The Monte Vista journal., 1898-06-04
!. Myror Reeds Sermon. ::

ON the march or by the camp fire, or
sung softly in prison stockades.
Mr.. Mckinley calls for another TO-
600 men. Why not 100000? End the
bloody thing, end 1t with crash and
smash. am tOlerable soldier. ]
nm liable to follow brass band all
over town. But my mind tells me to
end the war. The most merclful thing
we can do Is to wipe Spain on the
map of the world. There are one mill
ion men who wish to go. Send them.
We have with the active intelligence
of men who hire substitutes got social
conditions into such shape that one
third Of the people have nothing to
do. Let them go. II will make them
or spoil them. Abraham Lincoln called
for 10000 men. Before the war ended
he called for 2.OO7 600 men. Five per
cent. of these were killed.
A man must die. would prefer to
die with modern rifle In my hand,
die quickly. tnnn to die OF the rotten
weeds OF Denver: slump OF with ty
phoid, contracted of vacant lot that
has not paid II tax or raised jack
| rabbit since the Indians We're cheated
| and murdered out OF II. There Is u
nice unused farm up near me. Why
not move on to that? Ten Cinnamon
could grow wealthy on 1t.
There are n whole lot OF things that
| make man unpatriotic. am not 60
ing to look long nt the flag while Il
man Is picking my pocket. l seriously
object to these chronic chief marshals.
They have worn the uniform md rid
den on horseback more since the war
than they did in the war. We are
weary of them. There were great men
before Agamemnon. Let us have n
rest of the pie-eaters and pension grab
bers. There is no dignity In humiliat-
ing the dead soldiers. They are dead
and reported at the headquarters of
the brave" General Grant said. Let
us have peace"
Now and then l read Walt Whit
man. l find fine line. Something
what he called poetry is like an in
vcntory of II country store. His po-
etry IL Ike ride through Nevada
There is much sage brush and cactu~
and alkali; But lie is n prophet. H.
says: Come. l will make the cont
ncnt indissoluble: l will make the
most splendid race the sun ever shone
upon; l will make divine magnetic
lands. with the love OF comrades. l
will plant companionship thick as
trees along all the rivers OF America
and along the shores of the great lakes
and all over the prairics. l will make
inscparnblc cities with their arms
about each Others necks by the love of
comrades
l believe In the oneness Of the race
with malice toward none. with char.
| ity to nll." Let the war 20 on and
quickly cease to he. II now has to be
gone through with
In common with you I was sorry to
read OF the going away OF Edward
Bellamy. There are soldiers that
wear no uniform. Mr.. Bellnmy be-
longed TO the army who will soon or
late make this earth decent place TO
live In. His book. Looking Back.
ward" set our feet In the right path.
He came here about n year ngo with
little health. Colorado climate and the
skill and love OF our people did all they
could for him. He loved the Broad.
way Temple and It's good work.
l do not understand. Here was n
man finely furnished with brains and
heart for the work the world needs.
They tell us that Socialism will kill
the individual Incentive. Edward Rel.
lnmy made u book-o>A- million
copies We're sold md he died not
worth a dollar, us pOr m Robcr,
Burns. He did great thing for moth.
Ing. And he sleeps In tho blessings Of
the poor. have seen Mr.. Hnnnn and
John sherman. and through a private
car window the eternal grin OF Chaun.
cey Depew on his way to snipe and
champagne dinner. md I have been
somewhat discouraged Ms to the h,,.
man race. But have seen Edward
lsellnmy. He reinforced me. lie
recOnciled me to lelnv human. lie
said he was go.sg home. lie wanted
TO see ngakl the place where he was
born. There wis one more river 10
cross nnd he has crossed II. and gone
home leaving n memory sweet.
| Farewell. but farewell.
| when you come where I have stepped,
You Will wonder why you wept.