Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-15

dark that nothing waatever could be seen,
and II is not known whether the horse OF
Tue Stranger received any material iniu>
~. Mr.. Ward then tonk the harness from
his horse, mounted him without n saddle
and came on 10 the City, q distance of n
miles, arriving nj 5 o'clock.
HOW WAR Is NOW Regarded
NO n now justiies war in itself re-
common consent it is denounced ms an
aIcurSed ming worse than The pestilenc.
which waiketh in dai kness-wo,se ,b.n
inc destruction which was,elh at MONDAY
Inc martial array no longer appears rs
q beautiful %pagean,ry; the battle IN ~,
no longer delights the ear. We associate
WIN the sword its deeds of blood. md
deem II no more suitable for an ornament
b the surgeons ampulating knit. We
look upon the parade Of aims, and think
oil The death.agonies Of the ba~ule>feId.
ana consider lis pomp and display, i,s
FORM n circumstance as untitled for
inc duty OF The soldier, as they would be
lor The public executioner. If il be neces.
sary 10 destroy life in any manner we n
longer attach to it either glory or honor.
ihere IS a true democracy LOOKING in up-
on The world! Elch man is co%nsider:d
As brother, whatever be his country or
ms home, or however poor or deprn,Icd
he may be Individual life is no jonger
considered Of littlo value. Hunn;ne.s ~
the people is moro though, of now ,bon
the glory which a so lated itself in ,;,n.s
past win the talent for human dcs,ruc>
ton.
What patriot will now tell the people
ina. war Is not an accused thing, when
II BIDS thousands and thousands of them
abandon their wives and cbilIren. and
happiness, that they may fill the ditch for
o'her mems goo; when it compcls 50
many TO sell themselves, their lIber,y,
their rights, making them mere automata
moving at the mere nod of another. with
our Inc semblance of freedom, and this
Tor a lew dollars a month?
what Christian shall say that war is
moi an accused thing, when i, is known
'hat mere Is not a crime that il does not
sanciion,-not a sin that il does not pro-
duce; practically suspending the laws {
o making robbery and murder a du,
"ho' let me ask, can say that war is
MOI an %accursed thing. when the soul
slcRens DIS IL looks upon It's horrid scenes
OF suffering and moral degradation?
What! two nations exertine themselves IN
'ne utmost Tor human destruction using
an their skill, all their knowledge, by
iorce .and by stratasem, in the night
tnihe n IN day, on the ocean and on the
'a"o' 10 Danish happiness from the sand,
ana 10 NIL It with crime and mery!ratber
Is NOT this an accursed thing?
WAR A SUICIDAL PRoCEss.-How inany
nave been slaughtered upon the sunny
heius OF Spain, how often have the streets
OF her cities run with human blood! Ever
since we can rccolIect any thing, have
co ne 10 us the stories Of her bitter wropos
and her fierce contentious. Our sym-
p,a'hies are worn out for her. Murder
mere Is n thing war seems tn
DC woven into the very texture of Ihe ra.
ton. ~
How perfectly the condition OF Spain
'e'u,eS me position, that n sw, I'd keeps
another IN the scabbard; hat being pre-.
pared and ready for war is the best means
,'r the preservation Of peace; tina, the
people who would preserve their liber,v
should be ready to fight for il.
WIN you look 10 Great Britain. over.
wheImed with an immense debt. wi,b
more than fifty abject poor TO one rich
man will you read The bills of mor,aji,v
and learn that the rise of a few shiIlincs
On a quarter Of wheat has ever been the
death warrant of thousand so near ~
starvation are her pc or laborers: will Won
xamIne the ship loads of her subiec,.
come here, that they may It perish
mere; and then encourage a military spiri,
these free states? "
The CHIEF SUFFERERS FROM wan
Ahow you not that glory and miIi,ary
honor spring directly from the misery
md degradation Of the people! Who's.
lo1ies are these which FIJI the di,cba h
Iaoorers'. Whose comforts are reduced
heavy taxation! The laborers'. WHO
up their all for their country's riph,s1
The laborers. What creates an aT;s,o
'racys What tends to an unequal dis
OF wealth! Military spirit.
VIII You look upon the doings in South
@nerica? There has been Continued
1gh''ng there. Have the people achieved
.heir l'berIiesS Arc human rights %secur.
Is human happiness safe!