The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-07-06

economy m re painful Sill win REFER
ence to governing powers.
Ii is that things clear to reason, and
of admitted importance to the public
good, are njusritiably set aside to the
public injury. No one will deny that
intoxicants are the chief cause of pow
ertv and crime. Now, government is
earnest to punish theft, but protects
the chief cause of theft. Government
Furnishes the murderer, but never hangs
the rnmseller who made him a murder.
er. Government Furnishes forgery, and
makes a pet of the cause of forgery.
G overnment used to punish perjury,
but rumselling has made perjury so
common and popular that it has be-
come an accomplishment and is acted
upon as though it were Christian
grace and duty. But vain is the effort
to set aside the subject. No govern
ment can do it. Despoic Russ and
republican America must meet it. For
the evil is too enormous All atrociOIs
to he hid, too destructive and cyclonc
to b, regulated, too insOlent to be en-
dured. too cruel not to excite indigna-
ton. 1t true the capital and influ-
cnce invested III its defence are enOr-
ity are invested against IT.; childhood
aud wOmanhOad out of the depths lit
up h"ly ha.ds against it, and the cir.
repressible conflict" must 90 on until
our statesmen shall dare to assail, i'm
our halls of legislation at Washington,
any evil or monstrous wrong that is
destructive TO national welfare.
And what shall we saw of war i'm
these conflicts of humanity. Every
principle of political economy con-
denns it. Next to alcohol it imposes
upon all peoples burdens too great to
be borne. But have, human, govern
ments found remedy? Are they even
trying to find one? International law
is growing wider and more hnmaniz
ing in its Influence, and much of the
savagery of war has passed away hut
has the progress of eighte II centuries
made it less destructive of human well
fare? IL may be admitted that wars
are less frequent, of shorter duration
and less luody. But never in the
worlds history did preparation g for
war Cypress the millions OF Chris,en.
dom as now. The bone and sinew of
productive power in camp and work
shop are cOnsecrated to war. Russia
alone has "peace establishment of
one million of men and can readily
call two millions more of trained re-
serves into The field. All Europe is a
military camp.
|; is now well known to those inter
esied in Oriental affairs that At the be-
ginning of his very year the world
barely escaped another of those bloody
hn 4 l.
has perplexed humanity. Russ had
found a fitting time and two good rea-
s'ns for moving again into Turkey in
order to take possession of the empire,
so as to complete her grasp of the
Black Sea and bring Consiantinople
again within her power by land. The
fitting time was the utter prostration
of Turkey. bankruDt and demnralized
by her last war with Russia. Her rea-
sons were: First, England had taken
possession or Egypt, and now Russia
demanded counterpOise which she
deemed only fair. Aud, second, the
confusion, injustice aud oppression in
Armenia, which disorder Russia has
always promoted by every means and
agency in her power for the very pur-
pose of having a pretext for interier-
ence. This has been an old game of
her playing in the East, and she has
become all adept at it. 1t was known
that she was massing forces upon the
frontier /; the Christian populations
were excited with hope, the turks
with fear, and they made such prepar-
ations as they could to meet the coming
storm. All the powers of Europe were
deep in council, and c 'ntidemiial agents
we're hurrying from court to court.
But the great danger passed away; aud
why? Because Gorlschakotf and Gam
beta were dead and Bismarck was
alive! lie lifted up his rod, and as
there were no counter magicians to do
so with their entertainments, all the
Muscoviie connections were severed
Italy aud Austria were bound to Ger
many in triple alliance and solid resist
ance 10 the rsar; France was cheered
on in all her buccaneering schemes
against Madagascar, Congo, AMMAN.
and any other semi.civilized state that