The Hawaiian gazette., 1870-09-21
Moral Judgment upon the War.

Many Of the EogiIsh nsEspGpers pronounce
the ar eaussiess oos Mr.. Gladstone eyi-
IDENTIFY iskss that view Of II, though he does not
Use tie wOTd- But he speaks Of il As the most
u9uruigl and miserable Sarl ever witnessed By
mankind ian exaggerated siStsnent), and the
sh0-e tone q his remarks indicates that il his
OpiDiOn the var could have been avoided, and Is
totally u1j1sJihz5Is- As France threw down
the gage, tbs observation L reflection upon
that uaIiOn rather than uPoa Prussia Among
American !01ruzls, ss remark prspouderauce
u seuiiueug similar to that which runs through
the EngLlsh press Writers and speakers Who
ysut these oo-e0Lzr opinions, either n England "
here nay hzEter themselves that they are gnpre-
!1dlcsc, that LEsy are 10 position u Judge Elth
entire IupaELizlIIy betssso the eomb4tAuts, and
nay honestly think that their condemnation of
the var Is ca1seIesS settles the question.
Bat sIPsus0cs teaches Us to attach buI little
importance TO their dict4- We maintain, as :
general PyUp0si.i0n, that each uslIuu l. the best
jlcgs u the circumstances IN which sufficient
c4GSs Of var exists and that the adverse eriti-
elsuls q other nzIigus usually bslray Eznt Of
knoslscge Of al TIE i@cLs Of The case, = sLryug
14liguli Prejcdiee, and are in most instances, IN
pertinent and gal0slsss-
lie Eugl-sh government and the English press
eoup.zceully regarded or civil var Is cause
less HE! Gld lot understand, or pretended
a9J 70, Wy the United States shozId not have
z.l0Eed themselves 10 De torn asuuder. Ihsy
syupathissd - kesuly sikh The South a. they
nOs Do Eitk Prussia thoagh in the present var.
they vi b Like uoes careful to keep their
blls 10 wholesome cheek than they I'D 10 the
I1-s rebellion. Scarcely! cIsii -sr h-s occurred
II a.! civilized part Of tie gI0oe, a. a1y tine,
EaicA s0us EzLiO- O. so1le .args section Il I Ia
too las not termed ezzsslsss, znG rsurubaiei
a. vigorously As Mr. Gl1istoue does taIs one.
Conserving the Russian Ezr, o. shich Eue.sud
ard France als4ys piaust themselves a. having
undertaken Il n tie Interests u MANKIND, LsrEe
1cubsr q American cirzs1s (prUb&bIy msjority
Of them held the O. iHioo that 10 sufic.sutIy
guod Cause existed for It-thzt IL vas EaatOu
interference SIta Russian rights a1d Russian de-
TeloPusot, and hat % benefit zaz secured To The
warranted the sacr6css Il Hfs made to achieve It.
Napolsou's ezmpsign sgaiazt Austria il 1853
Ess deemed eaaselsss by miIioo. of o6ssrT- I
srz II ci5srsnt parts Of the world outside Of
Frzucs and Italyl- There we're few people. e.
esPs IL Austria and Prussia zho iid cot rszzri I
the attack Ct those TO Po=srs o. httls Deamark /
az really unFrov0ksd. zaatouly cruel and ius1ca-
saois uPon any plea save that Of e. right makes 4
night Prussials oasla1ght a-aiast Austria in 4
IS vas the latest instance IN which large pro-
Portion Ct EhAt Is ssmsEhat eoacsite5Iy stvIsi .
q the n0rzI izdgusas Of other uaiiocs vas *
pressed il s,rOug eo15enuati0u- And yet in
each AID every one Of these vars, the uatious
zagIug them and victorious in them. we're sIlaos,
O. Eholiy united II bslissiaz the vars we're nsc-
sssarF, Eere insEitahIs AID zsre a. surirsly i.st
fable a. any vars II history.
From these fac.s We earn to Be careful Of a.
osPting the moral j1dgs1sct Of any oas IA
-iOa o. q any Hzlbsr Of 8atiooz. zpoa zarz e.
tered into b. oshsr peoples Izuorzscs. ursi.-
1ics- ssiEiatsrsst. commonly dictate tie reader
Ing u EsrSiicts fr01 s1ch zorzl tribunals We
bad thai every nation i the best jadzs Of the
-Ire71zt4ness in zhich it Is necessary to declare
I'd sa<E zzr; and Ehzn re fad 4 satiou. a -
to- Do Fraaes. sziisd aad eager for the contest
-Ith Prussia ss nay safely eoucizds that the
var : 1ot -e1Gseissz and that, L xs DO not
ZEE the cases clearly, Il : bec.zze Es do not see
II the hcts. a1d eznnos enter into tie fselinzs
nd P1rposes Ct The Preach people II they COO
sdsr themselves endangered il the fatars b.
: r1s=iAn azE-71dl1s1s0t, manifested Il her past
ilztorJ Tor few years. a0s diploz4tiealIy las
'Fsneh1sa INSIST al recsaE period. il i nos Er
: to ~ that they are sro1g IN taking tine By
= to1sloek, and izPrOsing tie opportunity to !.