The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-09-09
TIE TRIBUNE.
The New and Better WAY.


Among the questions looming up il
the future, that of arbitration as sub
stitute for war is destined to hold a fore
most place. In looking over the cont
nent OF Europe, the prospect does no
appear promising we hear of many gar
rlsoned towns where the soldiers outnum
Der the citizens But the magnitude Of
the evil is preparing the way Tor its own
overthrow. The people everywhere are
crushed by an incubus which is yearly
becoming more oppressive. The Ger
man emigration to the United States has
been greatly swollen by multltudes OF
young men who preferred expatriation to
a forced military service. The idea OF
CONSUMPTION in a time of peace, wars with
the elementary principles OF civil free
dom and all over the continent 1t leads
to disturbance of the social and indus
trial arrangements of the people which
becomes more aggravated as ornaments
Increase. Formerly war was matter OF
military skill and personal bravery, even
more than numbers or equipments: This
is no longer the case. The need!e-gun
must needs wait for the Chassepot; and
while science is cropping its way In labor
atories and workshops, and trying to in
vent Il fnedUS VI uCSti uGlioi oIiii iuOlC
CHASTITY 10 the more threatening of them
has had time to disappear. Nor does it
appear likely that time will ever come
when nations can be sure of fighting each
other on the same equal terms as was pos
sible In past times Minnie rifles are no
sooner converted into Sniders than a new
Improvement is devised which makes that
arm a still more deadly one. The same
is true of gunboats, of ironclads, of wood
en- ships. of Notifications. War has lost
its old heroic character It is no longer
the fiery charge of valorous men; it is
of scientific principles to the work of hui
man destruction In the Schleswig Hol-
stein war, shot and shell were rained up
on the Danish soldiers without their being
able to see the enemy. This is not war
it is murder.
We believe that civilization will not long
bear the intoerable iniquities of sys-
tenn which gives absolute power to the
chemist and inventor, and makes sol
der helpless slave, whose personal
a decisive conflict. Mr. Golden was of
end by the success with which inventors
Wouio dCNSIopC otiS at VI MIL
ing men by scientific methods; and there
is no doubt that the appalling character
of modern warfare, combined with the
enormous risk it entails, has made great
potentates hesitate ere they attempted to
carry out their schemes Of ambition or
pride. In making these remarks we are
not insensible to the purely moral influ
ences which are at work on both sides of
Al, 4 tl,,t1 Nhap (nanaral
Pierce administration, the dispute over
the petty island of San Juan took place,
the angriest passions were stirred up on
on the part of subordinate officer in
remote part of the American continent
would have rendered war inevitable
The class of questions of which the A1a-
btnan is a type, were perhaps the gray
est that ever perrlexed the diplomacy of
civilized nations But yet we find that,
when Lord Stanley and Mr.. johnson qui-
city talked the subject over, they are
able. without difficulty, to hit upon a
mode of settlement which, while it does
not weaken the self respect of either ma
ton. provides sure way of escape from
complicated national misunderstanding
Tn agreeing to form of arbitration the
two governments for the first time give
effect to the recommendation of the IRE
t. of Paris. There is no longer a danger
that Lord Clarendon 5 wise proposition,
at the Paris Peace Congress in 1856, VIII
remain dead letter Since the close of
the Russian war, England and America
have first among the nations OF Christen-
dom set an example of referring cont-o-
versies of a momentous character to the
decision of friendly power This es-
tabIishes a great precedent, which will
tell upon the future of Europe. Even
if it only governs the future conduct OF
our own statesmen, and reduce the dan
ger Of war, so far as We are concerned, to
a minimum, it would be fraught with bless
ingS to ourselves and our posterity.-
Noacoaformist, Eng.