New-York tribune., 1901-02-01
WAR TIME CRITICISM.
EX-PREsIDENT HARRISON CONSIDERS
THE PROPER LIMITS TO THE En-
PRESTON OF ANTI-wAR FEELINGS.
From The North American Review.

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imply an anti-war party. Indeed the Gospels carry
suGh an implication in a general sense Both here
brought under fre Of bitter invecttve We Tor The
mas n,9S' par decline 70 discuss with the anti,war
bound, not only his actions, but as 10 his
rIS, Rgt is the morality Of The motto Ny country
,Isht or Wrons susceptible Of defence? Is it NOT
10 say II is right 10 do wrong" for the senti-
!nt' ana even the necessary thing 10 say nothing
Just now II my rather Is engaged in a wauton
sXc.hanged must in my heart condemn my father;
his ersar upon pi l" ZIP TIP MN I'm or 20 emcoutaf fe
the right? That would clearly be the duty Of
But DO very much offend or become partceps If
! withhold for the moment an expression Of my
o;her hand can it be demanded as a fiiial duty
9y 14St heer nun on and when when his weapon fails
you are in the wrong-stop''? ! cannot get him
antagonist will hear IT, And II I speak in the
necessary hearing Of both. can my father retort,
e4couraed m ,c1sa ary ny B f tT bffia naEs @
TOO hardly against him must | not intervene and
binding ing his wounds Bgt g Ii II he is the victor must
his adyeTsary demand FOR colmpSnsetion ,o
guards more than The veterans. and The pohuci3ns
ha S SveTy part czea ri II sh5 beq sct
IN SUPPORT of d. To sneak against the war. to i'm
be guilty OF the death OF such OF your cotIntrymen
as atto-ward fan in action The mob may not seek
You but YOU are suspect to your neighbors
You Will not be heard TO offer such specious sug-
6rourhJ on m unjust war are guilty Of the blood
of The brave fellows who sent into action.
THE EXAMPLE OF PITT AND BURKE.
Indeed. YOU will not be heard at all by this gen
Grafton of your countrymen unless disasters in
war and money burdens ope1 the way. Your mag
~; alien people in whose behalf your voice was
raised. They may even build monuments IN your
viii while you live make YOU wish YOU haq never
nd fhFr4 aNi1fY SErt
who live after you You must give your soul 70
be,wee2 Your monument ana Your bones But
monument is community rather than personal
necessity, The free spirit of Just man does not
America Is almost in open rebellion Sir | rejoice
that America has resisted! Three millions OF peo-
tary 10 be slaves would have been ht Instruments
For more than a century American schoolboys
declaimed these words Of Pitt. Virginia voted him
a statue and New-York set one up at Wall and
Congress passed" SAYS Frothineham. "a warm
Of civil and religious liberty in and out of Parla
ment who had generously defended the cause ot
In his proposed address to the King. in m
Burke said many Ike things the monthly OF "hlch
The uttcrances Of these great Englishmen are
csrtlv said about the war in the Philippines We
40 not agree that the cases are parallel We are
unlike. and that Aguinaldo and George Washing
ton have no points Of resemblance. We have the
capacity for self-government; We deny that ca
pacity to the Filipinos Mr.. Hoar has failed ap-
parently 10 see that the principle that government
derives its just powers from the consent OF the
s@Tgrqed Sanm0t ne IN t6e interests Of humanity
an people must he governed ana II lieE are I5CI
that some other nation must govern them? But II
not our pgrPoseb b, TO fG6 m c6nsder Side the Of
his guilt in giving expression TO them as MS honest
PIT and BURKE had not only great praise with
hut their repute In Great britain r. nov tber her
country has come arounl- .-a 70 .ho ,-a-
Does IT depend upon tHG noble and Wise
fails 10 such utterances become , ioos aI ressor
and do they remain ignoble if the alleged aggressot
- irbt IL out or must the stopping Of it always be
left to the war party In me popu1I pp oN is il
The constitution of the United states very CIeary
aySs inc be sa@e Ta 'a at Wiam and Wall had
not been forgotten.
CRITICISM NOT TREASON.
II is not treason 10 say that a war is sur unjust Just,
@ BTt Il H. not 40 duty nv was there duty upon
senator oar to keep silence f tba be was not
seeking the applause Of his countrymen n OF @ tElS
Ggmsradon oonSc,encs and the old American feryor
for liberty and human rights. Possibly he lacks lacks
consideration the metals and coal and forests OF
e, th question Ne are ponderins is not were
his views richt hut did he offend AGAINST his coun-
be vTo5r rE To- proclaim the truth when matter is
in debate. Are We not competed, thereIore i di 20
sentence upon them? The popular condemnation t@ on
he met
war ts 6oerant is n mighty. repressive toFce- but
- sooe one for conscience sake, assails the War
a. cruel and uniustihabe, must We not lustlty II
Jg g, enough TO saw You prolonging t. you are
sacrfcinC the brave fellows whom We nave SEM
10 fha fr0nt'9 There is semblance OF uhress3n
in CHARGING the nan who Is trying 10 stop a hslt
,,rfth ne bruises and wounds that ensue upon the
faiIure Of his efforts To perfect the argument anu
fiv his responsihility must we not ntroduce tHIS
major premise: The war Is iuSt ana cannot re
stoDped until the enemy has yielded
THE FUTURE is THE JUDGE.
Is there any other conclusion Of the whole mat
ter than this a patriot may II his conscience
conrot otherwisa he quieted. oppose war upon
which his country has entered; but IL he does so
he nuts his fame in the keeping OF distant gen
erafion of his countrymen, or possibly or an aleh
paonIe What some other people have SAID makes
il proper TO say here that we must not forget that
the soldier who fights the war does not declare ~
He must not denounce It, nor must any patTlot
denounce him The appeal. silent or spoken. that
comes from him 10 his fellow eountrymSn NOT 10
make the war longer harder reaches the heart
He IS our countryman; he carries and Keeps tne
flag We must be tender. and careful that we DO
not spo his esprit de corps by tngratitude. or
dash his courage by a failure to applaud IT, or
wound him by imputing designs against his couH-
try's liberties.
An armed rebellion against the state must usu-
ally Justify itself by something more than sched-
ule OF wrongs-a chance at least, OF rghttng the
sometimes applies 10 rebelliOus consciences. and
requires them 10 take the balance OF good and evil?
OF course there must be time for denouncing
unjust war. but does troubled conscience have
all seasons for IT'S only time before the
war begins and time after II Is over? The latter