Show REBUKING THE WAR SPIRIT A few days ago governor schofield of wisconsin gave utterance to the following sentiments which while antagonizing popular clamor reflect the views that grave patriotic and right thinking american citizens eitA zens ought to enter entertain 1 I am impressed with the that now is the time for the conserve conservative citizens of this state as well as ot other states to use their influence against plunging this country into war I 1 confess I 1 have been surprised at the attitude of some members orf of congreve Congre ae upon this subject I 1 can caal well understand how a transient sentiment in favor of war has been worked up throughout ghost the country by the sensational press reports but I 1 was not pre pra pared to see so large a number of the members of congress apparently in favor of hasty haaby action it is hard to conceive how ful people can look upon war as aa in some manner tending to enhance the glory and dignity of a nation there can be no glory in it in this stage of civilization if it loomes it should only be as the culmination of very unhappy circumstances and not as a means to stir a false spirit of patriotism nor to gain transient or permanent advantage war Is a terrible evil there is not a pleasing feature connected with it it means destruct destruction lori of life and property and untold misery and griet grief it is brutal and savage in all its maxa gestations stations fe do dd those people who are talking war so freely know anything of its horrors think what it would mean in this state if 2600 2500 troops enrolled in the national guard were ordered to havana or to our southern st without engaging in a single battle it would mean the lose loos to wisconsin of hundreds of lives fund and conse consequent quent distress to hundreds of far nilles in our ame I 1 I 1 the influence of all Int eften t a an right minded people should be in the direction of discouraging a war spirit if we must go to war it will be a dreadful necessity end and all the pomp and circumstance of tt it will not lessen its horror instead of criticising criticizing critic ising the president for his conservative attitude 1 the atie people of this country regardless 45 party should give him united moral support and an aid a him lal in n his s difficult taste task of maintaining the dignity and rights of the nation najt lon and averting the dreadful necessity of war |