The New York herald., 1870-12-20

these preminarics: See how this would work In
the present case. England, Austria, Italy, Switzer
Land isnd and belgium would all have ineontestible
" 70 our constitution framed G
Inion IN perpetual peace with each other dil not
p,event their engaging In one OF the bloodest wars
case anu me experiment il likely be repeated
amd a"a scneraions, us,,, or indeed until oil memory
from the minds Of men, The a point TO navs Wnc Sssye
10 cal your attention IL this whether there be any
slclent sun reason why tho system Of America should
ms system Is arbitration or perIna
s,, nent high court sitting to Judge between sove
Win arbiter. No sooner was the indenendence
o. Tue american colonies declared than they set
"cout forming articles oil confederation, one feature
OF winch was that disputes between the states
snoma DC decided by commissioners Judges se-
iecl 'hen ny commissioners chosen In this manner
.ree 10 pe named oy Congress from each State, each
asputanl 10 oe AT liberty TO strike OF alternately
one name tlil the number was reduced to thirteen;
ana from THESE not more than nine nor less than
seven, as Congress might direct were TO be chosen
Dy .ot To constitute the commission. when New
York - as densey peopled as England and Wales It.
viii contain over sixteen millions Of Inhabitants But
New YORK u small State in area compared with
some or the others. Seventeen are larger--Texas.
Calliornia, Nebraska, oregon, Minnesota, Kansas,
Wisconsin, Georgia, Arkansas Alabama and North
Carolina. How much larger Will they appear when
we place the 47,OoJ square miles OF New York sldo
We are tnat our Constitution is strong
enough TO bind ana even to, coerce our IdrgesL
States with the fullest population and the most
ABUNDANT resources OF wnich their magni icent fu-
by the past Tn, next half century viii SEQ
some ot our siaIes as powerful as some
u he supposed that the American IS more patient OF
control and more oDedient to law than hls Euro
pean brother, 1t should seem to be no harder
problem now 70 bilng European States to submit
differences to the arDitrameno OF ana law than
u is how tomake American SaCes do the same tnng.
There Is really nothing In the size or strength Oh
riches OF European nations to prevent their entering
INTO aud being permanently bound by a compact
winch would make all Their al puIes to be SERTED by
Arbitration or judgment OF u permanent tribunal. II
l. said, Know, that there are
DYNAsTIC REASONS AGAINST 1T.
sovereign houses, it Is argued Will consent
enter mo amy confederation or compact which viii
subject them IN The least dcgrce to alien control.
But we have Just seen the sovereign houses OF Ba.
vara, Wurtcmburg ana Baden enter into the
new confederation which Ienaers Germany one,
ana subjects them all, In certain limited respects,
TO the control OF central authority. Aud II we had
not these examples before us we might confidently
be postponed TO The interests Of their princes
Hut better reason Is, Ihat The question
after al is one Of common inter
rs the compact or confederation is limited
few subjects, and these OF common concern,
be they merely the settlement or dispute between
the sovereign constituents, the impediment cannot
be great which would arise rom their differing In
teress. Look for a moment at the adyanrag 3 OF
such compact or confederation, even IL 1t were
limited to the single subject Of setting international
disputes without resort TO arms. see Europe with
out formal compact, and Then see America with
one.
THE POPULATION or EUROPE
Is about 2oo,Ooo,0oO that OF the United States OF
America about 59,005,00l. The peace estab ishmenL
OF europe i AZ least 3oOO.oOo; ours IS now 3735o
ana by the first OF July next VIII be reduced to the
legal standard OF 10000 exclusive OF from 1000 TO
1000 In the navy-oiiicers and ,uen. Our States
are by our Constitution forbidden, without the con
sey ollwar OF N Congress- & 10 keep troops or ships
state Is filed with troops III time
u peace. Even the eight smaller States those
template aggressive war, are obliged by the elor
nous arinaments OF their nclybbors to keep on foot
Standing armies amounting in the aggregate to
'S3 sos men, not including militia or reserves. Our
peace establishment Is one man to 1000 persons;
theirs one 10 less than hundred
franklin ana Frederick II one were not the
greatest discoverer and philosopher and the other
ihe greatest captain and lawg,ver OF his age. these
stipuations Of the treaty made In the interests OF
all time. would their immortal lame.
Since Their DAYS society has passed through
many revolutions; power and law have oscIiated
between liberty and despotsm till now, after the
greatest war which the c0untrymen OF Franklin
have ever known and that other greatest which the
c0untrymen Of Fgeder4 OK passing through,
we seem rC have been brought 10 period when
these principl4 s of tnat famous treaty may be en-
grated upon the general law 0. the world
After referring TO number OIL minor circum-
sta ccs he continued :-Prussia has taught mankind
how the American principle of federation may pe
Fortune moment for great and most beneicent
changes III The law OF nations. II, senlng
,nsa ,s sses pp9runy when the ,onea hearts 81
dynastc ambition aEd imposing restraints
upon warke passions, this country, always recon-
mending federation ny its example. would take the
initiative in proposing arbitration for Its own dis
pnte with England and a general amendment OF the
international code IN the interests OF peace and
commerce and civilization, now she would entitle
herself to the praise and gratitude of coming gen
eratioas