The glory of a warrior prince can only be written in letters of blood, and he can only be immortalized by the remembrance of the devastation of provinces and the desolation of nations.

A warrior king depends for his reputation on the vulgar crowd, and must address himself to prejudice and ignorance to obtain the applause of a day, which the pen of the philosopher, the page of the historian, often annul, even before death…

Who, indeed, can refrain from lamenting another pernicious kind of sacrilege, an anthropomorphism, yet more frequent,--that of making Christian temples resound with prayers for victory over our enemies, and thanksgiving for their defeat?

War is on its last legs; and a universal peace is as sure as is the prevalence of civilization over barbarism, of liberal governments over feudal forms.

A day will come when the only battle-field will be the market open to commerce and the mind opening to new ideas.

A day will come when bullets and bomb-shells will be replaced by votes, by the universal suffrage of nations, by the venerable arbitration of a great Sovereign Senate, which will be to Europe what the Parliament is to England, what the…

A day will come when a cannon will be exhibited in public museums, just as an instrument of torture is now, and people will be astonished how such a thing could have been.

Clearly, beyond question, whatsoever be our theories about human nature and its capabilities and outcomes, the less war and cutting of throats we have among us, it will be better for us all.

Gathered within the folds of each are its own members, devoted to its chosen objects: and yet all are harmonious together; for all are inspired by one sentiment,--the welfare of the united Human Family.

The prisoner in his cell, the slave in his chains, the sailor on ocean wanderings, the Pagan on far off continent or island, and the ignorant here at home, will all be commended by eloquent voices.

Peace is the grand Christian charity, fountain and parent of all other charities.

Let Peace be removed, and all other charities sicken and die.

Let Peace exert her gladsome sway, and all other charities quicken into life.

Peace is the distinctive promise and possession of Christianity,--so much so, that, where Peace is not, Christianity cannot be.

There is nothing elevated which is not exalted by Peace.

There is nothing valuable which does not gain from Peace.

Of Wisdom herself it is said, that all her ways are pleasantness, and all her paths are Peace.

Naturally Peace is the longing and aspiration of the noblest souls, whether for themselves or for country.

Their introduction has perplexed the discussion, by transferring to the great cause of International Peace doubts which do not belong to it.

One of these is the declared right, inherent in each individual, to take the life of an assailant in order to save his own life,--compendiously called the Right of Self-Defence, usually recognized by philosophers and publicists as founded…

No defence of property, no vindication of what is called personal honor, justifies this extreme resort.

Nor does this right imply the right of attack; for, instead of attacking one another, on account of injuries past or impending, men need only resort to the proper tribunals of justice.

Of course all who subscribe to this renunciation of self-defence must join in efforts to abolish the Arbitrament of War.

Our appeal is to the larger number who make no such application of Christian precepts, who recognize the right of self-defence as belonging to each individual, and who believe in the necessity at times of exercising this right, whether…

Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.