The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-18

power ito raise and support n. mles" pro1ldS
and maintain a navy,n Ecali forth the militia,
or provide for organizing an army uu oiga J,sei
Pn9g Ts. the o msTv fGT sw such snd PTOys0GS m
nent. And as the people have delegated these
powers, We call upon an enlightened and Chris
tian protesting people to resclnd them.
structon of any State or nation, 1t is alike a
Christian duty aud the wisest expediency to
employ only the principles of love, free WILL
justice, and mutual interest, and TO ignore the
system OF deadly y force.
Resoiued, That the rights of conscience should
be 80 far respected, that where persons are con.
scientiousy opposed TO war, and have taken no
part in creating or prosecuting It, they should
not be required to help pay the war debt, or be
taxed for war purposes.
ReS0 Ued That as the people suffer the horrors
Of battle, they alone should decide upon the
question of war and as the working classes do
the fighting, suffer the torture, and pay the war
tax, We unite in the elevation of labor, aud
will exert our irluence TO place IL above the low
ard impoveIishing system OF lighting.
ReSotUed That war, the father OF lies and the
greatest crime In history, IS responsible Tor the
following among lis thousand shalns in So
called CHRISTIAN nations: -F1rst They send men
as missionaries to the Feej &c Islanders, who kill
men for purposes Of domestic economy, AMI
kill ten.iold more at home for purposes of
political economy. Second. They organize
societies to prevent cruelty to animals, and
enact laws that they should be killed by exoe-
dltlous processes, while killing men by means
torturous in the extreme. Third. improving
the animal species by keeping IRON the butcher
the best specimens of animal, to perpetuate
their kind while selecting thousands of the
most perfect specimens OF human beings for our
man butCherles-l e., Generals and leaving az
home the old blind, lane, deaf, and generally
in6rm, TO procreate their kind.
Rescued, That war being the ''sum of all vii.
lainIes," its practice at the South and at the
North in disunion or military reconstruction,
in America or in Europe, Is the greatest of
becomes II
eyicent right of men 10 repudlate and dis
obey all governments and rulers when they re-
quire them to wound and Kill men.
ReSo'Ued, That IN the Ire atment of the Indians
of this country we appeal for the strictest in
tegrity, justice, aud humanity, on the part OF
the Government, being satisfied that they are
in insure rectloL against wrong and outrage,
and 1t becomes Us to treat them as human
beings, and open the way for the recognition of
friends and citizens.
ReSoiued, That the effort making in this and
other countries to establish an Intern ational
Court of Nations, in which all difficulties may
b. amiCably settled, ard the ''blnd and brutal
arbtrament of The sword" forever renounced,
meets our hearty approval, and we shall labor
to bring 1t about by our individual lives, and
extend its influence to our community, State,
aud nation.
ReSotued, That we cannot but be disappointed
that the socalled ministers OF the Gospel" do
not give the cause of radical peace their active
and practical cooperation, and we appeal to
them that if the profession Ia the Church is
good, 1t IS better IN practice, and the cause OF
conversion and salvation must come from a
living and lie. giving faith, of acton in the
every day walks of lite.
A loud, hearty vote adopted these resolutions.
prayer was offered, funds collected, pamphlets
distributed, and then the young ladies united in
several appropriate songs and hymns, and the
Convention adjourned to meet at Vineland, N.
j., about September the 18Th.