The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-10-27
PEACEi PEACE!!
Cincinnati Enquirer.)

Civilization, the world over, is crying
"peacei" "peace" Every human heart
which has a throb of humanity in 1t is
crying "peacel" "peace" The Car Of
all the Russias is crying peace"
"peacel" Strangest of all things which
have occurred in the century now closing
is that the English speaking people is
crying "warl" "War!" Let us speak
plainly; let us speak honestly. Neither
the United States, at this time nor
Great Britain has lust cause for war.
Each is fighting for more dominion
more expansion-more territory. In
this, the cl sing of the nineteenth CEN
tury, the people of the civilized world
do not want war. They want disarma-
ment, and they will have it. Public
opinion is no longer an unused or an
unrecognized force. 1t defeats armies
1t corrects abuses, 1t commands rulers.
Within sixty days 1t defeated the French
army. 1t was the public opinion of the
world which won 1t. The public opin-
ion of the civilized world struck the
irons from the wrists and ankles of
Dreyfus. Public opinion Of the civilized
world opened the prison doors and sent
Dreyfus forth free. Public opinion of
the civilized world will put into its
scabbard every British sword and every
American bayonet. The enlightenment
and the humanities of this splendid age
declare that there shall be peace, The
grand refrain which fell upon the ears
Of the shepherds Of Judea, who watched
their f1ocks by night, is in the hearts and
on the tongues of the people. GLORY
to God in the highest on earth peace,
good will to men," He WHO plants
TIA A..
the storm" will renew the refrain which
announced the birth of Him-the Jew
who is the Savior of the world. The
Vaccinations and schemes of designing
men will not prevail against the de-
crees of the Mighty One He has promis-
ed to be the strength of the weak, who
love and fear Him, and in the past He
has barred His arm in their defense.
He will bare His arm in the present.
If there is a people on the earth who
deserve His protection and His preserv
ing care, it is the people of the Trans
vaal. There they worship God. There
they fear God and trust in Him. Dom
Paul went into one of their churches as
did the prophets of old, and asked for
guidance. He came forth, strengthened
and filled with JUNCTION. Appealing. to the
Christian world for it's approval, as he
felt he had the approval of Him who
| is the ruler of men. he declared the
integrity of his cause and the rectitude
of his purpose, and is now ready to do
battle.
The sympathy of everyone who loves
liberty should go out toward him and
his people ip a stream so strong that
the mighty Britons will pause in their
work. In this liberty loving land there
should not be one man whose sentiments
are adverse to the cause Of the Boer.
The Boer represents what our fathers
represented in 1776. He suffers as our
fathers suffered-is oppressed by the
same power which oppressed them
he wars against the same iniquities
our fathers warred against. He fled to
the un-inviting coast of Africa for the
same reason which brought the Puritan
to Plymouth Rock; the Roman Catholic
to the headwaters of the Chesapeak;
the Cavalier to Virginia; the Huguenot
to the Carolinas; the Knickerbocker to
the Hudson. He wanted to enjoy liberty,
freedom of conscience and all the
Iheaven-born gifts necessary for the
perfect development Of man and woman.
Does the Boer deserve the sympathy of
the people of the United States? Go
back two hundred years and read the
story of the settlements o four country
Study the conditions of the pioneers to
our shores. Then study the history OF
the Beers. and you will be amazed
how analogous they are.
Let public opinion express itself Let
the people meet In assemblies and
clearly set forth their condemnation OF
this unholy war being made by Great
Britain on the Republic of the Trans
vaal. Let the pulpits speak Gods
displeasure-crowd the altars OF the
Most High and offer up petitions against
the massacre of the Beers. There Is NJ
higher duty within the calling OF the
clergy than the pleading for peace.
Blessed are the peace makers fol
they shall be called the children o.
lGodD