The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-05-23

dren, and tho time will come when no
civilized nation or mother will glorify
in such sacrifice of human life, but
will say humanity is better served by
arbitration and by peace.
Now, Mrs. Birney and the women
who applauded so rapturously this well
sounding oratory may fiatter themselves
that they are preaching the gospel OF
peace; instead they are merely the
prophets of the new sentimentality
Doubtless they have forgotten the phi.
losopher who said it is "war which
makes peace possible " They may have
forgotten, too. that if it were not for
women wars would go out of fashion
Women have made more wars than ev-
er toy drums and trumpets and sw ords
are likely to stir. 1t was Pascal, cynic.
al old fellow, was it not. who said that
eff Cleopatra's nose had been longer
the whole face of the world would have
been different.
Zenobia, Semiramis, Cleopatra, Hell.
en- of Troy. Brunhild, Maria Theresa
Catherine of Russia, Elizabeth of Eng
land, Mary of Scotland Catherine de-
Medici, Vittoria Colonna, Marguerite
de Valois, Jeanne d Arc and Eugene of
France have inspired battles. 1t was
poor, unhappy little Evangelina Cisne-
ros who by her beauty and misfortune
aroused the whole American peoples
sympathies for Cuba and as much as
anything enlisted them as the enemies
of Spain. The youthful Moses, David,
Washington and Grant were very like
ly fond of military toys and got them,
but it would be a very tboughtless per-
son who would say that they were
brought up 10y foolish women.
The trouble with most of US in this
age is that we lack good red blood in
our veins and good wholesome thoughts
in our brains. If there was more fight
ing going on, there would be fewer an@-
rnic. retrospective men aud women MAX
ing speciality Of the degenerate. The
zabethan era, in which war was the
fashion, resulted in more that was en-
nobling to the human heart and mind
than any other period brought to the
Anglo Saxon race. The greatest things
in art and literature and music have
been in way dependent on the express
sion of the free and fearless spirit of a
free and fearless people, ready to back
their word of mouth with the sterner
argument of the sword.
Until all little boys are as good as the
little boy who won't slap back the
world is going to have the old story of
the tyrant and the oppressor. Moral
suasion, 1t is to be regretted, does not
count for much either with small ur-
chins or nations.
Ever since prehistoric man, clad in
an auroch's skin, went forth to conquer
or be conquered women have worshiped
the waving banners and the plumes Of
war;" 1t is an instinct and was design.
ed for wise purpose. Nations that do
not go TO war much are weak and nam.
by PANTY and suffer quite as painfully
from ennui as from the aggressions OF
their neighbors.
Bloodletting is good thing now and
then, and war has often proved Itself
wholesome moral surgeon EVERYWHERE
and at every time there has been somo
nation or man wiser and stronger and
more progressive than all the others. aud
it Is we'll for human progress that, as q
rule, these men and peoples have been
able to stamp their individuality upon
the weaker and less clear seeing IL IL
OF course unfortunate that TO effect this
few men have died. but
To- every man upon tins earth
Death cOrneth soon or late,
Anl how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes Of his fathers
And the temples of his godsf