The Canton times., 1902-01-24
|p1s AGAINST WAR.
.,,sh War Disgraced An
\ American History.

xnnd Ruin-Tbousa
shi w." s,.d I'm the philippines
~ !. ,sar-Gives Some Of His
", wartime Experiences.
antiua the great civil war o.
ro tbls last year Of 1901 was
'll I. 4 s5Ioody and disastrous of any
nof f.Dllection. Over 10000 of oul
l'St died in the Philippines.most mos,
sls W !; hospital. That's of little
'aS ''elence, Of course TO the govern.
II. ;tbrought 4 myriads of sighs
~ j mothers and wives and
s'a g The Spanish war, and what
III AVN out of it, has eterna.ly DIS
, \ ,be annals Of the nations his
Y ,nd Il keeps on. and will keep
aoubt. bringing misery and ruin
.,,in. Some preachers say it is
h of the Lord. | don't believe
so#euses s must needs come, but
M NJ them by whom they come"
a all this, the year was full OF
sss,s on land and sea. Explosions
mines railroad wrecks, boilers
,jpg. fires, floods, murders, sui
husbands killing wives and chill
lovers killing sweethearts, and
other devi,ish thing. Every
saisnatches record something new
horrible, and we are getting SO
IstoIned to it that it hardly dis
or surprises us. We, too, are
ipgI hardened to blood and bloody
This unconcern always follows
4 wake of war. After the battle
lIayern hill | remember hearing
sldier bet another that he could
across the ridge and step on a
man at every step. He tried it
shundred. yards and won. Soldiers
had been kind and gentle at home
kme hardened to the sight of blood
death. After the war was over
ty d good mother watched and
|ted for her boy to come home, but
heyer came, and she died still won
Iue how he was killed. and where
MAS buried. But few Of his com-
Is we're left. and they were widel |
Itered. The records were not kept
re-e lost in the war. Out of 10000
sd at Vicksburg less than 1000
names upon their graves, so it is
alisbury and fredericksburg and
be others. Of the federals and con-
rates 90 per cent. of all the dead
Unknown and sleep in unmarked
graves. And this is
and as Gen. Sherman said: sWar is
There isenough unwritten grief
an ocean, and many a broken
ed mother let concea.men MT like a
Iin the bud feed on her pallid
sand turn her hair to gray before
ne And yet we keep on fighting
alling for more troops-not for
e or liberty, but for conquest.
war of aggression upon a people
ever did us harm and beg to be
'ne. The 100000 negroes here
ne give US great concern, but the
lment wants 100000 more to
the perplexity of the problem. 9
E shame of 1.-THE pity of it. 1t !
same old unchristian story.
lnhumanity to man makes
ass thousands mourn" But / 9
start start to write an elegy on the .
iat has gone. 1t is pleasanter Il
al a happy New Year and to
u better one. A superstitious
says that it will be better, be- !,
sU2 is devisib,e, but 1901 was "
ne times seem prosperous and a,
lustries are continually being ii
al over the south. War al ..
ings activityin its train. More of
steel for ships and men-of-
pre- cannon and guns for the
lore clothing and food for the
But | have more regard for hi
Ioie, contented people than for
omp and circums tance of war.
iore regard for an uned ucated pl
nan than for an educated rich
made his money bysquestion-
mes. My good old frie nd John u,
Is dead. He hauied wood for 'I
Years ano gave an honest .n
his last bed he sent FOR his =
Jack and whispered: "Jack.
10 die, they say, and I'm will.
put ] owe Bob Pertiller a dol
haif, and il bothers me might
ever mind, John,' said Jack. Iti
Doo that money when ] go to So
.ne coffin. Now, just turn Isl
oie as easy as You can" And
{ was Hard Shelled Baptist. bo
er night we hadfa good lady ar
'm The north, and when She pie
''nlng about this horrid old of
war, the conversation drift 300
hardships and sufferings by
our civil war. and.Aiust 10 TIL