, 1881-04-17
SEEDS.



The following letter was addressed by the late
homas tariytc to the London Peace Congress
3t is5l, Mr. Henry Richard tHow u: r. tor
Ao1thyr TydND h;'d cAllcd upon hi'n 10 lnvlte
ais participation III the gathering as i speaker.
Eeng prevented from Dersonally ntteildlas' atr-
sarlyIe wrote his sentiments Instead for the
dmgrcss:
CHELSEA 18th July. ls5l.-Srn: fear I shall
not BE- at!c 10 attend nny of your meetings. hut
Certainly can at once arow-lt. lnoGeo- s9cn
40 avowal on the part of any snli'su-in1nuaeu
matt be not Il superduGus O1c-thar aituEcfhef
approve your object. heartily wish It entire sue;
tess. md even mold myself bound to 10. nv M
opportunities thut Aeeupen TO me- whatever Gun
toward forwarding the same How other"lse
III It be possible, us much lis IN sou Nea'
tt4ty til tive 1T peace with all men inns. SURF
enough. Is the perpetual lnw Tor every Hau,
Doth n his individual and his soc1at capuctt,
nor Il, any capacity or character whatsoever Is
e Permitted to neglect this law. Dtit niust
!u}os 1t ami do what n: casa to sec II 1nll,"eo.
Ceary. beyond question, whatsoever pe OUT
theories about human nature and lis capabilities
and duiconies the tSs war and cutting u tnroais
have MnonE LIS, 1t VIII bc the bettcr lof Us ~.
Vne rc1''sces tnuc 1o see tnht ,,.i,,s,
hndenc!es at this time arc already pointing
to"afds the end you utm NJ: tnat u III t'ppea!
aace. rs men no longer wear swords III lne
Streets. 50 neither, by-aud-by. will NATIONS; tnat
anong nations, too, the Sangutiiufy Wt'HH 7u1to
sal, as 1t has done uu1cny ildir'duulS. pecotnt
fater and Tarer, u,ld the tragedy o5 nEntlnk.
it.n can nrTer altogether disappear VIII rcu;ee
!1se1 mnre and more strictly to u msn,
tnum ~ !n our affairs. Towards tbs result. as l
said, a men arc ut ali times bound to cooper
sie; ind. indeed. consciously ut unchnsctolsis,
every we-behHvcd person in the world nas pt;
nasd to lie daily a;lI hourly cooperating fo"aIu
A-espcciullyiu these times Of banS!ngs rail-
sa51uY. printing, Eld penny -posttLx: "neH
Every inHn lrAlijck11x!s and nbOrtn,st ana whit
SSGsr S.sr Industry he hOnestly and nut dlshnuestH
!3u4tu@s, do r}l very dtiectly tend. whether ne
o1htrs
lwlu say further. what appears very evident
70 me that it amy hody Of c,tizc.1s from one, or
sspetasl lfy front various countries. see Eot't 10
.aeet Together n1d ar1icula1c, reitcrate these or
as ika considerations nnd strive to make thcsi!
snh auu*h an1 taDil',lr, the wtrld III genera. ~
heIaa as Il can sum up the ACCOUNT, 1nay falhea
1oa ne Itself indebted 10 them Tor SO dotug. lucy
1i!et, IL III tue happy cAsc Of giving soilit
asuc turtherAnce to their ca::se bg sncn
~ wHeetings4 und ushMt is somewhat pecnhar:
sho ~ not setaisng it thereby ANY side ut it. ~
assy 10y oe aceusud Of dninx little good. they cnu
t'sNer fDrtdeitly that the little Eoud tney u''
rrq - qoa1G u'llityed. that they do NJ ctli "nae-
fe.. Ihe e7f'nf tte!r enterprise. If ey1l tneIt
xsSI;,.to % themselves only; tie soih Ot II EoG>
m,4yto n1ouy 10 the worlds account without .n{ ~
tSa tuSeoeo1, however s.nal! it may be. tne
h,nhaok Ihnaok them FATHER rban otherwise. One
,s,ets ~ ua.!e saved To Europe will cover st,e cx
1r.Ea oa many meetings. i!uw many 'ncctASs
ra, o1o one expedition to Russia cover the tA-
H. ois Truly wish you all the speed poss,-
ez,.Gellc VEL convinced thai you will not too mucn
:: t;saS s.Suish the ws7ath that dwell5 It's natufal
- snhss"n1sa IN alf Alam's posterity,-ni1d bes to
= myself, SIT, yours Very siacereiy.
) II, IT,. r. CARLYLE.