The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-06-22
The Noted Prelate Makes a Comparison Be-
tween the Military History Of the
Roman Empire With
= The Military Record of the American Re.
public From the Close of the Rev.
olution to Present Time.

Inc Initial dTLlCle III lHe 1>o1 III
American Review for June S, is "In-
ternational Peace" by His Eminence,
. James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop
Of Baltimore, says the Boston Pilot.
Cardinal Gibbons is native Ameri-
can of Irish descent. His spiritual
jurisdiction is over a. territory which
was settled by Catholics, and which
had the honor of inaugurating free
dom of conscience in America. He
is man of peace by character and
vocation; and he is a sterling patriot,
as were all his predecessors, from
Archbishop Carroll of a hundred years
ago, a friend of Washington and kins-
man Of the Maryland signer Of the
Declaration of independence.
His article has a special interest, in
view of the Conference on Interna-
tional Arbitration, which is expected
to begin its sessions at the Hague dur
ing the present summer.
Cardinal Gibbons dwells at the out
set on Christ's will to bring peace on
earth. He would assure the faint
hearted, against temptations to fear
that the mission of the Son Of God
had failed. His Eminence makes a
most suggestive comparison between
the military history of the Roman en-
pire from its foundation to the time of
Augustus Caesar, with the military
record Of our American Republic from
the close of the Revolution to the
present time. The United States has
enjoyed twelve years Of peace to one
Of war, while the Roman empire had
less than one year of tranquility for
every century Of military engage
ments.
The Cardinal contrasts the conduct
of Alexander the Great after the cap
ture Of Tyre with that of General
Scott after the capture Of Mexico (for
all that we are not very proud of the
Mexican wary; and with especial en-
phasis, that Of Titus towards the van
quished Jews, with that of General
Grant towards the defeated Confeder-
ate forces. ...
Imagine General Lee and his veter-
ans led in chains to Washington, fol-
lowed by the spoils and treasures of
Southern homes and Southern sanctu-
aries. lima gine the same Confederate
soldiers compelled to erect, in the cap
ital of the nation, monument to COM
memorate their own defeat and the
triumph of the conqueror. Would not
The whole nation rise UP in its might
and denounce degradation so revolt
ing to their humanity?
The Roman and the American
generals, in their opposite conduct,
were rejecting the spirit Of the time
in which they lived. Thus. in exer-
cising cruelty towards the vanquished
was following the traditions Of Pa
ganism. Grant, in his magnanimity
towards the Confederate troops, was
obeying the mandates Of Christian
civilization.
The friends and advocates Of Inter-
national Arbitration are aged in
the most noble and benevolent mis-
sion that can engross the attention of
mankind-a mission to which are at
tached the most sublime title and the
most precious reward. BLESSED are
the peacemakers. for they shall be
called the children of God"
Let the friends and advocates Of
International Arbitration use every
effort to protect the weak against the
strong, and then to the ruler of a
feeble nation may be applied the
words of the poet:
Thrice is he armed who hath his
quarrel just"
"a He is armed with the con-
sciousness Of the sacred right of
property.
(2) He is armed with the shield