Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-01-31

| barism." As all vdlucs are then the pro
ducts Of human Labor, The greater the NUM-.
her of lahorers, the greater is The weal,
which may hc produced. Aud il may here
he observed that no nation has yet found ire
traits OF ii useful population. fi-ain some
conn'ties those limits seem 10 he passed, j,
! - because unwise political arrangements eX>
cutie many from The productive industry. in
which they might be employed The as
ser'i"n may To some appear strange, but Il
Is true, that human agenis for the production
| ~ wealth are still wanted even in Eurouu ;
ana the world longs for miiliuns Of an INDUS
| 'ri"us and virluous population, TO he added
| 10 its numbers
But war sweeps away these laboTers-
these producers Of wealth. II selects too,
far IT'S victims the most vigorous, aud active
and dfaes them from tie smiling spring aud
joyous harvest fields TO The field Of battle, and
"' death. The untitled sroun d grows up To
weeds, and the nuise oil the busy wo,k shpr
- silent The ~ hole desolated land mourns
VI how mary battles do we read, in whicl,
!ntiy nr fly Thousand men have fallen
ilo" "fIen has an army o.une hundred ;hGu-
satG men been consumed in a single cam.
ps'Sn: W no is ignorant that OF the immense
army which Napoleon drove upon Russia
h"'i million al men per,shed: The Aow e
and Vignur al France-,hc mos prnduc,ive
parrot her population were ihus tesiroycl:ihe
consequence was that the iahouts 81 the field
and oil the workshop, were imperiecty per.
formed hy females, and by old men, and
chl'dten, until new race grew up To sun
ply 'he waste oi war. But this less nf lie
"ccasioned by ambitious heroes, and blood
'hifsiy iy'an,s is not 10 I've reckoned hy
thousands. There have been several men
"s julius Cesar, inmer!ane, and Napuienn
10 " tUnl the In,uyi.,r l,
cfihed "t havi"g caused the destruction oil
miiE0n& at their species. Philip TIE 2nd of
SPAN, thai ierocinus bigoi, confessed in his
last VIII that che had sacrificed twent,
millions al men 10 hii lust cf dominion, rn,!
i"ih mere countries waste than all he OWN
ed in EUROPE Whata shocking ,,ro,,io,l
ity Of human life What an Immense de :
struc'i"n OF productive agency! Ard the
monsters of iniquiiy thai can thus riul, and
,f!umph in their ruin they are he ,estI-
lences and sc"urges Of our earth. We eau
| compare them to nothing perhaps more APP
pi"pTiaieiy, Than TO that rnvsi,c Star in Il
Apocai;pse which 'JeH upon the Streams,
and The rirers, and turned the third park Of
their tcnicrs into blood.
1he destruction Of ,ceGM: This, we all
Know, Is The insaIidb!e accompaniment of
wars, and OF course. il ellis the amount q.
nh'inna' injury caused by the lnss nf life
y soldier produces nolhing vet mus, he he
paid wages Out q! The products of lie indus.
'rIous. He must also he led and clothed
and equipped al their expense; from The
same source must he furnished all the cost
y materials CT warfare. Let the matter ba
disguised as 1t may, the id5oring people must
always pay the expense of war And our
'"ooring part OF the Community, farmers.
mechanics, &c. the "hume and sinew'' ofnui
country, should lay This consideration to
heart, IL is an immense draugh,, 70 he hon-
urea principally by their purses. The !aic
"a uerIcAn war OF on!y three Years cost one
hundred aud iifiy millions of dollars. Bot
'hiS sum Is "a 'rIfle compared with The cX,
renSes OF wars in other countries The wars
81 Great Britain in he year 1915 COS. two
| hundred and forty millions If dollars. The
wars of F'ance and Groat Britain from 1888
10 1919, period al twenty two years. cos,
each county about three thousand millions
al dollars; and the whole cost oi the wars Of
those twenty two years, among the ra,,cns
which are called chris'au, has been esiimal.
cn AT i"ei"e thousand millions ct ,i,Ilars
W no Can comprehend The hearing of This.
iHmense loss on national happiness? Who
can measure tho extent Of work of internal
improvement fiCh this amount might hay q
constructed The wants IL might have suns
P''e" 'he hn%ieiie' and pangs il might have
removed; the endless springs ri p!iilan:b.o
ny ahH benevnIence il might have touched
ava The tide "f joy il might have uoured
through the hearts Of ;u.iiiuns of wts,,Led
human beings? II sknown ,la, the States
~ Lni"Fe kecp up in time al DeGcc an army
~ neatly twn millions, and in war an aru,i
OF four ni'iinns AID bait; al; angoruai COS.
"i I"uT millions ri ,ioiiAIs in lime of reace
anil nine mi!Ii"ns of dollars in war. Il is
'h"ughi To he u moderate estimate. thsl. ~,
an average, i've milIinns are every wear e..
pended ~ Europe l0F war. Were THIS
n'""eV eNpr"ded upon uihrr, md more wor-
ny "'Jtrls, who could Calculate its effects
ere J! employed 10 lie promotion nf COM
''"" scoo"i etuca!i0H, il nigh, scatte, light
Wv darkness. over great proportion 81 hu
uian intellect Were il cm;,i0, ed in wiij;.
"i Charity, ii would make want 90 smjlirr
'F"m every dnur Or werc il de,ctsd tn
purposes Of teiiSion, ii would lie sufficient.
10 one gear, torut the Billie into lie hand 81
every lndi' iduai Of the human family.
Is II not an astonishing fact tina, one ballot
the sums which our comparatively innocen;
country has expended, ard sill every yea.
eNpendS ~ reiainn To the Business of var
Tor naval md military purposes would b..
sufficient 10 accomplish such schemes Of
FiIidhihtory snd Improvement. as wcri3
send sifeams Of comfort ard harpiness jn,r,
every monk OF widely extended cnp,,try:
+ rom report of the American Peace So.
cicly, Go " b;cii acl:rof,lehge r,yseI( in.
hebicd Tor many 81 The facts and Statistical
information prcsontcd 10 you This evening )
" IS ascefaincd that our annual estimate Gf
The naval ard military establishments is M.
"aths 81 ten millions, while for The civ de.