New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-08-16
srhe True Grandeur Of Natiess.,

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ton Of such lofty, vital long neglected truths Ysm
such position, on such an occasion Is reaIy
cheering. encouraging sign Of the times MOI 'one
before. an annual Military show had taken place IN
Boston. and q clergyman had preached sermon
therefor in vehement advocacy OF the righteounfss
# War-defensire War as the modern phrass u
Mr. Sumner IA lsyman, and we think lawyer DC
49,. ;o,;,ed 70 deliver the Annual Fourth olJuiy
Grafton before the Civic Authorities boldly presents
The other side Of this question taking ground against
all War on any pre,ext whatever In ms long anu
able argument. he demonstrates
l. That all Wars are professedly undertaken to
establish Justice and Repe Aggression, by repress
ing or Furnishing Tyranny, RaPacity, CONFUSION or
Crime; 49,,
,. That there is no such thing as defensive Wars,
in contradis,inciion from others, but all Wars are
appeals to brute force for justice
g. That all Wars are irrational, inhuman, IN
Christian and terribly demoralizing;
T. That they are the cause Of an immense major
i,y OF the public burdens and social miseries OF
mankind and
J. That they differ in essential characterlslc
from individual duels, entered into from similar
motives and upon similar pretexis, and IKE then a.
often result in the triumph Of Wrong as OF Right
How ably and thoroughly these great truths are
maintained one must read the whole Grafton 10 ap
precate, but we shall make room Tor al naS' one
.xtr,ct Consider the following on the righgaIness
Of War -,.....,,.-.
hc, ner6orned hy a nation. which is condemned a.
crime and barbarism when committed by an nnl-
gfdual in what vain cOncet OF wisdom ana 'iiiuo
.Lfo 4if4ruf pgr Il
declared that God VINO is no rcspecier Of persons IS
respecter OF nultudes Whence do you draw these
partial laws Of powerful and impartial God Man Is
immortal. but States mortal. He has higher des-
ny than States Shall States be less amenabie to The
great moral laws Each individual is an atom OF inc
mas. Must not the mass be Ike the individuals o.
which il il composedt Shall the mass do what md
vidusls may not do No. The same moral laws winch
govern individuals govern masses as the same laws IN
nature prevail large and small, controlling inc idi
of an apple and the orbits OF the planets II was Inc
beautiful discovery Of Newton that gravity is universal
property Of matter law obeyed by every particle IN
reference 10 every other particle ana connecting 'ne
celestial mechanism with terrestrial phenomena 20
the Rule If Righf which binds the single indlVidla
binds two or three when gathered together-bnds con
veniiOns and congregations OF inen-binds villages
towns and cites-binds States. Nations and fmprcs-
clasps the whole Human Family IN us scVehlo" III"
brace nay, more
Bevond the flaming bounds Of place and lime
The living throne, the sapphire blaze
il binds tho Angels Of Heaven the seraphim fai OF love
sclEimpOscd bonds just and OmDipOicnf God. ~ ls OF
his and not Of any earthly Jaw, that Hooker speaks IN
hat magnificent period which sounds Ike an anthem
OF Law no less be said than that her seat s me
boaotn Of God her voice the harmony Of the world all
things in Heaven and earth do her homage the very least
rs feeling her the creates, n not exempted from nei
power both Angels and men, and creatures OF what con
dion soever though each in different sort and manner
vet all with uniform consent admrng her as the nohcr
Of their peace aud JOY
1--WE are struck with horror and our hair stands ON
flta If ain a. m
soul that has been hurried to It's final account we seek
The murderer and the Law puts forth all its energies 10
secure his punishment Viewed In the clear nght OF
ruth what il and battle but organized murder;
murder OF malice afOrethought IN cold blood through
the operation of extensive machinery OF crime
with innuuerable hands at incscuabe cost of money,
through subtle Of cunning and skill or ny
The savage brutal assault Was not the Scythian rght
when he said TO Alexander. Thou boastest that the
ny design Of thy marches s to eXtrpae robbers thon
thyself srt the greatest robber in the world Among
ns one class of searobber is hanged pirates another
: hailed with reclamation:
lille sceler- preiuni tul hc diad'1na''
Ii was amidst the ihunders which made Sinai trem
bic that God declared Thou shalt not kill and the
voice OF these thunders with this commandment. has
been prolonged to day in the echoes OF Christian
Churches What mortal shall restrain the application 81
these words Who earth is empowered 10 vary or
abridgc the commandments of Godt Who shall pre-
sumo 10 declare that this injunction directed not 10
nations but to individuals only not to many but to one
only that man may not kill, but That many may
If single human being but that II is not forbidden 10
nation 10 cut of by the sword whole people
"Whcn shall the - Louis of the nations arise the
Christian ruler Christian people who shall proclaim
10 the whole earth that hcncefOrward for the Rred
iq BIZ baulf shall that II Is the duty and policy OF
nations establish love between each other and in all
respects all times. towards all persons as well Their
own people the people OF other lands to be governed
by the sacred rules Of right, between man and man
May God speed the coming of that day
We close with another extract exhibiting the
erpcnsircncss of War to this Country. Mr.. Sum
ncr has shown that War in little more than n
fury and a half has cost England her present Ma
tional Debt Of -Four Billions, T,ro Hundred and
Sirfv.fre Millions Of Dollars. with at least
much more wruDg from her people in the shape OF
taxes, TO say nothing of millions on millions of hu-
man livss. All Europe is now staggering under
heavy National Debts which countries barely
pay the interest OF, while others have sunk into
hopeless bankruptcy. Enormous and still increas-
ing Standing Armies eat out the substance Of the
People, aiding TO plunge the Laborng Glasses into
deeper and deeper degradation and misery. Now
turn the glass toward country, and see
what we are doing in the War line. We quote
Mr.. Sumner again;
"lt appears that the average expenditures of the
Federal Government for the six years ending with
s26l7i S92: of this sum, the average appropriation
each year for military and naval purposes amounted 10
s2 S2 9O3 being eighty per cent Of the whole amount
Yes of all the income which received by the fcde
raj Government eighty cents in every dollar applied
IN this useless way The remaining twenty suiccd
MAINTAIN the Goyernme nj the administration of Justice
our relations with Foreign Nations the lighthouses which
she'd their cheerful signals the rough waves which
beat upon our long and nden,cd coast the Bay of
fundy To the mouth OF the Mississippi Let observe
the relative expenditures OF the United States in the
Of ~. rlf IN ..a
Peace exclusive OF payments on accoun, of the debts
These expenditures in proportion TO the whole ex
pcnditurc OF Government;
"ln Austria. as % pen cent
" In France, ~ b per cent.
In Prussia AS "a per cent
In Great Britain "a - per cent.
In the UNIrED STATS as 30 per cent
To these superuous expenditures of the Federal GOV
crnmcnt 10 be added the sill larger and equally
pcruOus expenses OF the Militia ihrOughou the country
which have been placed at $50 OOO0 a year
BY a table OF the expenditures Of the United states
exclusive Of payments account Of the Public Debt il
appears that IN the hythrco years from the formation
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