Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-30
The Soudan sIaughtering.
Cynfrid Lawson, in the Manchester Guar

Cyyufrid Lawson in the Manchester Huai
diam .,..-
A Iitt1a while after the lndldn MullHy
the late Lord Elgin said: Il have seluoii,
tron man or woman, since / came TO the
East heard a sentence which was recon-
cilable with the hypothesis thal On III,
tiauitv had ever come lhlo lhc ~. L.
In view of the state of public OPINION III
EnoIand touching our proceedings III tile
Soudan. one is inclined to thlnk thdI mo
moral tone in the West is no Deter NV
than IL was in those days IN the E'd 80,
W. literally reVel in the slaughter OF ouI
faiiov-men 4 few thousand massacreu
last Good Friday at the Atpara llIeI ELs
iisbmen with 10y during the holy raster
season. and whetted our appetite loi 80 " -
has followed on larger sCdIc az -,
toum The reports indicate that tneIe
onr nerfected machinery OF slaughter hd mas
been effective in moving down some 49,
or 70 900 men, who were iSntlhs iOi ~.
country. and in wounding sun ldi 80
number, who at TINS very IO IN in
lingering out their last moments IN IN
describ9ble agony in the holes ana hluins
rlaces into which they have crept 10 uIe.
The correspondent who supplleu I.vue' OF
news Il presume Chrlsuahl wiz! .Ss %
them thus i'm to-day's papers FROM
everv straw shelter thin streams OF blood
ooze ont. blackening in the scorchiHS
vertical sun. No sympathy can DC le''
for these fiends incarnate. - ,ou
Such, sir are the glorious C 1oIhg ,o a1s
are writing impassioned sonnets, ana over
which almost all our able leader writer's
i'm the press are waxing more OF 80 80
historical with delight. surely tne III
has come when this nation should lhllh
seriously of what IL means by It's TOT
eien nolicv." IL is the fashion now TO
talk of the policy of the open uoor.
Well if you are going 10 open ~! Ine ot uoot
bv force that is the policy OF Bill Skies.
! can make nothing else OF 1t. Inc one
idea seems TO be money. money
money" 1t is TO secure gam Dy loICT III
stead OF by honest dealing thaI we h Lip
nm orr enormous ornaments. Lest lnla
statement should be contradicted, give
my authority, the Chancellor OF the TX
cheauer. who said this year IN ms puusSi
sneech: I'm the British empire we speIu
900 on our navy ana c l9i 20 ~
our army. a total amount 96S'dO,vp. "A
littie later in the speech ne eAptdlhe1
that "the real object OF our havai b IN,
military expenditure was lor push" ne
and promoting our trade throusnou'
This massage shows the difference pc
800, ,he "Imperialist" and the Little
Enolonder" The former is Tor uaue
preceded by murder; the latter Is Ior ca 81
rying it on peaceaDly ana hShesuy, .as-
mon Let us never forget this state
ment of his. proving that all our arIna-
ments are kept up for the sake OF MONEY
and the taking OF money, money oy o sEl for9
e s policy is described in a verse which which
7 read somewhere or other and when
seems TO hit the nail exactly on the he"u'
There is no law OF God or man
Which England heed obey.
TaEa what YOU can and all you can,
And keep il while you may
That rule being laid down, OF course
raids, robberies. murder, and massachse,
legitimately follow, and II Is quite risn r
tbat the bigger the massacre the greater
should be the rejoicing, as is the case IN
his Khartoum business. For myseli;
these massacres I'll me with shame ana ma
disgust: for. although ! am n,lhp ps.
gard for the teachings Of the New les