Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-01-30
The Universal P.ae. >oc;,,x

ing call, n convention Of this Society assembled
NJ MATRIMONIAL Hall, in Woodward's Building,
P'nnsy lvania avenue, near 18th street:
I'VE are tired and sick of Glory To Military
6i.atness IN the highest, on Earth War and
destruction unto mankind. 1853 should know
Emancipation and regeneration from thai sys-
tom OF man-killng, impoverishment, and tor
tnrr, which Knocks and confounds our boas of
He nght 10 Lille, Liberty, and the Pur ,uit of
Happiness, and of our being followers of Jesus
Christ. We shall hold fast to all that is good
and strong in government, based upon the un-
compromising principles of Life. Love, Justice
snd Truth. and aim to give them definite form
and practical force. We appeal-as the hest
friends OF the soldier. the working man. tho
country, and human rights. Disarm and arbi.
udte--tnrlsuanlze our civilization. Speakers
Will be- present from various parts Of m /,
country, and reports Will be- read from other
Peace movements in Europe and elsewhere,
ana accepting every effort that would remove
the Causes OF War and establish tn. CondItio,s
OF feace, our invitation to- these meetings is
without distinction. and every one NAV have a
nearing rs time and good order will permit:
ana from those who cannot attend. any word or
ard Will be welcomed.
ALFRED II. LOVE, President, Philao.lphia.
Lew h. Joslin, Providence, X. L.: Hon
Ieorge Thompson, England: Lucretia Mott
fhiadelphia; James W. PEBBLES, New Jersey:
Thomas Garrett Delaware, and others, Vice
Presidents.
Townsend Bridgewater. VT. Secretaries
Elizabeth Il. Chase. Rhode Island: Henry q
wright, Boston: Henry NJ. I.ainy. Philadel-
phia, Henry L. Child, Philadelphia; Ezra N
. HeyWOod, worcester. Mass, and others, Exec
ufINe Committee
A placard at the STREET door announced the
TACT OF The meeting, ana in the hall, which by
NE way Il handsomely decorated with ever
green's &c, are the following inscriptions: at
rs not lawful tor a christian TO bear arms-put
up thy sword" WAR the greatest evil that
can befall any couniry'-tien. Wool .sNeu
u no have nice notions about religion, have no
busln - TO be soldiers"-Lord Wellington
among those present, We're A. IL. Love. of
fhiladelphla; Joseph NJ. PEBBLES. of New
Jersey Father Beeson, of Oregon who will b..
remembered by many of our citizens as a lee
tnrer ON the Indians, who formerly travelled
with the Indian songstrsss Larookah); L. X.
yosiln, of Rhode Island, A. r. Cunningham of
this city; Mrs. Rachel Love. OF Philad-lphia.
and Anna ID. Cring, of this city.
AT 10 o'clock DIR. Love took the chair ana
stated that IN calling the meeting to order il
was not his plan TO offer any vocal PRAYER bur
III any one telt disposed they could do so
(After pause) Then let there b. few mo-
mrnts Of silence "A dead silence of several
here TO tell their friends OF the work they had
IN hand, which had been commenced a-,o.t two
years since They had come As it were To bs,rd
the lion in his den. They Were determined to
push ON their work. remembering thar the
principle of liberty had but a small beginning
ana me snu-slayery movement was commenced
by dozen.
Mr.. JOslyn read the proceedings of the last
meeting; after which. Joseph VI PEBBLES. of
n. J., and Anna Denton Cring were elected
secretaries.
Mr.. Joslyn moved the appointment OF a COM
miitee of three 10 receiye and compile resolu-
lions, and also, a committee on finance
The chair laid before the convention. letter.
from Mrs. NJ. :. Townsend, of Bridgavater.
Vermont, one of the Vice Prs ident-: ZebuIon
White OF Rhode Island; Ezra III. HAYWOOD
OF Worcester. Massachusetts; w T.. White of
New York eiry; Sarah Il. Dugdale and others
OF Mt. Pleasant, Iowa Jonathan WhippIe of
Mystic. COnnecTicut: eNpr,.Ssin.S their rarr.t a,
berg unable to attend
The chair read the report of Isaac Winslow
on a RESOLUTION adopted by the last invention
asking an amendment 10 the constitution of tn.
State of New York in reference TO peace i'm
which he states that he sent the resolution tn
Mr. Brooks and II had been referred 10 the ap-
prOpriate committee.
Mr. Levi h. Jo<lin offered the following
resolutious- and suggested that after reading
them they could be referred He remarked that
they were some OF the sentiments he proposed TO
speak upon al longth during the Con yentiop
They put these doctrines on right and equality
and not on expediency. They held that to put
nas m to death for politics was As great n barba
Tism as 10 Kill men tor religion.
FIRST. That the right of men to life. liberty
and the pursuit OF happiness ~ self-eyident and
malenable.
rights, breaking up the family relation, and
forcing men from their homes To the battle
Held, where TO assert their freedom is death;
and as TO enslaye men upon the battlefield l.
as un lnst AZ 10 enstaye men upon the plauIa-
ZION, therefore war is slavery.
Third That II Tor one man 10 fl out ship
10 prey upon commerce and 20 sink opposing
vessels ~ piracy, therefore millions of men 10
M out ships to do the very same acts is piracy
and war is piracy.
Fourth. That If for one man To kill another
NJ his discretion and for his benefit j. murder
therefore thousands of men To kill thousands of
Others at their discretion and for their benefit il
murder, and war is murder.
fIfth. As governments have no right to Ie-
ar-.lns ala
no right 10 legalize war; and il Is the right OF
men eyeryw here 10 refuse 10 obey governments
when they require the wounding and killing of
men as al occupation. The consumption il
prying and fraud. The king has No more right
To order 10 death the innocent subj 1t than the
subject has TO assassinafe the king.
SIKH . hell torture in the future life for
the masses OF humanity l. a thing never To b.
thought of with cOmplaceney, so lis nearest
approach battle field ia the earth life where
thousands are manned and tortured ia every
conceivable manner, A. thing clearly illegiti-
mate and unworthy our present civilization
No INSTITUTION of Church or State is worth tbs,
slaughter of a single iDnoce mt man for it, sup
port Man primary, Institutions secondary.
Seventh That We rightly deem the psJpie
hartaT " no. in the past, tortured and killed
men for religion, and We rightly deem the. ,1ni.
bais of to-day barbarouS who kill men with
out toriure) for purposes of domestic economy
But ~ II "a baTbarOus to-day To tOrtur,. and Kill
men Tor politics ia has been in the pas; to tar
ture and ILL men for religion, and no more ins-
Unable 10 Kill men for purposes of political
economy then n Il 10 kill men for purposes of
domestic economy.
Eighth. That America stands TODAY humiI-
Iat, q before the world. that for the enancipa-
ton OF 4,OOC,0JO of slaves, she has enslayed
i,utO,cCO of other men soldiers, of whom
ltCc.cOo are sacrificed 10 death; while Russia
within the same period, has einancipated -
ttD.D1O seris, and In gland has made, suffrage
noie universal than It at present exists among
se without the sacrifice of human life
NIpth. That the working man Is eSpacialIy
Interested an the question of pace. a. I'm war
he has 10 sacrifice his home, do the fiyhtipg
suffer the wounds, ami pay the cost, while th..
men who eoncOet the mischief gam fortune and
hOnO rs from his Misery
Mr.. jos. NJ. PEBBLES said that he saw present
some u ho believed ma war. and he hoped thar
they would feel themselves free 90 enter into
discussion He offered the following:
hcSot1e0- That man. the child of God. being
clyinsr, Il consequently above any LAW auy
institution, or any government, and eouss-
Quently neither churches nor governments ar.
worth the deliberate taking of one human iif..
70 preserve them.
R,soired, That as love and wisdom az. the
hottest As Well as the most potent principles in
the universe, Therefore neither individuals nor
Nations are Justifiabls in resorting % any other
70 promote order, sustain the ends o. Justice or
conduct the financial and commercial interests
Of the world.
k>Sotced, That human rights, not women's
rights, not freedmen rights not Indians RI ghts,