New-York tribune., 1901-02-24
c,RE TWAIN'S BLINDNESS
,ovRFS PONDENT THINKS HE DE
,,.rFs FROM THE PATH OF
CLEAR UNDERSTANDING.

b q" r-s,-ar7 Atkinson. LLOYD Garrison and The
~ Posi-" are The burning but hardly the
- ,rhtsa Mark Twain never writes a page
.-is. sorethinc may not he found FOR men 70
and enjoy In his late article in The
- american Review his quotations from The
W. ..rhe sun" and MaCallum's History have
I'm American approval, including his italics
And n the Rev Mt. Amenrs conduct.
.h.s heen reported shall prove TO be true the
.mericsn people viii say Amen" 10 all thar
X - twain has said about him
II =. tbere are Instances In which our dear Mark
II Fis treatment Of Mr.. Chamberlain Is
l a.. nardonable. The BOer population i'm the
1 .r,al numbered about one hundred thousand,
4 r-rlandc~ population OF English American
II ',.,,e- white people Of one hundred and fifty
n .rs The Beers made these Titlanders pay
4 ,,gb,hs - aU the taxes without allowing
\ - ory voice or representation. In 1856 the reye-
-, The Trsusyasl was S77oOoo. in 1899 Il had
=, % s0Oelooo through the industry OF these
uF,.rs n was called the South African Re
u .t,-vith no shadow 81 a republic about Il. II
-, oigarchy ruled absolutely by PAU Kruger.
4 "a ,,,sd corruptly. he ruled THE Raad lie COM
- rbe courts obey his will in their decisions.
4 ,,hsn the Chief Justice protested against such
,.,radation Of his high Office he was dismissed
! -rsout a pension, and ar ohsequious tool Of
i --,zsr,s nut IN his place. These are the truths
ssis,ory. confirmation Of which may be found IN
l i. Nrst second and third chapters Of Conan
,-ies impartial book The Great Boer War"
! :, chamberlain would have been recreant TO the
sf,s Of his high Office n he had done otherwise
asr he did,
QUEER CONSCIENCE.
,rd vet Mark Twain has the conscience 20 say.
1 sVY Chamberlain manufactures a war out OF ma
| ,,s,ls 50 inadequate and SO fancifu that they
] make the boxes grieye and the gallery laugh
| Wh.re Was Mark Twain's conscience when he SAID
MS To use his own language In an interview re-
ror,.d BY Rudyard Kipling, he must have spanked
Il As conscience with overseverity" when he wrote
these lines ] will quote the whole paragraph. IL
i q gen. Rudysrd Kipling says: The words are
mighty and 20 be- remembered" Mark Twain
gsaks
Your conscience is a nuisance A conscience is
Ne child n you pet IL and play with II and
III It have everything a wants, II becomes spoiled
yuw grefs Treat your conscience You would
treat anything eise-be severe with H. argue with
4 prevent n from coming 10 play with you m
h1gE and you will secure good conscience, that
= % say. properly trained one. a spoiled one
s.nply destroys an the pleasures IN life I think 7
have reduced mine 10 order. At least 7 haven't
,ssHd from d for some time. Perhaps have killed
tgt N spite Of an have said. conscience diners
'Fom child in many ways. Perhaps it's best
Shen It's dead.
Every lover Of Mark Twain viii enjoy this pas
sss and many viii hear responsive echoes. Yet
rpsat he must have spanked his conscience al
rosi % death before he could have written about
~ chamberlain as he did. And his conscience
ngsi have been In tho same condition when ~
VO,e OF and 10 or about The Person Sitting in
lsrkness For Mark deviates again when ha
uks of our American conduct as ou a level with
Is twisted account of the origin - the South Afri-
war.
Is impossible Tor Mark Twain 70 ses tfat .Crb.
sad the Philippines had been robbed and wounded
int M haf dead. that they needed and still need
im nTotection and~succor 0f the Good samaritan.
ri iaa Ne should do violence 10 the goodwill that
ihnales me mass Of our people n We followed
ne example ~ The priest and LeVitee Nhat was
mai divine light and power which came down
Rom heaven nineteen hundred years ago-which
'as snurned and condemned by the Jewish Sanhe-
cHm Of thar day but which SO Influenced the
isars and souls of the Christians OF those early
'aturies with goodwill 20 man and eugendered in
'hsn such q strong common sense thar they made
havoc Of the paganisms of Greece and Rome. OF
a'i and Ceit and Teuton, and swept them from
ne earth forever
"hat was that Hight and power which worked
NondeHullye II MAS the re-esta bllshmeut in
~ hearts and souls of humanity of those two
'tnal laws which We're in the beginning are
~ and ever shall be- world without end amen
uAe laws We're given 10 the Hebrews by Moses
sA when our Lord Jesus Christ recalled them 20
~ Jews he declared obedience no them 10 be M.
- luals Of all religion, Love the Lord thy God
- - 'o'e 'hS neighbor. This do and thou shal,
Ave eternal life
"ooDWlII- AND COMMON SENSE
"ss the same spirit OF goodwill born OF obedi-
~ 10 ineso laws. united with the brave common
- oi Martin Luther and his oo-workers. which
'ne corrupt and superstitious Popish church
-. ~ 'ne best parts % Europe and sequentially
- indirectly reformed and redeemed what
-ai.eu -i.' 81 The Romish Church from much of its
-luit'es and ahsurdities
Il -.r,.
--Hoh sense which animated Eliot. Hamp6en
IN and Milton 10 oppose and condemn The
~ ~1le an1 lifted Cromwell 70 that power which
aul.sheo forever for the Anglo-saNon race civil
ai1 religious liberty
,,-. 'i' same spirit ~ Goodwill and a earnest
mon sense which animated the great fathers %
,...- .spuon' when they established our ideals Of
-. OF education, Of liberty of thought and
.'Y ot judgment. and which are giving 70 OR
--auy the most Intelligent paonJe wien -,o-.
l-,'ie l1a' common sense, not only in the churches
SO outside ~ the churches than can he found
'ssh on tho face of the earth
- VS. the same spirit of love and goodwill 10
- united with extraordinary common sense
- inspired The great heart and soul OF Abra-
- A''.'oih and has given 10 our people an ex-
-. - Nie genuine earnest Christian life which
- me chains OF four millions OF his fellow men.
rA. = restored the union OF an our States And
- me war was over not one acre was conas-
n "or a single man sent 10 death for treason.
- unis Christian spirit OF Lincoln and OF the
ssg OF our people which secured all this
-. 'ne same spirit Of goodwill and the common
~ which Il brings forth which prompted Cen
"aHee 70 cry out 10 the Europeans in China
,,s,' sait not steal'" II stopped the looting and
-, uhe return OF the astronomical instru-
as AND the same divine spirit IN orr hes-.s
corresponding common sense in our minds u,ll
'ohs enable us 20 compel Justice and D.ao.
!, me auarrelsome nations and oppressed peo-
rv,I EUROPE Already the voices OF President
-, .sy and Secretary Hay animated with the
spirit ana the same common sense have a,
Al. Nppeo the dismemberment OF China
y, -, mere We have a modern sanhadrim like
H.. 49, STONE blind 10 these signs OF our times
- "ne 70 this wholesome and genuine religious
~ @no practical common sense OF our Deonla
- on as 20 lend them our ears while tbev
"rI away on snrne dehafahle nnnrrlnr,. a.