The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-12-28
WAR STORIES.
From The Alvocate Of Peace, September, 1903.

.rium pms and disasters. inspiring bat
lie scenes and humiliatinr corpse
strewn fields, beautiful paralr. and
hiGeous prison dcns, Glorious deaths
and heart breaking iuacrals. large
;hartics and bitter aronics, redeem
ing hcroisms and savage horrors, keen
delights and ilnmcdicablc wounds,
freed slaves and maddcned masters,
lnion, peace and law restored with
lnspeakable losses Of treasure, love
aud -pondcring all these. and :"
curing to first principles, one whose
immediate ancestors were members Of
the Society of Friends is quite likely
20 find himself rcvertlng more and
more to their anti war tcncts, and to
conclude that in the great conflict
both North and South were in the
wrong.
As to the proper attitude in general
oi one nation toward another, Milton's
theory wculd universally be rccogniz
Of a. correct "Ah, sir, a common
wealth ought to be but az one huge
3 Christian parsonage, one mighty
growth ard stature of an honest man,
rs big and compact in virtue as in
bodyr' For the special business of
warrior. perhaps We should accept the
-ule laid down by John the Baptist,
whcr soldiers asked him: "What
shsN we doY" end he answered: "Do
violence to no man." If that reply
be MT praposterous, it must mean,
tYou may ward off blow tut ,"u
should ucvcs unnecassar:,y a,.ikc
one For tho behavior Of one who
!:as been wroDged, shall VIC not respect
The view Of Socrates eve must not
rctaliatc, nor render evil for evil.
"Plato' s Critic, 49, For tho Angl o
Saxon's disdainful bearing toward
what he deems inferior races is not
a'auls doctrine at once a corrective
and = sharp reproof: God hath made
Of one blood all nations Of menu
Ana ought we not to find a perpetual
solvent and transformer of all hateful
elements in the spirit Of him who re
joined Love your enemies" aud
who, on n memorable occasion, when,
If ever, violent assault might seem
justifable, commanded, Put up
again thy sword into his place, for al
Al 10 Al, ~ - IL
with the sword?'
Lord Bacon strongly commcnds the
war. He says: "No body can be
'heslthful withoutexercise; and F.. and
certainly to kingdom or estate just
and honorable war is the true excr-
else" On the 18th Of last November
Gen. S. NJ. B. Young, already, as it
seems, the highest officer in our army,
wrote for publication these words:
= ''To carry on war. disguisc it as we
may, is to be cruel; it is to kill aud
burn, burn and kill, and again kill and
burn" To the same effect is Gen.
Sherman's oft-Quoled remark, "War
Us hell" Can an exercise that is es-
sentially cruel and hellish be health
.ful?
Except in the German military ma,
chine. in that Of the French and aome
others, and among halfoivilized peo-
pie, or in the case of few "degencr-
ates' and persons of arrested mental
and moral development, the time has
gone by when disputes between indi,
viduals were aettlcd dog-fashion.
Personal fighting is now unlawful,
and, L it results fatally, IS severely
punished. But if private mortal COM
bat is felonious, why is not national
duelling as much more so as the at
tempted murder of a hundred or
thousand is worse than that of one?
War is often excused as the only
means Of securing justice. But does
it not inyariable perpctrate moro in
justice than it Furnishes, prevents, or
cures? Does it not always let the
most guilty 60 uuscathed, while the
most innocent suner unspeakably! ls
it not commonly mere test Of physi-
cal strength and satanic skill? Does
it ever settle permanently a question
ofrigh,? With a professcdly Chris
tian nation should not the truth be re-
.garded as automatic that, except to
defend its very life against deadly
violence. nation has no more warrant
IN the sight Of Heaven to lift the
eword against nation than brother
has to WELD club against brother2
Was not Berjamin Franklin nearly
right when he declared, "There never
suas a good W. bad pcace?'
Wo would not helittle the heroism
rof one who, at the risk of his life and