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Show f , H CllttltTUMIT VS. WAII. W I, Tne unwilled condition of l.uror 1 Km J ' cmisIdk R00U deal of commrnl, nil E i J Herant Ing fotlh tlio berron noil JR l'i lerroft ol watfat ate Incoming nil- Hf jjj nuroui. Onnol llitrni In the jt'' Match numlwr ol Ilia oo at JJeonomUt, W t 6 N.w Yotk. Taklog llu.klii'a ssjIok, Pi j J "Kntj thing Hi omit obseutu me tSl M ttulli woslioiltJ liavo known," a a ft-, f 4 text, Itin atllcla aliowa llisttlio wolll t ' mmi really bcglnnlna; to iindsr-tanil B.' those wotila iiacllcallr, lining fom HEf vrotili to action, wo should now rf" Hk ectd to abolish war bscauro we hare Hfi been saying Ibat II ll uiiitder. ThNe H'( rftottaare ridiculed anil dectleJ by ML J mlbtiry men, wbo ngarJ It s " m, fanatical ilralgn, Ilia Imagary of ml H . takan philanthropy." The military lj I akoptlo admit that It la sad bccuse $, ofiucb lofaol life, Lut claim that war ft Ie neocwarjr. Thla Idea, la looked ition H& aa mouldy fiagmenl of batbatlara M rather loan t lunUameulal pail of the labile of our clvllitallun, It llng H fact that aluce 1815 arbitration bat lieen fl ILemrana of nujuillng out toranly H dlrputti letvret-n Lalloni; fjrmtrly, of H , course, war would have beta "utcts H When Iba United Htatee was pttpar- M leg to fight Mexico, ono of tho humor- fl out )ioola of tho day wroto a homily I protect In Terie against II, a rami of which lata follows! 21 Ton Use a wort and dror tt, And tro allck a taller llirotisls. bbbbbj Gof'meatwoa'laaswfrtorll, H uoI II seadt.it bill to jreu. H There la aomething to think of In H that, for tho aeutlment contained ex- H teuded and put In more forcetul baK H I It an appeal to uian'a (Jutlstlan mid H I thetafore hla better nature. If all men H orauy comlderaLlepropottlonoftheai H( woulJrifJieto flghtat tho baheat of a ft'i ruler or a congte-s, of ctiiirso there H ft Ji would be no war and atbllrttioii might Hf Iheti Allow, llulhow-would this Loin l tbocaieofan arrogant, lusolont aud HI; greedy nation pouncing upon au- HJ( , otbit'a citizens, property or tcrrl- HJ J toiy without juitlflcatlou and re. Hb I fuilng to recede, make amende or Hi I even to lay that It la torrj? Kurely Hh there could be nothing wrong In en- HH ' ploying the atetn agency of firce to HB accomplltb luitlce, and forco In tucli Hj: i acoMWoulJ mean war, and the mor. HJ I of the land, many ol whom would HB be alalu, would bare to carry It on. HH ' Thla It notlhe trend of tbeMwiomfaf HH , article by any menna. Tho writer aika HH bow, from a purely rellgloua point of HHJ tUw, war can bo contldircd niceatary HHJ '' the lawa of the atate and guTern HHJ ment are modeled ujkju the lawa nf HJH Qid, the Uoapolof peace." Nevor,per HJH J5 bapa, did that little umphatlied pre. HJH , . ' potltlon occupy to lmmrtant a place In HJH fS'fo achalu of wordt. War, uudtr audi HJH clrcuuittanoer, could not be contldered HHf necoitary, bacnuta It would not only HJH a not be uaoteaary but would not figure HJH J lu men'a computation and contldora. HJH Hon at all. The Uoepel of peace HJJJr . tiachea men lo do unto uthara HJH P aa they would be dono by, and HHfl villi eon that one goUen precept HHJ JlTed up to, tuch a elluatlon at that we H hare Imagined akore could not arlte; HHJ t natlont would not pounce upon the HH I roperty or people of othert, becauto HJt that Is not the way they Mould have HV1 otbert do with them. And If, at would Idoubtleit be loeTltable at timet, mlf uuderetaudlngt or Lompllcatlont were jgmj to arlac, the aanie feeling would H ' l'rompt the one or onet aieklngaaet HJH tlement to do to In it way that would HJHJ tako from no other what rightfully HJHJ , ( belonged loll, and tho war tpltlttuuld HHH i ( find no place of lodgment lu tho inldat HJHJ I ' uc'1 coudltlou. HJHJ ' The faonsiiiiaf poind out that "noyer HJHJ with a word orao nllualou dootUhrlat HJHJj rtcommenJ war." Tblt It Uaa than a HJHJk ,( Irulim, becaute It doea not miature the HJJJH full ttandard of the tuljut. Chrlat HJJJJF did moru than uegttlvely oppoee war; 1 lilt who! j life, Ilia every net, Ilia apoken worda weru of themaelvoe n . continued, glowlux dlituatlou froru HHH K "" L'l him dial iloutita reud with Idlicrlailuatlou and thought the worda of the Matter, aome of which ate HJJHFi uoted by tho uklliatlon named. HJJHJ "Ibey that take tbeawotd ahall ptrlth HJJHJ with the aword;" 'llleaaed are thu HJJHJ jeooemaktra, for tbey ahall bo called HJJHJ the children of Ujd." While engaged HJJJH lu citing portions of that Uautllul HJHH atrraon, It might bo aa well to roduiu HJJHJ , one aomewhat moru liitud and lu HJJJHJ, I peratlYe "Thou ahalt not kill." HHlHj' . The .toonomiit concludea that tho HJHJf I clTlllzillouof tho nrttoul ueoda a ri- HHj iitabllihedaudurotiablliuud Clirla. HL tlanlly, "to relrttate the Uoiptl (ll HHH unainaltj jircudicd.1' We agnu Unit HHH it Ui.n; jet thu Chtlttiuulty uf HHH Cnritt and Ihu Uor t l!u ILIaBaM aud Jilt dltclpli iruuhid It are buru and have bleu upon thu land uud teut abnuj tu the uatluua fur luoiu llisil half n century, lVthapa there la on omulied meaning lu thu HHH, quoted wordt nd the wilier Intended HHJf' to convoy tint thu mod of the ivntlJ It HHft to gnt h ni to tho mlored Uotpel of HjjHJI Uhilit. Iiao, bu It altogether tight; HJJJHJ I for If mankind wuull turn HJJJHJ from tinning ami Halm to the worlt HJJJHJ' iokenb tho Bivlor and llione who HJJjHJin Mlow In lilt lo tilepa, then Indeed HJJJHJ u rould there be war no more, the aword HJJJHJ H trould becomo a loughtharu aud the HJHJHIjS ifeararruulnghook. HJHJHA i '1'he authority quoted engage In HJHJHJf omt excillenl loglo on the tubjecl, HjHJHJii. be article In Itt entirety being worthy HJjHH) , careful letuiaL Ilut Iheie are pot- HValj '' JL nv jHHjHJliBvjBlaaaaaaBtrX -n tttv!' tiona not ao logical. "Kurely," It aajtr "were the war-god dltnteJ of lilt blanry and hla Bruoke-wrappad tumult and given tho envenomed itllcltoaud the shrouding cloak of tbe ttttttltt, the shoes of science and the dealh-ralllo of tho slain a hla only vlilbla and audlblo Incitements, the magnetizing power of his eyas would die away and the piople would reoog-nlie reoog-nlie tbemtclvrt ni llolalort nndtut IbogaJ lo death." Thla It Inconlro-virlllle; Inconlro-virlllle; a metaphorical projotltlon tt It unnctwerable. And yet aa a tug. gettlon ll points lo nothing ,'rnoilcal and thereloreltat"souDdlng bmand a tinkling lymbal," or the eneet bill tlrd andaiprenlonlent mutio nf the icollanhar . Theftc, that there It a wal-jvil miai that there will be die oiation and dltplay "the ear-piercing flp,tbetplrlt Stirling dtum, and nil tbe onip, I-rlJrt aud clrcuiutlaiicn of glorlouawar." If thete did not exlit ilnfe would ba no deadli oilllalouson a great sctle betwien uppotlng men, and vice veria. Ii tlicroweiu no great precipice In tho Niagara river, there would be no thundering, craahlog, majiittlc downpour uf waters waleta lu which so many have Uen swejt to an an f al destruction; but the precl; Ice It tbi re, so are the watert, aud so the sublime but terrible spectacle remnlna year nflcr year. II Is a cato ol outo and rirri't aiooropnnyliig each other, not one going aluad and the oilier following. |
