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Title: The Independent
Year: 1849 (1840s)
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Publisher: New York : S.W. Benedict
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ong? The massacre of a million Armenians; was it a permis-sible precaution or an unpardonable crime? The desolation of Serbia and Poland; was this a regret-table necessity or a frightful injustice? The destruction of life through the sinking of the Lusi-tania and other merchant ships; was this an ordinary inci-dent of warfare or was it deliberate and premeditatedmurder? The starvation of Jews and Syrians in the Holy Land; isthis an accident of economics or a violation of the laws ofGod and man? The attempt to array Moslems against Christians in aholy war; was it a laudable act of imperial statesmanshipor was it the treachery of a Christian monarch? The intimidation of small nations and the violation ofinternational agreements; are these things excusable underprovocation or damnable under all circumstances? In the presence of these pending and as yet unsettledissues we feel impelled to warn our brethren against thosewho say Peace! Peace! when there is no peace. The just A CHUNK OF PORK
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Drawn lor Tho Independent by W. 0. Morris FIRST CITIZEN: BY GRASS, EZRY, TIMES IS GETTIN BETTER IN OUR ME-TROP-A-LUS SECOND CITIZEN: YEW DONT SAY, CY ? FIRST CITIZEN: YEP, THE POSTMASTER SEZ HES SOLD THE THIRD POSTAGE STAMP THIS MONTH 92 THE INDEPENDENT January 15, 1917 God, who withheld not His own Son from the cross, wouldnot look with favor upon a people who put their fear of painand death, their dread of suffering and loss, their concernfor comfort and ease above the holy claims of righteousnessand justice, and freedom and mercy and truth. Much as wemourn the bloodshed in Europe, we lament even more thansupinencss of spirit, that indifference to spiritual valueswhich would let mere physical safety take precedence ofloyalty to truth and duty. The memory of all the saints andmartyrs cries out against such backsliding of mankind. Sadis our lot if we have forgotten how to die for a holy cause.We solemnly declare to you our conviction that the ques-tion of all questions for our immedia

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