New-York tribune., 1868-05-16
THE ANNIVERSARIES.
TIE UNIVERSAL PEACE SOCIETY.


dent OF the society Mr. Alfred H. Love Of Philadelphia
who said Ladies and gentlemen have no vocal prayer
TO offer on this occasion, but If any feel differently i'm
pressed, il is open to you after pause the speaker
contnuedJ The call OF the Universal Peace Society
brings together behind that call is the Conscientious
conviction that throughout the world people making
q mOnstrOus mistake in uphOldnR system that Is dan
gerous the liberty Of this world Full OF this cOnvic
ton dare to pronounce the word Peace lappause
indifference the great becs Of our LIE; OF no cow
ardice; or OF no easy, sothfu conscience We 90 Do
can be while the conditions OF war exist We are
united 10 face the ironclad threat Of oppos
Mr.. Lew K Josiin Of Providence r. t. then read the
annual report Of the Society from which we learn that
Luxembourg question has been duly presented 10 Her
Majesty, and that our own Congress has been memorial
much attention from the Society Many OF the members
have had interviews with the Chiefs Of Western tribes
who had come To Washington and assured them
Of the active sympathy and cooperation OF tne
Society; The International League OF Peace IN IN
two societies NJ. Psssy, the President. has addressed
the Association here upon the subject and they have ex
Mr. Passy says in his letter that the halls in Paris were
closed against them by order of the Emperor all this not
cest le PaiK The members of the London Society have
the Alabama claims. and he expressed himself highly
favorable to peaceful settlement OF those questions
be found interesting. He writes from Paris:
Our journals With very few exceptions are not willing 70 publish
With their intentions With an the faults Of the eusy meeting
the name alone Of peace Europe secures prestige which secures at
the violence passion the resistance to the conscience Of
The JcsS La I5fl thus speaks Of the American movement after
Publishing call The friends Of peace in America arc raising
The UHoa de PGi Hayr. has also publications. and
we ind its present membership includes 900 nAmeS
Ts f3d mo 1 yaoH gst; part Of d % and @
large protest strong language Ens oppression
Of military Of Belgian declaring Il the project q
voted they will not recognize this pretended law and viii not submit to
From the annual report oths Liverpool Peace Society quote
@ S 10 unnecss 1I With Al . n%, f pseSo a
our nena disgrace We arc again engaged IN war We are 90,
Ono Of the gratifying incidents that have occurred with friends
@ S % ~ eS and m Right a Ic Gc sy Ha SS @
the subject Of recommending settlement Of AhbDs claims o. th.
Sneys reply staiesmanshp good
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@ wSS ~ o % az % ous bP a EIS 10y q W bsss % %
considerable debt and though oeA will bear
auSnenaon without seriously affecting our productive POTsr
then called to report for the Peace Society recently
organized at the Capital and said that those who took
part the meeting held at Washington last Winter were
and already absorbed in another great work.
that OF ameorang the condition o the freedmen who.
throughout the entire south are suffering untold horrors
She attributes all the suffering and distress among them
10 the fact that the freedmen denied the ballot and
attendant evils.
Reports from the auxiliary societies in Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Iowa were then read,
showing these branches TO be in ourishiDg condition
Letters from friends OF the cause in various parts OF the
country then read all expressing sympathy In the
cause OF Universal Peace Among them the follow
ing:
To a. s ., D SGGy' q: Jss FssfI .n:: a:i ss s g u ss A
Ss S sP e g; M
aud you IN the labor to which have ecnscTsed yourselves.
that we s%os, .sIinE from being called disciples Peace
toS9S,t poSg By Infinite governs
Universe and viii the future uniongs HIS providence triumph
Let open our ndows TO the dove Of peace and eOsus to wo
battle sed viii be and beard no and yb9 Peef Ab
With hopeful and sterns good wishes friends and the
friends Of the human race go.EPs DUGDaLE
Letters were also read from several gentlemen not
identified with the Society but who had been invited To
be present at the anniversary Horace Greeley wrote
follows;
OFFICE oy IaE TmBcSE SEwYoNK May Il, 1909.
A. H. Low Es0oar Sir believe IN Peace and 10 do
and turning them the tender mese' Of the bad not the
dared possibly Killed before We car have universal and lasting Peace
Mr.. George C. Beckwith OF Boston, President OF the
American Peace Society, in reply TO an invitation TO be
.,. BOsroS, Mvs 1853
ing il SsTYcrs esSHot however ssad dOuS,
whether could should b. Of service 70 OOL
aS. 4. persistent sa is sppfS1s IL s pn
away the custom Of anbng nations, mitigate
peculiar S S.. 1% sd SS 'SS Ss % S me-
svo had tim. TO state my reasons detail do rot suspect h.
Win binder helping you heart Yo1i
socsD general so1sTS
only world bat other che universe and
ing anarchy Such logic neither The Bible viii
Yosr society judged BY m proceedings mabs
eODgomsraaOn Of extreme radicsisn.
O and no one that Joins can orsss e What sy the sS com
NIT s%ss al M S yog sy & s ssT'Ts re- but 80 am cor.
and shA ever rejoice especially IN aay aid Ou may render dOg
'A' terrible evils '' ''i very 'S;sssSS esc Sucrv,rn
Lucy Stone being called upon said that while her heart
in the peace movement, she believed there
in which the causes of war may be abolished
70 vote Tor when the participate the govern.
ment they Will so manage affairs that there VIII DO no
Miss Cora l. Y Hatch c: Washington. D. C.. said that
she knew not why she had been invited to speak that
PLATFORM for she was not favor or the principles which
Il represents Peace, she said result, and not
cause and result IL should be treated She thought
that strange order IN which the meeting had occurred
then EquabRghts and last Of ALL Peace She know that
there greater evils than war she knew that Slavery
The President, Mr.. Love- then criticised scne OF the
snssnse wond remain throarh ali the sessions Of the
Society and listen TO the principles there advocated he
doctrine OF 5000 years ago, and conclude, after ALL that
war was not 90 great good a.; after ~ al. IT. ,.
nisea In the - movement right and benencent end.
Well, l am glad OF the metropolitan Excise law as
utterly vain TO think that the temperance cause can be
made successful by governments alone; Man must be
taught TO respect himself and his neighbor and then In
when nS6 and prog %. beeom.
oar right bounden duty abolition saeh
that OF the religion tho Of el
ton and the bpde Inconsistency Of those who know
theft oppression torture and murder crimes which eonspe
and which turn prodGees therefore
tinced:
RESOLUTIONS.
faith still unharken and beat Efforts required
the and sbosh the custom Of and to this do
pledge
That million graves and the thousands Of psbe erpps
land with discouraged and ismsg through
and starving and the Of their military establishment soo
Oo with % 900 Crstsn and children erng for bread
and Gen Napier bis b0ewsrd march Gr saekng the
palace and killing hundred many liberated
that With the Bbs In the hand the word Christian the ps
70 remove the scales from the sTes protesting Chsudo and behold
the wlekedness a1d weakness Of
That government based epon h. yssenth psndsrs TO