The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-01 00:00:00

fereur of the pacific principle, was a work whi ch he
wrote against individual duelling; but now he felt that
he was called to a higher mission—to do all in his
power to prevent duels between nations.—(Loud &were.)
lie looked to the ratiPnee, the wisdom, and the perse-
verance of those who, like himself, were engaged ire this
great cause, for its final and triumphant success; and 1:e
believed that the principles proclaimed at Brussels nod
received here would go forward in the world, and mareh,
he doubted not, from hence to Paris, from Paris to Vi-
enna, from Vienna to Florence, and from Florence to
Rome, triumphant.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. EWAHT next spoke, and expressed his anxious
desire that the thanks of this country should be con-
veyed to the inhabitants of Belgium for the positiea
they had assumed on this important question. In the
cause of peace they had bad with them the united press.
of Belgium, and he knew not a single Belgian PaPcr
which had raised its voice, even by insinuction, directly
or ,indirectly, against the doctrines of international
peace.—(Hear, hear.) The Government paper, in par-
ticular, advocated those doctrines with sound reasoning
and great eloquence combined—indeed, the illustrious
editor of that paper was the Secretary of the Peace
Congress at Brussels. Might lie hope that the press of
Great Britain also would feel that its ministers were
destined to be the great high priests of civilization. that
the march of nations very much depended on the admi-
nistration of the press, and that the sympathy which
the friends of peace had experienced on the part of t'he
Continental press would be echoed and reechoed by
the press of this country.—(Loud cheers.) In conclu-
sion he hoped the mighty heart of England would be set
on the great object of international union, and that,
aided by the feelings of liberty, the loftier, the holier
feelings of religion, and inspired by their duty as men
and as Christians, it would be the first to hold forth the
arm of universal brotherhood to the nations of the
world, and set the bright example which they, he
was assured, would finally and successfully follow.
Mr. Elam; Bereutrr (who was received with very,.
loud cheering) then addressed the assembly, and in
the course of an eloquent speech alluded to the corning
of the glorious day predicted by the prophets of old,
when nation shall not lift up sword against nation, nor
learn war any more, but shall beat their swords into
ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks„,
when their officers shall be peace and their exactors
righteousness, and there shall be an abundance of
peace as tong as the sun and moon endure. Here (said
Mr. Burritt) was the inspired description of that coming
era, whose dawning light even now streaked
the horizon of humanity. The advent of that day
was not a new-born illusion of modern fancy;
it was not the baseless speculation of a hope-
ful imagination. No, it was a great, an im-
mortal truth. It was a reality, a future.
reality, sacred to the world by all the unwavering veri-
ties of the word of God.—(Loud cheers.) If thine
enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink ;
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resist not evil, but overcome evil with good ; love; year
enemies ; they that take the sword shall perish by the
sworn. These principles were of:, great antiquity, and
they had been reviled and ridiculed and spurned for
ages ; but they were mighty and would prevail ; and
the principalities and powers of earth should yet bow to
the power and divinity of those principles.—(loud
cheers.) The sublime declaration, " God bath made of
one blood all nations of men to dwell on the face of the
earth "—that was not a Greek apophthegm, though
uttered in the midst of Athena—it was not a polished
maxim of ancient wisdom, or a motto of recent origin.
It was a great, an immortal, an immutable truth—a
capital verity of Divine revelation that would survive
both the existence and memory of all nationalities.—
(Cheers.) Was it, ho asked, too early for them, •
now, in the nineteenth century, to issue from the verge
of the field of Waterloo an appeal to the people of
every country, tribe, and condition of society, in raising
that principle from the dust into which it had been
trampled by the rude foot of war? What more fitting
place could they have found from which to issue such au
appeal than the neighbourhood of that terrible field
upon which was perpetrated .the most stupendous
fratricide that ever filled the world with lamentation and
woe.—(cheers.)
Mr. G. W . ALEXANDER proposed the second resolu-
tion:—" That permanent and universal peace is the only
condition that can fully develop the principles of
Christianity, civilization, and commerce, and ensure the
social happiness and moral improvement of mankind;
and we, therefore, regard with the highest aatisfaction
all the interchanges of good offices, fraternal communi-
cations, and friendly visits between individuals and com-
munities of different nations, believing that they will
directly conduce to unite the people of the earth in the
bonds of perpetual brotherhood."
The Rev. J. BURNETT seconded the resolution.
The resolution was carried unanimously.
The CHAIRMAN then introduced to the meeting M.
Jousselin, substitue du procureur to the French Re-
public, who had visited London in company with other
National Guards of Paris to fraternize with the English
people, and study the administration of justice here.
M. JOUSSELIN said he could could not speak the -
English language very well, but he would attempt to
thank the people of this country for their kind reception .
of himself and his,companions who had lately returned'
to France. " Ladies and Gentlemen," exclaimed M.
Jousselin, " you are capital good fellows.—(Lond cheers
and laughter.) It I were not a Frenchman I would be
an Englishman. Be sure that we Frenchmen love
yeu like brothers, and wish that the union between
France and England may long endure."—(Cheering.)
The Rev. T. SPENCER moved, and Mr. STURVIE se-
conded the next resolution :—" That in the opfffion of
this meeting all the necessities and tendencies of the age
continue to encourage the friends of peace in the civi-
lised world to unite their efforts for the entire abolition
of the spirit and policy of war from the family of nations;
and it therefore recommends that energetic and exten-
sive measures be immediately adopted, not only to gilt
effect to the recent congress at Brussels, but also to
prepare ter a still more general and impressive convoca-
tion on the Continent of the friends of peace during the
next year."
The resolution was adopted unanimously.
On the motion of the Rev. Dr. BURN, seconded by Me
CLAPP (United States), the following resolution was
also agreed to .

"'That this meeting, deeply impressed with the kind-
ness and polite attentions of the Government and people
of Belgium to the English deputation who attended the
congress at Brussels, would acknowledge the obligations
under which their generosity has laid them, and if, in the
course of events, a similar congress should be held in
this metropolis, it will be their aim to yield a welcome
as cordial and sincere to all their foreign friends who may
honour them with their presence."
Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the
meeting dispersed.