Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1850-01-18

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FRIDAY MORNING, JAN. 10, 1870.
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charge than that winch respects the alleged
necessity of WAR. No age, to be sure, has becn
without lis sincere opponents of War, as The
arbitcr of international disputes but it has
been served for orr own age, and, indeed for
our own generation. to make such an advance
ment in the recognition and establishment Of
the humane doctrines and principles of PEACE,
as to vinlicate at once both our commoI sense
and the sublime yet simple truths of the Chris
ton religion! 1t is not long ago that the "ul-
TINA ratio regum' was regarded as the only me-
thod Of adjusting differences between indepen.
dent Nations. False and ridiculous notions Of
National honor and n ,tional dignity have been
permitted to encourage the idea that National
honor and dignity are something quite different
from inliciIaa! honor and dignity - md willie
ali the world have looked upon it As crcdtabe
and sensible for iljirIuuS to determine their
disputes by the amcable inierve ton of mutu.
al friends, or disin'ere,ted arbitrator5, and
without recourse to persOaal cogfc, quite
different code Of morals HI, been Judged to be
required in the adjustment of International quar-
rcls! This monsrous fallacy (Ooh in reason
and moralS) is so obvious. that it needs only to
be stated to be acknoW lodged. Naiioud dig
nifty and honor are, in truth, of inestimabIy
small Importance. compared with the value OF
any one of the hundreds of thousands Of minor
tai souls, that are frequently sent TO their dread
account in maintaining them! National honor!
What is it ? In ninely-nine cases Of a hundred
- = la no l)tt,ln +
who, safe in the luxulious apartments of Ca
bn,t Office, is willing that men shall butcher
each other so long as he can
Rule the whirlwind and direct the storm !"
There is no National honor, nor National
rights, that are ofhigher concern than the honor
or rights OF individuals. a Nation, as a mcY'
political organization, nun cipality is Of in
tinitely less consequence tran any one man OF
the mlny who compose it. What, then, con-
stitutes the immense conventional superiority
Tits ho,o , Nothing 1T is the ab>urdest
and the cruz est chimera that has ever delugcd
the world with blood 1t has no sanction cither
in reason OF in cOm.nDn sense. Nineteen TWEEN
tieths OF the sangunary w ,rs that have desc
lated our globe, originated in disputes that any
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is a fair example Of cause and Consequence, in
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Mills of Aluukton. A disun Cnuntv. roman,
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