Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-07-22

Chas w. Sumner gentleman of talent,
delivered the Grafton on the fourth in the
city of Boston. In the course of it;he made
the following remarks:
"That, in this age, there can be no peace
which is moi honorable, and war which
is not dishonorablc. That he cannot be
Christian hero, whose vocation is the she'd
ding of blood That he is no hero,who has
trunphed in battle over his fellow man -
That war is an adoption by man of the al
tributes ofwild beasts. That the war spit
it is inculcaiei by mothers INTO the minds
of their infant children, by rehearsng to
them the deeds of prowess of military CHI ell
tains. That the war spirit SO pervades our
system, that procession cannot be formed
for civil celebration on the 18th of July with
out military escort, and martial music"
These humane and christian remarks a
reused the ire of the Bostonians present,
who took every opportunity during the pro-
gress of The celebration TO shin" the orator,
and express their displeasure. Perhaps bis
ideas on the subject are most too ultra for
the times; but they suit Us. They
cannot be too ultra for truth; and therefore
their expression must be beneficial, howev-
er they may correspond with the present
popular taste. We rejoice al every express
sion of the kind, and particularly when Il
comes from source which gives il strength
and notice. We are satisfied the public
mind, simply needs 10 be turned TO the con
temptation Of WAR, TO Danish il, at least, in
this republican go;ernment, from the face
of the land. How horriL that people pro
tossing civilization AMI moreover christianity
talk with competency, on every occas:on,of
putting all matters ofdispute to the albitIa-
ton of the sword. Really We should like
to be told ofthe philosophy of putting peo-
pie to DEATH OF IN king widows and orphans
Of sowing misery, vice and crime broadcast
through the land. We can excuse ii with
some Title compIaccncy, where people are
the slaves Of a despot, 10 be moved at biz
VII. 1t is very good game for Sovereign
to play ar, who ncurs none of the risks but
reaps all the benefits: but where the people
are sovcreigns, and must incur The losses.
which always exceed the gains, why they
will embark in a war is a mystery to us.
1t will doubtless be a question in some
minds whether our American revelation, Sc
curing the vast benefits it did, was justified.
O'Connoll is trying the opposite principle,
for people as much oppressed as were our
fathers. Delay may atrend upon such prac
ticc, but when the end is achieved what
noble triumph isit. A people arc then pre-
pared for rational freedom. There are no
widows suffering in want, no Orphans grow
ing up in ignoranco and vice--no passions
loslered in the people at large, which are
most dangerous foes of liberty or a republic;
on the contrary freedom achieved for peo-
pie, by the triumph of virtue in the mas, is
durable triumph, the beneficial effects of
which multiply without danger of relapse.
That we have prospered as we have as ma
ton. is little short of miraculous when we
consider the condition of the country and
people at the close of the revolution. We
seem TO have been the special favorlte
of Providence, guarded and reserved for
holy end. War itself, it seems to us, how
ever embarked or engaged in, is the deadly
enemy of freedom. 1t is certainly the dead
ly enemy of virtue, and without virtue there
can be no fecdom