The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-30
WHEEING DAILY SATURDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER go 1877
ceased confluence civilized and Christian

ceased confluence civilized and ChristIa5
nations. ID |FT IfTT. ST
l. The love Of war for is sake. Asth
lowest classes OF men often fight for III
sake Of fighting, because they love III
exercise, iha so.called manlineSs Of It, III
fear they inspire, so nations and tribe
once went TO war for The sake ii war
Phey loved lie excitement were exchAnt
ed With the supposed splondor Of It's &C
compartments, and with tho privilege o
"lordlug i" over the tribes who iearet
them This motive operates no longe
among civilized powers
3. The avrnging Of insult. We MAJ
never hope to sec tho time when nation
will refuse 10 avenge insults to their tlal
or the wllltul injury Of their citizens; bu
wo may hope for time when nation
will no longer offend in this way. Ever
now in Europe insults are Invented 81
prtteftS, when the real motive Is some
thing else. D mai e.. ,.u.
3. The lore Of conquest, or Of SOM
other unlawful gain. Ono cannot b.
quito sure that any nation would visit TIL
temptation 10 fight for this cause, but VI
may take hope from the severity will
which such motives arc condemned, and
the tendency OF all civilized nations Il
unite against such robber.wars. "N'a
4. A last cause, though this ennumera.
ton may not include all the causes Of
war, Is tho difference which must neces,
sartly arise between nations. Just as dis,
putes will sometimes arise between the
best Of men, both, for example, laying
claim, in all honesty, to the same piece d
property; so offences must needs come be.
tween the most friendly Of nations. And
when this does happen, hsI is war to he
aVertedy We may suppose every other
cause Of war 10 be entirely removed, and
every nation to be truly Christian, but II
honest differences arise they must be set.
tied. They cannot be dropped, as indi.
vidual disputes may be dropped; Tor gov.
ernment arc bound to secure justice lor
their subjects. 1t would have been a
spurious magnanimity for US 10 have
simply dropped the Alabama Claims. In
all time past such disputes have been set.
tied by an appeal to war, on the principle
that might makes right" But VIC have
lived to see two Christian nations settle
such controversy as two Christian gen.
tlemen would settle such similar dispute
by On appeal TO, and by an acceptance
OF the decision Of, a court.
Let US look at England and America,
the two most nearly Christian nations OF
the world and ask what can ever cause
them TO declare war against each other ?
Will 1t be the mere love OF war; viii
it be the love Of conquest? viii either
wiltully insult the flag of the other, or
attempt TO trample upon the rights OF the
citizens Of the foreign country? Have
We not confidence enough in each others
love Of peace, Of friendship and OF cor.
dial relations to affirm that war can never
arise from any OF these causes
What then remains to separate us but
the honest disputes which may possibly
arise? and if these disputes be honest what
shall render either of US unwilling again
to submit them 10 Arbitration:
l would not be rash enouh 10 declare
positively that England and America will
never be arrayed in arms against each
other, but | do affirm, that the fact that
we have submitted one vexAtious dispute
to Arbitration, and both abide cheeriulIy
BY the decision, gives US strong ground
to hope that such an event will never take
place, that the peace now existing is I'm.
ending. G'.0
And If the light OF millenial peace Is
already glimmering upon these two M.
tons, Is it not as certain to shine forth
upon us more brightly and to dispcl the
darkness from other nations of Europe as
that day follows the dawn? The same
Christianity, which has wrought such
mighty changes among US, Is at work
among the nations Of Europe, and, as it
leavens the masses, 1t must remove one
by one the causes Of war, until all Europe
shall say, "Let US war no morep And
will its influence be confined to Europe ?
Why all the earth have opened up their
doors to Christianity; and, while fifty
years ago more than half the globe was
closed against the Missionary, he may
now be heard in every land and among
oil people crying out IN the name OF God,
"Peace on earth, good will 10 men"
Count me not, then, an enthusiast when
I speak Of the arbitration at Geneva as a
hopeful sign Of the approach OF universal
peace. l am not alone in so regarding It;
and l cannot close better than BY quoting
the language Of distinguished Spaniard,
who concluded o notable paper, read be-
fore late social Congress, with this clio.
quent passage "In the first third of the
century, Steam said to the earth, There
are no more mountains, and people sen.
arated by mountain ranges have become
mingled. In the second third, Electricity
said to tho Waters, There arc no more
oceans, and the hemisphercs have Joined.
Let Reason speak to Man in the final third
Of the century and say, 'Thele arc no
more wars, "-let us only add 10 this last
sentence, Reason, elevated and controlled
by Christian principles and thus give to
God all the praise, for tho peace We
have, and for the hope VIC entertain Of n
Millennium OF Peace.
synopsis of Sermon Preached in
Fourth Presbyterian Church, on
Thanksgiving Day, by Rev. DAVID
Williams,
10 give thanks unto the Lord; call upon his
Psalms, 1851. y '..r n
In obedience to the call otthe President
Of tho United States VIC have met 10 re-