Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-11-16

h1o OOSu1Icu. 1ue peOple uhNO maui
a mistake. Before asking for peace,
which they might have obtained, they Is
asked for liberty, which they have not q
procured. Before asking for liberty
they should have asked for peace II
They should not have consumed their
strength in irritating debates upon
long drawn questions of authority, in
stead of directing all their energies to
one point, expressed in a single word,
disarmament. That is to say:
No more blood split in the ditch OF
the ages No more taxes hampering
consumption, crushing labor and per-
petuating poverty! No more public
deficiency reports each year No more
loans contracted other than by way Of
advance on works of public utility or
health, yielding directly or indirectly
more than their cost No more COM
munes without schools and without
roads No more forests,nO more mines
without them ost favorable means OF
working them No more water cour-
SEES not turned to any usel No more
agriculture without cheap capital to
encourage it F.! No more arms without |
occupation No more work below the
Just and advantageous limit: for II |
there are consumers who are not pro- |
ducers, there are no producers who
are not consumers! No more antagon-
ism between the guarantOrs calling
themselves the Government, and the
guaranteed calling themselves the go
verned! No more parties serving as
the fulcrum Of fanlt No more dan
gerous interventions No more dis
expeditions No more revolutionary
explosions No more political insta-
bility.
Gnawed by the canker Of standing
armies, the real degenerating symp-
: tom of humanity, the governments have
D the same interest in disarming as the
+ people, it is difficult to comprehend
t why the thing has not been done long
+ since, without recollecting that not a
c single step Of progress, not a single
y movement toward perfection could tas
/ ten itself on any branch Of trade
/ without the impulsive force lent by
y competition struggling against the us
g iaertiG of routine. the latter, too, being
e oftener victorious than vanquished.
lie The immobility and powerleSsneS'
Is Of governments are explained in The
id same way No rivalry forces them tt
n make their machinery more perfect ant
S less costly. Thus, the only thing the.
OF know is to oppose monstrous arm,
O. with an army still more monstrous
C. and, should complaint arise, to stife
en- under seventies that reduce it to s.
&c, lence.
es What are armies good for? The
Is only serve to create the risk Of wa
y and keep it up. If you would dimil
'r- ish the latter, diminish the former
he If you would suppress the one, SUI
or press the other. "Oh! bloody ditch
TN Shall we not find one sovereign in Ell
Is rope or one minister, who will max
ur it the glory of his life to fill and clos
~ thee ?"
o. 1t is impossible not to heed wit
Sc the utmost respect an utterance Xix
'St this. so full Of feeling, earneStneSS, an
20 practical logic coming from one Of I'll
Is most gifted and experienced pens
er the world, written at the centre of til
highest modern civilization, and in I'll
10 very effulgence Of an Imperial milit
n nv throne. 1t has its echo in the hear
OF of millions upon millions in the eide
nd hemisphere, and, on this side of tt
1t globe, there will be few but wanderir
an swashbucklers and Adventures
mt gainsay it. Similar voices are uplifte
.cr in every European Capitol. Throue
ne them the people speak-the people {
PIC all lands and tongueS-and they W
IS be heard, or the day is at hand whe
yer on the intended battlefield, armies /
ar cruited from the ranks of tOiling M
hey and placedin hostile array over again
oO, each other, will fling down their We
oU pons to the ground and fraternize.
all When that day comes, the reign of
ma rants, demagogues, and deceivers
Vho the Nations will be past and gone #
llVe ever.
Ups, Fet US, then, 10y all just arts and /;
ate pliances, endeavor to hasten the tin
lor We can do so here, no better than
cherishing those principles of frater
les, ty, forbearanoe, and good mutual
as Outstanding, which will render the
all sort to brute force one of the barb
let isms discarded forever from our I
by ord. Tse spread of Christian ide
Let the interchange Of sentiment and {
on ility, the magnetism Of commerce q
lore the charms of mutual profit, will SC
NO smooth away asperities and make
pull crooked places straight. Then, q
nu- then only, will poverty cease, conf
ring return to earth, and the designs
d TO Providence approach accomplishing
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