The national Republican., 1861-12-21
Lecture OF DR.. Storrs.

The second lecture before the Washington
Lecture Association was given last night ut
the Smithsonian lnstitdtion. by the Rev. Dr..
was: "A just War; its relations to y Nations
higher development"
Bef,re the reading Of the lecture, the audi.
ence was entertained BY music from the band
of Siocktons Independent Michigan regiment.
and by beautiful rendering Of the Star Span.
gled Banner BY John W. Hutchinson, one OF the
original Hutchinson family whose simple strains
Of mountain music have so won upon the popu-
lar heart.
pictured the ugliest aspect Of red-handed war,
Its SCARED fields, its farms despoiled. and its
streams crimson with gore, and afterwards re-
counted the compensation Of war waged for
aprinciple, from which u nation arises supe.
rior to any disaster, to more splendid achieve.
men's, and that which threatens to become its
fiery fate ia made the source of Its highest
prosperity. Just war, resolutey, not vindic.
lively, waged, will always be productive OF
good, although It Is true that no speech can
express, no thought can compass, the fright.
fulness Of its devastations. A Just war is not
murder, but a sharp and wide administration
Of Justice.
We are staggered at the swift and heavy In.
stallments Of debt which great war brings.
The attempts Of England TO subjugate US cost
her $500 000, ,0C0, while her wars with Napoleon
swallowed up 81, 900 900 900; and her debt WAS
now sufficient to plate the streets Of London,
almost adequate to create a golden millennium
Since the formation Of the Federal Constitution,
our war expenses, including the support of
State military ystems, amounted TO hundreds
Of millions, mainly In preparation for war. II
IL always an nincumbrance-a hand taken from
the plow, fingers from the type, = foot from the
treadle, lands despOiled, railroads torn up, and
all kinds of productive labor reaped as by a
scytbe OF flra. The waste in Virginia would be
from the State. The loss of life in the PENN.
sular wars Of Napoleon amounted to !, 200, 900
men; the DuChy ct Wurtemburg, after thirty
years war, d lost 4s 900 out Of 100000 men.
In war. t'o, t'r'unes go down like icicles tossed
into n a ,ming crnter. This is the dark side Of
war; but It has y brighter aspect.
An m 'louS as u may scem, nations grow sick
amid the wa'te Of war. 1t encourages eoono
my, creates An unbending resolution to sur.
mount its loss's, stimulates invention. and
bring "u, the deep reserves Of force. II finds
new 'on'es Of C mmerce, new schemes of pro.
dnc ion. Gunp"wder, paper. printing, and
o her inventions, followed the wars of Italy and
France. After the war of the Steuarts, the
spinning jenny, the power loom, and the won.
ders of steam became known, and, likea giant
refreshed, the industry of the world moved on
to higher victories.
From such a war nation emerges with
sense Of conscious greatness, to sec its purple
deepening In Its robes of power.
1t enforoes the restraints of discipline, sub
iects to n just mastership. This want had long
e been felt. Young America had practically re.
NeIscu ot. TduiS iIDuHCliou, % ds W Todup IN
rents obey your children, for this is right"
Endurance 70 secured; its MUSCLES are stffened
and Its whole frame nerved.
1t intensfes patriotism, the old affection for
country fires, and lives in every thought, as the
nation devotes itself anew in this baptism Of
fire.
1t ennobles humanity BY it's examples Of self:
sacrifice and modern herOism. He here alluded
beautifully to The white haired Senator" +" of
the present conflict, as well as the heroes Of the
past.
We have no space properly to sketch this
mastery production, and shall be compelled to
curtail this meagre outline.