The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-09
WHAT is PATRIOTISM?

Editor Morning News: Upon this
)inion. Your correspondent Sidney
erbert, holds to one view, probably he
ould not accept my view and GER
inly l should reject his!
A Mr.. Havemeyer, of Yonkers, N.
=. has issued a phamphlet giving his
pinion; in the main his propositions
aem reasonable, inasmuch as he con-
ennis all resort to war; all the teach
lg of the schools looking to war; ar
ming that modern civilization has
divided a better way.
But DR.. Wharton, D. D., takes is
with him, and administers a re-
Ike quoting from Holy Scripture and
ON other sources justification for
IF, not only in the past, but under
asent dispensation.
he learned doctor seems to me
oily wrong while the pamphleter has
right of the discussion, but I'M
ppily he has failed in some way TO
Early state his propositions, or TO
axe appeal to the average mind.
In the una abridged dictionary, which
,ook contains all truth, l find two
uthorities, differing thus:
Patriotism must be founded in great
res Bolingbroke.
Patriotism is the last refuge of a
oundrel." Johnson.
1t is easy to realize that both these
ninent men are right, there is a
Odern teaching in the school that
stiles every crime in the calender
refer again to a competent mill
lry critic, the sage of Pine Crest
lila does not deny that there has been
uelty in the Philippines. only that
nerican soldiers are not worse than
hdr na1onalitics: in which state
ant / agree.
But it must be admitted that ac-
We participation in war blunts the
disabilities and lowers the moral tone
IF every one engaged in conflict.
This being undeniably true, one Won
ers why so many good men, and bet
er women, uphold, and by their CO.
peration and approval make the con-
,nuance of war possible.
Even in the old, old days, when ii
is claimed that a merciful God ordered
men to kill each other, the Psalnist
-veary with contemplation of the i'm
.erfeet civilization and false concep-
on of truth, uttered his protest thus:
My soul hath long dwelt with him
at hateth peace, l am for peace but
nen L speak they are for war.
Psalm 120. verse CT.
L The Prayer Book version varies in
ord but is the same minor key ut
rance.
How can a Christian minister uphold
ar, or preparation for it?
President Roosevelt finds intimate
)nnection and need for both war and
Iriff. We must have increased duties
pay the cost of war!
We inaugurate a war to uphold the
ggressiveness of tariffs; it is the
rictional cause of war, so that Mr..
Roosevelt in advocating the continu-
nee of the protective policy in order
insure continued prosperity, finds
+ a need that there be a larger navy.
me feels disposed to attempt effort
, do for awhile without prosperity,
costs so much.
Yet the Humanitarian realizes that
lie trend of modern thought is in the
rection of the adjustment of all re-
)rt to force and the substitution of
rbitration by the civilized peoples of
nth
In unfolding such policy may we
OF reasonably expect approval and
cooperation of all who desire to bene-
t the world?
How far the training of boys in mill
airy school tends to peace on earth.
good will toward men," is a question
not yet settled; but 1 rather fancy
that the burden of proof rests upon
the advocates of the system.
William Riley Boyd
Atlanta, Ga. Tuesday in Holy-Week.
1903