The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-10-28
From the Baltimore Sun, 22d.

tiOn.-Specch b. John is. CrehShaW anu
others.
A meeting of the Peac, Association of
Friends in America was held last night at
the. Friends meeting house, corner of Eutaw
and Monument streets. The speakers were
from different States of the Union. Daniel
Hill, of Ohio, first addressed the meeting
He said if the Christians OF the country had
carried out the principles of their religion,
the country would nave been saved the sate
terrible war, and the thousands who have
gone down to early graves would have been
saved to the country. Shall the sword de-
YOUR forever Let the Christians stand firm.
Let the great evil be met i'll our schools,
where our children are taught that war Is
honorable, that bravery on the battlefield IS
heroic, and their young hearts are fired by
what they hear and read of the honorS and
applause which the world gives the soldier.
Let them be taught a different lesson by their
teachers and their parents-that war is I'M
christian and tull OF horrors, sc.
Joseph Moore. OF North Carolina, next
spoke He spoke of the necessity OF cnnSd-
ering the prcveatives of war. They should
speak, write, and preach against it. 1t will
rot be enough for Christians to he non-par-
Elephants in war, but they must battle against
it. The man who dies on the battlefield now
receives the praise of the poet and the histo-
rian, the cuiogics of the editor, and the APP
plause of the world, whether he falls In Il
good or in a had cause. Christians must be
active in their efforts to oppose these false
views and correct the public sentiment OF
the world. Dr. Jenner was the means OF
saving more lives than Napoleon was the
means of destroying, and why should not
the name of the former be equally as re
nowned as tie latter! 1t shows that the
man who Kills is more honored than the man
who saves life. Christians should teach their
children that it is mere brave. noble, and
heroic to save life than to destroy it; that it
is more heroic Ia suffer wrong than to do
wrong The sha!iower Il man is the easier
he gets angry. The best means to put stop
to war, is To Stri p the cio9k from 1t. But
even Christian ministers draw the cloak
over it.
John B. Crenshaw, of Virginia, gave II
history nf the action of the Friends in the
South during the late war. They appointed
a committee to wait upon the President of
the Confederate States, and claim clear eX-
emptiun from military service under the
Constitution They told Mr.. Davis they
could take no part i'll the fight; it was
principle that they could not give up on any
earthly consideration. Mr.. Davis refused
their appeals, and would not recommend
their exemption to Congress. He said that
lie was sorry that there were any people in
their midst who would not take up arms to
aid their country Notwithstanding their
appeal was rejected with scorn, they next
addressed themselves to the Confederate Con-
gress They were heard before IA congress
sional committee composed of prominent
men, most of them lawyers, and the man.
ner in which the Friends were cross-ques
toned was terrifying scene. They were
asked if they saw their wives about to be
killed if they would not be justified in cut
ting down the slayer The Friends replied
that under no circumstances could they take
up carna weapons. But, unfortunately, the
Dunkers acknowledged that in times of
great tribulation they would be justified in
paying IA tax for their exemption, and it was
finally settled in that way. He then cited
numerous instances of the wonderful preser
walton of the lives of Friends who stood
firm in their faith. One who refused to
fight was forced to stand one hour and a half
under the fire of battle field, and escaped
unframed, while the man at his side was
shot down. Another Friend was forced to
stand up, with his musket tied to his side,
in the trenches of Petersburg, exposed to
terrible fire. but he escaped unhurt But for
3ne,revsv,o CUUJTi tIIU iJUUpTU
have been forced into Il war;
DR.. James c. Thomas made few remarks
He said that few were aware how much they
were influenced by the sentiment and opin-
ION OF the people among whom they lived
upon the subject OF peace and war as well
as other subjects. and he we'll knew the eff
fort it required to battle with it. He read
some extracts from q sermon against war
by the celebrated Dr. Sturgeon, of London,
to show that the Friends did not stand alone
in their opposition to war.
John Hammer, of Kansas, related an in
teresting incident of the prevention OF bat
tie between the Cheyennes and the Kansas
Indians through the persuasion of commit
zee of Friends, of which he was a member,
who visited the Kansas Indians They con-
sented to return to their homes, lay down
their arms, and trust TO God They knelt
down and prayed, the Indians Frustrating
themselves upon the ground Their pray
ers were heard. The Cheyennes, from some
cause unknown, returned to their homes,
and o bloody battle was averted.
Francis T. King, of Baltimore spoke of
the wonderful preservation from the calani-
ties OF war which had always attended the
Society of Friends for two hundred wears.
The history OF William Penn and his colony,
surrounded by Indians, of which for seventy
years not a single Friend was ever killed. In
the war in Ireland the Friends escaped de.
struction in remarkable manner. In QUAINT
relPs raid in Kansas the portion of the town
settled by Friends was passed over in an un-
accountable manner, while all around them
was slaughter and devastation. In North
Carolina, when Shermans army was near
Raleigh, and Johnson's army was approach
ing, not forty miles apart. the Friends set
Elements were between them, expecting to
suffer all the calamities of war from their
position, when the impending battle was
aVerted. 1t was on the spot where for two
hundred years peace principles had been
maintained that the great war was concu-
ded. MIR. King said he believed the ques.
ton OF war and peace will be the great ques-
ZION hereafter In the churches, in politics,
ana In society. The statesmen of Europe
are earnestly discussing the question, and
nearly nall OF the threatened wars in Europe
OF late years have been settled by peace con.
ferepces. lie referred to his visit to England
last summer, and Of his being personally
cognlzant OF the great interest which is felt
IN the subject of peace by leading men in
Great Britain. The meeting then adjourned.
John Quincy Adams, whose recent sneecb-
es in. South Carolina have attracted nubIic
attention, is not son of Ex-President Jnbn
Quincy Adams, as stated by the Raltimoro
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