The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-09-27

hat in this lay the secret of the strength
f Great Britain and America, for they
lad beliefs and were willing TO fight,
md if need be to die for them. He |
eferred to visit which he paid to
,ur martyred President two years
.go, and 10 finding on his mantle por-
rsit of John. Bright-An sllusioR. which,
vas greeted with applause. osi-sas 4
There was an element, be said, in both
England and America, which was not sud
len in rushing to the charge but which
slwsys moves when the chaIgeis necessary.
They do not fall behind in the resr-gusfd
nor rush forward in the skirmish line, but ]
come up steady in the centre. So wherever
the battle is hottest England and America
are fighting it out side by side. Cd
The speaker referred eloquenay to the
future declaring that the picture which
Mscsulsy had drawn of the Intelligent
New. zellahder sketching the. ruins Of
London from an arch of Westminster
Bridge would newer be realizsd, either for
ENGLAND or America and closing with
glowing description Of the grandeur of the
tRo countries, in the good time coming. j
1t is but just to say that this bare and
mesgre report is but synopsis, and does
no justice to the speech of the General
which, though necessarily quite Sr tspspofs,
was most eloquent and flushed effort.
Mr. Forbes was called on and spoke
TO the toast England and, America, in q
few and well chosen words and sentimentS
declaring that unity between the two coun-i
tries and governments must be preserved
at all hazards, that being the dictate of
civilization and religion 81 well as of
policy. His brief remarks were cheered.
5th. Ire Men who sustsi lined American Nation.
.lity IN Europe during the past toGr yeAIs-We-
the loss Of onsro pure Rial hArd Golden
Response by Gov. Tod. g-r,.e oe,
We regret that We have not time or
space to set up our report Of this speech.
9Th. International Bsw-<Msy Il, partake more
snd more # the Golden enntiI nsIions war no
mors. .-.---g.,..r.. .,.,,.--.
Response by Judge R. P. Ranney.
SPEECH Oh. JUDGE HANEEY
Judge Ranney said -
The sentiment to which you call upon me
to respond, expresses, the hope that inter
national law may be so improved that
nations will act upon the Golden Rule, Of
doing as they would be done by, and wars
between them may cease. To this senti-
ment no well-wisher Of THE human racs,
who bestows upon is m0ments elections
will fail to assent. If wars were the mere
pastims of rulers, and their consciousness
were confined to them, they would be much
less sad and disastrous than they really are.
Unfortunately, however, those who have
the least to do with bringing them on,
whose condition is seldom to be bettered
by their prosecution, and who have no
reason for injuring each other,sr those who
must stand the shock of the battle field,
and with the certainty that those who sur
vivs the conflict must annually part with
a considerable portion Of their earnings to
pay the enormous expenses they induce.
1t is not to be doubted that protracted wars
have sometimes resulted in improving the
national and social condition of people,
nor does it admit of g question that it is
the solemn duty of every nation to defend
its liberties and laws to the last extremity;
but no wSr can be just upon both sides, ,and
when undertaken Tor the slight and trivial
cause upon which they have often been
waged, they are most decidedly the greatest
scourge Of msnkind.
How long shall il continue to be the re-
proach of civilization, religion, and even
enlightened se1f-interess, that national dis
putes car. only be settled by the Favsges oi
war; A glance at the progress of Interna-
tional law, begets the hope that the desired
end may not be far of. 2 Amongst the mos'
enlightened nations of antiquity stranger
and enemy were nearly synonymous. From
that position mankind have progressed K
the elevated system of morality and justice
now illustrated by such authors as our owr
Wheaton, whose great work is now familiar
| in every court ofthe civilized world.
The past gives hope for the future; and
| if the race have advanced from Q system
which doomed prisoners of war to death ol
bondage, we may we'll expect that they will
soon devise the means which will make tht
taking of prisoners unnecessary.
But international law, as illustrated By
the best writers upon the subject, has al
ways been in adVancesof the practice o.
nations Voltaire, in commenting upon thu
spirit of justice and good faith which every
where perVsdes the great works of Gro
titus and Puffsndorff, declares thai
down TO his time, they had never con
trolled single declaration Of war OF
| tresty of peace. The reason is obvi
| Gus. These suthnrs were greatly in ad
vance OF the civilization of the nations re-
ceived their works as authority and thu
general t=nth is apparent that within th'
| rules of International or municipal law viii
be raspaatAd asA - F~-ssA - EEFATt az the1
reflect the enlightened sentiment of tn,
people upon whom their execution de
pends, 80 soon as nations learn and 6rmly
| believe that war is not o necessary remed
for national differences, the whole work i
accomplished. At the hszard of falling t,
| do, what we Yankees call sticking to tht
text, l may be permitted to suggest few
of the reasons which lead me to the conclu
sion that war between US and Great Britain
without great crime on the part of one o.
the other, Is an impossibility. We ar
essentially oAe people, united by all th,
ties which can bind kindred 10 each other
Our civilization, religion, literature, anC
language are the same. As we'll might thu
son return to destroy the homestead, or thu
father attempt to destroy the son, as VI
to go to war with each other. Appeals
to mere passion and prejudice may b,
made. It is sometimes said ths
England is jealous of our increasinG
strength and power. But what cause hal
she to begrudge us that No matter if thu
youugster did rebel, and ruu aWsy, and se
up for himself before he had attained hi
majority. Many yOu1gster had done i
before; and she can hardly fail to feel {
just pride in boy who has spsnned CON
tinent with her language, literature anC
laws. We are often accused of being hasty
overbearing, and entertaining a very high
opinion of ourselves. Il was about to say
that we uld in no way SO well demons
strate Cur legitimacy. We are in that re-
spect "chip OF the old block" Our pas
desds give us both the right 20 have q good
opinion of ourselves and when We both
realize that, upon different fields, our true
mission is to promote the advance of civil.
zation, we shall find no csusa for contro.
versy upon points SO trivial. We Justly
boast of our free institutions but when We
reflect that nearly every safeguard for life
liberty, and property found in our consti.
tulions, have been borrowed from like SAFE
guards in England, and that her judicial
decisions are as familiar, and IS ha0itually
applied in every court in this country as in
Westminster Hall, we may well admit that
we have not originated everything.
7th Commerce-The tie that binds The two
hemi pheres 'Ntf f'
Response by Hon. J. P. Robson.
srEsoH OF HON. J P. ROBSON.
The Hon. J. P. Robson responded as fol-
lows: ts h
MR. PREsIDEsT: commerce is the traffic
and the intercourse of nations. Commerce
is the exchange of natural riches for the
creations of art. Commerce is the ex-
change of the growth of one section for
that of anosher. In ancient times il was
carried on chiefly by caravans, called. by
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