Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-12-17

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PEACE SoeiEriEs.--Renewsd exeFtions
have recently been made by friends Of univer-
sal peace in this State and IN Massa chusetis,
to give their principles and spirit a wider
spread, and to extend their influence into tho
hearts Of the people and the Councils Of the
Commonwealth Prompted by the purest feel
ings OF philanthropy and goodwill to men,
these e~xertion. are worthy Of the highest con-
sheraton, and tho most un 5ounded applause ;
and we sincerely hope will receive :he und,vid.
cd support of tho community. When one at
tempts to alleviate tho condition of his fellow
mon, without tho rsmotest prospect Of indivi-
dual gain-without q wish or Q chance for per.
sonal aggrandizsment with no views bat
those Of bensvolenee, and no hope Of reward
but the appreciation Of his Own conscience,
what man shall dare impugn his motives, or
pass sentence Of condemnation upon the right
sousness Of his cause ! All may not have the
same Wow Of tho. subject, nor 10 it to be OF.
pected that they should but whom no posi-
BILE harm can result fherefrom, should not
those who disbelieve the utility. respect the
good feeling, and give the theory a fair trial,
10 the end, that if it be good it may be perse-
vored in. and il it be bad 1t may DO explodsdl
The opposers Of these exsrtions have seen
their side Of the question established, and they
should now give those who differ from them
the same opportunity, and if they have q great
or claim to universal prevalence. let thom take
it.
There has ever been q mistaken notion with
regard 10 the object and principles Of these So
cieties there has been not q little pains tax.
en- to instl into the minds Of tho people the
belief. that their members were destitute Of
the feelings Of patriotism, and even aimed at
the destruction OF our institutions. How un.
founded. how unjust, how generous, these
attempts to pcrvert the meaning Of these men,
who have the deepeOt feeling Of patriotism.
and the most holy generation for the free in
stitutions of our country, at heart !; and who,
instead Of founding them in blood, and drawing
around their base tho widows and orphans Of
men who have died in fight, when their fami-
lies, their country, and their God had claims
upon them which they died without fulfilling,
would plant the olivc-tree to shade them, and
place the dove, instead Of the fierce eagle, up
on its branches.
Is it any proof ola mans want of patriotism,
to wish that his country may never engage in
the art of war! What man dare open the por-
tails Of the tomb, where repose the remains Of
William Penn, and brand that inanimate dust
with The epithet "traitor 2" He who tanned
the savage in his lair, even whom he was exas-
pcrated with the vlllainy Of ireacherous white
men who had introduced the mother of all
vices among them, even Drunkenness, that
they might be moro easily exterminated, and
robbed Of their lands and substance-he who
reared, upon the principles Of love and peace,
tho brightest star in this galaxy Of republics.
and babe it be a light to them that should
hereafter spring from the broad expanse Of the
west-he who caused the American Indian 10
beat his Ratchet into a plough-share, and take
rank among civilized men and christians
Will not the memory Of that man stand
| against the fame Of the mightiest conqueror
that ever existed, and will not the blessings Of
a grateful people on his namo. 60 up before
the same throne as the curses Of ten thousand
widows and twice ton thousand orphans, who
thus testify that q Napoleon has livodl He