The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-05-13
s.LET US HAVE PEACE.

The Peace Cause is as old as the
Christian religion, but the first Peace
Society of modern times, was organ
lied in the city of New York in the
summer of 1915, when the sad results of
our last war with Great Britain were
yet fresh in the minds of the people.
Thirteen years later, the american
Peace Society was formed in Boston,
so that it has been in operation more
than forty years. Its objects are to
prevent wars between nations and rebel
lions at home. If it cannot prevent
all such, it will not labor in vain if it
forestalls one in score, or even one in
hundred, any more than Temperance
Societies, because they cannot abolish
all intemperance.
The Society occupies no extreme, I'M
tenable ground, and its platform is
broad enough to embrace all who de-
precate war from whatever motives.
1t does not deny the right of self
defence, nor say that a nation is not to
resist aggression or attack. 1t is loyal
to the Government, and believes in
maintaining its existence and the integ-
rity of our nation. All through our
recent terrible struggle with the South,
1t advocated putting down the gigantic
and causeless rebellion. 1t does not
condemn our soldiers for consenting to
become members of an armed police to
compel obedience to lawful authority,
and some of them are among its best
friends.
Peace Societies in our country and
Europe, hope to accomplish their OBJ
Jects by bringing the truth, and especial
ly the truth of the Gospel, to bear on
the custom of war. They propose, as
substitutes for it, mutual forbearance-
egotiation-arbitratio and ultimately
q Congress. or High Court of Nations,
to settle national difficulties. So nu-
merous and influential have they be-
come, that they have already done much.
But much more must be done, or the
demon of rebellion and war will con-
t1nue to curse our country and the
world. Surely it is better to prevent
than to suffer.
The American Peace Society has va
rious appliances for influencing public
sentiment 1t publishes a monthly pc
riodical-the AdUocdte Of Peace, which
is worthy of wide circulation. 1t has
on its catalogue about one hundred diff
ferent books and tracts, written with
great ability, and containing facts, argu-
ments, incidents and illustrations which
are perfectly convincing. 1t employs
agents and colporteurs to bring the
cause before the people by the living
voice and the circulation of its publica-
tions. 1t bespeaks the aid of editors,
ministers, teachers, and all others in its
heaven-born enterprise. 1t is COM
mended by Senator Sumner, Governor
Buckingham, Bishop Morris, Stephen
I'll. Tying, Howard Malcolm, Leonard
Bacon, and thousands of other philan-
thropists and Christians.
The operations of the Society have
heretofore been confined mainly to the
Eastern and Central States. But ar
engagements have recently been made to
bring the cause of Peace before the peo-
pie of the magnificent West, who al
ready exert a controlling influence in
the affairs of the nation. The under
signed has been appointed its Western
Secretary, with field extending from
the western line of New York and
Pennsylvania to the Pacific Ocean. In
the cultivation of this vast field. he So
licits the cooperation of all. Alone
and unaided he can do but little, but
with the assistance of the good, and the
blessing of God, change in the public
sentiment with regard to war, can be
produced akin to that which has taken
place during the past thirty years with
regard to slavery.
TO effect this change, we need men
and money-men to labor as agents and
colporteurs, and money to sustain Them
and to publish and circulate our publi-
cations. Those wle wish to give either
themselves or their means to the cause,
or to subscribe for the AdcOcate of
Peace, (at Sl.OO per annuEs1 in advance,)
or to obtain other publications. of the
Society, can address me at No. 45 Mad
ison street, Chicago. AMAsA LORD,
Western Sec. Am. Peace Society