St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-06-18
Atlantic to throw into panic every city
ON our Americ IN SeabOard.

Atlantic to throw into panic every city
ON our Americ IN seaboard-
The wars of the Crusaders were only
to regain an empty sepulcher; the Ma
poleonic wars, with their 5000, COO
slaughtered men, were projected and
carried out to appease the ambition OF
one man; of the 2, ,000. 900 slain in Jew
ish wars, and of the 60, ,0OO, 900 slain in
wars under Julius Caesar; of the 1S0,-
GOO, 90 slain in wars with Turks and
Saracens; of the 50, ,OOO, ,O10 slain in wars
of Xerxes; of the aO,OOt', 900 slain in
wars of Justinian, and the $4,000, 900
slain in the wars of Genghis Kahn, not
one man was sacrificed by mercy; but
shooter. or cavalryman, or artillery
man, or engineer, who falls, falls in
the cause of mercy, and becomes .
martyr for God and his country.
Another alienation of this war il
that it is for the advancement OF the
sublime principle of liberty. which
will yet engirdle the earth. Not only
will this war free Cuba, but finally will
free Spain. BY what right does =
dynasty like that stand and corrupt
court dominate people for centuries,
taxing them to death, riding in gilded
chariot over the necks of beggared
population? There are 10000 boys in
Spain growing up with more capacity
to govern the nation than will the weak
boy now in the Madrid palace ever pos
sess. Before this conflict is over the
Spanish nation will be well on toward
the time when a constitutional conven-
ton Will assemble to establish free
government instead of the worn-out
dynasty that now atiiicts the people.
The liberty of all nations, TRANSATLANTIC
as well as cisatlantic, if not already
established. is on the way and it can
not be stopped.
Napoleon Ill. thought he had sue
cessfully driven the principle out OF
France, when, on the second day OF
December, 1851, he rode down the
Champs Elysces of Paris, constitutional
government seemingly crushed under
the hoofs of his steed. But did it stay
crushed? Let the batteries on the
heights above Sedan answer, and the
shout of a5O, 900 conquering hosts, and
the letter of surrender to Emperor
William tell the story. ''Sire, My
Brother: Not having been able to die
in the midst of my troops, it only re-
mains for me to place my sword In
your majcsty's hands, l am, your
majesty, your good brother, Napoleon.
Sedan, September l, 1870" That mon
archy having fallen, then the French
republic resumed it's march.
Another alleviation is that the war
opens with great victory for the
United States. 1t took our govern
ment four years to get over the fiasco
at Ball Run. A defeat at the start OF
this present war would have been dis
hearteniny to the last degrees and
would have invited foreign interven-
ton to stop the war before anything
practical for God and humanity had
been accomplished, and would have
prolonged the strife for which we are
hoping a quick termination In the
most iubilant manner let this victory
of our navy be celebrated With the
story of the exploding battleship fresh
in the minds of the world, it required
no ordinary courage to sail into the
harbor of Manila and attack the Span
ish shipping. That harbor, crowded
with sunken weaponry OF death; to en-
ter it was running q risk enough to
make all nations shiver. But Manila
is ours, and the blow has shaken to the
foundation the palacec at Madrid, and
for policy's sake the doubtful nations
are on our side For Commodore Dew
ey and all who followed him let the
whole nation utter its most resound-
ing huzza; and more than that, let Us
thank the Lord of hosts for His guild
ance and protecting power. ''Praise
We the Lord! Let everything that hath
breath praise the Lordr'
Another alleviation is the fact that
in this war the might is on the side OF
the right. Again and again have lib
erty and justice and suffering humani-
ty had the odds against them. 1t was
so when Benhadad's Syrian hosts, who
were in the wrong, at Aphek, came
upon the small regiments of Israel,
who were in the right, the Bible put
ting it in one Of those graphic sem
tences for which the book is remarka-
ble-''The children of Israel pitched
before them like two little fscks
of kids, but the Syrians filled
the whole country" 1t was SO in
the awful defeat of the Lords people
at Gilboa and Megiddo. 1t was SC
recently when gallant and glorious
Greece was in conflict with gigantic
Mohammedanism, and the navies 0l
Europe hovoring about the Bosporu,
were in practical protection Of thu
| Turkish government, fresh from thu
i slaughter of 10000 Armenians. II
was so when, in 1776, the 13 colonies
with no war shipping and few un
drilled and poorly-clad soldiers, were
brought into contest with the might
lest navy of the earth and an army
that commanded the admiration of ma
tions. 1t was SO when Poland waa
crushed. 1t was so when Hungary
went under. It has been so during all
the struggles heretofore for Cuban in
dependence. But now 1t is our power
full navy against q feeble group o
incompetent ships, crawling across ths
Atlantic ocean to meet our fotillas
which have enough guns to send then
as completely under as when the Rex
sea submerged Pharaoh's army. 1t il
so in these times, when only few
thousand Spaniards can reach oul
hemisphere, and we go out to mee
them with 125.OO0 armed men. to b
backed up speedily with 100000 more i
needed We do not have to ask for an,
miracles, but only . fair shot at th,
ships headed this way and time enougl
to demolish them This is one of th,
caseses in the worlds history wher,
might and right are shoulder t.
shoulder.
Another alleviation is in the fac
that such an atrocity as the destrue
ton OF a66 lives in Havana harbor il
time OF peace can not with impunit
be wrought iE this age OF the world
civilization. The question as to VIII
did that infernalism Is too well scttlc
tn need anv further discussion I'm