New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-06-10


! of way this average Of earnings Is diminished by
one fifth So. then, the loss 10 our ourtry by the
decrease of industry, and It's compensation, is
$780, 600 900 in a single year In one year OF sue
cessful war. an amount of money is wasted which
would educate and provide for every orphan in our
land. In consequence OF The unsettled state OF our
national affairs each Of you has suffered ioss-
1t affects the Merchant by diminishing his business
and making his debts unsafe 1t Affects inc Manu-
iacurer. by derangipg the whole sys stem OF
and making the markets for his iaot'c' NV :; -
lis effect on the Shipping interes; Is ruinous
n, las, j., the destruction Of Commerce. II aHIo
the Mechanic by diminishing me auouiis " -
performed and compensation recel'eu' !. - =
in ,ine the industrial and monetary system! % "u'
c,,n,ry cansjn- wide spread bankruptcy distress
IA 80; we triumphed in the Revolution, but
49, country was left scene oil tamlne, distress
and deso!ation. We emerged from the last =" ar
with England, but the close OF :he war found tue
Bushes. portion OF our community bankrupt or
embarrassed Nations talk exultinely OF the Spots
Of conquest, but all the gold o., our Continent
would not repay US for The pccuuiary losses oil
year OF war.
The Evils of War are secondly, SOCIAL. know
that halo of glory gilds the battle and the triumph
At the news OF some great victory our people pe
come wild with deiirious excitement 81 IL"
weeks ago al such lime our streets were lutolseG
with ubeting muli;ude5 and oar nails cecofa!eo
with banners. No tears were seen mere no agony
ofunuterable grief despair OF oereaveo anec'Ion;
was visible 10 US Il all songs ana an0ullnes anu
triumph. Bat go with me 10 that held oil ps'e' ana
acc there the Reality OF Woe that was masked IN tne
samblance OF Glory
The still night has come alter the Gay OF cohnc''
Tho bos,;le Armies are bivouacked within hearing
nj each other The smoke OF the cannon mas FADED,
and the sharp rattle OF the musketry has ala away:
, Nipht has drawn her curtains around the scene OF
woe and the stars. like weeping Angels, aave come
forth to gaze upon that field OF terror How sill! II
,,a,,a bpt a NJ in
toerabie agony that prayer that subsidies into the
death rattle; that bubbling groan that comes from
Inns lyid and quyering with death. Come forth
aud see this field of glory That sand is saturated
human blood has filled It: that sward Is spotted
with crimson human blood has stained IL that
Tiyulet runs red 10 the sea human blood has dyed
its waters Step warily lest you fall, for the ground
ia slippery with human gore. See, there lies mauy
form clad in the trappings of the warrior the white
plume is dabbled the clenched hand. rigid IN death
still grasps the broken sword and the crimson tide
is gushing from his torn bosom: and see, lovely
woman kisses those cold lips, strives 10 lift the CORY
corse Husband. she shrieks in her agony of grief
she sinks paralyzed with despair upon his breast,
and her infant falls from her and splashes In
its fathers life blood. Go on with me and view
another spectacle There lies young tram,
pied in the sand by the iron boot OF the warhorse
but yesterday glowing with life and pleasure now
cold in the repose Of death. He is the only Of
long night she has sought him among The living but
10 find MIN among the dead. Hear her desparing
cry Would 10 God | had died for thee, my son,
my son !"
But leave the battlefield Hear the testimony Of
the soldery, who tell that they were kept from
slumber by the groans OF the dying from nighlfall
to the dawn Remember that these hundreds of
slain had fathers, had mothers, had wives, had
children They were loved with child-like devo
tion with manly tenderness, with womanly affection.
That battle has made in one dwelling an orphan
brood in another a widowed wife, in another
childlesa mother. The shouts Of glory and Of
triumph ring out in streets, bat in our
dwellings are those who sit like Rachel, and re.
fuse 10 be comfored" Remember, TOO. that every
battle makes hundreds Of widows and orphans
prostra,es families from comfort 10 want desolates
households ruins societles-and then consider the
Social Influences of War.
The Evils Of War are. thirdly, Political. Our
Government is Popular, and therefore II any condi
ton OF affairs affects the great masses unavoreby II
aims a deadly blow al the Government Itself. Now
what is The influence Of War on the masses of our
people! ! answer unhesitatingly that il develops
every passion and propensity OF the animal nature
II deadens restrains and brushes the Moral Sense
i, exci!es impulses and desires among them that
must be appeased by conquest and satiated with
blood AS q consequence OF the accursed panderlDg
of political demagogues, how rapid has been the
growth of this spirito conquest aud ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
narrow rivulGt; then it became Il deepening river
now il rolls and rises like tempesiuous ocean.
,l.,O-....;.,- .i.~i.- A,o ourstianlty OF our
! Nation in q deluge OF gore. When Minister'S OF the
Gospel of Peace leave the sacred desk 10 raise bat
taons of soldiery for schemes Of conquest-when
keepers of dens of pollution and panderers 10 licen-
tousness encouraged in the enlistment OF troops
for aggressive warareis it not time for US as CHI
zens, Christians and Philan,hropsts TO ask,
soemnly, 10 what point this spirit oil conquest and
rovengeuness is leading US on
Oar Government depends for its permanence
upon the People alone Corrupt the majority OF
these fill their hearts with ideas OF War, Of aggres
sion OF plumber and revenge, and cur free institu-
tons must reel and moulder and perish. Though
wisdom and piety and learning and the true Patriot
| ism OF Philanthropy be conccntratedn the minority
it will be of little avail: our doom will be inevitable
and our ruin sure. Home was once a Republic, bui
the passion for aggressive war took possession OIL
her people aud she fell into the hands OF lcentous
soldiery and passed al length under crushing des
poiism. France was emerging from the tempest o.
/ her Revolution into the knowledge Of true Liberty
| but her mulritudes became wild with the fever oI
military glory and the flower OF her were scat
tered in death, buried in the sands OF Syria the
snow.drifts of the North, and che chained al
last TO the iron battle car OF Napoleon. BY PEACE
the masses become Civilized, Chrstiauzed, Reform
ed; led TO industrious lives and benevolent DISPOSE
lions. By WAX the masses are excited, Infatuated
rendered 10 the quiet OF industrious peaceful
ness The passion for blood like the craving of the
Druakard for his drausht, becomes stronger anc
Gercer, and at last ungovernabe by indulgence. By
Peace alone can the Moral Principle Of the Nalior
be preserved and Moral Principle is our only safe
guard. But Moral Principle is wrecked by state
Of bloodshed and the evils attendant upon lis ruiz
may be traced the Political Influences OF War.
But the greatest injury That results from War is the
MORAL PARALYSIS The MoralW reck, the Moral Ruiz
that follow in its train Behold the influence of w Al
upon an individual nature. Take young man from
the work. bench the office, the plow excite in hi:
bosom feelings of hirstness aud revenge learr
him toforgei that great command of the Universe
Father, Thou Shalt not XII " take him from the
influences of Church. Society and Home and plunge
him in the vitisted atmosphere OF camp, that hot
bed Of Righteousness, and see the result. His evi
propensiIies are developed his passions excited hi
affections crushed, and his moral nature tramplet
in the dust. He msy return unframed In life O.
limb buiIhe has lost the pure heart, the unsullie6
conscience the love, the goodness, the affection O
his youth. He has become untitled for the steady
industry OF Peace and the holy queude of domestic
Love- he has been educated TO thoughts OF saugh
Ter and life Of crime
See, 100. the influence of War on RELIGION
There is perpetual contc; between true AND talst