Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-11-24


carry our nation downward to de-
graduation, to weakness and to de-
moralization as these sins have de-
based and ruined that unhappy nation
that now lies helpless in our power.
close with two verses from Whittier's
beautiful Centennial hymn:
Thou who hast here incoucord furled
The war flags Of n gathered world, tt.
Beneath our Western skies fulfil
The Orient's mission Of good will
And freighted with loves Golden Fleece,
Send back it's Argonauts of peace.
Oh make thou us through centuries long,
In peace secure in justice strong;
Around our gift of freedom draw
The safeguards OF Thy righteous law,
And cast in some diviner mould,
Let the new cycle shame the old.
PRESIDENT LOVES SPEECH.
Alfred II. Love of Philadelphia,
president Of the Universal Peace Union,
made an address, dwelling chiefly on
the war with Spain, which commanded
the undivided attention OF all present.
"Now that the country is emerging
from the conflict with SPAIN ne said,
Eve desire to express our gratitude and
thanksgiving at the cessation of hos
tilities, and the prospect OF an endur-
ing peace, conscious, however, that we
have yet to understand what peace is.
There are three kinds of peace, peace
through compulsion, which brings with
| it hatred and revenge, and is apt to be
broken; peace through mediation, ar
bitration and Cancellation, which be-
longs to an enlightened age and has
within it the elements of Justice, equal
rights and humanity, and that supreme
| peace which is given unto US, not as
the world giveth,' and that is past
understanding, from the divine source
| which comprehends love, charity, self
| control and those conditions of o COM
| mon brotherhood that insure peace,
because the conditions thereof are
pacific.
'The late hostilities have demon
strated the incompatibility of war,
with christianity, and its evil concomi-
tants have justified the declaration of
| Gen. Sherman that war is hell, and
that humanity demands the substitu-
ton of reason and arbitration for the
military system.
"War breeds national insanity,
sweeping from their foundations the
clergy, the press and the people alike,
and makes the utterance of courageous
truth unpopular and reasonable. War
is wrongl That which was wrong yes
terday cannot be right today, and all
the proclamations OF president, the
edicts of king or any acts of a Con-
gress cannot change wrong into right.
One Of the evils growing out of a sue
cessful war is in the desire for conquest
that may result in imperialism, con.
, trary to the fundamental principles,
| and the professions of our country,
threatening its prosperity and perpe
! tulty.
, peace is promoted by self-govern
: ment and representative system ano
. republican form of government are
3 best for all countries. Hence we woult
l favor for Cuba and Porto Rico homt
, government and believe the good office
t of the United States should extend i
: to them, not for annexation TO thi
: country, but for speedily enabling thu
a people to govern themselves.
I 1.-THE natural water courses tn
: Creator has given mankind should b
d free to all countries, and the island
r for coaling and repair stations SHOULD
Q be open as neutral and only to facili
Q tate commerce, never war. Extend t
Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippine
l
h ences Of our pacific institutions, no
o by force of arms.
1t "Battleships should be turned int
h merchantmen that commercial inter
d course be encouraged as peacemakei
d Steadily lessen the military establish
" ments of the world, teach the princi
o Piles of arbitration rather than militar
n tactics in the schools. Have peace II
|, stead of war bureaus and establish
5. permanent court Of international a
Of bitration. With q reserve of this kin
De we would not fly to arms at the lea
I'd provocation.
to 1.-THE appointment Of a Peace Con
~ mission in bringing to close the W;
m with Spain was wise and emporium
nr Why could it not have been done
u the beginning instead of at the end?
ty eve acknowledge with gratitude IL
n, course of President Mckinley in h
Nv efforts to prevent war and his desire
I'M end it, and during its continuance h
lis many acts of humanity, and we regr
on he did not veto the war measures of
ng excited Congress.
p "Thefe has been fragrant abu
he and perversion of true patriotism al
", there is danger that love OF count
en- will! degenerate into love of power al
m hatred Of sympathy that is L
on American. Principles Of peace shou
lid be inculcated in children from t
Try earliest age. Military drills in schot
ra- and churches should cease, and W
ant should be held up as abhorrent and I
or structive to the best interests of ma
ice kind.
Ter ''War is the especial enemy of I
ian wage Garner, increasing taxes, DIVERT
sly from productive to destructive Occur
nat tions, imposing heavy burdens for p,
we sions, limiting avenues Of work, defe
xa- ing the purchasing capacity of the p
our pie, and in consequence, paralyzi
md energy"
The country, Mr.. Love said, has b,
lot brought into sea Of trouble and \
, of it is necessary to find the way out
VS.: it. He commended President Gle
less lands plan of sending commission
in to Chill and China to settle trouble
The He stated that he visited Sena
bic Edmunds five days before the decla
i'm tion Of war and was assured that tn
de- would be no war, but an excited G
one gress brought about q condition VIII
rid, he had not anticipated.
the He spoke about the conditions VIII
and brought on the war, attributing Ia
nth part of the blame to two or I'll
nth American newspapers, known as g,
ex- low'' or ''mad house, journals,
sive which paid commissioners to Cuba
pie. brought reports of terrible conditit
Q of and the papers predicted war on
ugh strength of such reports.
ling He said there was a jubilee in Ph
Old delphia known as peace jubilee,
the it was a misnomer. 1t was war j
erto lee. There was no Jubilee in Ma,