The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-13
Greniug Ttlegraph
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10. 1866.
A Warfare for Peace.


and gentlemen have been holding in this city
meeting OF what they modestly termed the
EUniversal Peace Society,"" Associations Of
this character are by no means novelty in
This or any other country OF the modern
civilized world. Yet the society in question
is comparatively new organization, having
been first brought into working order about
nine months ago, in the city of Boston, which
has of late secured the monopoly of originat-
ing all such institutions. The principal
business of the Boston meeting consisted of
unuua fled abuse of the old peace society
which had previously made the Club" its
headquarters; but which, in consequence of
the enervating effects of civil war, had back
slidden from the high ground taken by its
youthful rival. At meetingesubsequent
held in Providence, Rhode Island, the organi-
cation of the Universal Society" was per-
fected, and here in our midst they commenced
their work in sober earnestness.
The task which they propose to accomplish
is two-fold. They maintain, first, that war is
but another name for barbarism, which is
shockngly abhorrent to the moral sense
Christianity; and, secondly, that it invaria-
bly fails to further the ends of righteous
cause, while the doctrine of universal love
Us invariably succeeds. On these two pet
theories they intend to hammer away until
they have brought over to their own precepts
and practice the entire human race.
On the first point we can assure them that
they can spare themselves all further troubles
and tolls. War is alike inconsistent with the
teachings of Christianity and abhorent to all
who are actuated by its true spirit. And yet
these meek-eyed saints who first sat in con-
cave under the shadow of Beacon Hill are
not the only persons who have fully accepted
and acted upon the teachings of the Great
Exemplar. The rolls of the true Church
contain such names as Sydney and Bayard
Who as soldiers and as Christians, were alike
. without fear and without reproach." !"
And in these latter days, the sword
is welded by many such as How
ard and Havelock-men who bear about
with them all the odor of sanctity, men
whose daily walk and conversation are a
living commentary on the gospel of Christ.
These men, moreover, are consistent with
themselves. While protesting faith which
maintains the equality of all men before the
bar of God, they do not hesitate to uphold
faith which teaches that all men should
be equal in the eyes OF human law
On the contrary, these modest, meek-eyed
saints were the very foremost in arousing
and maintaining the anti-slaveFy agitation
But the moment the slave-power, which
they had abused in unmeasured terms
raised its hand against the Government, they
proposed to abandon the contest they had
provoked, and to permit this slave-power to
set at utter defiance the laws ofGod, as we'll as
those of man. This may be all right and
proper; but the thinking Christian world has
never regarded it in that light, and we trust
it never will.
When we come to a consideration OF their
second point, we are reminded of the parable
which teaches us not to cast our pearls before
swine. The "policy" of overwhelming with
love, and thereby converting from the error
Of their ways, men whose every thought and
purpose are directed towards their own aggran-
dizement, at the expense OF all who by some
accident of birth or color are excluded from
their charmed circle, has had its futility
exemplifed more than once in the history OF
the world. And the latest experiment of the
kind, which has been perpetrated under oul
very eyes by the President of the United
States, is the most damaging of all in it!
results. That the meek eyed advocates o" "uni
versal peace" mean well, we have no doubt
But let the horrors of Memphis and New
Orleans teach them that the strong arm o
force is the only remedy for the greatest evil
that affict humanity.
Peace-universal peace-is certainly desi
Table, and in Gods own good time it viii
spread its glorious wings over all His errins
children. But before this may happen, we arr
assured by the Founder of our faith that WI
Eshal hear of wars and rumors OF wars" AnC
we are further admonished to "see that we o.
not troubled; for all these things must COM
10 pass, and the end is not yet"
How to achieve that end, despite the age
nies of warfare, and the inborn selaishness
our nature from which they spring, is tn
great problem of humanity. The true theor
is very simple. Love to our fellow-men Il
indeed, it's groundwork. But let us not
led so far astray in our deductions therefor
rs to forget our manhood and the strengt
which God, through it, has given US.
We are not discouraged by the preseI
aspect OF affairs throughout the world. War
and rumors of wars, are indeed rife
crime is indeed more rampant than evt