New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-10
RADICAL PEACE.

Al the opennQ of the morning session OF the Uni
versa Peace Society yesterday address was maze w
f. H. Haywood esq Of Worcester in the course OIL Whien
he introduced opic-Repudiation OF the Natohai
Debt-and offered resolutions declaring that "af WIS
relic Of barbarsm, and against Cod that govern
ments arc merely representative without the force ana
authority of moral law aud should be 20 tnc
people whose agents they arc; that naollues nave no
rights than aTist0cratc yrants 10 ehloce cosene
or create potieal and pecuniay obligations for others
than themselves that allowing governments 10 aDsoFe
communities aud nations from moral obiSatl0ns nIl,y
force to subvert military authority the sword TO overdue
freedom of speech and press the right Oh ASSOCIATION anu
habeas corpus in OF pCrilOus custom tiat
the right TO draft men for military service Is as purely
imaginary as the tight to enslave tle tnut cohscp
tons. arbitrary arrests and martial law are DoOuy
usurpatons which should not be tolerated among fee
people that debts whether contracted by inonarcmG
ogarchy socaed republican rule morally created
in violation Of abstract right, and are the price OF pooui
that ney are O S for the interest Of the
classes, degrading the people IN an nations wsre Ie
era policy douby cursed by the crimes OF War and
Slavery derauds labor, threatens union and unless
expcdency and y,wil require its reputation,
He took the ground that the debt was created Ior me
purpose OF carrying war; and war being, from the
stand point Of the Society," nothing nut ORGANIZED piracy
theft murder should not be paid Tor bnt should Do
rcbuked. IL Is powerful means for Keeping the com
people under and pnnderng them Ihey pay i iIr
the war for which they not responsible, ana when
he claimed they did not mdorse while the SPECTATORS OF
themoney marts OF the country hold Donas
and escape taxation He further claimed that reputation
would benefit capitalists well as lab0rers because
thcreduced Ia xation in few years would reconpense
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by reputation of the national debt lie denounced the
Government at Washington AZ nsnrpation which shonla
be thrown into the Potomac. IL not government
people for OF the women and none OF the ne
groes of the country consulted in rs formation
Mr. Love said that the idea Of reputation OF the ma
tiOual det not an advanced sentiment Tor tue eaG
cause The debt H. sacred oDsaTm a a "t f. pVt IL
entirely aside Instead OF talking Reputation 10 LABOR
ing men;-low them the honorable nature OF the 0bga
f0n and while encouraging its payment teach them It's
lesson Of the folly aud Xpense war The proper remedy
would De lay the 10 the root of the e'll ana cor
the government which created Inc debt
Mr.. Jo.yn spoke of the resolutions ar an enormous
horcsy" introduced into this Convention, but he was gad
TO see the subject brought up without ehd9rsng tne
overture Of rcpudiailou he thought he could see nov
Society abOrs forwarded by such step War cannot be
conducted without money and II reputation was con-
sldcred possible capitalists would lend no govern.
lnent the money to carry on war; ana thy coud MOI
MIR Wright stgmatized the idea OF reputation as a
base and Infamous His creed on the subject was
brief The who deliberately boIrows money for the
Accomplishment OF an oh,cl anu. ai't ~ Sn
ment OF the object repudatcs me deDi' ~ mos III non
orable aud Il is with nations rs win hdlNduas
The population Of national debt would be the rum OF
MIR Atwood Of Troy said that party advocating repu
datlon would nnd = multitude of followers All tho
Coppcrheads Of the North and the Rebels OF the south
In tho afternoon jeremiah Hacker of Portland Me- re-
qucatcd opportunity Ia speak lie was mere III symPay
with the movement but unfortunately deaf, and
unable To hear word uttered by the speakers lie sald
that years he had not heard word spoken IN con
yersaton, from tho speakers stand wh'thcrln Tue
church or ccturcroom but II nothing was sad howl
days than he used 10 hear when ms ears were good
or better things said than printed IN the papers OF
the present time he thankful for ms niirny. lie
gave his experience ~ peace man during inc war;
aud the difficulty he found in looking for sympathy IN
various quarters during the national struggle. ne ap
peaed to Christians aud to Quakers, but they dld hot
respond lie called upon me peace apostles hnd I8unu
his assent the necessity of this most unnecessary,
most wicked and Internal Of all wars
Mr. Hacck OF Ncw-Nork argurcd that force was neces
say aud that wars ~ the aon OF force were
not in all eases wrong The animal nature which gov
guided their counscl could not be appealed 10 TO avert
The war through which the nation for four years strug
gled Hence force was necessary to the suppression OF
the revolt not necessary Tor the good o individual
but prevent the nsurrcctoss from plotting ont the
liberty and humanity for centuries to
nnd hyyr moved recreant to our t;odryen trust n
that force had not been exercised without force there
Walter Hyde OF New York Mr. Wright Mas Parks OF
Brooklyn, Mrs Leayenworth. Mrs. Mott, and Mr. Broug
ham followed IN the advocacy OF appeal 10 reason rather
than force in the settlement of disputes.
The following officers were elected for the year en-
P"sLai-Adsd H. Love Philadelphia ri,e PrsicalThe Hon.
Ssos rG%po9 Easa gi Jo;}9 . rT%sGgs A. 81 o Pes
S sS,'04 M t MeS ace,. Not Pa@as Tbcass
Is W. Cc"ee.,si Mas l. " t'lsr chcaa.t; JJ:spa 5
4 Web K,ers :. H., Thoga, Garrett wilmington, Del
p Wider y%S Efo'' ' Ts.an Glf n
S %, hg %.eo Boston ' FTcd 1s cem
~, Elizabeth b Chase VALLEY tsl, 4 Henry Wrshi Boston
Banen.t Boston Or : R. Baaod Princeton IN Reb,sss r.
N F,s w N.ePf r''H ,n g' Ss'i r isp o.
Psndg Geo " Taylor Taylor Syass' STfe rnR Rev. htU
s s gk,%3a t ,!- w sSs Boston '.a''''
II was voted TO hold twodays meeting at Boston IN
October next and to publish the PROCEEDINGS OF ne T0
and circulation of peace documents by the state
Societies was recommended. vote OF thanks TO
peaceful solution Of the Laxem6S question I co was
sSped IT Tai SCs TO aeS aS viii
remove the OF war aud provision for war; by not
legazing that which Is inhuman aud unchristan'
ho resolutions then UP for passage the last one
being amended 10 declare that radical peace men
cannot the ballotbox when In our opinion II con
tains a bullet a bayonet, and bombSlell.' Mrs Dr.
Harmon OF Florence, y. j., presented resolution that
the keen moral OF woman their power and nlu-
ence Il needed IN the great recOnstructon that with the
ballot in their hand peace principles must preV IN our
At tue evening session. Or. Haock protested against
the forms employed IN the resolutions which eaa ~ ~
der theft aud piracy He eontended that all Killing Is
erty belonging TO another is not theft ,
Mr. Bennlng said the late war was Inc wickeueste
known. All the good II accomplished, ANA more would
have been accomplished by peaceful means ne Sa s ne
was a SOuherner and knew WHEREOF he affirmed More
beginning OF the war ia favor Of gradual emancipation
The Intention to educate the slaves and thus prepare
FOR which they are ntted He fully Endorsed the
principles OF this Society as he had always been peace
by the Provost Marshal while the recent war progressed
The resolutions were amended so as to speak OF Con
gressmen consentug 10 the preparation OF all crimes
involved In declaration OF war instead OF giving conn
tenance to murder theft and robbery" the resotiSn
making every voter for members Of Congress Responsible
for all the evils OF war which may be declared py te
action Of such members Of CONGRESS ana declaring Kim 1' AZ
agent to commit theft. robbery piracy etc. was re-
ected: and after discussion by Messrs Wright shepard
Fish OF Rochester, Hacker, Haywood l.. d. Culver OF
NewIork, Love, and Josin, the remaining resouuonI
with the exception of Mr. Heywoods Reputation mani
festo which presented for discussion onlyl' were
adopted. -, ,,
The Convention then after address from the Prcsi'
dent, adjourned
THE NETWORK INSTITUTION FOR THE INsTkCC-
TIoN OF THE DEAF AND DUMB
The annual exhibition given by the pupils OF TINS
we'll known institution took place yesterday afternoon
a., ., N, I.o,, soroa oyersieht