The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-01-25

because OF lO1 years. OIa peace fiNQ OILY
Ave of war, so free have we been from the
strlfes which have exhausted the re.
sources Of Europe, that the taxing power
of the government has not vet touched
for any purpose the real and personal
property represented in these seventy
| thousand millions of dollars of accumu-
lated wealth. According to the census
Of 1890, we have 100000 fighting men
The experience of the civil war has
shown that from them could be drafted
mobilized and instructed in three months
5000 900 of soldiers. All the transports
and navies of the world could not land
upon ours shores an army which could
march 100 miles from the seacoast or ever
return to their ships E
with all the world in arms against us,
the vast interior of our continent, except
in it's industrial and economic phases,
would know nothing of the trouble, and
never see foreign uniform--except on a
prisoner of war. Secure in our isolation,
supreme in our sources, unequaled in our
reserves and free from dangerous neigh
bors. we occupy among the nations OF the
globe position so exalted and safe that
TO compare us with other countries would
be absurd The statesman or the politi-
clan who really fears for the safety of
this country is a fool. The statesman or
politician who does not fear (because he
knows better) and who yet breaches of
our weakness and our vulnerability is a
demagogle and he insults the intelligence
of the American people. This great reser-
voir Of force for all purposes-the Amer
lean republc--this mightiest engine of
wor and most beneficent power for peace
on the face of the globe can extend the
right hand of fellowship to warning
brethren across the Atlantic and prornul-
gate with honor and dignity scheme
for international tribunal, and lead in the
movement.
Had there been an international court
of arbitration in the Venezuelan matter,
Lord Salisbury could not have pleaded
that there was boundary line embracing
territory so long and unquestionably held
by the British that they could not in honor
submit the question Of their title to the
court Both the English and the Amer
leans have been educated to believe that
though anybody may make claim upon
any property the court can be relied upon
to dismiss the complaint, If it is unworthy
of being entertained, or disavow jurisdic
ton. should there be any doubt, or if it
considers the matter, to adjust it upon the
eternal principles Of justice and right.
The idea Of securing at an early date an
international court representing and en-
bracing all the nations of Europe and of
North and South America is probably at
present Utopian. 1t is possible for Great
Britain and the United States, out Of this
present difficulty to evolve a tribunal Of
international law and justice which shall
be in. perpetual session, whose members
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dignity shall receive such recognition and
whose reputation shall be so great that
each nation can submit to it amy question
in dispute and bow to its decision with
safety and honor.
1--WE, the lawyers of the United States,
and our brethren, the lawyers of Great
Britain, faithful to the traditions of our
profession and the high calling or our.
order, can agitate and educate for the
creation of this great court. We recall
that even in the days of almost universal
assent to the divine authority Of kings,
Justice Coke could boldly challenge and
check the autocratic Charles, with the
Judgment that the law was superior to the
will of the sovereign. Christian teachings
and evolution of 1000 years, and the slow
and laborious development of the princi-
pies of justice and Judgment by proof de-
mand this browning triumph of ages Of
sacrifice and struggle. The closing Of the
Nineteenth, the most beneficient and pro-
gressive of centuries, would be made glo-
rious by giving to the Twentieth this rich
lesson and guide for the growth Of its
humanities and the preservation and per-
petu:ty of civilization and liberty
The session will close this evening with
addresses and a reception by Gov. Morton.