Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1914-06-06

thousands Of American men over tb.
border into Mexico to meet death b,
Mexican bullets. because a usurpin,
murderer refused to salute the starr
and stripes at q time when II wa,
popularity considered good manner
Tor him to do so? La 1t worth while
Tor our soldiers to shoot down thou
sands OF ignorant and practically de-
fenseless Mexlcans for the sams
reason? Is a salute OF any kind to
us from the government of a butcher
like Huerta any honor to our flag,
our government or our people? We
know that there can be but one issue
TO a war with Mexico, that la the
Victory for the United States. Would
not going to war with so inferior a
nation under such circumstances be
IKE a strong man beating a crippled
child because the child made faces
at him? Men IN the United States
no longer flight duels to preserve THEM
honor Should not the nation be
as highly civilized as the individuals
which compose it? Mexico has been
IN an unsettled condition for many
years. Even under the iron rule OF
forfirio Diaz 1t was but a smeldering
foicano. Since his rule 1t has been
volcano in constant eruption. ANY
man thatinvested lin Mexico knew that
de ran the risk of loss of property,
and even the loss of life. Those who
vent there did not ask the consent
OF this government tn go, they went.
VI their own volltion, to make money.
ahd 4 they have failed should this ma.
Ion pay the pen lily in blood? We
can not believe that our country
should even consider war with Mex.
leo a possibility. What are our boast
ed civilization and our eloquent ar.
saments for peace good for. IL when
The test comes We have not the cour-
age to meet 1t? In this case courage
consists, not in going TO war with
a weak, ignorant, poverty stricken ma.
ton, already deyasted by fire and
sword, but courage consists In refrain
ng from war when victory Is certain
and the ever-present lingo element
la clamOIlng for n
Were half the power that fila the
world with terror,
Were half the wealth bestowed on
camps and courts,
Given to redeem the human mind
from error,
There were no need of arsenals
and forts
So we 90 back again to our text,
given by the greatest American cit.
Zen during the greatest American war
That 1t Is our duty ito do all which
may achieve and cherish a Just and
lasting peace among ourselves and
with all nations" Lincoln was pre-.
a man of peace, and con-
sented to war only for the preserva-
ion of the Union. It seems approp-
late that on this day we should plead
or peace.
The Union Is preserved, and now
Nnrt harnar and Cnutharno,, ,,n-t. A.
'ether, shoulder to shoulder, for our
ommon country. And on this solemn
lay the North and South Join In plac.
ng upon the graves Of friend and foe
Like the simple token of the loving
lemory in which we hold them.
SO with an equal splendor
The morning sun-rays fall
With a touch impartially tender
On the blossoms blooming for ALI
Under the sod and the dew
Waiting the Judgment day
'Broidered with gold the Blue,
Mellowed with gold the Gray.
So, when the summer calleth
On forest and field of grain,
With an equal murmur falleth
The cooling drip of the RAIN
Under the cod and the dew
Waiting the judgment day
Wet with the rain the Blue,
Wet with the rain the Gray,
No more shall the war-cry sever.
Or the winding rivers be red;
They Danish our anger forever
When they garland the graves OF
our dead.
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting for the Judgment day
Love and tears for the Blue
Tears and love for the Gray.
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THE CHURCHES