Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-06-07

Congress Of Nahons.-We have read
with great satisfaction and an almost entire
acquicsccnrc in lis doctrines and propos.
tons, "Discrtation on the subject Of a
Congress of Nations for the adius mcnt of
thermal Disputes without recours"lo arms" "
Just published 10y Ezra Collier. l4s Mas
sau.st. We understand this Dissertation
was elected by the offer ola large premium
by the American Peace Society. and was
one Of those which the commit!cc-Messrs
Adams, Webster, and kent-dccmcd wor.
thy, though each OF them held different
opinion as to which was the most worthy
among them. OF course. no decision was
made, and this essay is placed before the
public on individual responsibility.
1t is indeed high time the publ!c mind was
more fully aroused to the hornd atrocity,
overwhelmingly Observation-Disclosures c,and
the inconceivablc aggregate OF crime mis-
cry, and torture, inseparabIe from its exiS.
tcucc. True, no pen can adcGuatcly y por
tray tic universe Of evil and agony which
war inevitably cngcndcrs. bit This is no rea-
son Cor suffering their continuance in slug
gish apathy or uumaniy despair. 1t is the
duty Of the philanthrop ST, the patro:. and
the Christian, to strive nobly against all ex-
ls.ing sources Of crmo and wrechcdness,
no mater how faint the prospect of imme-
diete successful strive prudcntly indeed,
but earnestly, ull with full confidence in
the ultimate triumph righteousness and
truth. But we canno. even believe the
project Of Congress of Nations, for the
settlement Of controversies and tie general
preservation Of peace, visionary or nn.
practicable ore. If those nations only
whose more obvious interest must ensure
t cir favorable regard. would at once lend
heir countenancc and their actiTe co.ope-
ration TO the measure, it might be carried
into effect in five years. Let the United
States. for instance. in good faith propose a
Congress Of authorized Delegates from all
civilized and peacefully dis s2oscd nations.
and sc,Eprcservaton would at once ensure
the concurrence ofSweelen, Denmark, ,Por-
lueal. Holland, Belgium. Saxony, Naples,
the South American States, and even the
RHP Ss 81 HqpH'SS With th II fa h2 3: Eacf nGE
has every thing 70 dread and nothing to
hope from the existence and issue ofwar.-
England is contrssodIv unequal 10 the bur-
den which another formidable war mus i'm.
pose on her ovcrs'r raincd resources. France
is naturally warlikc. but her monarch is the
reverse, and dare not from his tottorjng
throne provoke a renewal of holrli,;cs.-
Austria and PRUSSIA have suffered SO Groad
fully within tho present generation, andhavc
so little to expect even from the successful
issue of ano'hcr great struggle. lh%t t'cy
canno' be avcrSe 20 lasing peace. based on
The existing order of things; while the cs.
'ablishment in good faith Of tic proposed
Congress wonld relieve every nation in Eu.
rope Of ncar Y one-halflhe intolcrabe bur-
then of national expenditure which eyhaus.s
the inginuity Of governments us well as Il c
ability ofthe people. Russia alone appears
TO cherish dreams Of iiIrthcraggrandzcmcnt
at the expense Of her nciohbors; but even
she, if not compelled to cloak her ambition
under somhlance of cordially: wonld find
a serious impeachment 10 her designs in the
existence ofsuch general council of the
friends Of justice and peace. We insist
therefore. that thcplan is no: merely founded
in righteousness, andn"ccssarily rolite, bu,
that ii is cmincntIv feasible, ID may be i'm.
carried into execution.
The essay before lis like ludicious in lis
and forcibIc in is arguments.
Is pictures Of the horrors war approach
as near thn reality as language will admit
oC-N. Yorker.
Co,,, nory;c, lars Of the lao, of H., C,o1,,