the Society to identify itself with any political or religious party. Now, the gentlemen who are organizing the Geneva Congress do avowedly belong to a particular political party. With an honorable frankness which cannot fail to command our respect, they have put their political principles and aims in the fore-front of their programme. Whether this is wise or expedient may admit of discussion. We should have greatly preferred that they had not done so; and we have done our best to persuade some of their leaders that it would have been better to have adopted a broader platform, admitting of the co-operation of men of all political views. They, however, thought otherwise; and they have the right, no one can doubt, to determine their own course. "The work which this particular organization has undertaken is one, in our judgment, of great importance. If they can imbue the democracy of Europe with pacific principles, and bring the people of the different countries of the civilized world into closer and friendlier relation with each other, they will render a most essential service to the cause of peace. Hitherto, we fear, the people have been almost as ready to rush into war as the governments, though this, no doubt, has generally been the result of the cunning manner in which those in authority have known how to play on the prejudices and passions of the people for their own objects. With all our hearts, therefore, we wish good speed to our fellow-laborers meeting at Geneva in their efforts to enlighten and guide the people. One word of caution and counsel we venture most respectfully to submit to them, and that is that the cause of peace cannot be advanced by weapons of war, however plausible may be the reasons assigned for having recourse to them. It would be like an attempt to promote temperance by an orgie of drunkenness." PEACE OPERATIONS IN ENGLAND. - The London Peace Society has, besides its able and accomplished Secretary, who edits its organ, several lecturers constantly at work. One of these, Mr. O'Neil, "cannot omit some mention of the many opportunities which I have had of bringing Peace views before thousands of the people at towns' meetings called by the local authorities, and at public meetings for the consideration of reform. I have been specially invited to address many of these meetings. The cordial and enthusiastic reception given to the statements on peace, non-intervention, and friendly intercourse with all nations, and the deep feeling of reverence and gratitude manifested to the names of Sturge, Cobden, and other friends of Peace, have been most encouraging. The Peace Society has been in no way responsible for these occasional movements; but I am confident that the cause of Peace has been advanced greatly thereby among the masses. I am sure that at these mere supplementary meetings, I have been enabled to commend Peace views to fifty thousand persons, in London, Birmingham, &c." Such indications of spontaneous, popular interest in our cause are full of promise. How long before the malign influences of our rebellion will allow us to hope for like interest here, and let ministers of the gospel deem it safe for their reputation to say an inequivocal word for Peace? Will they consent to lay far in the rear of the masses, the artizens and work-people of France, Germany and Holland? 8 8 4 12. Military Preparations. .......... 4 13. Progress of Peace.... 14. Waste of Property in War. ......12 15. Appel to Cities... 16. War inconsistent with Christianity 48. Mistakes about Peace by. H. Malcom, D. D., LL.D... 8 17. War Unlawful, by J. J. Gurney.12 18. Chalmers on Peace.... 49. Peace and Government, by Geo. C. Beckwith, D. D. 45. Inefficacy of War, by Hon. William Jay 12 46. Militia Drills.. 47. United States Navy, by S. E. Coues.. 8 8 8 50. Criminality of War, by H. Mal 19. Chief Evil of War, by Dr. Channing com... ...16 20. Loss of Life by War Clarkson .... 24. War Debts of Europe. 25. Results of One War............. 4 26. Neckar on Peace... .............. 8 mond 8 27. Peace Practicable. ............ 4 28. Substitutes for War.. 4 mond. 8 Price of the above, eight pages for a cent, one quarter discount per hundred or gratuitous distribution. FUNDS have been raised for sending it gratuitously for a time, -1. To a large number of our 4,000 or 5,000 periodicals, in the hope that they will help spread the information it contains; -2. To a select number of our 40,000 preachers of the gospel, to all, indeed, who take up a collection for the Society;-3. To prominent laymen, and to the Library or Reading Room of our higher Seminaries, to be preserved for permanent use. We presume that those to whom it is sent, will willingly pay the postage; but, if not, they can return it. We trust that not a few will become subscribers, contributors, or co-workers in other ways. mation as it contains we would fain put in every family. PUBLICATIONS ON PEACE. Such infor In the cause of peace, more perhaps than in any other enterprise of benevolence or reform, the press has been employed as the chief instrument in bringing the subject before the public in its various bearings. Besides its periodical, the ADVOCATE OF PEACE, and more than eighty stereotyped tracts, it has published the following volumes: 1 00 Prize Essays on a Congress of Nations, 8vo., pp. 706 (very few),...... $3.00 ......... Book of Peace, 12mo., pp. 606. The Society's Tracts, bound,............ Manual of Peace, by Prof. T. C. Upham, 18mo., pp. 212 (few), The Right Way. pp. 303. Issued by Am. Tract Society, N. Y.,.. ADDRESSES BEFORE THE SOCIETY. 1. By Walter Channing, M. D., delivered in 1844. 2. By Hon. William Jay, delivered in 1845 and 1855. 3. By Hon. Charles Sumner, on the War-System, delivered in 1849. 4. By Rufus W. Clarke, D. D., delivered in 1851. 5. By F. W. Huntington, D. D., delivered in 1852. 6. By William H. Allen, M. D., LL. D., delivered in 1854. 7. By Rufus P. Stebbins, D. D., delivered in 1857. 8. By Hon. Gerrit Smith, delivered in 1858. 9. By G. B. Cheever, D. D., Eulogy on Judge Jay, delivered in 1859. 10. By Samuel J. May, D. D. delivered in 1860. 11. By Howard Malcom, D. D., LL. D., delivered in 1862. 12. By Hon. Amasa Walker, delivered in 1863. 40 1950 40 40 30 40 50 50 40 Of the above, we have only a few of 1, 2, (except that in 1855,) 4, and 9; of 3 we have many, a large second edition, 80 pp.; and quite a number of the others. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS. HOWARD MALCOM, D. D., LL. D., PRESIDENT, Philadelphia. BARON STOW, D. D., Chairman of Executive Committee. JOHN FIELD, Esq., Treasurer. GEO. C. BECKWITH, D. D., Corresponding Secretary. FORM OF BEQUEST.-I give and bequeath to the American Peace Society, incorporated by the Legislature of Massachusetts, the sum of — dollars, to be paid in months after my decease, for the purposes of said Society, and for which the receipt of its Treasurer for the time being shall be a sufficient discharge. Be sure you give the Society its exact name, and have the will drawn in the way, and attested by the full number of witnesses, required by the laws of your State, or the will may be broken. GEO. C. BECKWITH, Cor. Sec., to whom all communications may be sent. THE ADVOCATE OF PEACE FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER. CONTENTS. Consistency of Christians on Peace..357 | How much on Pensions.... Austrian Bankruptcy....... ..360 Our National Debt.. Our Soldiers at the West..... Pledge on Peace... ....377 Militia System in Vermont.. ...378 The South sick of Fighting. .........378 Peace with our Indians... ........378 A favorable Sign for Peace... 378 A Peace Paper in the South.......379 War a Foe to Mental Culture.......379 Garibaldi and Revolution...... British Rebellions..... ...... ........381 ........372 ..382 Soldier repeating Lord's Prayer....376 Annual Contribution. ..... ... BOSTON: AMERICAN PEACE SOCIETY. No. 40 WINTER STREET. 1867. POSTAGE.-The law allows only 6 cents a year, quarterly in advance. ORGANIZED, May, 1828. Irs object, as stated in its Constitution, is "to illustrate the inconsistency of war with Christianity, to show its baleful influence on all the great interests of mankind, and devise means for securing universal and permanent peace." For this purpose it seeks to form a public opinion in favor of superseding war by peaceful expedients more effectual than war, for the great ends of international security and justice, such as Occasional Reference, Stipulated Arbitration, and a Congress of Nations. These expedients, identical in principle with the system of laws and courts provided by every government for its own subjects, we would have extended, with suitable modifications, to the brotherhood of nations for the settlement of their disputes in essentially the same way that individuals and minor communities do theirs. The Society prints and circulates pamphlets, tracts and volumes, holds public meetings, and maintains correspondence with the friends of peace in other countries, watches against the approach of national hostilities, and strives to prevent them by timely remonstrance. It endeavors, also, to enlist in this cause the Christian pulpit, the entire periodical press, and all seminaries of learning, as the chief engines for creating or control. ling public opinion; and by such means it hopes in time to induce governments to exchange their present war-system for peaceful, Christian methode of settling their difficulties. It invites the co-operation of all who are willing to aid in thus promoting peace on earth and good-will among men. FUNDS. In carrying on these operations as they should be, there will be needed, at least for a time, quite as large an amount as in the Bible Society. Besides an office and a Periodical as its organ, the Society ought to establish in all great centres of business depositories of peace publications, and employ in every State one or more lecturing agents to keep the subject constantly before the whole community, but more especially to bring it before ecclesiastical bodies, seminaries of learning, and the State and national governments. - SOURCES OF INCOME. -Besides collections, donations, legacies, and the sale of publicatiors, there are Life-Directorships, $50; Life-Memberships, $20; Annual Membership, $2; to all which the society's periodical is sent without charge, and for a year, also, to every donor of $1, or more, and to every pastor who preaches on the subject and takes up an annual collection for the cause. ADVOCATE OF PEACE-Devoted to the Peace Question in its manifold bearings, and containing discussions of principles, and measures connected with the peace movement, statistics, anecdotes and illustrations from history, biographical sketches of distinguished friends, reviews of books on the subject, and general facts respecting the progress of the cause through the world. Monthly, or a double number once in two months, making a volume in two years, for $1.00, or ten cents a number. To auxiliary societies, or clubs cf not less than ten, 30 per cent. discount. |