The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-12-02

AMI thrills the hearts Oh ail humane shu
Christian people with the impatient expect
ancy OF great nm noble event There IL
every reason 20 hope that. N contrast with
the lcomy q. risimas seasoa OF last year, the
present Christian festival IN y be marked bv
u glorious and historic advance towari the
practica attainment cf en- era OF .. eacc ON
earth nd good will 10 men"
On the other hand opposition from any
quarter, though IL might nos seem coneiu-
sive. could be only temporary. The record
OF the influential friends of ar'i'ration is
both long and important. In both lands the
clerg tho educational institutions, the
press, The commercial interests, the ar, the
workingnen ard Inc chosen Representatives
of the people have expressed themselves in
favor Of this extension Of the Judicial system
with unanimity not discloscI on any other
intcrna ional ques n, and scarcely on any
national question OF the first rank An official
who SO Ks approval for suppo ting such
treaty has but 10 look about him to find /.
among Tic eminent of every prof ssion. Non,
have been moro ou,spokcn in its favor than
IN, practitioners and eEpoundcrs of the law.
some. including tho distinguished lord chief
Jus ice oi England, have, in5eed, suggested
limitations of scope but all Lave most warm
ly favored the pii cipie of ch an M er'
standing. II would not bc strange 4 the.e
should be- some .iiliculties in ihe adjustment
of tic systcm-aome inherent ones, and so ne
10 be found a. ihe scheme soes into prac-
ticc; but these arc the conditions o. NJ
pr grcss and may safely bc intrus.ed to the
highest LEGAL school and experience Ths
chief thing is 90 make beginning on the bn-
sis Of pcrmancnce. Injustice and cmbariass-
ment may for tiric. or at times, r sulf;
but what il war but the moss lnonstrous sys-
tom Of injuslice and onibarra snent? Civili-
Eation advances 10y The balancing of "a rcfor-
ma ory system ainst an existing system.
II i not until one is convinced OF the ma
toual peril involved in the old method OF
distributing spols Of Office that he becomes n
civil service reformer; il Is not until one ap-
preciates the lnwlcssness of literary piracy
;hat he accepts "A copyright law containing
co uparatvel1 sma,i defects. 30, in the face
of the settled conviction of England and
America that war between the two countries
should Dc taken cut OF the category of the
easily possible aud placed in that Of the barely
possible, it is unpatriotic inhumaf, unchrist-
ian 10 hesitate M triflcs in the progress OF the
principle IL Is not too much to say that
the whole English speaking world, whether
re- iQious TO ron-relirious, without regard to
opinion on the Venezuelan affair, is looking
10 ward 10 the esta blishmcnt OF "a permanent
tribunal, and will not only overlook any
sh rtcom ings of detail, but will be inpatient
OF their influence in delaying the consumma-
tion desired.
Daniel Webster, in the only SPEECH IN ade
duriug his visit to Eng and which his been
prcsc ved-that Of July ls 1890, before the
Matt, nal Agricultural Society at Oxford-sct
forth in a notable passage tie feeling that is
AT the basis Of the present popular conviction
o, this sgbicct. Mr.. Webster said;
'With regard to whatsoever Is important
TO Il e peace Of the world. its prosperity, the
progress of knowledge and of just opinions,
the diffusion OF ths sacred light OF Christ
ianity, kaow nothing more important 10
tho promotion of those b st interests OF HUI
manity, and the cause of the general peace
nifty, and ncord, than the good feeling
subsisting bctwe n the Englishmen on this
side Of the Atlantic and the descendants OF
Rnglishmcn on the ether.
some little clouds ! ave overhung OR
horiztn. trust thy will soon pass away. l
am suie that the age we live in does not ex-
poet that England and America are 10 have
controversies carried to the extreme upon
any occasion not of the last Importance 10
national iptore Is and ho5or.
''Wc live in an age when nations as well as
individuals are subject to n moral RESPONSE
bility. Neither government nor people-thank
God for it!--can now trihc with the general
sense of ihs civilized world and 1 am sure
that the civilized world would hold your
country and my dountry to a very strict nc.
count IT, without very plain and apparent
rcnso-. deeply affe, e,tng the Independence and
great interests of the nation, any controversy
between them should have other than an
amicable l. ssue.
II will We iture 60 say that each country
has intelligence Tough 10 understand all that
belongs q its Just tights. and Is not ecflcipnt
in mcensto maintain them; and IL any on
trcversy between England and America W. re
to be pushed to the extreme Of force, neither
party wo ld or could have any signal aivan-
age over The other, except what II al .
hrd in he iustncssi OF its cause an the APP
prol alton Of the world"
he progress i've opinion ot the world
only has reached, hut has passed Mr.. Web
ster's poyition, anl the time ha now como 30
cinbody that opinion in law.-Tho Century
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