The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury

The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury

The world is a dangerous place to live in, especially for helpless and innocent children. Wise parents are sadly aware of this fact and have always been striving to make it less dangerous. That this was no small task even in the beginning is easy enough to be seen; for there were poison fruits and reptiles and savage beasts to contend with; but it was light indeed compared with the parental task of today, when the monsters of militarism and greed are abroad, planting their danger-traps in the pathway of unwary feet. In our own country Independence Day has proved to be their golden harvest. The freedom given to small boys on this day makes them easy victims to the tempters wiles, who under the treacherous guise of patriotism have seized upon them more and more every year, until the list of the dead and wounded has assumed appalling proportions. Still there is little talk of doing away with this hideous slaughter; while there is big talk about race suicide, and an appeal to mothers to bring forth more sons to supply the nations need. [Pg viii]The nations need! What need, we ask in Gods name, has this nation of three or four thousand boys to sacrifice annually on our countrys altar? Let the mothers answer. Let them demand that this country be made a fit place for children to live in. That the ten million now spent annually for their destruction, be used for their benefit. If only one half of this amount were used rightly what a change would come over the face of this continent! Every town, however small, would have its pretty park for the children to play in without fear and trembling. There would be flowers and musictrue and gentle music that takes the savagery out of the human heart instead of filling it with savage impulses. Music that would not drown the voices of the birds, but inspire them to sing their rarest songs. Music that would not wound the ears of the tenderest babes but seem to them like a mothers softest lullaby; to which it is easy to fancy that Gods birds, the angels, are delighted to listen. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 39479
Author: Coolidge, Asenath Carver
Release Date: Apr 19, 2012
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Illustrator: Coolidge, Cassius M