The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-17

manner and finally put to a slow. ag-
oni1ing death. or shut In dungeons
hundreds Of feet beneath the ground.
dafnp, foul. injected With disease and
crawling reptiles. or II they were not
put to death they were mutilated BY
having their ears cut OF or their eyes
put out or some other horrible mutila-
ton.
Think Of the CHASTITY trophies Of an
Client warfare. ] will give but two ex-
ampleB out Of Thousands which might
be given. The ancient MeXicans hny-
ed the flrSt prisoner IN a war, and the
soldier who had captured him, dressed
himself In the bleeding skin and for
some days walked from one heather
temple to another with men and wo-
men following him, shouting for JOY.
THE sleeping apartment OF Daho-
man king was paved with the skulls OF
neighboring princes and chiefs placed
there that the king might tread upon
them" An, but you say, no one would
dare DO such things in the nineteenth
century. You are mistaken; only two
years ago the ''unspeaisable Turk" did
things even worse, while persecuting
Christians. Compare these horrible
modes Of warfare where the religion OF
Christ Is not with the humane act Of
Admiral Sampson, who when he would
take city he gave plenty Of time for
the women and children and the aged
70 get completely out Of danger, and
who treated his prisoners OF war better
according TO their own statement, than
their own Spanish commanders treated
them. Though the curse Of war stu e1-
lists, yet Christianity has taken away Its
most horrible features and made II O
tame affnir compared with wars out
side OF Christendom. The feelings OF
tenderness toward the weak character
lze Christian civilization. Murder and
pillage are not suffered, massacre Is
never heard Of In civilized warfare. and
torture is as extinct as cannibalism.
And may God hasten the day when
arbitration alone shall settle difficulties
between nations, and when nation
shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war any more.
Second, there Is growing sentiment
against war. The time was when tho
greatest energies OF the leading ma
tlons were given to make tools Of war.
and when the chief business Of kings
was to make war, and when every
able-bodIed male citizen was warrior.
All that is past and gone. Only a small
fringe OF human labor Is related to war
material: and kings have discovered
that national prosperity and national
peace go together hand In hand. Con-
trast the life in England under the
Edwards and under Queen Victoria.
DR.. Joseph Parker, Of London. COM
menting on the conflict between Barak,
king OF Israel. and Jabin, king of Ca
naafl, said: when man has nine
hundred chariots Of iron he wants
e. a Rt10u yunO
have large standing armies are bound
to create occasions OF war. hence the
Injustice, the turpltude, the helliBhness
OF battle" And President Samuel Com
pars, Of the American Federation OF La
Dor, in an address at Boston last
March, said the organization Of labor
recognizes that a standing army is
menace to liberty and a fomenter OF
trouble between man and man. II
peace cannot be secured In any other
way, the time is coming when federated
labor will refuse to make implements
that are intended to strike down their
fellow men; when Bhipbuilders will re-
fuse to construct vessels OF war: when
sailors Will refuse to navigate ships OF
war, and when all workers will refuse
to contribute their lRbors In any way
for the slaughter Of their brethren
Wherever tney may De- Ahlllh vi bhS
burdensome expense upon nation OF
keeping up q regular army.
Since 1874 until the present year our
army was limited to 25,O00 men; yet Its
maintenance costs more than $50,OOO.0OO
year. And our land force is modest
compared with the prodigious armies OF
Europe. Russian has an army on
peace footing Of 100000 men. costing
SIPS OO0, 900 a year. Germany and
France have 100000 men each, Austria,
$1,000; Italy. $4,000: England, 100000;
Spain, 100000. Tho little nations Of Hol-
land, Denmark and Belgium, have each
Of them more soldiers than the United
States.
idea Of the awful cost Of life and mo-
ney these armies entail. In view Of all
this It is the duty Of every Christian
everywhere to talk war down and to
work and pray for universal peace.
Just as the golden rule should be prac-
tlced between man and man: 80 Christ,
through his teachings Of wisdom, peace,
brotherhood. Justice and equity should
become the Supreme Arbitrators OF ma
tional disputes. and US sure as God
rules and reigns he will be such. God
speed the peace conference to this end.