The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-11-13

!. spain. need not say, is Ia = stiI
: worse financial condition. Turkey
we are told, was brough. into tn,
European family of nations BY the
Russian war, but the only privilege
] she has seemed to derive from that il
the privilege o: borrowing money and
sinking into debt. Laughter and
cheers. From 1854 there has been Z
continued series OF deficits at the rate
of about Go .O0O, 900 year covered with
loans In two years out of three. Even
the condition Of Russian finance 10 one
of chronic deficit. The revenue has
increased sl4,O00,OOO in four years,
and yet the deficit continues. Mr..
Dudley Baxter, in his valuable work
on National Debts" has that the ma
tional Indebtedness OF the world has
increased within twenty-five years to
the pro. ..sious amount Of f2,ols, 900, :
600. Europe's part In this increase is
el 500, ,000,O 900. What i. the cause OF
this alarming condition OF things I?
The cause is mainly war and warIiks
armaments. Mr.. Baxter has calculs-
ted that only twelve per cent, or one
eighth Of the national debts OF the
world have been raised for productive
purposes: lightweight per cent. has
been for war, warlike preparations,
and other nnproductive purposes.
| tCheers.
| Now, sir. the state of things | have
thus described seems to me- utterly de.
plorable and humiliating in the heart
of what calls itself Christendom in tn
nineteenth century. Hear, hear.
Every government in Europe il spend
ing beyond all comparison the largest
proportion Of its rssources upon the
art OF destruction, while myriads OF it's
subjects are sunk in psuperism, ignor-
ance, aud degrad The people
ask for bread, and the governments
offer them bullets; they ask for q USE
full education, and they offer them the
military drill: they ask for better
dwellings, in which they may lead a
decent domestic life. aud they offer
them barracks and Notifications.
Hear, hear Science, which ought
to be the hanimsid OF civilization,
has sold herself to the devil-(lauph.
ter--and exhausts her skill and inven-
tion in devising internal machines or
more and more destructive power.
which have no other result than 10
exhaust the wealth OF nations, since In
two or three years they are superced-
ed by other inventions still more in
fernal aud destructive Aud let the
House observe that there is absolutely
no limit to this process that not only
u may, but 1t must go Oh repeating
itself at al accumulating ratio. be-
lleve It Is no exaggeratiun to say that
the military expenditure Of Europe
has doubled within the last thirty
years, and there Is no reason i'm the
world why it should not, but every
reason, according to system now In
vogue, why ii should, double itself
again within the next thirty years
! and so OH through every thirty wears
to the end Of time.
Now, il there m remedy for this:
cannot the human reason be
brought to bear upon thi. monstrous
system Of mutual waste and ruino Il
the combined craftsmanship of Europe
equal to nothing better rs intern alton
al policy than playing IN more and
more gigantic scale this miserable
game Of "beggar my neighbor,' by
which they exhaust their resources,
embarrass their finances, and oppress
their people, while they leave them.
selves at the end II the process COM
parativeiy and proportionally Just
where they were L; the beginning
While spending 81 much Of time.
thought, skill, And money in organ
Ring war, is il not worth while to be- |
stow some foreihought and care in |
trying to organize peace, by making !
some provision beforehand for solving |
by pesceable means those difficulties |
and complications that arise to disturb
the relations of states, instead of leav-
ing them to the excited passions and |
hazardous accidents Of the moment?
No doubt something has been done, |
and something very considerable has
been done which | gladly and CRATE
fully recognize in ,be way Of settling !
disputes by arbitration, after those |
disputes have arisen. quite enough |
has been done in this direction to |
prove that such IA method is practica |
BILE, and that there il no necessity for |
mankind to cut each others throats |
by way Of trying to decide questions
of disputed right. II is an entire mis- |
take to imagine that the recent in
stances Of arbitration between this |
country and the United States are the
first and only, though no doubt they
are the most significant and conspicu-
Gus examples OF the successful applica-
ton OF this principle. There have
been many other cases within the last |
fifty or sixty years. Indeed, | am not |
sure, il using the word arbitration in
its broadest and most generic sense AZ
expressing every kind Of reference for
settling differences without having
recourse to the sword, that within the
period have mentioned arbitration
has not been the rule and war the ex-
ception. But there is this difference, |
that whereas war is loud, noisy, de-
monstrative, making itself seen and |
heard by the whole world, arbitration
Is often carried on in a quiet, unosten-
tatious manner that escapes general
observation.
l also, sir, have the ambition to Sc
cure the honor of this great initiative |
for my own country. There are peo-
pie who charge US of the Peace party
with being careless Of, or Indifferent
to, the honor of England. rspudiate
and repeal the imputation. Cheers.
What possible reason can those who |
make the imputation, and who arro-
gate to themselves tho credit Of an ex-
elusive patriotism, to love England,
and her dignity and glory, that we