The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-13
CHRISTIAN PATRIOTISM
IS SALVATION OF The UNION
Wen Like Uob"rt T.. i.rr mud W iIIiuin
Mckinney ShOntd Bc Ideals for
Rising Generations.


To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch
Sir.--Is the preachmont true that war
never has and never viii scttl" ANY
Thing tut only complexities matters and
makes iutur" settlements nor" difficult.
'r ar" there exceptions to the rui".
ana is var sometimes constructive.
force. ami. IL 50, WAS our Civil War
vh" ~ them l. this cAcus. for TIA.
war. ihat IT saved thc Onion. a valid
one
No ono at this present time viii
deny that prior TO tho Civn WAR there
""r" patriotic. clear sighted men on
b"til siu"a OF Mason and DiNoua liuc.
men "hV realized In. vital Importance
"i preserving TN" Union. neither viii
any on" acquHIntautcd with IA. cast.
win which TIA. Constitution can be
amended. na witness ~ the two recent
ANXIOUS 10 IT., deny that the present
legal status OF ,h. Federal rovcrn,ucut
could have boon brought about b1-
amendments 20 that article or. what
would amount to the same thing. 4
uh"rcni Interpretation by the supreme
'ourt of our u"tiouai bill OF rights.
then what is the explanation OF this
hH" Hu0 cry about the civil war nav
liiH sawed tho Union" What arc the
pt!n'iplo elements that cutter into all
wars, especially into civil ones. muir
DOR outrage. incoEdiarisIn. hatred. re
NonE". iu other words. HELL as one
81 Tic generals IN our civil war lacori-
'aily remarked. 10 these clements
ever mall" for peace. for patriotism.
FOR unity. for Union:
Sow foi little history There was
not a. state u tin" Southern coufcd-
cr"ct that did not have - large num-
ber Of Union men in it, thor. vor.
Twenty-Five Northern men WHO fought
'a officers lu the Confederate army.
and many Southern ui.n who wcro Of
bc"rS ANA priVatcs in the Northern
army WIS We're TIA" mon OF ih.
states divided up into four camps. e.
southern men ;Vho loved the Union and
Southern men who. Willie still admit
uns states rights. as 81 sine qua non
OF a stable "quilihriated Union. fought
win inc Union forces. Northern mon
VINO snNtd iiIe Union. got fought with
the southern forces. Northern men
who, while admitting states rights"
as basic principle OF the Union.
Fought against the Southern forces
Why does no loss an authority than
ii'hrN CABOT Lodge say. Both Grant
ana Lee gained what they fought for.
me former icd-r-.:sm and the latter
StateS rights The reason is not far
10 sceh-thc war issue was not clear
cut-th" positions OF both sides were
illogical tuUtcnabIeb. No the tragedy
OF the civil War Was that considerations
incn on both sides sacrificed their lives
In lighting against 'in parD their own
convictions. and in its final analysis
the so-Called Union victory" was i'm
part Union defeat. that had 10 h.
i"m"died by constructive legislation
thai mas been goinr on ever since. the
WAi. and - sim coiuc ON. uudoiuu,
WhNi the Union soldiers died to accom-
pliSh Given tn" issue. even the In
hnltel> Just one could not decide tho
war 'Pulthb!l. 80 its decision was left
1" the arh!trameuts Of numbers
Now a." tine civil War ala not and
'""i" not iu the nature of What WAY
-. saw" VI" Union what has saved il,
for to-day IL stands forth in All lis
s!oii. /" nation admired and loved abov.
1il the nations OF the world" WHY
the th!Ha That has saved our country
ih the past ana Viii continue to save
H. ior ~ has 90 be- saved not ono.
"HIN. nut al the Tine. is the Christian
patriotism OF majority OF our pcoDle
-a patriotism that Is broader than
state or section. q patriotism that saved
ia" mon bon spit, of all the hosts of
'N' forces evoked b.. thc civil war
auH It's eliminating horror. The recon-
-tructiuu period.
u 'her We would tia, our Union
'r'"r for aye, let Us hole up as ideals
10 tho rising generations. not those
men who are the opponents of III, ais.
iructiN. "isuuitiu% forces Of war. but
thosc who's" All embracing. patriotiSu,
h", thoS" ~ Robert =. Ice has a
place ln its heart, even in The stress
ind *tfdu OF war Ton Our friends. thu.
enemy OF who like that other pa
triot William Mckinley. treats with
reverence and loving honor alike Tho
memories % both Blue and Cray.
MARY -. CARTIER
lppcrNilc. Va. September : lgIi