The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-19

SOu6u lnO "oHCo VI eAO NNSsH'
But as improvement in all
tae arts of billigerSncy
made naval powers more formidable
and dangerous, a cultivation of intel
ligence and the virtues OF peace kept
pace with the destructive elements of
scientific warfare, and the alter has
won such a victory over barbarity
that the banners of war have been
furled and the intermingled cOlors OF
two nations float over commission OF
peace, seeking to establish and per.
petuate its benificent rule over the
two powerful English speaking ma.
tions of the world and RELOCATING to
desuetude the iron monsters OF the
two navies of the United States ald
Great Britain.
The proceedings of this commission
at Paris excite very little comment
except that they are very prosaic and
dull How different would have been
the arbitation of a century ago! Then
the widest excitement would have
predominated in both countries.
The plow, the workshop, the counter
would have been deserted and crowds
would have assembled about the bull
letin boards to read and feed the fuel
of hate on reports of great naval bat
ties. Commerce on the high seas
would have been suspended, travel
abroad would have been too dangerous
to be enjoyable, the arteries OF trade
would have been choked, business
would have been largely suspended
aud the principal citizens would have
been compelled to lay aside the hum
BILE garments of industry to put on
the uniform of the soldier, armies
would 81 modified along our
coast defences. Grim visaged war
with it's iron front would have run
rampant, trampliDg the fields Of the
husbandmen and disturbing the Sc
renity of society.
What contrast! A commission of
men, representatives of
each nation, meet at neutral capital
aud without exciting ripple of dis
tIrbance to either land, quietly arbi-
trate and settle the disputes between
the two countries. What a grand and |
glorious triumph of the white banner
of peace! What splendid exhibition
Of that progress in Christian thought
and principle of self control that
men and nations have acquired over
their Iuder and belligerent passions
What an example to the world of that
good will towards all men triumphiDg
over local prejudice and local az
grandisment, and the love of glory as
exhibited in the passion for war
What century for the advancement
If the gentle and the kind, the BROTH
erhood of the world, this has been
What a glorious era OF peace this in
which we live! AS we read this Sun
day morning let us consider VIII at has
done it. What has accomplished the |
Punishment of war and all those
violent passions that animate man.
kind to battle? What has
substituted arbitration, peace and
good will among men? The
reign Of peace had its initial
move when the star of Bethlehem led
the shepherds to the manger where
the young child was born, and culmi-
mating at the cross it has moved
nightly on for more than eighteen
centuries until standing in next to its
last decade and contemplating the
triumphs of peace we can answer: 1t
is the cross of Christ that has drawn
all men to It and given us arbitration
and peace for warfare and conquest.
Oh! glorious conquest; oh! happy,
glorious age this in which we live.