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' Thr'rrcoriTs of history rmhrace a peri bd of ix' t ruard Tfts, abounding: in war. fn'hnttlr anrVtsljmjrHer, with.c siorrl ?rd Ircal intervals of short and fe verish peace - ipAvhlch,. nation eem to stav rather han rest j-stnppinj? to pant, and to gain.hrea'h for, new conphats, ra ther than fo form. a- business state of.per manent tranquility. In whatever cmdi tirn, on whatever scil, . under - whatever sty we contemplate man ; be; he savage, cr be hecivilized ; ?.orant,or enlighten ed ; grrpirg am'dhe darkness of natnre, cr reioicinein the lamnof revealed truth ; be it island or crpttnent ; sea, or shore wherex'er mult turte ot men are,- or nave been, there will be found traces'of human blocd.'shcd in'irhurr.an strife ; there will be found death scatterrd amorprthe races of men, by the "hand r.f brother .man ! It is now :more than eighteen' hundred years, since" " the author ai d finisher of cur faith," came, mhered ;n bv an angelic hot, prrclaiirirp.prAciB ON f.abth and good wiLr amokc i li ; since the Sen of God descended from the right hand e.f the Father fqr the greaj,7and almost special jmrpose of enf( rcing the voice Vf reason, by theVnlemn' sanction f f the and of the Vost H'gh, .that "tnen love one another." Yet, strange tojtll ! wonderful ! passing wonderfnlj. scarce thee centuries had elapsed from his ad-ji vent, before the cross, the emblem of his peace and fhistove, became the standard ard escutel ecn of wars as fierce and as i.lrrir- a he crescent, the cmbltmof bate and of strife, ever waged. And, in U efe later da s, notwithstanding science has, now, far almost four centuries, been pouring its mild and rac'iant stream of liirht into every sense and upon every land, yet, as it were but yesterday, sixty thocsand men dead on the field rf a terioo terminated, probably only for a years' cr ntinuance, f '.which, at tbe least estimate, two millions cfj human beings were the victims ! . , . : );: ,. . Such is the scene, whic-h the, mind seiz es, as it pasts a. Bird's" -ye glai.ce, , along the horizon of .human history. in this actual condition of our nature, you, Mr" President and gentlemen of the MassachusettsPeace Society, have unit ed to try the strength of public associa tiens against this natural tendency of our race to war: Ao attempt by combination and co-operative exertion of the mild; the virtuous, : the religious, nd hurpiine, to calmthis turbrllent' scene ; '.to limit' the causes and evjls, or, if heaven so pleases, annihilate altogether thennPa.ence, of that prbpensity.to njutual destruction, so uni versal and ; scarcely less than innate, in cur species. i - ' Under what auspices ? ; ith yhat ! hopes? From what'eircuxnstancs in the sccial, moral, or intellectual condition of man do your ejideavors cierivetneojiruge- roent, or even countenance i is n.an less sel6h, less craving.lcss ambitious, less vindictive now than formerly ? t If all the old ingredients, which compose human nature, are still boiling in - the crucible, what reason to expect that future experi ments "will materially differ from the past ? If in every nation, under heaven. there be, at this day, ten thousand more swords than .ploughshares; mcre i spears, tnan pruning hooks; if every where,- war be taueht as a science, and success" in it be the. theme of the sober applause of the few. and of the mad exultation cf the ma ny ; onvhat ground resl the opinion that am much more ihat everv nation cf the earth will abandon a systemC hich, froni the bcEihnilie oithei worlU"ha& been, and in tli'a hmr ka urnntl! all nntinns. a chief ttject cf "pnrSuilt, and the principal. foun dation of pride, and of glory ?- If all, or il jeaSl,.lHJic giraitrr jiau v)i nauuua ,uu rot concur, in aba;Goning-this sitenii cah any one natich abandon it saft Jy ?. V ( - -These me cuestiun.siwliich the spirit cf patriotism asks, Uuli' doubting 4 half i constiumg, iis i ptnuers purposes sucn as yturni ble, generous; elevated, -in theit crncepiion ai.d pTuic.pIfc. ytt apjWrentlj repugnant to tire kiiotvnpficpenties i 'of cur s-pt cies, afiS'.ci ntravVniiig it be esta blished course' cf human conduct in i very period of history.... 'v ' TJiese'fffe-titesiirns, which the .spirit of varVasks, bU fearing," half sneering, as it stands, like its gnat progenitor, 44 ih nostril wide, upinrr.ed into t the murky air, seeming it .prty." To some of thtie questions I shall' at tempt an answer and to all of them al lude, while oh this occabicn. ;I consider the causes t)f waramchg nations, and the rircuru stances in the ctinditidn i)f thtvei viVizcd world, which ARord bette ground "(pe.than ever before, exit led, pt gre.au v. hniting Us ravajje, '.and even of re, itriiinjng thom ,atrgt iher t , aj.d ihence cfitr to ) ou, gentlemen., some encouiage .n,e, t! fJi" pcrseeniice, and to itu Jel .cwttiiens seine reasons for coperatifig i".c obictts.and la6v rs.of your iqcieiyv ,Vl. In experience and stories,' says Ulc aveathacon, Lord .VeniUm, "you hall -find hut hree things tthat .prepare ihd dispose an estate for war, the ambi t;bri of theicroverhorsi a state of soldiery Lrrrfef sed, and the hare! means In live a I mrnc'maPTwhfc,cts; whereof the last is he most Jrrrfhle and the.mostxonstariti" - 1nt refpi-ehre-.to these causes of war, tit mav be'djserred, without any .of that o yerweeot, eal, which ften catl enthun S'asm; arwl inrlenendent of the charaotefi or the prnmWe of onr rel"gn,,that three, fact exHnthf nature of man and in. the condition 'n societv.-ywhieH sfire: ratiofial rnnd Tor ihe'rwinlon, that-thev will "e praduatly l?mirea"1n their influence, and mav,bemade nltmatelv tcf cease altoge eether. ' :" - r '.' . ; ' A' f . The first fact; is, that man is t a beinsr capable of intellectual and moral improve ment ; and, thnt this is true both: of the individual and of the specie. s The second- fact is, 'that the intellectual and moral . 'improvement of our: species has alreadv advanced in this verv- direc tion and on this yerv subject ; wars being, in fact far less Moodv, rd conducted on I princirles, more mi'd than vas th,e ap jr;vli usMirr, ui m i inn jri ui i ri.-cty , Tho third fact Is, that the intellectual and moal infnercev which haver arisen & are exten','nfar.,hemsllve,s in the world, necessarily 'end to a favorable change in Mn an ine enumerated causes, on wnicn the existrftre of war depends repress- injr the .ambition of risers ;-j-diminishing the inPnerce ;of the Soldiery ; and ameli oratinir ihp reriditirn of the multitude. j , As tox the first, fact, T shall noi hnder J takV to prove that man' is a being capable I of intellectual and - moral improvement ; arcV that ..this true bth of the indr- vidual and the species. It is the voice of all history and all experience- Kor(wil the second fact reqnire much nvre elucidation. A ( very . short' recapi tulation of the temper"' and principles, prevalent in war. at former times, will make; its - truth apparent. The earliest record of wars is that of the.' Israelites, abourfifreen centuries before? the' Chris tian era. f On taking a city, thev destroy ed utterly men, women, and little ones.--Sometimes he! people were made tribu taries and slaves. At'others, riothtng that brea,thed,t;wasieft alive. ' Krtvvithptand- i ear, that there ing this, itfdoes not appear- Was an v thinir necliliarlv savage in the characte r of the Israel ites.' A 1 1 h ough they acted under a 1 sense .of the divine' command ; vet there can be no doubt that these principles, on which the conducted their wars, wert perf. ctly in unison with ( the reneral rules of warfare, recognized bv all nations,1 at that peried of sociev , Homer, who. next to the sacred writers. ! is deemed to. give authentic .accounts f the, manners of the earliest times, witness es that our.pecles-'had niade hp material moral improvement in the principles re gulating the state of. wa"ry during the three or four centuries, svhich elapsed between Ithe invasion of Canan and; the siege of ; Troy. , : Chieftains steal intd'reach others camps and massacre the sleeping, in cold blood. Captives are: immolated to the mans of Patroclus. The dead body: of Hector is dragged in triumph about the walls of his riativW city in ihe sight of his bereaved - parent, consort and country men ' v'-,; . ; ; - . ; During the: entire period f ancient his tprythe;:rjght warlncluded the right1 of extermination, as Jnherent in the con -queror, and in the vanquished '.. therein- yhered no rights ; neither of life; or liberty, or property. The. orm of ancient, society madend ' difTefence In, fbffi.cHCy, and f universality, of this principle Kings', Jvnv-,, j perors, Consuls, were a,ll occqpied Ijci one chf concern-; that )f tr.ain'ng anq. "esb j ing t heir followers to the sp.'tt of destroy iitg thev human species,' under.'the name of enemies ; and for this purpose, enlarg- cu oo an siaes, ann-iq ineiriHmos? ex tent, the rights of conquests Refuic3 were, in thVsf respect, no better than, mo narchies, and preciseIy.for- the same, rea son ; btctiuse "in those; as in tbseth manyVerefnedy and ignorant ; and the few, cunning; ambiijous, arid VinteresirU. .' itinecessary paly to state ,tliese, facts to convince eyery fmind that-;war $ftm ductefl in. a better tc'rKper and is :6f:sL milcl er asjiect, in t ie present, titan iri fcr&ver times.'! It 'is,;fhbweyer jmppailtrpd will be. illnstrakive of the-general sjcope pf my argument; tq remark 'that tfeeatfveli praicn,; effected in e condoci ';pf Wars, has, ..'licflyi, csultejiirrcriV tjielnipjy ted' intelleQtUalnd ppral cbndiliomof ' rnan kTnd,4 ratherhan.-djrc.ctiy Jrom'thfc Vnili taVv class itself. " Almost all, the amelib- ration irf the kji warmay :be;Craccttq tne ircy-ot omesucurmuence upon ine warrior his' renl. for. clifiraciejr:, at hi me';;apcV tbeear of incurring contemptr and shajne; among his:6ivn 'ccuntryniew .'. Ait far aj we ;an itm an)' opinion of -the,. co"pdijctof:,Ebrppeah;&t'miest- at the pre sent (lay,) wlien in thci rield,they, .are nearly if not quite, as wanton and1 liden'" nous.'asformei ly.; Love of plundef is as; strong in the; breasts of roddern. as if .was in thoe of ancient warriors. ,Thejr hd vp nqmore shamenbw, than iri former tin. jV "afgrowing ich on thespqib;of thcc:)v qutred : but ihiiik it aV.xnucU'as eve'n ai. iireat and clorious maiter.' if cofbg -to.wir- tieggars; they return from it' tiabubsirhe TChiti testraiut-lw ruclrlias. beoiv laid' in mouern qays, on tne spiruoi ancient wr tare, may be traced' to, the improved mo. ral sense, and the direct moral influence - : nf mrh in rivil 1 fe. I his moral Sense is not as Vet sufficiently elevated to be of . fended at the bringing home,by .military y ed monks Atid fasting friers." In colleges, men,! of gold, silver and merchandise, j accessible, pnlv,5 to i the favored few. Iron -plundered from " enemies.:' .And accord- clasped, , arid ironbo6nd, In black hotter ingiy, he military; at, the present day, frrbsD'at these witli avidity. 1 But the moral sepss of, the period does reluct at entailing, in perptu'ty, the mi- i -serieff of conquest" upon Uhe 'persphs of the vanquished. In, consequepce, ; military men bring home hof cnlH-e.raptive femaTes as mistresses arid servants ; nor. do they reduce'.vanquishedjmales to the condition of slaves for life ;4-except, indeed, they, happen to-be black ; a; case, forWhich the moral sense of the age has hot, as yet, every where, provided . ; ; An execution,; indeed, must bemade to these remarks, in relation tri tlrat s,t!ange,; mysterousrysemi-avage code, calkd tjie law of honor.', n However criminal in ?a moral, and' however ridicuious, in ah in- telleCtuaJ point ot view, this code ot un written law is, yet it has bad, unquestioatj ablv a favorable eMect,A in softening and elevating; tne military cnaracter. : i lie necessity of k?,ting, or being killed, wbch, this law presc jbes, at the call ot any one who may def rff.hm' elf injureddr insult ed, lias nHjkt?rect tendency to curb the insolence ,and ovei bearing; humor, hatural 6 men, exposed to. the- temptations inse parable from a Jife merely military; It isa law of 7 restraint calculated: to infiu ence those, who, rebognizin.e: no law -con-traveningithe :will of tlieir ofiicei., are on-. ly to He kept, ii awe by the apprehension of personal danger. The law pf . honor therefore,! by putting every military man,' at the mercy of very one, who chooses to call him rb combat, results in this, that those' .who are, pr fessionally without law, become alawjlo themselves, through fear of thie consequences. The operation jot the law has oeeh conformable, to tne I anticipations of thejron-clad. legislators; whd promulgated; it ; the perpetual ap ! peal to personal danger, which this law establishes, being found, in most casesto operate, like pi charm, on theses fighting ! spirits; For, "although fear is a term, not admitted into the military code.yet it is fd. by experience, that, in'all dangers except those, v;hich'ariuciudcd in their contract witn ineir.cotnroanaer,i ana in those, to which habit has1 made, them ' fa mi I ia r, th i svcf a s t r ermble quite as much as other philosopheis. , r . ; A nother. effect of this code has been that, under ilsMnfluence, " fighting and killing one another; is, no longer, even in the. field matter of blood, but a matter of business. Military men are cool, when they ! contract to do the work of slaugh ter ;i and as cool as nature and nerve will permit; when 'they, are performing the. tak. Under this la w ' ancient friends, when engaged in opposite service; meet and endeavorrto kill one another, witb -out ) 'any mpeachmerit of mutual love and friendship. Jf both survive their har mony is unbroken, by. this mutual attempt on each other's life.i (if either fall, the survivor1 perhaps, builds a - monument to his memory ,vahd "mourns for him as a bro ther. Military men, 4nd' those who oc casionally, adopt, their "k practice, in civil life, no longer ,slay." one another, in a.pas-.-sion. . , And ihdueh tlieir '.business is:-as much as ever, to stab; to shoot, and to kill, yet this is not done; with savvage looks and; barbarous rites, brjt with a- fashiona ble air, and in a gentlemanly way. ) -They meet ; are measured and civi) in their de portment; they kill ; i or are killed. Wh' n the life' of either is gone; the Affair is over, '. 'They do not, ai. formerly,' deny honorable buriali-vThey cmvoff'nq hands, or! earsi' 1 ney rate no scaip, i ntry thrust no thpng tb rough the feet -of.', the dead, arid I drag ahevbQdyin triumph at their; chWjpt w heels!. '- ,; . !. These advances, although not' great,' are yet somewhat. As 'far as 'they px- tend, they inaicaiea, degree or moral im provement l .some mitigation 'of rthe cala- Lfnrties .ot ;war; some liminution op its causes, andi-its inducements, proceeumg fromthe military --class 'itself But - ihe great and .oillysurevgreund of hope of kn.elioratsoh.1 in relation io' these objects. rests on tbel improving moral aid intel- leciual conditicn of mankiiid. r jThe third flnd mdst material fact to be" illustrated was, that such intellectual and niot Al influence's a'fe extendingthemselyes, in society ; &oecegsarify lead t) 4 change, in all the1 enumerated causes,? on whicbT tbe existence of warjDepends.' .'-Vs;. lliif tvt ' ie it tfttf 'that moral hnd ini telliciual influeifces are "extenflihg.theni sclves, id society r.Isjitjruehat w enj9y a bhehter11 intellectual day iand a purer mbral sky, tharr anterior, periods -of the t world"? I Caii' any . dare any 'ask; j whose hands hold the page of history; Vid whose mhVds are capable receiving, iml prssions from burfcoUndisgobjpCtsrU 4 LAv what . previous , time did the world extiibit the scenes, we at this day, witr ness?,Wheo did. science ever, 'until his period, pitient itself to the entire mass of the community; as .their inheritance ami right i Vyiienior the purpose? of ahest injg lite jeheral e4r; nd iromoting -"juni-Versati&ompreuension. of tits precept, did ir before? "adapt tts instructions, ..uCe very f6rm"of i'utellccf; tcf every ;stage. of ,hu man life ; to tiveiy class ot social' being ? Saence; hideed, existed, in former, times. - B w of the : j folios. Locked ' in1 dead languages. Re- nellinc all: but the initiated.! j.. cm v. - - ( , r m .. i -.i. . ff, Where exists science now ? To more immured in cells ; no more struttirrg,' with pedant air and forbidding looks, in seclud ed halls i. it adapts- itself to. real life ; to useVandito -'man.1. It prattle wlfrT lie babe. Jt takes the infant-on its "knee. Ttfjoins the play of youth. It rejoicesNWith the young rnan in his strength. It is the companion ou manhood-; the solace' and the joy pf the hoary head. It isrtribe'en, in the field,! leaning on thevploirgh.;at the woi;k -bench, directing the plain and the saw in the;high 'places of the city, converting, by their wealth and their-libe-raIitvumerchants.vinto princes : iin the retirement of d6mestic life, refining by.. the I aid -oMaste, and -know ledge, the virtues of a spx in whcjse purity and elevation man attains, at once, the noblest eahhlv re- ward, and thehighest earthlystandard ! ol; h is moral ana- intellectual nature Science no:' more works as formerly in rab-,-struse forms, andtwithjabstraci essences ; but in a business way; " set-kioc: what i'is true and what- isUsefuH pui JtyineJefe - i. i- ...' j ' vating, and thus prrducjng, by degrees, slow indeect, but sure, a leivel of intellect in the whole mass r', suited to . thti state, and illustrative of; the relations and duties, of all the pans, of which it is "composed. . ' If this be true of the intellectual state of the period, whatshall we say of the mo ral ? Can knowledge advance and virtue be retrogade ? Grant, that ' this isisome- times the . case in individuals ; are these instances examples of the general rule ; or exceptions to it r Are such , unions ot j corrupt; nearis, wuu eieyaieu inneccs, , nor ramer monsters, man naTurai rorms oi oeins r . xi itquwicuge dc a.riguE' compre? . hension of.nature andTof the actual relar. lions of things, can this exist without es tablishing the conviction of "the eternal,, coincklenceof happiness with.duty ? Is it not ass plainlylheyoice qfi nature.'as it is ofScriptare, thatthe.ipaths of wisdom ' Are pleasantness ana peace fX! It a wise . . tV . f i f - ... nnrt mrn I Ipitv nflia TOrtiiPri tha t rrjiiHirp ut, Avliere ;In the grove of Academns iVand nnnntiriptpd, to inlind rrci'inf and itti fiato: dreamins: concerninEr uie soui i . nireacivestailshme a rie wferA m naviira- univefse Intohvefitafcarnottff cowl-ition, and ew,fiiciIUies for Imtnaninter- of thmgsVyvbtch wecall nature, cah ac- i in spite of intervening seas, k wilderness quaintance with that structure; result ines. An -allegiarice to intellect, to Hioralsi ' iny thing else than a perception of those and;religion begifis t6 be, acknowledged attributes,, which constitute his character, among multitudes;, in everyfland, which and of the eternal connexion, which sub- ; is undermining that false arid artificial ali ' sists among them ; at.d, of , consequence, , legianceVby w,bich mankind-have, at for ,wnicu sudsisis among nice aunomes, f?e- ; shipps d stocks and stones ; and birds and beasts; the sun, moon, stars and clouds; : when theys. crificed human, victims- toif their gods ; when trees, . and the canopy .; ; Greece, threeifoutt lis were slaves, hold ing even life at the capricious will of them ' masters; those pnpd-masters themselves! tne slaves 01 ignorance otxiupes oi pnest- cratt--riuctuating - betweeji external war ;aocr; internal commotion ; anarcnyr ana tyranny;, '" , " -' ' Hi msvJin. its best1 days, polluted By ihe abomination of domestic slavery; wag- ing eternal war with the' wprrd,"offering .only; the alternatiye of subjection,. ir ex-1 termination ; rude imarEs with no phi-, Iosopby, and'aft'eligi.onwh'ose gods! and .ceremonies make one. blush, or shudder. In tpore, recent and modern times, what scenes of conOtsnVperexutibn and distraction ! Kirigstyrannizing over peo- plel Priest' over-Kings! - Men. the ptxf jierty o'fTevery petty chieftain J Jostice perverted. ChristianityComtpted. . ''' 'Deuil js needless. Jtisioufch to state the -facuA We all feel the moral advance meftt; of the. present period'of society. 4 ; " vSHa'tir Jiavthe useful and e1gant arts beeir advaheedi " VVltlrwhat tkul naturV is made sjubservieht to the wjihtsVconve niencieijfintl refinement of life t' It is un necessary to recapitulate. We all realize' "the change';: and thaf itfis great & wOrtf a-j rui ; not-suii,aen,aut progressive. w Ai Such be the' fact, vrhy should not the fuiurja correspond with the pist ? 'Why diotild not ; the 'species coritinue to ad vance f Is nature exhab'sted ? Or is tltere any Vvidence of i failure'- in the. faculties, or ..of Gimmution rm tne stimulus 1 man r On Ihe ; contrary r,v "what half century can pretended vie with the lastr iirirnprove inent in the arts. advAaiicemiint.jn .tne sci'' ences, iri zea nd success of intellectual labors f Time . w ouid Tail before all could be eritilnerated. JL'et'one instance suffice-, and Ujat in our o u country, . :. J CV ' ( .Scarcely ten years have, elapsed, since ttie projects'bt Fulton ,were. tqe contrhon sneer ot mdUitutles -botri' jn Europe and Au(erica ; and tnbse not composed of Hie most ignorant classes ol society ,: lie, in deed, lias aliready joined ihe. great con gregatiou cf departed mtn it genius ; bui w litre are his iuienuoui r Ycnetratjng the interior bf th rieV f world ; saiuk.n alongtur rivers ;; ciinibin ,f vv,dioui"'ciu Viss, tiie muuntam or tUe Vj ; carry - ing cemmerce and Cviatui is, -uukuovyjt longing to man; feeble, indeedbut yet.'in '. . of statesmen arid warrior,) been daSried' i kind, emanations and prototypes of those ! against each other ; contrary to the law1; V of the Deity ? , v j of their ,G,od and , their naturi; , " cf ' ' These, however, are general , reason- j If these views are trd&,doftheV not juai' ' ings. Let xh -advert to facts. J tify the opinion, that the, prdgress of mo-'V ' There was, a period in which men wor- : ,ral; and intellectual imWvement kvili ' 'i litttvvu "lit uiwi v-uvii5 "''" nit; ;kcss Ol SOClCi VmuSt' De contenaeu, wnn wua ceases xor iooa, snei- i oi tne condition bf the mull ter and existence. ' " ' Words, rembv;ne that " " in reece in nivuizeo, intellectual live, 't wJiich is rieclat-ed 1 1 4 course Incalculable in bejne Sis iand lit : consequences." " ' ; '. jv. j j ' So. far from-having any Ireasbn to,be-C . lieve, thatT'the protrfess of. human im-i . provemerit . is -tationa'rvr or that : it- is , henceforth trti be retrogradf1,' there is just s reason -io believe, , that; iniellectualiand . rq6ran.iproveinenkt and ;sf(Siar cqniforts -are to'aijvance, with i rapBity and, qqU verbal ity n yy before -r njessejl s ' . ,i , Thereare tiyo coexisting Facts, peculiar , and characteristic of theaJifesentaM t vhich encourage this beljefi The first js that urjtwrealV difTuswn.of.)pdwtedgtoi which allasih has been already made; ' vfhe secorid is, the facility . wjth which' this : difiiision is efTected . ' 1 ; , s ':: All the,improvcments offman's spciaLi morals and intellectual condition, in -for mer ages, occurred, underlthe xistencer of a state; of things, in t wrlich Mntelhrct, morals and tonifr.rts were, mmosrexclq-j sively, the m'onoptily of thqjfew. iri eve- ; ry. country, the.mass of socjiety were op- ' pressed by thriesand dominations,, and v military despotisn: At the preseW day,! i the many arr.eve'ry -where i'ising gradu- ' ally., into influence and ;pewer.. Mnral and Mtelfectual cultivation ar,yrtV- more ) , restricted to a 4few favored individuals but proffered to the. whofe species. Trie Slight and. warmth of science areoermlrV J ted to peneUathe lowest strata of Woci ! ety : reachirisr deptlis never before ex-' ;! plored ; and there expandinlj seeds of im ' h proyenieht, not. "only xneveri before Cee loped,' but 'whose existence Jvas .absolute ly unknown. . : , , , ' The press, alsdby'-its rhaffic' nnWr aLitost annihilate time and spice, in its rapid spread, pervading evrry. c!as4 and every climate ; making;- mdrf ahd more mutual. acquaintance,-commercial inter- m change and intellectual iutfercniirse 4he change strong ties of peace among fnalions : ap-i piuAiiunuug me wona to a state of gneJ ' -' ral society,; m .which .the bjnd ot man to : man is rec guided ; aricl hujnanity is .be coming, every, day; less arid less, thedurje ' ' of intrigue arid"1 sacrifice. Btatei touc.', each other, no longer, only fit those cor-rupt-ahd (:... .. wiktJ uuvu ttiiif., iiy. ti hl 'vn-W;.ft.,:..'r'.;.'.,i:.j ' ;i 1 2 w - ' ' ' mer periods, in the train anTl at the befck t tx ntinue ; that it rsadyaiiciji i , , If advanclne in wHat V what direction"? Can it b'e' doubied 't-at the first and necessary . effect of ,thi proi the amelioration titude1; inpther .,. hard mean bv ILrjMl - HaCnn Y oe -trie most loicible and 'tlicnuwt , .. constant, ofall the causes, wliic hi prepare and dispose &n .estate, for war ?' V- That, f J thi miicrttA th Knt ..ii aiic. .... ? lr v- - of a t high moral and' incepiectual :sta'te ; generaljy produced, is self-evldeiit: n, 1m , Nor Uuhe .tendericy'iOf suci a cwniiiort' of knowledge and virtue to rens tho . .' ambition of rulersV" less palDaUleJ UA - - impossible-(put tNin'prorjortiori VsVa -: ' people neeome. wise and vfrtiious; i they m ust i ncfine to be ruled by j men of th is , t A character. Indeed Rulers themsel vps must rjecessariry. partake of, be renuvatV v, ed edition if . mankind. h elective go- . v-....v...vo vw-uuL iuegooa, anawise -would be electe!d t :t)r if elected. ,.tin., in influence,, but a'short timej In Hindi tary governments inoartb3 aud., nobles would-be influenced by the viitifes of incic- : subjects; or; at feasL be compelled o pay , '-'. to ti.em the homageof hypijdrisy.. -Ttius.'v the secorid enumerated Cttusejof war 'tbe - ambitioriSbtiulers,' muf,' bk necessary V consequence, find its antidote in the mo ' . rai anamtelleci-ual condiuoniof Uie peo pte. ,y t ,. :s I tiwwvvvt M TTDwelling.ffoaseori tetfeville-itreet lA Ualeighitwo utones' highland conuiri V;' mgrgft Kooms, five of them wilh fire-placef -' and a Pzz.a) ib a Kitclien; "imoke-llotise v and.Garden. For terra, pply q " , ' : 'r ' ' u- Jane &vgufft. j .... - I RN4uesiay,;uie2t'Atigttat ncitihe Vff second iy ol ijie Coiift o Vsishing,oh 1 county, oa tfte premises in .l)jioaUn I slrall; -Expose to.the Highest iiidder aci "credit of p montn iht. boU H;Vijint4iti j the tiroperty pnCapU i'I ti1 Oinkr1 Urms of sale wdl be made known on the ilay. . , V.TiitjM? Lou kfc pVrtujis bcitr impiotcd, ! and better adapiei ror tiie Crau.Lcti.in ot pii Sineaod the resiueiiceoi'afaui(ij;i,ail wj ' uwUfe toWn. Aiid 1u.tr public ale a4uredjf; here sliouU bVbidE tpp.oachijig vaiuf ot ine pi-operiy uire ujii oe u 4-cu iC ' " , " -,?.. ''I'll . tITl. - T , - r Plymouth, N.eUune 2Gi - '' --j; - , "'xf' . (, f :
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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July 6, 1821, edition 1
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