The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-06-11
The Pan-RepubIic League.

States a congress that will have mos+
important bearing on the destinies of
the worlds republics. It will be tha
realization of a splendid dream that how
cred in the patriotic brain of Henry
Clay, the result Of plans as old as this
republic. 1t will be the meeting Of fra.
ternal delegates from all the republics
Of the world. That is it primarily. Be-
sides these delegates all the nations Of
the earth, all great societies and organ
izations friendly to the cause of human
freedom and advancement, will be in
vited to send delegates.
The representatives from the worlds
republics will constitute the senate, or
upper house of the congress. The other
delegates, who will perhaps be the
larger body, will constitute the lower
house of this unique and august assem-
bly,. The outcome Of the congress will
be the bursting forth in full, shining
armor of the Pan-Republic league, de-
signed to protect and forward the inter
ests Of all the republics Of the earth.
It will be sort of mutual protection
league against influences adverse to the
republics. Such determination of ma
tons as this only the seer, the prophet
and the poet have dreamed Of.
The American preparations for the
meeting Of the delegates are in the
hands of committee of 200 citizens Of
the United States. The committee it.
self, like the league, is unique. Prob
ably never before were gathered to-
gether in brotherly sympathy and with
one object in view such men as Cardinal
Gibbons, of Baltimore; Robert G. In
gersoll, agnostic, and DR.. Gustav Gott-
he'll, Jewish rabbi Of the Temple Eman-
uel, New York city. Protestant bishops
and doctors of divinity, John Clark Rid
path, the historian, and Ben-Hur Wal
lace are others of this remarkably con-
stituted committee.
The aims Of the congress are the most
cheerful, hopeful and progressive of any
congress of nations that has ever met
heretofore. They will be the bettering
Of the human race by the intelligent
consideration of questions like these:
Measures for the establishment among
civilized states Of the principle Of arbi-
tration instead of the barbarous code Of
war, the disarmament of nations, the
dissolution of standing armies and the
substitution therefor Of the rule of intel
igence, morality and justice among the
nations of the earth. -.-..
There will also be considered such
matters as perfect international inter-
course on terms Of equality and justice,
mutual advantage among the nations in
trade and commerce, the diffusion Of in
ternational intelligence, the education of
the citizen, the diffusion of knowledge
and the freedom of the press. If Russia,
if even Germany sends us delegates to
this remarkable congress Of nations, how
will it seem to them to see in one Of the
leading papers Of the country a caricat-
ure Of very high official parsonage rep
resenting him as an infnitesimal doc,
with a second high official parsonage
depicted as his towering tail, and I'M
derneath the question, 'sDoes the tail
wag the dog?" In Russia the author of
that cartoon would tramp to Siberia, in
Germany he would be imprisoned, but
in the United States neither high official
pays any attention to the matter, there
by showing both wisdom and good tenn
per.
The physical well being of the nations
will likewise be discussed at this con
gress. We have come to that stage of
civilization where the health of one ma
ton means the health of all. ..~"
A little time before his death General
Sherman wrote to the general committee
OF the Pan-Republic congress:
America is only on the threshold of her his
tory, and the American government is to play
the part OF protector to the human family
The whole world turns to us to see the result
OF our experiment in government We don't
believe in the divine right Of kings, but we do
believe that the Almighty rules, and by laws
almost too infinite for US to understand. We
are the first people who have as a people tried
to understand those laws. We have passed
through the measles and whooping cough Of
history, and we are now at the beginning of our
national manhood.