Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-07-14
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS
FACTS AND OPINIONS GATHERED
FROM CONTEMPORARIES.

The following letter was written to one
the signers of the Cambridge women's
|nti-imperialist memorial. 1t tells what
ONE California women think of the war
d the distant East. We quote:
| read the memorial with much Joy;
pr months past have longed for some
1lch move among the American women
have felt l could go forth on the streets
nd cry aloud to the thoughtless crowds
pause and consider what our country
as dong, and that our beloved flag was
eing trailed in the blood of people, who,
Ike ourselves. are ready to shed their
lood for liberty.
| beg that you will send your petition
bis way and that may become worker
it'll you. We women of San Francisco
now what the war in the Philippine is
nds means; we see our own brave
ldier boys, and those from all the states
the Union-our husbands, brothers
ld marching through our streets
the transports, to be carried away to
velter under a tropical sun; to fight,
NJ for our country's protection, not to
We downtrodden race the much
ught-for liberty they have fought for
many long years--but to kill people
no fight for liberty. To be shot them
Ives, to lie sick unto death In the hospi-
Is of Manila, to be buried there far,
ON home and kindred, or to come back
them pale shadows of their former
lves-I have seen them looking like
ing skeletons,
1 know of what speak my husband
lied out of San Francisco bay, in the
fantry. | stood upon the dock with
three little children around me, and
yer shed tear Some griefs do not
en- bring that relief. He went be-
use he thought it then his duty Though
yer being in favor of war with SPAIN
:. In short time after reaching the
ands he fell i'll with typhoid fever,
used by sleeping In tent during the
ny season. Though very i'll, his
rises were boy, who formerly had
wen laundry wagon, and a farm
nd, who offered him beans and bacon
his food,
TO cut long story short, he left the
spital when convalescent, and led his
npany into Manila on the 18th of Au-
st, the day Manila fell. Overcome by
|akness when the days eXcitment was
er. he was carried into a European
tel, where he was confined to his bed
some days. The fever continued to
urn at short intervals, and a month
er he was given sick leave. and taking
h him one of the noble Red Cross
rses. Mr.. -. who had fallen i'll and
uld have died there, he came home by
of Vancouver, having been away
months. The very thought of COM
home filled the two sick men with
v strength, and they, like many
Pther sick soldier, began to Improve
)nce.
Doesn't it seem strange that so many
pie, good men and women, even some
listers, seem to be carried away by
military glory, and the idea of a
at power in the world, by whatsoever
ans, foul or fair: Forgetting the
things of the Bible. George Washing
and our great and noble Abraham
coin. We are even called ''traitors"
who stand by our constitution
~ are the traitors.
Te observe that those who clamor
t loudly for increased armies, and for
bntinuation of the war, are those who
ain safely at home, who say they
not be spared, nor their brothers. mol
5; but their neighbors' husbands
and brothers ought to give up their
S. Could they but see the scenes and
the sounds my husband has seen
Id they now remain in his office and
It the mothers whose boys are wound
pr hear the weeping mother beg thai
boy "may be sent home" (he know
the boy to be dead, her only child
he widowed and orphaned children
don me, my heart is so full of sorrow
my mourning sisters. My dear one
brought back to me, but many
les will never see the light of thu
bands or fathers face again. | wei
e the uprising of the good and deep
king women of Boston. May every
in the United States follow you
ept the thanks of at least one woman
Callfornia.-Springfield (Mass.) Re
lican.
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