St. Mary's beacon., 1862-01-30
War sad 90 Evils.

War aad 90 Evils. s
Al writer's upon pnlitical .eccnony. Al
.hough they as.y differ widely II other
rssYses.. agree in the opinion. that war 10
tho gress-ss calamity that eau befall q IA
ton. Burke. whose wisdom aud familiar
ny with this question none can doubt. has
.aid. that ~ nation should never 60 to
xsI for an Improbable right or profit
chile vrsag" Nor can It be said Of Mr..
Burke. that there was aught in his char
sses that ,avosed Of the mercenary.
Hisaory stsmps denial upon any such
A assumpsiva. With . liberal and far
seeing nisd. aausrped By tLe possession
of sa acute scnsisiveness upon oil subjects
pertaining to his own and his nations
Aoe0r. his eonsla.ions were formed and
dis op;a,ieas bsssd upoa the test Of .
lssgthy aud trying experience.
But. apart from the opinion Of cxperi-
eneed political writer's, let US view the
evil effects Of usr. Long aud expensive
Wars. slsAosgh some writer's may contend
thst they have been beneficial to England
hy ensuriDg. through the medium Of .
local national debt. the stability Of tha.
Goveramens. have certainly saddled a
Lurthcnsonss aud never-ending taxation
upsE the Ensiish people. In other Ea.
ropcan countries. 10 which wars have been
frequent. taxation aud oppressioa every
where prevail. Tnd~ed. war has bat too
plainly left the traces of its dctcrioasing
effects upon every considerable power i'm
Europe. In Austria. Prussia. Russia ahd
France the presence of large Standing ar
mics operates as constant terror ani
dread upon the people; and the rcforma-
tion, which the genius Of 3 progressive
age might bring to the relief Of the op-
preascd aud down-srodden. is either
crushed in its incipieocy. OF kept in abey-
anee. through the fundamentally of these
engines Of dcspo,ism and oppression.
And. can We expect other or better re-
sulss from tho war DOW raging in this
country. With m army larger aud
more expensively maintained than modcru
history has record Of. are we nos in grea-
ter DANCE, than the suljrcts Of any Of the
monarekists Of Europe? Unaccustomcd
70 taxation for the maintenance Of the
t;overnment. are we not about to be
transformed. through the folly Of misrule
and the nslignity Of sectional hatred. to
the condition Of serflom?
Now. We propose to enquire, what ra-
aioasl cause can there be for . continua.
sioa Of shi. war? I.ct ua not examine il.
origin o. cause, but the fruits Of its result
Let Us conccdc that the North shall owe,
run the South and subject her to Fcder:,
dominica. Four years. jsdging from til.
history Of events. will be an incredibly
short time for the accomplishment Of such
task; and. At the sDl Of thst period. ".
shall have incurred National debt ol
&3O00. .O0O. 600. To meet the interest
alone upon this debt. Al six per sent.
3lS0. 600. 600 will be annually required.
10 dsif.y the ordinary expenses of the
Government. to say nothing Of the vast
sum that will bc required to maintain .
standing army strong enough to hold the
cosqsefcd proviness. the ordinary reve-
nue Of the Government viii prove barely
sufficient. Then. this $lsO. 900. 600 mus,
he annually levied upon tho people in the
shape Of direct taxation. or in some othc.
equally onerous If less tangible form.
Now. there il bat ono remedy for thi,
evil. and that 10. . treaty Of peace with
the seeded States. And wc ask, apar,
from all feeling upon the subject. shoult
not the North and the West favor such .
pelicyf Il il useless for them to prcacl
louscr abaut the Insult to the A.g." ca
prate over the National honor involved
for the Macon. Slidell affair furnishes I
precedent both too strong and too reccl,
far the availment Of any such clap-trap
Let them look to their interest, for, aftc
Mi, that 10 what . nation should consult
- Lat v>She, than ;ss nrrius;ces