The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1911-06-08

When Colonel Roosevelt talks of
war. he says with all it's horrors it
is better than peace with dishonor.
But has anyone of the peace advo-
Gates declared for peace on any
but honorable terms9 So far as
heard from neither loss of nation
al nor individual self respect has
been proposed to bring about a
cessation of war. The colonel
seems in this matter to be fond of
setting up man of straw and
knocking the everlasting stuffing
out of it-Rapid City Journal.
The Journals criticism is sound,
not only war, but dueling is a bar
barous custom and is now uni
versally condemned by all civilized
people and nations. The code of
honor that Roosevelt talks about is
nothing less than war on a small
scale, and it now comes under the
ban of law and is called murder.
The immortal Hamilton lost his life
at the hands of Aaron Burr by
complying with this silly and bar
barous custom. Hamilton's whole
moral nature rebelled at the
thought, and he wrote pathetic
letter to his family and friends, Ia
menting this cruel fashion of sett-
ling personal controversies and eff
fronts and that in the duel he ex-
pected to be killed. All readers of
the worlds history know how
Hamilton fell, disdaining to be .
murderer himself, he pointed his
pistol up at the sky and fred, while
Aaron. Burr, thirsting for revenge
took deliberate aim and shot his
human antagonist to death! By
this inhuman act he caused q wild.
ow and q nation to mourn, for Al
exsndcr Hamilton was q young
man of lofty ideals, and was rapid
~ ascending the ladder of national
greatness, he was the leading can
didate for presidential honors.
This act of Burrs aroused the whole
nation and threw them into a frenzy
of opposition to this code of honor.
Aaron Burr was henceforth a ru-
ined man, he was execrated, reviled
and hated by his fellow men. Peo-
pie with nobility of soul, pointed
the finger of scorn at man who
was so remorseless in his vindict-
iveness as to take the life of man
who had the drop on him, but his
magnanimous soul refused to take
his life. Ever since this tragic
affair, dueling has been going out
of style. 1t is one of the astound-
ing things TO discover, that Roose-
welt would sanction this kind of
business in a case where honor was
at stake. Honor-what a travesty
on justice, crimes unnumbered
have been committed in thy name
and caused countless millions to
mourn. The time is surely COM
ing and coming fast when the CIV
ilized nations of the earth, will get
together and form a worlds con-
gress that shall have power to set
tie all controversies that may arise
between nations. The men who
are the moving spirit in this great
reform, are, and of right should be,
the heroes whose names will be
written and engraved on the hal
lowed memories of our christian
people, and on tablets of stone that
will sound down through the dim
vista of time their enduring fame,
and prove to the world that our
boasted civilization is what it pre-
tends to be, and not a sublime
mockery.
Ever since Roosevelt's S experience
in Staying wild animals in the jun
giles of Africa, people have begun
to doubt his greatness of thought
as statesman, and his fitness as
leader of men.
In the great 500 mile automobile
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