The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-02

men and nations cannot settle their differ.
| ences in the name Of reason and righteous.
| ness, through the moral, peaceful arms of
reason and righteousness, but must take
| themselves to the field Of gore, wherein,
however necessary war may have been to
| secure Justice and maintain honor, the YER
| dict Of battle Is Of itself the voice Of might
and not the voice of pure. simple, unvar-
nished justice. So war Is to be avoided, II It
| can be avoided.
But, again l say, when the authority of the
| nation declares 1t is not to be avoided, the
| citizens Of the nation are bound to accept the
mandate without further arguing, further dis
cussing, without further efforts at peace. The
honor and the integrity OF the nation are now
engaged, and the honor and the integrity OF
| the republic are questions which We do not
discuss. which rise in their sublmity above
all possible suffering and all possible disaster
that might come to individuals, whether of
this nation or Of the nation against which We
| are warning.
An Inspiring Sight.
| 1t Is inspiring to with what generous
enthusiasm citizens from all states Of the
Union are offering themselves to the coun-
try, to suffer, to die If need be, for the coun-
| try. We cannot but rejoice that there is In
| America that sense of duty, that sense OF
| loyalty that sense of self-sacrifice which
alone can cement men into nation, which
alone can protect a nation, which alone can
| maintain the honor Of nation. While the
war shall last, we shall pray for our country
that God, the God Of nations, may guard 1t
well, and that the outcome OF battles may be
! to leave this nation untarnished, so that on
| the return of peace we may be able to salute
America not with deeper love- but with moro
exalted pride than We do today. we snail
pray for the nation, and so far as we may
! circumstances permitting, assist the nation In
! the mighty task which has now fallen TO
her. We shall pray, too, that the ends OF
war; whatever in Gods providence they may
| be, shall be swiftly secured, and the day be
not distant when peace again shall reign over
the land, when war shall be but memory
For repeat war Is terrible, and we do not
desire the continuance OF terrible Things, eX-
cepting so much as they may be absolutely
necessary.
Action of the Holy Father.
Shall speak to you Of the action of the
supreme head Of the Catholic church? When
peace, as he thought, was possible, he used
his mighty moral power to secure peace This
was his right as the lawmaker and chieftain
of the church, which is essentially an insitu-
ton of peace and good will. The thoughtful
world must needs applaud the efforts Of the
holy father for peace. He interfered not in
civil matters Of one natlon or another; there
was no assertion of claims to temporal sover-
eighty on his part; he spoke as chieftain Of
that great society, the Catholic church,
which all nations and all men, whatever their
peculiar religious belief, must needs acknowl,
| edge as the mightiest aggregation Of moral
power that the world has ever seen or ever
can see.
say, in further explanation, that the CT
| forts of the holy father for peace were used
more directly with Spain, which being ma
ton of Catholics would naturally be ex-
pected to listen more heartily to the words
| of the holy father, and without entering into
acts or facts preceding those efforts, I
must say in all truth that, at the request Of
the holy father. the Spanish nation through
be laid down by the soldiers Of Spain in
| the island Of Cuba. and that moral means
| should at once be resorted to to strive to
secure what heretofore battle had not Sc
| cured.
Spain's Concessions Late.
This concession of Spain came too late,
and war was declared by the supreme au-
! thority Of the republic of America, but the
thoughtful and the wise and the sensible in
America cannot but applaud the good will
and the action OF the pon.iff Of Rome in sre Ak
| ing words of peace and In doing what he
| could within the limits of his moral power
| to secure peace 1t is to the honor of the
! fair minded Americans that his efforts were
| duly understood and appreciated by
| those who did not believe that war could
| under the circumstances of the times, be
avoided At the present moment, when war
is waging, the holy father remains aloof
from the conflict, showing no favor to one
| nation or to the other. praying that God may
soon send to both peace and social happi-
ness.
War in Humenity's Name.
| We pray and we hope, Americans as we
| are, that all will be well for our country.
| We pray and we hope that new page in the
| history of the republic will be turned over
| as the result of this war. There is some
| thing very peculiar in this war in which we
| are now engaged, something which indicates
an inspiration to a high ideal scarcely ever
| found before in history; indeed l may say
| never before, except perhaps in wars de-
clared by Christian nations against Moham-
medan. 1t is this, that this war avowedly is
a war in the name Of humanity. The Ameri-
| can people have believed that humanity, love
| for fellowman, compassion for the oppressed
and the suffering demanded on the part of
America intervention even through war.
| This war, to the honor of our nation, is
plainly declared by congress not to be a
war of conquest. Heretofore kings and en-
| perors declared war to secure to themselves
a slice OF territory. America disavows OPEN
| ly and officially any such intention. 1t Is
| avowedly a war for humanity This is a
! high ideal, this is a new thought introduced
| in international relations. If the ideal be
hereafter lived up to by America herself and
initiated somewhat by other nations it will
| really be a turn in the history of interna-
| tional politics, in the history of the nations
| of the earth. Whether or not the fuliness
of the ideal given to the people of America
and to the world in the name of the people
| of America has been fully understood by
| spoken Of course great responsibility falls
| upon this nation.
| Our Humane Principles.
| nation going to war in the name of hu-
manity must conduct that war on most hu-
name Christian principles; nation going to
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