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Zhe Clemson College Chronicle, Valeat Quantum Valere Potest. Voi,. III. CIvEmson College, S. C, June, 1900. No. 9 Xiteran Department L. O. MAULDIN, ) E. M. MATTHEWS, J Editors. The Battle Flag Unfurled. The nations are at war. The age of blood offering has not yet passed. At this period in the world ' s history, we are compelled to consider the morality or immorality of war. On the 1 8th of May, eighteen hundred and ninety nine, representatives of the world ' s foremost powers assembled at the Hague, amid the solemn peal of national bells, and the murmur of sweet music, interrupted by the thunder- ing of cannon at Glencoe and Ladysmith. A thousand enthusiastic pens celebrated the peace manifesto of the Czar, as the beginning of a new era in the history of the nations. Yet, to-day the world must stand convinced of the fact, that arbitration and disarmament is but a theory — an iridescent dream. No doubt you have heard much of the horrors and cruelties of war, of the beauties and benefits of arbitra- tion, and have pictured to yourself that longed for mil- lenium : When the war drums throb no longer, and the battle flags are furled, In the parliament of man, the federation of the world. But you have ever glanced at the obverse side and con- sidered the advantages — nay, even the necessity and
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336 THE CLEMSOX COLLEGE CHROXICLE. morality of war ? It has been so universally conceded that war is a curse, and that the progress of civilizatiion is slowly eradicating this evil, that many people have accepted this view as the only genuine one to hold. Yet there is so much to be said in favor of war, that I shall endeavor to throw out a few hints which may suggest the conclusion, that war is not only necessary but moral. I would have you turn your eyes upon God ' s handi- work around you and observe the lessons therein set forth. See the silver stream as it flows gaily onward, and note the pebbles in its lucid depths whose surfaces have been worn smooth and round by the liquid war upon their faces ? See the giant oak in yonder forest whose very strength has sapped the life-blood from the stubby growth around ! Turn to yonder cloud and see it as it gathers unto itself, drifting clouds, growing larger and heavier until the whole sky is darkened. Then note the awful majesty of the heavens, as the thunder clouds burst and the rains fall, here and there blasting a noble tree, and spoiling the fair face of nature, but yet refreshing the thirsty earth, so that it may yield its fruits. Thus nature ' s self doth teach us how to war. Ascend the scale a little, and learn how savage beasts exist upon weaker animals around them. Yet still higher, and note the daily battle of man for bread — how he slaves and toils and fights for his sustenance ; how he crushes the weaker man in his eagerness for supremacy. This struggles when organized becomes war. I would have you also reflect upon that moral warfare which is the essence of our nature — the struggle between the principles of good and evil, continually taking place within the breast of each one of us. If war is really the great accursed, and to be shunned on every side, then life itself, in the world must be accursed, and we must
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