, 1869-05-07

wife WORK. znd IL. Walter, he vent to n fune1s1.
Imt1 II ths people killed On The dou,e Tncte
waa heap OF falls but no other mAGh1A"
TH4 QUAKKRs AND THE ALABAMA CLAIMS.
While Nc Arc making = mnyemnnt In the inter- |
ests Of pence on The plains, 10 are making CIT |
In the Interests Of destruction On the sea Nj. |
suuners nsosf elaborate speech, which tl11sef !
alleges to be the best he ever made On any sub !
iect-a hTlcf, indeed. It Ia, rather than Speech-
has shown how popular an unpopul1r mxu Uzy
become By hintn9 eyer 10 little toward violence.
sumner down under the Stck Of Brooks WAS .
decided subject tn the vulgar thought Sumner
saytng Ike feu oA1 Herald: "Neet your acco1nt,
England, or We sha11 redden the sea, pe,aaps!"
Ia Immediately removed In the vulgar thought
rom merely weI1reAd egotsm to vide popularity
do not believe that fAa cbee1s Of tas crowd wiz
turn sumner into pug1lsz. In thin whole m1tter
there Is tue working Of thoughts which show how
necessary Il Ia to be always right every time
think ws can see this IN both the Quaker and the
Alabama matter. We have been ruling the lndt-
ans BY The strong, subtle hand Of frsud and wAr.
It ts ourselves who h1rc been deir1uueu BY our
agcnts and we have proved Indian war 10 be more
expa0k7e than peace The energy OF q whole
nattan hss faiefso settle rhn Indtan 1ub,ecx, and
Jeszs and p,aeea WulIsm Penn At tho head Of the
army.
In like manner We maJ sec The results OF merely
tase passions, - envy, meauncss aud iea1ou8y, in
the embarrassed attitude OF England toward
Ametcs, IN whose mi>fo1tuues she 40 causelcssly
xrtolced during the rebellion. Was, for part Of
the Wal; 4 visitor 70 1on.ton and Liverpool, aud
recote1 the brutal and all but unanimous au-
t4gonts.n expressed and felt toward Us. during
nearly eight months passed 10 London, saw the
spirit Of the a1tstoc1ucy and lta parnstte5, the
trading classes, Is well rs the no less manifest
BJMpathy for u1 manifested BY dIssenters aud By
WORKING people. Kew why the former wlahed
rs harm and defeat, because we were stron3,
growing, aggressive, and ! rival. The boys and
the merely Vulgar Of America have entertained
kindred feeling towAzu England. Envy u divided
from patriotism by very Thin partition. Now the
English people are Fegrettoz taas Malce futile n
it wAs; for they LOOK into the jatls Of war with
the lind they eauhelessy det1ded.' The rsto1s IL
returning from our vu1gE to their Tutsat
But g6od question to put TO ones self "a this:
"H England could be wiped out, would Am -rIc1
| be berter orr
think not. Therc Ia land On the earth 10 which
an American can ~ but England. There Is no land
| Tron which We can learn any wise thing but Eng
! land Her commercial civilization "a more lbera'
th1u ourA American pttnc.plea fermsntiax tn
England, and En2tt4h experience consulted by
/ Auer.ts, arc bound to make the best human brew
In Chrtstendon. Nov, to a perfectly Wtse md
amtable nation, there Il no sach thing II rival,
Nobody WIS Wosse on when Spain got to America
beforehand Everybody was worse Oh when the
Alabama pirates burned American merchant shlps.
The concern Of Englishueu In the latter business
Is undoubtedly hsi: but let the Philanthropy
/ which ssved the republic md purBed It OF slavery
| walk step higher In the realm Of charity. and
| think how many poce people, IN E1HtAnd md
I AruerE1 VII sunEr by plis- threatened xsr; how
many noble md approaching sJMpathies mnst be
| suspended In both lands; how many Sewtons and
Cobdens, and other workers for common human
tty, must pasa away, tha5 mere Welltn&tons, Se-
.Jrr
pear; how many wldoNs' sons may bleed to deata
upon floating spar: how On the vide ocean many
4 hot brain cooled may N1h the world couM hear
hla Last gurgllng prayer oI "let have peace y
To such war ~ thts the C1ussdes, III hundred
years ago, better bsn& our century. We ahouid
present the solitary spectacle OF merely brutal
eonlt1 for empire to be Witnessed on the globe at
the present time Having tufnlshed the principles
which at th1 time work tatle fevo;ts Of spin and
Cuba, nc fy to war Of lust between usn84ses-
Depend upon IT, that last auch trains of thought
arc working themselves out In England 1t this
m1sneut and what Is Just u tic Alabama c12lms
viii b met BY the better verdict OF consent OF the
true people there To settle Is always the chcap.
est, whether In law or war. And II the Alabana
claim could be azseAsed upon the laud OF English
ulstoctha. OF taken out In taxes upon ensaila 1t
would strike Just the class which taught the prtn'
ciE1es Of envy that set these plrate4 anoat
Amongst the Qaakers who t4kp IN snteres. Ia
the Indian settlement Is MEK Lucretia Mott, now
Itch widow nIlng On the Yorf ptke " nea1
Montgomery County. reuua. iyania- took UP 4
sketch Of the life OF this remarkable woman to-
day, and came to some notes contributed ta ihe
anthos By her own hand. This u 4 good specimen
Of hesetodox Quaker diction as well y Of opinion
AT 3 ye.ra H age. surrounded With =; little
family and many ca1as. felt called to mors pub
Lie life Of devotion to duty, and engaged IN the
| ministry Of cur society, receiving every enrou1-
| RScment from those n authority, uniu sepaEa-
4 ton among u2 IN 1897, xhen ny conyicuona led
/ me to adhere TO the tundency OF the tght within
Us, resting On truth rs authority, rather than tax
Ing authority for truth The highest evidence Of a
sound faith being the practical life OF the Chris
uan, hare felt lar greater interest ID tac moral
| movements Of our age than in auJ theological dig.
CUSTOM
1.-THE Cause Of peate has had q ahare Of my el.
torts leading to the observation-disclosures ground
that no Christian can consistently uphold and &C.
| lively engage In and support = government based
On the sword Or relying On that as an ultimate re-
sort The oppression OF tho working classas by
existing mouopouea and the lowness Of wasea
olten engaged my attention, and have great DE-
| sire Tor a rudical change in the system which
makes the rich richer and the poor poorer