Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1851-02-07
THE NEXT PEACE CONGRESS.

1t is we'll known TO the people of this country.
that there have been held, within the last seven
or eight years, four General Peace Congresses
in the Old Vorld-the first al London in I843
the next at Brussels in 1913, tho third at Paris
IN lo49, and the fourth at Frankfort in Germany
last summer; each attended by large number
OF delegates from different and distant parts of
ChrIstendom, and many of them distinguished
not only for their talents, learning and philanthro-
| Ply, but for their high standing and influence in
| society, church and state men speaking various
languages, living under almost every form of
government, and protesting wide diversity of
political and religious views, yet all dawn to-
gether by their attachment to the cause of peace
| as an object of common and absorbing interest
to the whole human race.
/ These Congresses have served, as they were
designed, to promote fraterna intercourse. and
| strengthen the bonds of amity, between the peo-
| pie OF different countries: to bring the friends
OF peace in particular into fuller acquaintance
with each other in their great work to devise
and agree upon the best means of accomplishing
their object, permanent peace among all nations
to present and keep this object more prominently
! before the world, as grand desideratum of the
/ age; and especially to fix the attention both Of
| people and of rulers on the duty, Importance and
feasibility OF gradually abating the enormous
! evils OF the present War-system, and finally su
! persedIng It's alleged necessity, by the adoption
| OF rational, peaceful Christian substitutes, far
| more efhcaclous than the sword for all purposes
of international justice, security and peace
| The next of these world-congresses is to be
held at London, probably about the middle of the
| coming July, in conneXion with the Worlds IN
dustrial Exhibition, that grand development of tho
new and better spirit which has begun to per-
wade the nations demonstration that would
bar
| ago; itself decisive proof Of the progress al
ready made in our cause, one of the fruits of the
! general peace enjoyed in Europe for some third
/ OF & century, and likely to become an important
auxiliary in the work Of universal and permanent
| peace. 1t must OF course be an occasion of great
! interest TO all persons of enlarged, phi!anthropic
views, and will doubtless draw together vast
muutudes from every continent and weli-nigh
| every country on the globe.
| Such an opportunity for the cause Of peace
/ has never occurred in the whole history Of our
race; and, DESTROYS of turning it to the best &C
! count, the American Peace Society, in concert
/ with their cO-WOrkers III this country and in Eu-
rope, would request the friends of peace through
! out the United States TO aid US in procuring from
their respective localities suitable delegates 10 the
| proposed Peace Congress in London next July.
We address them thus early in order to give am
! pie time for preparation. We should Of course
prefer the most devoted, thorough-going friends
of our cause, more especially Judclous, Christian
men but there will be required in delegates on
ly an intelligent cordial. active interest in the
] promotion OF international peace and any per-
son Of good general character, disposed to CO.
opcrats il efforts for the abolition of war a
custom repugnant TO Christianity, and hostile to
the best interests of mankind, will be welcomed
to membership in the Congress. We would in
oil ,,,t. o.ho
lanthropic associations, the friends Of peace in
any city or town, seminaries OF learning, and all
scientific and literary societies, local churches,
and ecclesiastical bodies of every denomination.
to send one or more delegates. Unable ourselves
to canvass the country for the purpose, we would
request our friends, in every part OF the land, TO
inform us, at their earliest convenience, of any
suitable persons in their vicinity who may be in
clined or might be induced, to attend as delegates
! The persons, selected by any Of the bodies we
/ haue designated can receive, ii they choose,
/ a commission from our Society; and we request,
! in any event the communication Of their names
/ to US or to the American Peace Congress Com
mttee as early, if possible, as the first Of June
! and as much sooner may be convenient.
| The Worlds Industrial Exhibition is to be
opened in the Spring; but, as the fee for admis-
! sion will for a time be excessively high, and as
all minds will be for weeks, perhaps for months,
TOO much engrosscd with that unique and mag
niiiccnt demonstration toaliow meanwhile Il prop
er degree of interest in an object ike ours, the
Peace Congress is to De fixed at q day likely to
secure the best attendance, and the largest share
Of public attention We shall in due time in
form our friends of the precise day of the Con
gress not yet settled but We are doubtless safe
in saying now, that it will be in season for dele
gates 10 start in packets by The middle of June,
or in the last steamer of that month. Past eX-
perience proves that no arrangements, satistac
tory to all, can be made for taking out the dele
g.tes in body but we presume, that pass
age out and back can be had in packets from
/ Boston. New York or Philadelph for 500,
perhaps for S75. The former is an offer al
ready made by some lines from the United States
and the latter BY lines from Canada so that the
expense of attending the Worlds Industrial EX-
hibition and Peace Congress, need not exceed
some 5000: a very cheap purchase of the advan-
;ages TO be derived from attendance on such a
Convention and Jubileeof the World; priyil-
egc not to be expected BY any man more than
once in his life
On behalf Of the American Peace Society, and
by order Of its Executive Committee,
CHARLES Books, Chairman.
c. c. BEcxWITH, Cor. Secretary
VIM c. BRoWY, Rec. Secretary.
Boston January, 1851.