The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-02-01
tirely supposititious and problematical
and the first tangible fact we can point

and the first tangible fact we can point
to as having followed it. VIZ: Magma
Charta, was resurrection of Anglo
Saxon traditions and customs. The
chief benefit claimed Is from the infus-
ion of Norman blood into the Anglo
Saxon race. The Anglo-Saxons at that
time were beginning to intermarry
with the Normans quite apart from
the war. If you will think moment
you will remember that Harold had
been in Normandy with William the
Conqueror before the battle, and had
made certain promises under compul-
sion, one of them being that Harold
should give his sister in marriage to
William. That was one of the excuses
of the battle. The infusion of blood
would very probably have come about |
without any battle.
have thus disposed of all the battles
cited except one. That was the Battle
of Saratoga. This battle was the de-
Gliding battle, not of war, but of
revolution-a very different matter
according to basic principles, altho
accompanied by many Of the objec-
tionable features of war properly so
called. A revolution is the final resort
to the highest Police Power in nation.
1t is not the settlement of dispute,
but the enforcement of an established
rule of Constitutional Law, that the
Will of the People is Sovereign. You
will find that there is distinction be-
tween the enforcement of rule and
war
He also mentioned the abolition Of
slavery. He tells you that war was
the only means that could abolish
slavery. Again il you will search your
minds you will find that one of the
causes of the Civil War was what was
known as "The Underground Railway"
: This was method adopted by persons
in the North of secretly assisting slaves
into Canada. Why did they assist them
into Canada? Simply because years
before this slavery had been abolished
in all the English possessions. The
: method was by purchase of all existing
slaves, and the declaration that no one
in the future should be subjected to
slavery. At the commencement of the
Civil War all the slaves in America
could have been purchased for six
hundred million dollars and in this
way probably better results could have
been obtained than the one that was
obtained. By the war there was an
: actual expenditure of over eight bill
}. lion of dollars in cash, which is more
than ten times as much, besides the
! loss of over half million of human
|. lives.
}, Having so far dealt mainly with the
}, question of war being beneficial let us
! now regard it from the point of view
4 of it's necessity. l mentioned that
d civilization meant something more
f than liberty and [ ask you to believe
q this, that if it means one thing any
d more than another, it does mean the
/? triumph of reason and self-control over
our brutal instincts. 1t is undoubtedly
is true that our brutal instincts frequently
d lmpel us to use physical violence
g, against our neighbors, but one of the
10 chief aims of civilization is to suppress
n this tendency. Right here we must
70 clearly distinguish between compe
tition rivalry or industry and war
le whether it be public or private. Ant
a also between forces necessary tt
le restrain others from wrongful act'
Dr. commonly called Police Power) ant
N aggressive violence, retaliation, etc.
OF freely admit that competition, rivalry
I'd industry and police powers are boil
beneficial and necessary, but I mus
,h emphatically deny that war is eithe
he beneficial or necessary.
n You will remember diinitiOn o
he war given in the quotation which b.
IT. read from magazine article. He said
of "War is taking from another by fore
m or fraud that which is not yours bu
or his" Now the true ownership of tn
,r, property is not really part of tn
Id question. A person may make war t.
ch recover his property. Under govern
OF ment such war is prevented no matte
ly who owns the property, and a repre-
lc- sentative of the government is appoint
Is. ed to take possession of the property
n to determine its ownership, and han