Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1853-05-05
WlR-ITS EIlLS-pEIEDI.

The untold evils of war are very S:ri-
kins!y set forth in the following extract.
which we copy from R-port on Slip
united Arbitration on difficulties between
ul;ious, made 10 the Senate of the T..
5 +, Feb. %. 1883, by Hon. J. r, under-
wood.
That war is an evil Of stupcndous
magnitude in its effects upon the physlc-
"a welfare of mankind, no one can deny
who regards and reasons upon incontro-
vertible facts. The business OF war Is
TO force AMI secure submission on the
part of the enemy. By inhicting de-
struction of life ana property. The pur-
pose ola campaign is 10 conquer-to sub
due the enemy. The means TO accom-
plish il are found in the sacrifice of life
III bloody battl. :. in the sacking CT cit
is. in the devastation of countries, IN
tie sinking Of ships. in the Seizure and
couliScation of cargoes, and III forcing
contributions from those who are over
run. Thc immcdia te object of war is to
create hum1n misery 10 such degree.
that those who suffer will thereby be in
hu.uced TO WELD TO the demands. whe tn
er right or wrong. of those who infllct
che I'M ury, rather than pro!onS :heif sal
terinss BY continuance OF the wdr.-
Under such system, fathers, husbands.
..a,le. sal hrnthrrS are rousigned' IN tue
yiscr of manhood, to sudden death. and
their bodies often abandoned without bu
rial, leaving mothers, wives, daughters.
and sisters 10 lament with circulating
anguish the loss of that society which
constituted their chief earthly happiness.
Bat. even il they survive the battle, 1t
my be at the expense of an eye, an arm,
or d leg; and. when they retire from the
army. if their bodies are not manned and
mnti!ated, their physical constitutions
are often broken down, and they fall ear
1vvictims to disease contacted III the ser
VICE 1t is needless TO comment upon
the distress and wretchedness which fam
iics experience when deprived OF those
who Supplied the wants oil women and
children with food and raiment. Every
person can call to mind SD ne known and
familiar instance Of d family whose COM
for. and happiness have been destroyed
by the consequences OF war. individual
aud family sulferiugs are the continent
PARTICLES which form the great streams of
national calamity; aud the committee,
without dwelling upon them, will pro-
coed to present some general considera-
,isns and facts. which they trust will ex-
hibit the evils of war in light so stii
king as to induce every patriot and phi
lanthropist to labor for its determination.
armies, to render efficient service
must be composed of Intelligent. able
bodied men--Such as ire capable in civil
employmcnts. to increase greatly the pro-
ducts OF agriculture. mechanism and
commerce, upon which the physical COM
forts of every people essentially depend.
Abstract the labor OF 100, 900 men from
the tiIlage of the earth, from the mechan
ic and the manufacturing arts, AID from
the business Of CmmeIce-convert them
into soldiers, and what consequences nat
ura'ly follow this procedure?
1.-The first is, that they become consul
mcrs instead Of producers -maintaIned,
not by their own but by the labor Of others
However actively and industriously they
may be engaged to meet and overcome
tine enemy. all their laborS for such pur-
poses, instead of adding to. only con-
sumo and waste the food and raiment aud
implements furnished by the labor of
others. The consequence is. that the la
boring producers must work harder to
keep up their own customary supplies,
and to support, in addi ton, the army of
consumers and non producers. whose bus
mess it is to live on the labor Of their
friends. and to destroy the lievs and prop
erty Of their enemies.
1.-The second consequence is. that the
100. 900 men taken from the industrial
pursuits which create the means of COM
Portable living. and placed in an army to
lead the life of soldiers, must be furnish
ed with the implements and munitions
which belong to their new trade OF de-