Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-11-25

france. lie aAICcu WIFI lIoi' ptelcN luul wal |
is unnecessary ms well as unrighteous, and
quoted the saying of Lord Ambcrley that the
great ornaments of Il nation imply savage con-
dtion Of society. He believed that although !
the evil was great one ii is not too great to he
removed, and that this agitation, felt in both
this country and Europe, is preparing the way
for good time coming.
The beautiful Angel trio, from Elijah, was
sung after Mr.. Miles closed his remarks, by Mrs
Munroe Miss lngraham and Mrs, Titus.
Hon Amasa Walker, ON being introduced,
said he did not propose TO make speech, his
day for speech making had passed lie was
glad to JOIN in celebration OF the escape from
war with England by spirit of common sense
which assures us that the matter of differences
shall be settled by arbitration, for which pur-
pose the arbitrator are now on their way to
Geneva, most lit place for the peaceful work.
This principle of substituting arbitration for
war, hroached forty years ago by the apostles
of peace has at last been acknowledged by two
OF the foremost nations OF the world; but the
most important thing TO be accomplished in the
way Of bringing about perfect peace, is disarm'
amcnt; it is useless to contemplate peace while
each country has Il vast standing army; dis
armament must be insisted upon rs the first
condition Of peace, it must he mutual simulta-
neous and voluntary. The terrible communists,
he said, hold the greatest principle ever held by
| man-that war shall not be made to support
| dynasties. He believed that the Germans, with
| their pre-eminent good sense, would throw
off the yoke ofmilitary aggression, by the aid Of
| their high condition of education, and surprise
the Emperor William and Bismarck. Mr.
Walker said he did not look for miracle to
bring about the substitution of arbitration for
| w9r; he thought that Angio-SaXon common
| sense would settle the whole matter-he might
not live 10 see the happy time, but he believed
| there were those in the hall who would. Hecon-
trasted the present favorable aspect of the cause
o. peace, with the melancholy and funeral-like
meetings held by the society in war times, when
| few speeches were made, and those only pub
| liShcd in the J1urnal of the society.
AT the close Of his speech, Miss Fisk sang the
| "Star Spangcd Banner" with such effect as to
| draw out hearty encore, in response
| to which the last verse was repeated, and di-
rcctly il was finished the chairman took occa-
| sion to thank the musicians for volunteering
| their services and thereby adding SO much to
| the celebration
Hon. Eihu Burritt, whom everybody in the
| hail was waiting TO hear, was introduced and
made the closing speech Of the evening. He
| began by saying that it would take dozen
| speeches of an hours length each to dis
| cuSs the important aspects and earrings of the
| question, therefore he would speak of only few.
| The Spipt which bpuptS this he
said, constitutes the life and soul of its benefit
to mankind; no treaty or covenant resting on
the wrong can last; and thelHeaty compelled by
the victory of the strong over weak nation can
have uoclaim to fairness. The spirit of arhitra-
ton recognized the law of Justice, and the golden
rule which teaches that whatsoever We
would that men should do Eunto 7yOu,
do We also unto them" must be acknowl-
edged by nations as well as individuals By
this treaty we recognize the truth that con-
| ccssions must be made as well as asked,
and the spirit of the commissioners at
Washington gave to the world the spec
tacle of two great nations putting them
selves in each others Places this spirit
| constitutes the immortal soul of the treaty,
which will live when the treaty itself has CON
| SunImated its object Mr.. Burritt said that he
had listened to the greatest orators in Great
Britain and read the best speeches ever made in
parliament, but the eloquence of Sir Stafford
Northcote of the commission, when he said in
aspeech in New York that it was more noble to
yield than to contend, was greater than all. The
treaty uplifts aud enthrones the law and pro-
yides for the universal dominion of right over
might He alluded to the supreme court of the
United States as the highest throne upon which
law and justice ever sat- and said that what it was
doing for the states, the treaty was the first step
in accomplishing for the whole world; when it
is done, and not till then, law will ascend and
sit on the highest throne this side of eternal
Justice. The two poles are not so far apart as war
and Justice Ifthe nations were all of the same
size and strength it would be different, the pig
my may expect OF the giant such Justice as the
lamb might attempt to exact from the red
mouthed Bengal tiger. There can be no Justice
to the weak in the power ofthe strong, although
the weak have right on its side and is wrOnged
by brute force. ltis better far that any state be
conquered outright and absorbed by the vic
torous nation than TO be protected" by it; it is
better 10 be the part of great
whole, than the whole of little
nothing, minus the power of existence. Arbi-
t'ation will place all nations on level before a
bar where no sword can ntimidate nor gold
corrupt; and in this treaty we have the fundl-
mental principles of international law, the tri-
bunal TO enforce it, and two of the foremost ma
tions of the earth standing before it. And it is
both remain for the settlement of all angry con-
tro,orsies which NAV tbrootop on,, motion,
NV '''N "'i0" iii"' '"'e"''h "n9 h'''oi
| He spoke strongly in favor of diSarma-
| ,oo,+ and ,llrn1 90 +ho ,. ,..,,,,
HN'', ~" H"Nu " 'i0 wal Sy''e'i
as the vampire that fattens on the la
h 4,, .t,,,I,o. ~, ,1 A.,
'o' '9''e" '"io"-No"' t"' WIN" '"9
| hungry wolf that hOwls everywhere ut the heels
| or 4I,, lI,,ro. aud :; avn. ,1 ;.l ,,
VI IN i'''~'' "''" % WI i'"uS WIN "P'"
mouth to snatch up his bread. He gave Statis-
| ,i. e., hon, tI,,r IN ,I,, ,o,Il I,. Won, eo ll
HNo " 9"O" '"''U !" 'nS "Oiiu l"9t S0"' NV "O'
lars had been given to the support of war fer
o,,o,, ono cont oivar to hu;Ia mn tbe k;nodop of
cFe'9 JUG o0"' give" W "t''o up 'u0 N'nSoo'" vi
Jesus. 1t is no wonder that with this tax upon