Advocate of Peace and Universal BrotherhoodAmerican Peace Society, 1863 - Arbitration (International law) |
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Page 200
... less definite , but not less keenly felt by our people . We might allude to England's contra- diction in this case of her own anti - slavery professions for the last half- century ; her severe , oft - repeated reproaches of us for not ...
... less definite , but not less keenly felt by our people . We might allude to England's contra- diction in this case of her own anti - slavery professions for the last half- century ; her severe , oft - repeated reproaches of us for not ...
Page 203
... less done away in season , would be sure to bring upon the whole land . They told us long ago , that it was a question of life or death ; we must kill slavery , or it would , sooner or later , kill us . wind . Hardly anybody believed ...
... less done away in season , would be sure to bring upon the whole land . They told us long ago , that it was a question of life or death ; we must kill slavery , or it would , sooner or later , kill us . wind . Hardly anybody believed ...
Page 205
... less criminal afterwards ? Does impunity in crime alter its nature ? Will the success of a conspiracy to commit wickedness , prove its innocence ? On this principle , can there be se- curity for any government in the world ? Would any ...
... less criminal afterwards ? Does impunity in crime alter its nature ? Will the success of a conspiracy to commit wickedness , prove its innocence ? On this principle , can there be se- curity for any government in the world ? Would any ...
Page 206
... less injurious to themselves than to our own country : but the temporary reverses which afterward befell the national arms , and which were exaggerated by our dis- loyal citizens abroad , have hitherto delayed that act of simple justice ...
... less injurious to themselves than to our own country : but the temporary reverses which afterward befell the national arms , and which were exaggerated by our dis- loyal citizens abroad , have hitherto delayed that act of simple justice ...
Page 211
... less dependent than others on cir- cumstances . It appeals to eternal and immutable principles , to every instinctive feeling , to every conviction of religion , to every precept of Christ . Upon us , therefore , as members of the Peace ...
... less dependent than others on cir- cumstances . It appeals to eternal and immutable principles , to every instinctive feeling , to every conviction of religion , to every precept of Christ . Upon us , therefore , as members of the Peace ...
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ADVOCATE OF PEACE AMASA WALKER AMERICAN PEACE SOCIETY amount arbitration arms army authority barbarous battle belligerent blood British cause of peace Christendom Christian civil government Cobden conflict CONGREGATIONAL LIBRARY Congress course crime Crimean war death debt dollars duty earth effect efforts emancipation enemy England Europe evils execute fact fearful feel fight fire force foreign Fort Pillow France friends of peace gospel guns honor hope hospital human hundred increase interest Israelites JOHN FIELD killed labor land less Libby Prison means ment military millions moral murder nations nearly never North officers parties present principles prisoners punishment Quakers question rebellion rebels resistance result revolution Richard Cobden right of revolution rulers Russia secure shot slavery soldiers South South Carolina Southern spirit struggle suffering sure sword terrible thousand tion treated views violators war-system whole wounded wrong
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Page 212 - Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced, and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other ; but the different parts of our country cannot do this.
Page 212 - They cannot but remain face to face; and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them. Is it possible, then, to make that intercourse more advantageous or more satisfactory after separation than before?
Page 36 - So long as the sun shall warm the earth, let no Christian be so bold as to come to Japan ; and let all know, that the King of Spain himself, or the Christians' God, or the great God of all, if he violate this command, shall pay for it with his head.
Page 215 - Can aliens make treaties easier than friends can make laws? Can treaties be more faithfully enforced between aliens than laws can among friends? Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you.
Page 304 - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 292 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.