The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-22
IMPRESSIONS OF A TENDERFOOT
By WiLL ROBINSON
Confined from first page.)


no North aud no South In the obscr
vance of Decoration Day, aud most
people have forgotten IL they ever
knew that It had its origin in the
brain Ut "a Daughter of the Confcder
acy. TO those who have grown TO mid
die age since the wal this seems i'm
mortally right. The very cause of the
great struggle has been removed to
the pages of history and the real man
the honor paid those who went to the
wars for their part of the greatest
country the world has known. II will
not be long before It will Ice to those
of succeeding generations alone that
the duty of Decoration Day will fall.
The etarans of both sides are falling
faster than they did at shiloh or Chick
amauga, and It will not be 50 many
years before the Grand Army of the
Republic aud the United Confederate
Veterans will have ceased to exist as
societies, for that II i, the way Of time.
When they have gone the flowers will
still be strown, but by those who knew
not the steel.
II IL at this time that the horror aud
f~utility OF war stands out the clearest,
for we are passing beyond the time
when wal was ..S-crted a. a necessary
"h"e OF civilization aud evangelical
ton, thank God. The enlightened ma
tions OF the world are turning ever
TO the hope Of that day when nations
aud peoples will settle their differences
without blood and the sword, The es
adjustment of the Hague peace trib
unal was "a great step forward, and
it means more. The time j. enevitably
coming when It will settle all dit
icuiti les and war will be no more
among civilized people. This would
not at first appear to be soon, in view
OF the millions that being spent upon
armies and uaVies, and the constantly
recurring proofs that nations are still
fond of conquest, but armament aud
the military spirit were ever fostercd
by the rules oI the world for their "
aggrandilcmcnt, by the utilization of
the principle Of patriotism tina, dwclIs
~ every worth while heart, anu which
b, Just beginning To think toi itself,
90 realize the mon~trous injustice of
war, aud the duty of the world 10 make
% impossible a. an unjustihahlc thing
This seems like a sweeping classified
tion of the great struggles OF history,
but 1t d, just. All of the niggers in
the world did not Justify the war Of
secession with it, dcspOiled homes on
both sides of the line. The conquest
of the Phillipnes-and It's retention
j. not worth the life of a single Ameri
can soldier. The struggle between Ia
pan aud Russia the bathed Manchuria
~ crimson was unlustited both ways.
There nave been holy wars, a. those
OF - and II aud with Mexico, but
they are few aud far between and even
they would have been impossible a
century later. In time humanity will
come 10 class the sword with the dag
ger OF the ASSASSIN aud war taxes with
the burden Of the slave. aud woman.
Kind will do IT, duty in insisting upon
it, rights hat have been subyerted
and imposed upon since time began
by the mailed warrior. These are de
yelopements of the future, TO be sure.
There Will be larses that will battle
nation, in tears and bend the backs
of peoples with the burdens of war, for
Do Is hard To eiiace the primitive man,
but the triumph OF the Man OF Peace
will not bee long delayed, counting time
90 Us broadcast sense, IL l. an incyita.
BILE phase Of the true civilization.