The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-03-08

point OF difference between the |
peace and war spirit. One says ex-
haust the last resource In honorable
diplomacy, before going to war.
The other says If the post punctil-
ions obligations are not met, we |
must fight.
2, Some causes of this war spirit.
The causes are numerous. We
name only few. One of these is
that fallacious and wicked aphor-
ism, "In time of peace, prepare for
war;" People are very much in-
clined to do what they have pre-
pared to do. War furnishes no ex-
ceptiOn. Prepare for war, and g
very small provocation will lead to
war. Prepare for peace, i. e. for
rational and Christian method of
securing and maintaining peace,
and We are more ready to adopt
peaceful methods of settling diff
culties. Again, VoS Poputi Vo1 Del,
the voice OF the people, the voice OF
God, misleads many. At any time
this aphorism is liable TO present err
rors, but much more likely at the
exciting moment of threatened or
anticipated war. At that moment
the nations blood is up, and g. bold
or bad leader sounds the tocsin. and
the people send back the shout,
BLooDl Then the leader or leaders
shout Toz Den; but alas, tits more
Voz DiGb0ti. 1 an glad to belieJ g
that the people are generally right,
out am painfully impressed with
the belief that they can be wrong.
Hence Tor p0pIti, Vor Del, is not
always safe, and least 50 in war ex-
element.
Again, the glory of plumes, ep-
AuleIts, and banners rolled ~ blood,
nave been the worlds del fusion from
Inc past till now. To lead history
/" as greater than to govern u ma
hon to destroy neignborlng en-
pIre, 10 greater than 20 bless your
own More glorious to ruin than
10 preserve Hence history ero wns
the hero, and advocates the race TO
war. Every school boy of almost
every land knows Hannibal, aud
d, e7ar, and Napoleon, and Yelling
ton; but how many know the
Oloodless heroes of peace. Even
he apostles were infected with the
war spirit, aud consequently were
,urDrised that their master would
not fight.
But in conclusion, desire to no.
tice briefly some conditions tend
ing to remedy.
The root OF this remedy, as all
will readily agree, is in Christianity
aud a higher civilization. Make
Christianity universal in fact, not in
name merely, and the work is done
for the very spirit of Christianity
is peace. The prophet in announc
ing the coming of another called
him the "Prince of Peace; )" the an
gels heralding his birth, sang "or
earth, peace, good wiirto men,
and his life was the sublimest ex'
emplificstion of peace. But Chris
tianity is not universal, hence nt
policy can be founded on this by
pothesis. The next step is to try t.
be reasonable, i. Q. rational. Th'
Judgment of civilized communitiei
has long since decided that if TIVE
men have a disagreement about the
ownership of pig or a calf, it i
not best to settle the dispute b!
clubs and bludgeOns, but on TIN
contrary to refer the matter to cain
and just men, cap able of judging
law and evidence. 1t has also beel
decided that if two men or o com
pany of men shall disagree aboR
title to q piece of land, the.
should not, as the old .barons in teu
dial ages, collect their retainers ant
wage q war of determination, tn
right OF ownership, being adjudge'
10 him who can give and receive tn
heaviest blows. On the contrary
the case goes before men, supposed
Incapable OF investigating truth AM
awarding justice. Ii two men hav
u quarrel about honor, they do no
usually as heretofore, go out AM
commence shooting at each Other
until one or both are killed, leavini
The world 10 adjudge HIM the NOR
honorable marksnan. On the con
Irary, they go before the courts, .
before u Committee of arbitration
peace conference, and settle Ihel
dlffereuces without blood.
Thus The world has been thro W
tue long ages slowly moving up Tia
Inclined plane of progress--u
Irom the brute to the man-IrOI
the Irrational to the RATIONAL
.rom wars To courts. la cIvillze
nations this has become the laN
IOr individuals, companies, i. e. as
sOciatiOns aud even communities
out not yet for nations. The mex
step Is to nations. This is the las
grand step in the series. Shall W
take it2 Shall we not establish a
International Congress of arbitrs
zion, composed Of wise and pur
men, to whom can be referred a
national controversies? CannO
the American nation, one of thu
most enlightened of earth, al
leading ali others in the freedom @
her institutions, the very "Land q
the free and home of the brave
cannot this nation afford to max
herself most glorious of all, by lead
ing in the establishment of an In
ternational Congress of Arbitrs
r ton, which shall be the forerun
, ner of.universal peace? We can Al
ford it. Reason says 80, Christian
. | ity says so, bleeding humanity say
? so. Let it be so, and in the nobl
words of our President, Let us hav
peace" Then will come the begin
, ming of the end, wherein the gla
, angel song of eighteen hundre
/ years ago, shall go round the worlC
Peace on earth good will to men.
WHAT THEY SAY.
81 The Springfield Republican make