Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-05-28
.sss.rrins to q. fact that he is an e1-con-

tstefring to the fact that he is an ex-Con-
MAJOR warner Il mild hammered enough
pow. but thirty-seven years ago he was try
ng bis best 70 shoot me down. But as some
they dM Of me. We Wei fought @ On an q. open n fieid
and for our honest convictions. But when
Lee surrendered st Appomattox. his follow
and that henceforfh this was our country
to this the Confederate soldiers have been
been some persons, who. from sinister ino-
lives, have doubted our sincerity, and be.
leved that the old battle cry would boost
them into ONCE. But there are none such
when our president-not the Republican
or the Democratic president, mot the silver
called for 13QOO men, the South responded
With the same aiacrity as did Maine and
1assschusetts, and when the c,ashsef
veteran was the nrst hero to offer up his
!hsave Ensign BagIey. Of North CaroIina):
view and the patriotism which distinguish
g his course. looked around for generals,
hi. eye fs on Eshti5g Joe Wheeler Wheel and
VIII 60 down In history with the greatest
heroes Of the republic And Lee asked that
the grandson Of General Grant be attached
plans Of the soyefnment; and We ought
ne me pspe nn0r Know he ali about tSsm OF
pretend to. but we should not crit
icise the authorities and hamper them
urge them % on in s unressonable % impetnosity. @ "
We must not rush our boys into battle un-
prepared and undtsciplined. We want no
or on the other. for we are a Christian ma
ton. and we can pray that this war shall
be blessing to Spain. Let US be patient
as Dewey DID I'D and and s stpke % telling M ea blow. So
From the throat Of every gun will then go
helching the thundefs Of death and destruc-
presses mankind and dishonors the race.
Decisive action In the most humane. for we
should not Kill single Spaniard more than
vigorous war we can pray that the day
will soon come when the nations shall
learn war no more"
DR.. Jenkins Speaks.
Rev. DR.. H. d. Jenkins. who is an ex-
Union spldier, followed Dr.sN Dr. Jen-
kins said: o. y
''There ure times in every great contest
when the sun stands still over Gideon and
the moon is motionless over the vale of
AJalon. but, thank God. there are no mo-
ments when it turns backward. When the
battle was fought in Manila bay we can
fancy all the old gods of brute force stood
silent and astonished by to see that nations
for humanitys sake. The gun that woke
the hour was the sunset gun of the tenth
century. II was the morning gun-,of the
twentieth. 1t said as plain as iron lips can
say anything that henceforth the parable
OF the Good Samaritan constituted the new
code Of international law.
Nor did the hour strike too SOON The
observer of to-day's political currents sees
that in the new world there are not to be
SIX hundred nationalities, but six. There
are TO be no more tribal asteroids in the
satellites Africa to-day. like Poland. is
a mere geographical expression, and that
most ancient empire Of the world China.
the world win soon be colonial to the other
fourth, and the question arises, what will
be the fate OF these millions of human
kind! The new new world is rising from
that II will be world without iron crowns
or starving reconcentradoes.s
ITO insure that our Anglo-SaIon kin
Side by side with the nag Of Gettysburg
they place the nag OF Waterloo. Neither
flag has known defeat for a hundred years,
and together they represent one-third the
land of the two hemispheres. one-third the
population Of the world. and more than
half the accumulated wealth Of christen-
dom. Possessing between them. now that
Indies. a double line 81 Islands both sides sides
of the eQuator-that union. sympathetic
now. but to become martial when needed
represents a force beside which all triple
events frausht with such world Wide and and
century wide results. well may steeples
with smoking muxxies and cities break into
volumes OF song. And, as In days of old
little children met the approaching Christ
these % Thousands M % Of boys and % sirs toods, 90 as
take part in our glad festival. knowing that
when they are octogenariane. bent and
feeble with the weight Of years, they viii