The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-12
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
GFOr Additional City Intelligence see F,tlh Paqe.

IHE UNIVERSAL PEACE CoNvENTroN-
1EsTERDAY's sEssIoN.-The Universal Peace
society, after the adjournment of the PennsvI.
yanla Branch yesterday morning, met ia the
un 81 an bnstltute building, President Alfred II.
The Chairman, on opening the meeting.
alluded to the depressing influence of the slim
etn anennuance OF members, the dlsagrecable
NSatner, ana ABOVE all to the intelligence re.
CeiVed that the President has propounded to the
Attorney-General certain questions which NAV
result In involving our country in difficulties
Anu ulstress such as we have never vet expe
rlenced. He drew from these facts the conctu
SION that there are indications that we have n
work before us which ought to. be zealously pro.
secuted. PA0
A letter was read from Gerrit Smith IN ,yb,cb
ne expresses much interest in the movement
but confesses himself still somewhat undecide1
in regard to the absolute sacredness of human
life under all circumstances,
Mr.. Jonathan Maglll, OF PENNSYLVANIA. fol-
loWeu the reading OF the letter by remarkinp
that although Mr.. Smith still needs light oi1
tnls SUBJECT 1t Is no cause of encouragement to
US, anu Gerrlt Smith will some time be reached
by the light he needs. . 4 ---.~'.'
A series OF resolutions favoring peace, adopted
at the meeting in Boston, Mass, were taken up
separately and thoroughly discussed by GEORGE
w. Taylor. Jonathan Magill, Henry T. Child
Lucreta Mott, Rachel Moore, Olivia r, ste
phens, l.. r. Josln, and f. B. Chace, after
which they we're adopted. -
Inc ConVentlon then took recess until s
O'Clock in the evening, when lt was again called
to order by President Love.
Mr.. Joslin, Of the Executive Committee re-
ported resolution recommending that when
this Society adjourns IL adjourn to meet in the
CITY OF New York, anniversary week, MAY next
1867, day and place to be hereafter designated,
That we recommend in the interview, to the
state societies. officers, executive committee
and other members OF this Society, active labor
1or the cause, by correspondence with all kno wn
friends in this and other countries, by holding
pubic meetings for lectures and discussions in
a lndiciOns bu
OF the Society's publications, and by securing to
the cause hearing through the public journals
OF the country.
DR.. Child offered the following resolution
That we recommend to the friends of peace
everywhere to avail themselves OF the public
press Tor The dissemination of our principles
mat they enieavor to procure the insertion of
articles in the papers, and that committee of
five be appointed TO ascertain what papers would
be willing to aid us In the measure.
E1Dr.IChlld said d:-I hope this great cause, which
belongs to humanity, shall sever be kept out of
sects. l care not whether man believe in the
Lord Jesus Christ or WheUher he belong to any
Church, ifhe is true man, lover of peace, l
hail him as fellow-laborer. l have said that
man as an animal would fight; man as an inteli.
gent being may tight, especially it, as the Apostle
james SAID, "Whence come wars ? Come they
not from your lusts, which war in your mem.
bersW But when man comes to live in his
spiritual nature, he will not, he cannot tight
He never has, and he never can, and it is only
as this portion of our nature comes to have
dominion over the beasts OF the field and the
fowls of the air that we hope for peace to prevail.
Woman, as an apostle of peace, has noble
field OF labor-frst, in the family, where she
may curb the bitter ouiburst OF feeling in her
children; then in society and in the State; and /
hope that our friends every where will use every
effort to bring this subject before the people.
Every oneiwho utters The word ''peace' with a
strong desire to have it prevail, is doing some
thing to promote this cause. 1t Is not the great
men and women alone VINO are moving the
world in this direction, but every honest ear
Nphn n nIrnf m Npp FL,
coming of the day when peace shall cover the
earth as the waters cover the sea, is doing some
thing to promote this good work.
The resolution was agreed to.
The President, Mr. Love, then addressed The
meeting at great length on the subject OF peace
after which 1t adjourned