The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-01-01
,rhe New Year and Peace.

Peace reigns over the civilized nations.
The people of the United States in partic-
ular have every reason to be grateful for
! the blessings of peace, and the amity of
their relations with every nation on earth.
Our government stands on firm pillars,
and life and happiness is assured to every
individual as far as human foresight and
intellect can devise. We have no ambi-
ton for agrandiZement! Our country is
large enough to make many more mil
| lions of men prosperous and contented.
Whatever our petty dissensions (and what
country is not afflicted with then?), they
| are insignificant, considering the ordeals
| through which we have passed and the
grand future which is before us. Oar des-
| tiny. was marked out by Washington, ,Jef-
fcrson and all the compatriots of 1776.
They gave us the constitution, which is
our safest rock. And what is still more
gratifying is the vii of the nation, which
has withstood the greatest shocks OF past
events that history has fully and truly re-
corded.
Peace, in Europe, has far different
meaning than with us. The maxim OF the
Roman Gears, 81 Wis pacem para ad bel
lum," has been the prevailing sentiment of
rulers up to the present time. and has
been the leading idea in European poll
ties. Vast armies are required to preserve
the peace. and to-day millions of soldiers,
composed of the very best material, are
equipped with the most improved weap-
ons and machines of warfare which hu-
man invention and intellect could devise
for the destruction of III n and the deVaS-
tation of blooming fields and countries.
And so complete is the organization that,
as we are informed, as mlny ds half a mil
lion soldiers can be brought together at
almost any place within the period of a
| few h urs 10 Judge from This. the whole
continent, in case of war, might be ablaZe
in the course OF Il few days, and in its effect
is liable to be more de ,trucive than the
most violent hurricane or the most horll-
| bic wildfire imaginable. European states
men feel that the time will come when the
| flame must burst forth; but it is not a
mathematical problem-time and events
must solve it. Capital and property are
insecure: the citizen knows not the exact
| issue: he gives up what he considers tJ be
| a necessity for the protection he receives
and the duty lie owes 10 his cOuntry tor
the sake of peace"
Many problems must be solved OF
which we Americans are ignorant. First
of all, kings. potentites and caste. 1hese
are relics of leudalism, and little consist
emf with the demands OF progress and civ
iIization of the nineteenth century. Then
fine question of religion as it affects the
state is not satisfactorily St tiled yet, and
will to all appearances cause many con-
dict vet. Another great factor is the
condition of the poorer class, which is
very precarious. in consequence OF the
insecurity of capital and the vast armies
which have TO be sustained; and fright
full ghost, in the form OF n'hiliSm or COM
munism. looms up in the distance, which
NAV cause the very marrow 10 shake IN
the bones. Then comes erovincilliSm,
yery important question indeed: The
governments are making the greatest
efforts to blot out its traces. England
makes Great efforts to anal
gamiZe Scotland and Ireland
With her own kingdom and to draw
a closer tie than ever with her vast and
extended colonies. France has trouble
with her Italian prnY inceS. Germany
watches with eagle eyes over her new
acquired territory ald over the other va
rious sections. Russia has ,touble to
unite her vast territory. Austria with
her much-miXed population and Italy
with her newly formed Kingdom. ADD
to al these thro@s the people who are
waiting the day for their deliverance, as
the Hungarians, the Poles. the lri-h. the
Slayonitns in Bohemia, the inhabitants OF
Alsace and Lorraine and the anxiety and
uaeaSiness they cause and we may have
a dim picture of the state ct affairs on tile
European continent.
We, the people of the United States are
tree from all such qIu Stions. Our sleep is
not disturbed by Nightmares. We are
one people. Comiug together as we do
from all the nations on earth, none can
show stronger ties of unity than the
American. The foreigners when they
come here aim to become American citi-
yens and their childrcns' highest ambition
is to become identified with the weals and
woes of tbs republic. We haze no titles
or castes. Every man bears his worth
and value within himself. And with edu-
cation and p, ogressive ideas as our sian''-
ard there can he no doubt of the CREST
ness of our future as a people and rs
nation. The time is not tar distant. when
Peace Will find lis Interpretation amongst
the civilized people in the sense and only
in the sense as the Americans understand
il.
We leave the old year with all the re-
mini,ccnces behind-we are on the
threshold of the new year and may lis
entire reign be governed by Peace on
earth, good will 10 men. l. l..