The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-10-16
For the Voice of Freedom.


Mr. EDIToR--L observe in the Voice of
Sept. 25, an extrac! headed TIE true
Glory Of Nations" admitted for the doub.
lie purpose of fair discussion and of graft
lying ga subscriber who seems to think
the plan of arbitraing national disputes
exploded by it," Your summary reply
TO such an opinion regard just and in
point. Yet as want OF time prevented
your taking up the subject 10 detail, will
submit few structures. For, the question
of submitting International disputes 10 ar
bitration, or 10 the sword, must eventually
turn on the popular will. | shall not
here stop to review the quotation from DR.
Leiber, ror shall sympathise with him
in his pity for those 'whose hearts remain
cold at some of (his) choicest pages Of his
tory, teslifying 10 every glowing bosom
the nobleness of human nature" "A de-
voted, humble citizen bleeding, tying."-
| have mourned over too many victims of
|" that spark Of moral electricity" Of which
he had just spoken, rs communicated
from generaiship "and as obtaining mental
dominion" to see G. the nob!eness OF human
nature" in the death Of "a devoted, hum.
BILE citizen, bleeding and dying, that he
may leave to his beloved family the" ear.
" inheritance of Widowhood and Orphan.
age. Nor shall / long pause TO admire
those shattered fragments, those distocated
and conflicting elements OF human noble
oess which constitute the general, and by
which this fatal spark is originated tina!
communicates that military mania. And
let me here say, would your admring
subscriber' but reduce the dazzling page
TO the language of sober fact, think he
would pronounce on such characters as
presented for our admiration in the Ian
guage Of Pope.
"Heroes are much the same, the points agreed,
From Macedonia's nadman, to the Swede;
Not one looks backward onwsrd still he goes,
Yet meier looks forward farther than his nose"
True there is much OF greatness exhib-
tied ia such characters as be has presented
for our admiration, aud would be much to
.idicule were there not more to pity, and
stiIl more to abbor. They may better
adcrn a description OF NliIton's Panlemo- !
niam than the page Of civil history,
But my object is to consider in short,
the arguments againsi congress Of ma
lions, or high court Of reference. The
first argument urged is this; he settle
ment Of questions by congresses Of ambas-
sailors, has produced, in some cases, most
griegous consequences 10 some nations"
This would seem an allusion rather than
a statement of facts And it may be ex-
pected that the acts of ambassadors would
be much 10 accordance with the character
and habits Of the governments they repre-
sent. However, to what settlements theau-
hor alludes we know not; but let him lay
hem beside the battlefield scenes Of any
one Of those eminent characters presented
lor cur admiration, and we venture 10 say,
heir grievousness will dwiudIe into insig>
niGcance. The next argument is, that
domestic interference, local parialities and
he control the more powerful are apt to
hold over the weaker are insuperabe OBJ,
ectiona. I shall only reply: they are
equally objections to all Legislation Of the
democratic or republican kind. Again ;
g individual national development he