Show THE BLOODY BATTLES OF ITALY under the above heading the new york herald gives a statement of the losses sustained in the late contest in italy compared with the american losses in the war with me mexico the following table is compiled from authentic accounts published in the latest french journals engaged lo 10 lom low montebello allies do Aust austrians rians lifo 1160 palestro ft lestro ailie allies 1400 do Aust austrian rians 2100 do Aust austrian rians 13 allies do Aust austrian rians 1400 alli allies do Aust austrians rians total 0 0 admitting the above figures the french statement as correctly exhibiting the respective forces engaged and losses sustained in the various battles it will be obvious that the loss in killed killea and wounded is a trifle over ten per cent or in other words ten or a little over killed or wounded for every hundred engaged the austrian loss by the above table it will also be seen is estimated at about forty per cent greater than that of the french but says the metai herald dio dlo in a somewhat braggadocio style accepting the french account as accurate we find fini this loss but about two thirds that sustained by the americans in their battles against the cowardly and undisciplined cip lined mexicans the losses of the mexicans it is well known also were much greater than those of the americans in mexico the losses of the americans were men killed and engaged en caged wounded per ret cent A at t af non Mon 0 n lercy terey er T good 8 at buena yita tista 1 1534 53 at del rey key 2234 2 2 34 3 4 1000 1313 1113 3 4 1234 4 total I 1 is 15 judging from these statements it would appear that the boasted improvements in military tactics accompanied with all the glittering paraphernalia of the most modern engines of warfare and destruction arms of precision and machines for instantaneously annihilating whole regiments lamentable to relate are arl not so effective in the work of human fiuman butchery as we have been led to sup bup suppose supposal while we heartily deprecate the whole system of warf warfare are and deplore the existence of even an assumed necessity for a resort to arms by enlightened nations whereby rivers of human gore have sent forth their reeking torrents and countless thousands of dependent women und children have been doomed to destitution tit ution and misery yet while governments are exposed to collisions with each other and while disputes or grievances can be arbitrated only by resort to arms it is self selfo evident that those governments will be disposed to bring to their aid in lieu of calm and godlike god like deliberation the most effective implements of death and destruction from this resort we doubt not the masse masses if permitted to have a voice would demur they have within them an instinctive love of life which undimmed by blackening infamy and crime would at once decide averse to the wholesale shedding of blood simply to rectify a difference of opinion between two countries or powers but rulers passionate ambitious and avaricious are easily arous aroused ede edo the ile gratification of some sordid hope is with them paramount para mount to all things else eise the peace and well being of their subjects not excepted ilis this verily is a minor consideration with rulers in general to plunge a people in disastrous and disgraceful warfare with a neighboring state or province is a matter of small moment when the dignity of a monarch is at stake to waste the blood and treasure of a country is pardonable nay praiseworthy when they may maybe be expended for the purchase of momentary glory a phantom conceived in the fevered imagination of the proud the haughty to td redouble the oppression of the humble when shall kings learn judgment and rulers equity that strife may cease and the gentle arts of peace be everywhere substituted for the pomp and prowess of war when shall the swords be beaten into plowshares and the spears into pruning a hooks books and the nations learn war no more have we learned nothing from the history of the past which is so vividly portrayed before ns us Is it not written they that take the sword shall perish by the sword and does not history fully corroborate the truth of that saying where now ia Is graec greece e that mighty warlike wara nation against whom xerxes arrayed the largest largi army ever marshill e id htone at one time timet butirro but I 1 who returned in utter discomfiture saying that a people so brave could not be conquered with her accumulated glory her wealth and her learning like the brilliant meteor she has passed away forever the sword by which she attained her triumphant dominion was finally unsheathed against herself and she too embr embraced alced alcea the eternal sepulchre of dissolution which bai bad sealed the doom of 0 other powers from whose shattered remnants she had gathered strength and from whose bloodstained blood stained soil her heroes were raised i rome too is a monument in attestation of the same immutable decree by the sword she extended her conquests and by the sword in n the hands of the ruthless North men the eternal city was subjugated 0 and the western empire of rome after a continuance of 1229 year years ceased to exist mohammed 11 II reduced constantinople several hundred years subsequently thus terminating tin the existence of the eastern empire of rome and by the sword established his hia religion in turkey these are strong indications that the sword will ere long obliterate mohammedan rule which eyen even now is but in in name what assurance therefore have the present existing governments who by the bward sward sword have attained their vaunted strength and giant bulk that thai theirs will not also be like unto the fate of greece and rome and all the proud establishments that have flourished on the earth from time immemorial whose germs were formed in feudal elements and matured in the smoking blood of millions A government whose stability depends upon its legions of armed soldiery rests tests upon a precarious tenure armed legions however are deemed indispensable especially in connection with monarchical governments to repel invasions by more powerful states the ile weak are exposed to attacks from the stronger powers wrongs inflicted by the subjects of one power upon those of another power must be redressed and blood alone in many instances is the only atonement that can be offered to reconcile the injured party in the contest however blood is freel freely y spilt by the avenger C as well as the aggressor both are made to summer suffer probably as a meed awarded for their criminality and folly to the so called ag gressing party because of injuries done and to the avenger to atone for that rashness and madness that impelled a resort to arms for the purpose of obtaining redress which might have been obtained with greater satisfaction and at a far less sacrifice of treasure and the peoples blood nor is it always certain that the invader conquers reverses are the daily recurring fortunes fortune of war he who is victor and exults in triumphal glories today to day perchance may to morrow lie among among the mangled borses of tomorrows battle such are the transitory emoluments of war while on the other hand the pathway by which to gain those emoluments is thickly in cumber cumbered cumb ered edwith with the loud lamentations of bereaved lamentation multitudes indiscriminate s slaughter aughter death in its most horrid forms distortion of body maiming for life by hundreds and thousands terror anguish and distraction these are so some bome me of the ingredients compounded in the vial of wrath drank by the nations who essay to engage in deadly conflict with each other war is the scourge of the nations it is also the most direful devastator of j ual hopes and happiness the gron cron the knell the pil the bier and all we know knowl or dream drum or fear of agony arony ony art thine the european and oriental nations have hav long been schooled in the tactics of war with some of them every male citizen is compelled to serve a series of years in a military school thus they become a nation of citizen soldiery erN erh disciplined and prepared for action at a moments warning their military schools their fortresses and immense towers of defense their navies and standing armies are means of security against foreign invasion crowned heads are rendered majestic in the ratio of military prowess it cannot then be expected that these nations will abandon the time honored establishments and institutions of war to give place to the more ennobling arts of peace the government of the united states ia Is founded on principles of peace our fathers in in the hard struggle for independence after having fully ex experienced erien erlen ced the horrors inflicted upon a peo people le ty by sanguinary war and conscious of the tiie tile intrinsic virtue of the people and their innate love for their country and vig tho nt Se extended ended over them boldly deter mined ZA standing admy should be supported by thes thel united states and by the constitution ution prohibited any state without the 61 consent of congress from keeping troops or s ships hi ps of war in time of peace the genius of our government is opposed to military despotism trusting to the people themselves the destiny of the mighty ship of state they launched forth to encounter the bolster boisterous ous waves of political tumult and at t I 1 va various rious periods the arms of belligerent powers all which the gall gallant ship withstood tood not even retarding for a moment her onward progress till now her name is known in every land and her power is the dread of her en enemies eeles although altho aitho ugh her presiding genius is PEACE yet when called to defend her rights she has never failed to successfully cope with her foes on the main and on the battlefield battle field the ile triumph of right over might of republican government upon american soil in opposition to military and despotic rule on the eastern day are the admiration of the world the oppressor is awakened he lie pauses upon the verge of a tyrannous decree and alid asks aks himself what will my ray people say and his feeble arm is palsied and wherefore because the scales have fallen from the peoples eyes a single beam of light has reached them and they inqui f re who should rule a people but those by whom the people are protected and whom the people are willing lin to sustain The seare the first glimmerings glimme rings of freedom the opening indications of relief for those who for a lifetime have struggled 1 ed against tyranny and wrong now whilst these favorable impulses are being received among the nations of europe the nation by whose influence this mighty a ball has been set in motion cease its progressive 0 sive 1 development of the true principles of lib erty the constitution and those wholesome doctrines of peace and good will to man so satisfactorily proved to be most conducive to the prosperity of governments and the happiness of mankind to guard against such a contingency it will be found requisite to rigidly adhere to the constitution and the genius 4 of oar republican institutions to perpetuate an unwavering confidence in the fidelity and patriotism of the people distrust begets 3 insincerity cruelty begets treachery with all due confidence reposed bied bled in the people their rulers should freely and without reserve award to them the full exercise of all powers not delegated to the united states by the constitution nor prohibited by it to the them states when rulers engender jealousy towards the people lest they should be too profuse in the enjoyment of their rights and privileges vi there is a check placed upon the strength and harmony of government pk rin gur pur present relation other governments it is an obvious duty to keep a vigilant watch against unwarrantable encroachment the navy should be strong and efficient the seaboard should be fortified for defense at every point accessible to an enemy we are then within at home no standing army is then required to protrude its glittering front as if to say to the citizen as be he passes beware my vengeance 71 7 1 the people are secure against invasion their persons and property are protected not by the sword or arms of precision but by the immutable law of right meir their homes are sacred and their lives are then precious to each other peace prevails and every man is permitted the free exercise of all of bib bis rights and none are disposed to infringe upon the rights of others the laws are magnified and to all is extended the inalienable right of seeking happiness in hi his bis s own way and worshipping wor shipping according to the dictates of their own consciences conscience a wherever these things prevail there is peace war is the direct result of their absence when these principles become widespread wide spread and incorporated into every governmental system peace and good will must abound to men and nations will learn war no more |