The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-09-30
The Worlds Peace Conven,ion

We copy from tn LndOn TIM ih- fl owing
able and amusing review of proceedings Of the
Worlds Convention of peace men:
The Peace Congress At Frankfort ANY sarjou,
comment upon The proceedings of The Peace meet.
ing is m rely out of the un-sIi0D. o.. nT Ina
~peaKers-Mr Hrrdl-y of Oldham-bsd he nam,
etc 10 relate to the audience short canvsrsatiuQ
b, tween himself and Lord Brlueham The MONT
OF the anrcdote was, that Lo d B-oupham ha6
once told Mr. Hindley that the mel rmber- OF the
Peace Congress were "the greatest iolis in the
world Whatever our opinion NAV he W. nioht
have hesltaed before expressing il quite so ersely
as the noble lord. But since the wo7d has h en-
said, we will only add that great many peaple
are of Lord Bruueham's way uf u,iukng upon this
point. As 10 HI horrors of warfare there can hs
no question. We have as profound drtesiariou
ct all aTmsments, military or naval as the Oh bbs-
way chief himself. We shuuu hail with r7tptnra
the day when the last baYOu-t 10 he found Ia En-.
rope was turned into q cork screw or A raTvipV.
kut- but of what avail are empty yyi.hss l. il
right or honest to foster the delusIon that aBV sr
ous--any observation-disclosures over the course
of events can be exercised toy the delivery Of 2 tis.
sue ct inane paIrudes upon The advantages of
peace and the calamites OF war IrwuuId he Just
as much 10 the purpose If Congress sb0ulG he
held to NOR Ow TO point ont III beauties If truth.
and the ueliness of lying. We do nor see why
each ofthe Ten Commandments should not n nru
furnish a preteXt for meeting OF the railpns at
Frankfort or elsew here. CharIly, patience, hu-
manity, honesty, sincerity, purity OF word and deed,
all apt topics for very excellent essays or oa
| uOns. The human requires u be Set right
upon each of these points 10 the full, as much
upon The horrors of war. Nay The series of ttai-
cal agatiuns we propose would he much more to
the purpose than hat is called Peace Congress.
| Mr.. CObden and the Oj bhrwdy are turning 10 a
| shallow furruw indeed. Could nations and indfyi.
ual, be persuaded to ac with justice, forbes raT ce
| and humanIy-coud they be taught not to coyet
their nrigh ghbOIs' goods and to do 10 Others as they
would themselves be done by, the armies OF Eu.
rnle might AZ once be put on the half pay list
War is but the expression ufeyI passiuns-Cerrainly
The side of one, probably the part of both Of
the bellgerent powers. But il would seem from
the records of history that civilization is plant Ct
slow growth, Time is the great element in ali hu.
man Improvement. Men Cannot be made Just and
meTctiul by batch Of speeches, and IN TWO or
three hours time. W neu the present generation
has passed away, and another and snuthar II may
happen that the transcenteutal creams # unEfr.
sal peace may he realiZ@di bHt rs vt W. g7ltVs
10 say It, We little prospect Of su deSlaht Fe-
suit. There Is one point connected VIM The AOH-
grass which CsLuDt bus very tuFihIy arrest the a.
tentiOu. When we re over the resolutions pro-
posed to The assembly we find them to consist AZ
usual, of recommendations OF national dlsarma-
m-nt Of disapprnbaIion Ot foreign loans, " reg0-
uatsd for the rpose of furnishing or e people The
means of saughering another" and so forth
| Now when these 2 u men find practically that
| The gnvrr ments Oi Europe Cauuot or " u not DIS.
| ann the TO ls at their comma d-wke they see
rha for ali their Ialk the Empsrur of RuSia n ed
bat 10 propose loan, am Ihe sHh>crlpuuu Inst !.
6leo up m he c'prse ot mOTnlug N the ety, Of
VT avail is It To pc rsst in such visionary schemesl
W aIeVer may BE- the case ia DAYS 10 come, r the
present MIR. Golden and hi> Indian friend are he
fore their age But we, who make no prsIensluUs
to such lofty flights of fancy, Csuuot but turn round
aud ask them what they have done TO stop the car