Not only every war, but every recognition of war as the mode of determining international differences, is evidence that we are yet barbarians,--and so also is every ambition for empire founded on force, and not on the consent of the people.
Sumner argues that reliance on war for resolving international disputes reflects barbarism.
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It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
I agree with the Convention in the importance of the new organization; nor do I think there are many candid persons, recognizing morals as the soul of all true politics, who will hesitate in this conclusion.
It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
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