New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-19

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and blackened ruins and wiIowbood and orohanage,
for anything e than tbifor party rclass interests,
for the tee ncaes Of honor for the balsDceof power,
or any other ici0ns for which The kingdoms oI thh
world contend would be as Useless and profane, as
those long wars Of wor1s about Observation-Disclosures
and Trinity which ragged fot generations. aud len no
results but bitterness. Thi then,i the hrst tning
we must settle with lenres IA Cnri tian men;
Do we feel that we are fighting Tor 600 tru.n any
liQhtl For my part do feel 80, if did not could
rot strike blow. -
2 TIE second justification Of War IL, that 1t shoud
not be undertaken pressed in any spirit OF persona
rage, rancor, or vndic,vepess The Chris'iablty oi
tie age rebukes all that undertaken IN the
temper Of the duelljst What are we, what are our
little prejudces and pa sons and properties what are
our private rights and wrongs aid feseptments, 10
presence of these great causes, and OF interests I'D
which all humanity has welfare at stake Il is nat
ural perhaps that excitement should bubble over
in language Of wrath, and our indignation hame out IN
explesicns Of veDgeaL ce but should not from our
hearts impore that all tnis might lie on the surface,
that there might be serious feiog or purpose IN us
corresponding 70 our heated wo DIS There is too
much bloodtbrsty speech among os Col grant there
DO not TOO much tloOdrLirsy stint among US. lheie
has been too much talk OF sheiIag lhes ana 49,
minaiing communities and sweeping populations INTO
the Gulf The grandeur Of the sui ,houid suppress
such fierce manifestations OF Tie war rPhl.:
Our antagonists parade the Oaroan'HS VI
war; let them enjoy the MONOPOLY Of these; they
let oOee tie demons Of piracy and ssassinaoni they
tie arsenic and stry hnine they Puttte torch INTO
the hands of the incendiary; they cry No quarter
to the knife, and the knife to lie hilt they ex-
hau. the vocabulary Of hate opon ns and Get on 100.
deeds that prove that that vocabulary is poor TO
EXPRESS the deepro0ted that flls their hearts
Let us remember that there women aud children
there's that there wives aud mott ere, and sisters
and daughters; let remember that there are hosts OF
innocent ones, OF msguided and m'tsken ones; let us
that there are bones there. We do not hate
Item; we would not harm hair of their hea'is we
would not utter against them violent or uDgenerons
word. II they Late 1s Ii becaute tney DO not unaef'
stand us let us go conduct ourselves that when they
do understand US they may that they hated ue
without a cause. Do you tell me that am demanding
an osibility; that warts ~arthat the spirit war
is always and is Of necessity split OF vindiclvenessi
do not believe IL. We learning how TO light ouI
Intellectual battles without rancor; why not our bat.
lies of war Time when The war oi words wx
fierce and bitter, and unelening; when dl'agreeing
men called each other sooundrel, villain, hypocnts,
fool ard inflicted Ill he Injury they could, by staD
bing reputatIops backer Jug characters and poisoning
the public mind Bat now in science, literature, tne
oloay even politics, It IA discovered that men need
not hate each other, because they must withs,ano
each other. DO You ask If man can snoot anotne,
man In kindness or can bsyonet bin 10 the spirit OF
Ioyef That, answer, il not question One may
shoot N in kindness TO sociey; one may DAY one'
a man 10 love Of humanity. We are not dealing here
with personal ah.on,s' and we have no,SiDg 20 ac 10
ing here az ministers Of the eternal Justice PERSONS
are uoibing; principles are all We hight not againS
institutions; nor against flesh and blood but aSans'
princ9alities ard powers Our aoomiation ~ o' ey,I
II we can only strike that, through the men VINO
stand before IT, our daIy is to strike; and tie Chris
tan spirit is satisfied il We strike the eVi through tne
men, and le the hlsst of our indignation shatter tne
principle which intrenehes itself behind these walls o
ilesh
Tie curse Of he war spirit is not tbs, Il seri6cee
life So does commerce sacrifice he, and INDUSTRIAL
enterprise. BY whatever path humanity marches To-
ward il goil il must march over tue corr es VI men
IL, AnI
Ii We could look at the bottom OF the sea- we snoolo
find that the track Of our ships across the ocean WA
marked white by the bones o, Inen. There are thou.
saud things more precious in God eyes, and IN onr
own too, than human lire, as we all confess
every day, and, besides, as Gu. Kingsley says, NC
have vet to learn whether e. end shell had 'Ds
mower OF taxing away human life; and TO believe, II
we believe our Bible that human life Can only DC de
stroyed by SIM"
The curse of the war spirit is not that sacrifices
treasure So do sience and art aud trade saeriiies
treasure; and the treasuie is most iooy and Chrls-
tianly sacrificed that buys law aud liberty and the
rights of four or five millions of mankind, and the
new hope ci the discouraged world America would
buy Justice aud peace anu fraternity chesp ~ e Pe7
Of all we possess. =,
The curse of the war spirit is the after bitterness
leaves behind 1.-THE moral rayage aud devastation
the endless hatred and unappeasae dscOrd II causes
and hands down Us a dreadfui legacy To children and
grandchildren for successive gen, rarons. People say
10 one another now "What we hope from snch
war as this we baye entered oo How eln II leave
us better off than IL found ms How can II result 10
ANYTHING but utter aud absouie and hopeless aDcna
tion between the two sections OF the country And
ell may such questious be asked If The wa s onlS
sectional wara war Of veDgeance-a war oil conqness
and exterminaton, welded by one form OF passion
a,,sinst another Bot ii these armies which send
to the South only bear the thunder cf boly indgns-
ton against time -bouored and atfociOls wrong, Va
our batteries will be peaCemakers and regeneration
will flame along the edges Of our swords IL is the
vndictiyeress of the war spi-its reckless fury-is
Al. odd ltaf ka- al OrS zln
Take ont that vndictve esscast out that fury--as.
s,see that trst-and the storm oi war Will pass over
MS ps harmltssly as the TEMPEST which unroois oar
dwellings and uproots the little trees In our gar-
den but leaves no trace Of anger our hearts. To
be beaten by noble foe who loves us and wishes us
we'll il like receiving ehasiseent from the hand of
Providence We lave been slow to enter on this
quarrel-loo slow If only we coald have conducted II
In nober fashion; but 6eiog In II, Cod grant we may
bear ourselyes 70 that the foe shall something more
than iear--sha respect us We Eight the cause OF
law and order, and humanity and Iesce. Let the
spirit of law and order and humanity and peace go
with US the end. And when the violence Is over
we shall rec the harvesis wave more oeastifnly on
tie battlefield Law will sit NOSE securely on it's
throne order will take Tie place Of anarchy, and
humanity will happily over her riehs-and peace
will be established again; not the mock peace whicb
we have Lad SO long, but tie peace OF united minds,
and cordial hearts and fraterna peace
of God which passeth understanding.
The war will be demorallLiDg only as 1t Is fiper'
eia The knife that cute 10 tie roots OF The disease
leaves the lewest harmful effects behind it. The North
ana the South have bat enemy at the bottom, and
our victory if noble one, will be their victory too.
Let us only do the work thoroughly; let our swords
I've plowshares, subsoiliDg the whole surface OF .he
slave country; let spears be pruning knives, lop-
IioQ every dead branch the vine Of Liberty;
and they who are arrsyea sgains. foes win
one day call fiends and Instead of cheIisog bis.
erness viii bless I'D for hying the dragon thai was
deyonripg their own vitaL-for bringing their land
under nobler culivation--for takng the dread from