The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-10-29

Those nmeLle enthusiasts tn, member
have issued an appeal to both Prussia and
France u cease i2AtinJ and make peace.
Prussia Is implorci to Je moderate in her de.
minis upon France, and especially not 10
cut oil from Paris, during the seq
OF that city, supplies of food AMI water.
France is cou.sllod to submit to any
terms Prussia may impose upon her, rather
than lose more Of her children All nations
are exLorted to abolish their standing
armies; and mankind m general aud woman
l. nd In particular are called upon to Gis.
counteuonce military t,aiuing and organila.
| tions, and h pay no more taxes tJr w~r pu.-
| poses.
The kindly sentiment which has dictated
! this protest against war no one can fal
70 respect, SO far, toe, as any particu
lrr war Is commenced or wag,i without
valid grounds, all r,eh..mndcd people will
JON in condemning the nation, or the party
IN nation, that makes itself r,sp1ns Ole for
it. The mistake OF the peace enthusiasts lies
in assuming that ell wais are unnecessary or
avodablc and that rulers could, If they
would, dispense with the instruments for
carrying them IN.
Take this very war between France AMI
Prussia as an example For years past the
French have been in the habit Of rogardn g
rs rightiully theirs the territory which in
tervenod between their boundary aud the
Rhine, and we entertained the resolve to &c,
possession of it as soon MS possible. Prussia,
on the other hand, has been well aware
of the feeling and purposes Of the
| French, and has made hor preparations
accordingly Roth nations firmly believed
| that their cause vas Just and circumstances
at last brought them iuto collision. Had
| France been without IN army. tne would have
been compelled still longer % be deprived Of
what she looked non as her lawful property.
| Had Prussia bee unarm, ! W. lie her adyer.
sary WAS armed, she would have had To suffer
| WI 10, she would have esteemed n spolation
| prohibition Of hostilities TO both alik
! would have been virtuallyac son in favor
OF Prussia and inst France which would
| have only perpctunted the sense Of wrong N
The latter, and that Of triumph in the former
| Thu event of the war, so f.. lns been to
teach France that redr 's of her o. 81
wrong is impossible; la, now come ~. ..c
| friends Oh peace, aud &C usyl her to submit
TO Il new and additional iniury-the loss Of
| territory Of which she has held undisputvd
possession for two centu. ring our
I Lac l.,
| of peace and the avoidance of further blood
| shed, To consent to dism -mbomcut OF the
Uui.n, we indignqnty sc5rncl the advice
and we cannot blt admire France for acting
in similar manner now
The fact is, that thee are great many
worse things in the world than physca
death aid suffering, and the destruction Of
material wealth 4 people that viii tamely
allow itself 10 DO wrongcd without resist.
| ancc, does a far greater harm to itself and 90
the world than by engaging in war and en-.
counterin. is OWLS Had England abandoned
hcr captive citizens in Abyssn.a to their
rto. she would have been guilty in tho sight
| Of God and man Of an infamous neglect OF
duly Her making war on King THEODORE
tY ID,ou5e his victims was an act Of national
iHFgrity for which she deserves and viii
l;cr receive tho applause Of tho world Yet
ourpCo,e advocates 70 hc CONSISTENT with their
pc uc.plcs should have been willing to lc'
these u"harry prisoners perish Mt the hands
Of savage and not only that bat top.rii in
thc Ilurr" tHc lives Oud liberty of all who
| miuht fall iatu IA hinilpr dnrr,r So Fr,n,,