We would call upon and implore the peoples of France and Germany, in order to enable their own rulers to realize these their peace-loving professions, to insist upon the abolition of standing armies, as both the source and means of war, nurseries of vice, and locust-consumers of the fruits of useful industry.
Sumner urges the peoples of France and Germany to demand the abolition of standing armies to promote peace.
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