The Sun. — 1867-06-13 (London, England)

VOICE FROM THE REFORM LEAGUE OF ENGLAND TO THE PEOPLES OF EUROPE.  " Brethren—lt-is time that we should come to a true fraternal understanding with regard to our mutual interests and our common rights. Freedom is the birthright of no particular nation or race—it ought to bdi eot arbitrary rsehbyeii tnuarf ipan )vee, eanprrcso, eaw. l and power rinheritance:GaNvorohe Good detestableregvoery cotrfhnaenly:. Despotism ilinutwtrhuaatiiitde btehnee fie Iceecnt tr Ica wire' s less h aevvee byrsw leapnt d a awayi ke t h that e iostpaonsscee,sspothpeumla.r Steam.preju : ee theirqv powerral shapeanatao:ndnxd ibsafrorrietrusn that orgweoisgeraepnioliucgahl distance, dices, and dynastic ambitions or disputes, purposely fomenting international ignoranc3 and antipathies, used to interpcse between us. Our interest is one and the same ; peace, concord, and harmony are equally ipprge ceiaocuhs ot ot hue sr. a l IA. ImVi el l icoann fhoaldvebneto iterntmeruesstt, it be to labour for each other's welfare than strive for each other's ruin. Brethren of Paris and Berlin, you have spoken worthily the words of peace and friendship—may they find an echo in every honest heart. War is the mad and wicked game played by Emperors and Kings with the lives and wealth of 'the people. Place it under your ban. If you refuse to furnish the men and.the means —if you refuse to sacrifice yourselves and immolate others, the bloody game must cease. It is horrible and awful to think of men making a trade and profession of murdering their fellow-men, especially to think of Christian men trampling under foot the most solemn maxims of the religion they profess, and outraging the character of human and rational beings by rushing in their tens and hundreds of thousands to engage in mutual butchery. It is frightful to think of human intellect and science being occupied in the continuous invention of new means for the speedy and wholesale massacre of our fellow-beings. Brethren, this should not be. It is for you to say it shall not be. The spirit of the age forbids it. Why should not law and arbitration decide disputes, if disputes arise, between people and people as well as between man and man ? But it is seldom, if ever, that one people quarrels with another ; the quarrel is between those whom they allow to rule over them, and whose quarrels they are foolish enough to embrace, to their own misery and destruction. Refuse, then, any longer to be hounded on to mutual slaughter by the passions or selfish interests of your rulers or the intrigues of their diplomatic craftsmen. Consiier what a crushing burden would be removed from toil and industry if there were no longer huge armies to support, and all the machinery and pomp of military and naval institutions to supply. How taxation wou!d be minimised, bow much of guffering and misery would be banished from our earth, how much of sorrow and anguish from our homes, how the power of the tyrant and the despot would be paralysed, how trade and commerce, the sisters of peace -and freedom, would spring forth with fresh elasticity to distribute and multiply among the nations the rich and varied products that the bounty of Providence yearly calls forth so abundantly in every clime to minister to the necessities, the comforts, and the happiness of mankind ! i` All this rests with. you. There is nothing of this earthly good that your united moral force cannot, by the will of Goa,- accomplish. That foice