The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-18

the thought of attempting to execute THIS \
design, will the men Of to-day quail be- II
fore the completion OF a task. so many
parts Of which have already been exec
cuted? When our forefathers formed the
United States without any model to guide 4
them Il hey accomplished a more daring s
and difficult work than this would be. a
We have only to take their work as a NJ
mod and walk IN the way lighted by n
American history, or rather by the his
tory Of humanity in America, and this
will lead to the proper ganizat!on OF 4
nations into one body having many mem
bers fifty joined together. III Is s Ssi ~
When Henry the Great first conceived
this idea no was ashamed to confess It. y
When he did find courage to mention SitS
| to the Duke of Sully, his Prime Minister. n
the Duke smiled the idea away with 20 &
mixture, of pleasantly and compliments
But Henry brought 1T UP again and \
again. Finding the Duke contrary to him
on every point he concluded It was from
preconcelved opinions, and therefore he
commanded Sully to study It in all IT'S
parts. W. The result was that Sully3 was n
converted from a scoffer to an ardent ad-#
svocate Of the design. HI
It is said in his memoirs =: II even appre-
hended that there was some illusion In IT.
/ Il. e., in this Idea. Of a union Of all Eu-
Igrope). 1 recollected some of q those ems
ltterprisea in which we had endeavored2 to-
engage Europe = \. and 1 found myself
|sdisgusted with this from the bad success
lscf the former, !. Il 4 Strongly prejudlced8
by this, j used my utmost effort to ur-s
deceive Henry. = ~ {. r could not refuse
at his solicitation to use my utmost en-
deavors to gain thorough conlprehen-3
sion of It.. formed a clearer plan Of y e
in my mind. collected and united all
the different branches, and studied all its
proportions and dimensions, II 1 may sa "
SO; and I discovered In them q rcgu-
larity and mutual dependence OF which
when only; considered the design In Q 4
confused and careless manner, ! had not
been at all sensible. The benefit which
would manifestly arise from It to n all &
Europe was what 1ltst mmediately8
s;ts'ncl me- & I = But the means to eff
feet so good design were, therefore
MlIat lesitated at the longest. / was
at last convinced that, however dispro por-s
stionnte tho means might appeal to the
effect a course OF years il !, would 5
surmount many obstacles. :"
* And at last the Duke became convinced 3
that the Grand Design was ''just In 1t ~
intent ion possible and even racticable IN
all its parts, and infinitely glorious in all #
its effects" In his account Of his CONVEX
sion s,ully says that no one who reads his
memoirs will be harder to gain over for &
this great political ideal than he himself
was. But 1T should not be difficult now
to gain any one over to tt. e., any ono :
who will form a clear plan or it, study6
oil its proportions and dimensions dis Il
cover their regularity and mutual depen-&
dence, Instead OF being content with e z
careless and confused onsderation of II. &
It Will be as impossible for such an one
to escape from the manifest benefits which I
Its realization would bring to ell. as ie
was for the Duke OF Sully And the I
means for effectuating 1t Will be much
more apparent now than they were three
hundred years ago. Indeed, with 5tne
judicial department already organized ana
in good form, what Is to hinder the calls
ing Of a conference OF all nations to con-
slider the organization OF a congress Of
nations to supplement the existing Court
or the Nations With so many parts OF \
the Grand Design already realized, VIII
the judiciary of the Grand Republic ao-;
tually operating. confronted with the TACT
that men must continue TO abandon nome
and usefulness and be ordered forth 70 /
slaughter and be slaughtered uselessly,
j, as In the far East, until al necessary
parts OF the Universal Government have
been put In effective operation. VIVA
would such a conference say 10 the Or
ganzation of a Worlds Congress, N
which all nations would have due voice.
and which would guarantee the perpetual
independence Of every nation i
If it understood and desired the things
that belong to the peace and welfaye OF
manldnd 1t would vote for permanent
Worlds Congress. So that In due time the me
enactments OF this congress and the de-
cisions OF the Court OF Nations would en-
tirely abolish war No one can expect
war to cease the moment this congress 4
becomes a reality
It was GOO years after the ENGLISH I
Parliament came into being before =
abolished resort to arms between English
citizens for trial OF some classes OF dis
putes--for instance. disputes as to the
true ownership Of land Even \. ! g n. ths \
Worlds Congress must come INTO pens
and begin the war against war, and con.
tinuo it until legislative enactment ana
judicial decision shall be the sole awtM
means Of settling international questions
as they now are OF settling indS l1,
and state or Interstate questions, Ihen
war viii he an international counterpare
Of mob violence within a State or nation
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