Arizona silver belt., 1900-04-19
WHY Is IT ALWAYS ASSOCIATED WITH WAR AND ITS
 INSTRUMENTS
HATH PEACE NO VICTORIES
The Citizen Owes Loyalty to HIS Country. But Higher Loyalty to His Own Soul, to Truth. to Honesty and to
 His God.


 Transcript? Why does a man never
 speak proud words about his native
 land but in connection with
 swords. bayonetS and cannon: How
 happens it that the affection of love
 of country of which orators and poets
 nave 50 often chanted the praises
 the man wanting which has been de
 nounced as d wretch, concentrated
 all in self who
 Living, shall forfeit fair renown,
 And doubly dying, shall go down,
 To the vile dust from whence he
 sprung,
 Unwept, unhonored and unsung V
 should almost invariably manifest it. self in brayado. defiance, and hostility to the citizens ot other countries: Why cannot a man love above all others a portion of the earth's sur face, except on the condition of re- garding all the unfortunate people who live elsewhere with mixture 0f hatred and contempt? Why is 1t that we are proudest of our native country and find our hearts thrilling with the warmest sentiments of affection f0rlt, when we look on its soldiery and i'm plements of death: If patriotism Is the noble and praiseworthy affection which it is eXtolled as being, why should it clash with other feelings which Christianity enjoins-with good will towards men of every lana: Why should lover of his country be so utterly indifferent to the great good and prosperity and nappi- ness of other lands. instead Ofacknpwl- edgng the virtues of their inhabi- tants, opposing measures for their ln- jury. fulfilling the golden rule as doing as he should be done by: Can any sane man doubt that as an indi- yidual 50 may the collective society called nation best promote its own happiness by striving to promote that of others that acts of liberality and commercial reciprocity, even at an apparent sacrifice of a nations lmme- diate interests, will insure ten times more security against aggression from the countries tO whom the Kindness has been shown than all the forts, battleships and big guns that can be  constructed: Why, if a lover of his country, after investigation, cannot resist the conviction that certain other nations are less intelligent and NirtuouS than his countrymen, should he trumpet the fact in a boastful spirit: Should it not be matter of sorrow instead of eXultation? Is the pharisaiSm of nationality, which brides itself that Americans are not as other men, less OdiOus than other kind of pharlsaism: Let it be remem- bered that, whatever the faults of any civilized nation. not one existed in which the mass uf virtue did not far transcend the mass of vice. for no society could hold together except through the bonds of integrity, through faith in it's dealings, and purity in its households
 When we consider how limited is one peoples knowledge of another, even in these days or railways and ocean greyhounds, what can be more arrogant or foolish than the claim of superiority so often and so extensively put forth by one nation over another: Even as regards national genius. so much easier to discern than moral eX- cellence. how absurd is the claim of superiority, when what constitutes genius has never yet been satisfac- t1rily defined. Who IS to determine which manifests the greatest intellec- tual capacity, the practical mind of England, the speculative mind of France, the artistical mind of Italy. or the inventive, versatile mind of the United States?
 It is painful to believe that Com modore Stephen Decatur, the hero of Tripoli and Algiers, and of the victory over the Macedonian, ever gave the following toast, which he is said to have given in lsl6; "Our country. in her intercourse withother nations, may she be always in the right: but our country, right or wrong" Such d sen timent, albeit. uttered by the author of what Nelson characterized as "the most daring act' that is, in sea fight ''of the age. and albeit it has been echoed and re-echocd during our contests with Spain and the Philip pine Islanders, was unworthy of so brave a man. What k meant by this oft quoted and confidently asserted Is it only that when our country is engaged in a deadly mili tary struggle with another that is a match. or more than match, for her, it is too late for her citizens to e''~'''' in angry Giscas. ., ... ,..c l.o'''"