage known as Alexander the
Great who when he had conquered INC
world went because there were LO'
others to subdue. Being overwhelmed Dy
| tho Greatness of the unprecedenteh
achievement and the insatiate thirst lOi
| conquest, he thought to quench IL III lht
| solace of the bacchanalian cup, with the
result that his short, but cruel career
was suddenly ended forever.
Fmnires and empires have risen, totter
| cd and fallen since then. The centurlc'
came and went, weaving their Varle-
web Of ever-changing tissue unul th'
nineteenth A. D.. when the WolIu I'D,
tsrfGll 1ra
grown in civilization ana WlsdoLh'
giant il was thought But a savage ty'
of greater genius ana hoIolle'S nc.
Alexander the Great was ushered upO'
&c etaqe--that imperial impersonauoI
~ force and murder" known as Napoieoi
the Great Six million men slam Al
bis varsl The heart sickens at III
tborght of the widows and orphans n
roode. of the weeping Rachels VINO WOLl
! not bo conforted And all to appedse IN
/ ambition of himself. But ere the std
of his homes had risen TO its zenith
suddenly cropped into the gloom OF per
petual night. .s,.o,,o.,
An italian scientist recently advance
the opinion that Alexander NapoIeo.
and other similar characters were auec.
ed with epilepsy when cauSeu thS'
seemingly insane careers. science -
,,oor musician to diagnose sin-sick mar
|
of eniiepsy which affected cam anu ii'
80, hersditary throughout succeedlr
generations. ,..o u,h,ols
r. .ho Garth nearly a century mo.
; sirce Napoleon's sun Of destiny SET
waterloo What marvellous change
q have been made since then by the rap
b strides i'm arts, sciences, and ethlcs! bu
T. oiast The heart of man is the sam
% Noarlv three and half decades mad u
tervened between Appomattox ana u
i Standardization conflict. Puiplt az
y 80 forum and political stump had Ia
ed 10 bring about what the northern pc
5 fe termed a Reconstruction OF lne sc
timent of the South towards the eucl
government Ever and anon tne
sores which had seemed 20 hedl "
.,o,,id omen and bleed afresh. What, the
y has brought about TINS y, -
D. anomalous condition of analrsF II
s,r,rIv that the spirit OF warfare is !
~ ai@nnous In the human heart a.
w. tbet men will affiliate 10 stri
bands IA war when they would not Il
d otbor reasons. How absurd!' the st'
IT, an NJ human nature feels constraln,
: 40 e,.claim when he first observes u
Ita-srsrt eulses under which the saVai
u 0l-'o,ont in man seeks 10 pose IN SOli
~ a. hattie 1t will be called PATRIOTISM
love for the old flag. Instance the ioiio'
g ne. one of the volunteers in the rece'
10 war said that his feelings had De,
- wounded by being lanished rom U
= rarental roof and rather than ehterta
n fasire 10 'eturn chat is, TO condu
himself in such a manner as would mel
1c roroiveness). he thought he would emu
81 ~ defsnce OF Old Glory, as he loVed
eI an6 ala not want TO see 1t dishonort
etra,ee love for a nag that 1t sncuid ;
b. ncrsede that for his mother ana lath'
Cf VIZ should he dishonor them, rain
n "' > nag dishonored? The re
., to obvious. Another guise Is huma
n .one might as well talk or smoth'
&c ~ nan 10 death in order to cure n
et 80 astbma as to talk of hghtng
Isl -. humanity's sake. Moreover an
no. humanity in the name OF WIN
ne ,," Was declared had been glorious.
G achieved. there were many VINO ihS'e
of - ',a'ororatulatiuq themselves on the %
a,,on Of hostillties. felt really disappoi
80 Thev wanted the slaughtering TO
.,a..nl eaieG tnes no" ila
M n,o,bsrs hearts were wrung with angui
"a nr how many OF the flower Of the 20,
=, ,,o',Id go forth into the pursuits OF
-, msiroed halt. or blind. After me seso
~ arsat naval victory, wich practically