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NATION SHALL NOT LIFT UP SWORD AGAINST NATION, NEITHER SHALL THEY LEARN WAR ANY MORE.

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Publications of the Am. Peace Society....

Gen. William Cogswell's Address.

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Chief Executive Officers Am. Peace Society.... 4

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COVER.

The Conscript..

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The Boston Globe Again..

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War Becoming Impossible..

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Testimonial from Prof. Perrine.

New Year's Greetings...

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A Thank Offering..

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The Cost of Standing Armies..

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Happy New Year.

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Progress of the Cause.

Peace Meetings...

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Letter to the Children..

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General Agents...

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Peace Society's Envelope..

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Address by Prof. Crosby.

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Dymond on War..

Address by Rev. J. B Miles,

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Address of Rev. Hugh Elder.

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My Three Little Texts.

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To the Friends of Peace in the West.
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Address of R. S. Rantoul, Esq..

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The Apostle of Peace.

THE ADVOCATE OF PEACE.

Published the first of every month by the American Peace Society.

SOCIETY'S OFFICE,

36 Bromfield St., Boston, Mass.

TERMS, $1.00 a year in advance; to ministers, 75 cents. Postage twelve cents a year. EDITED BY THE SECRETARY.

EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS.

HON. AMASA WALKER, North Brookfield, Mass.
HOWARD MALCOM, D. D., Philadelphia, Penn.
WM G. HUBBARD, ESQ., Delaware, Ohio.
REV. WM. STOKES, Manchester, England.
ELIHU BURRITT, Esq., New Britain, Conn.
Rev. J. H. BAYLISS, Chicago, Ill.
ABEL STEVENS, LL. D., Brooklyn, N. Y.
JULIA WARD Howe, Boston, Mass.

ing at an early day an International Peace Parliament or Con-
for the purpose of improving the golden opportunity fur-
gress,
nished by the Geneva Arbitration, and other Providential circum-
stances. In view of these facts the Executive Committee ear-
nestly appeal to the friends of peace in all parts of the country,
to rally for the help of the Society in this exigency. Let all
who are indebted for the Advocate promptly remit. Let all
who have the ability to assist this Christian and philanthropic
cause, rightly considered second to no benevolent enterprise of
this century, have also the disposition to help it forward. A.
failure for the lack of pecuniary means of the great work
which we are now called upon to accomplish, would be most
deplorable. Let all the friends of God and humanity weigh the
especial claims of this cause at the present time, and make a
prompt and generous response to this appeal.
In behalf of the Executive Committee,

JAMES B. MILES,
Corresponding Secretary and Assistant Treasurer.

PECIAL APPEAL OF THE EXECUTIVE COM- To whom it may concern:

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Among the sufferers by the great fire that has desolated ne of the richest portions of our city, is the American Peace At a union meeting of all the churches of this village, held ociety. We are devoutly grateful that the Wesleyan Building, which are our rooms, and which was in great danger at one at the Presbyterian church, a few weeks since, she was listened age of the fire, was preserved. But the establishment of our to by a large and deeply interested audience. Ignoring all mere inter, J. E. Farwell, Esq., in which were many of our stereo- sentimentalism, and dealing in facts alone, her address throughpe plates, was consumed with all its contents. In several other out was replete with instruction. Believing as I do that no ays our Society suffers severely, and by this great catastrophe as been deprived of funds to quite a large amount, which we community can afford to have her pass through unheard, I most pected to have received ere this, and which we are in pressing earnestly bespeak for her the pulpits and rostrums of this

eed of for the prosecution of the ordinary operations of the So-State.
ety; but this loss is especially grievous to us now, as we are
eatly enlarging our work, and are engaged in efforts for conven-

W. H. PERRINE,

Prof. Hist. and Belles-lettres, Albion College..

REV. AND DEAR SIR:

Office Am. Peace Society, 36 Bromfield St.,
Boston, Oct. 10, 1872,

A peculiar exigency exists in the operations of the American Peace Society. The recent successful termination of the Geneva Arbritration furnishes an opportune occasion for bringing the leading minds of all nations together in an INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS. For this reason, special contributions are needed at this time, as well as extraordinary efforts to arouse the people, and especially Christians of all denominations, to the importance of energetic and definite action with a view of creating perpetual peace among the nations.

The officers of this Society present an urgent appeal to Pastors to secure from their respective churches, an especial contribution, as a thank offering, for the grand victory of Peace at Geneva and to aid the Society in this Christ-like and philanthropic work.

We would also invite each Pastor to preach a discourse upon the inspiring subject of Peace on the day the contribution is to be taken.

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The undersigned, cordially approve of the great and beneficent work in which the American Peace Society is engaged, and especially the object of the proposed International Congress.

SIDNEY PERHAM, Governor of Maine.
JULIUS CONVERSE, Governor of Vermont.
SETH PADELFORD, Governor of Rhode Island.
ISRAEL WASHBURNE, JR, Ex-Gov. of Maine.
L. A. WILMOT, Governor of New Brunswick.

JOHN T. HOFFMAN, Governor of New York.
JOHN W. GEARY, Governor of Pennsylvania.
E. F. NOYES, Governor of Ohio.

C. C. CARPENTER, Governor of Iowa.
P. H. LESLIE, Governor of Kentucky.

HARRISON REED, Governor of Florida.

THE CALL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL PEACE CONGRESS.

The undersigned, believing that the peace and well-being of nations, the best institutions and enterprises of Christian civilization, including all the great interests of humanity, demand a permanent guarantee against the peril and even possibility of war, regard the present as a favorable opportunity for convening eminent publicists, jurists, statesmen and philanthropists of different countries in an INTERNATIONAL PEACE CONGRESS, for the purpose of elaborating and commending to the governments and peoples of Christendom, an INTERNATIONAL CODE, and other measures, for substituting the arbitrament of reason and justice for the barbarous arbitrament of the sword. We do, therefore, unite in the call for such a Congress. The above has been signed by the following gentlemen, among others:

Theodore D. Woolsey, D. D., LL. D., New Haven.

Mark Hopkins, D. D., LL. D., Williams College.

Emory Washburn, LL. D., Cambridge, Mass.

Hon. Reverdy Johnson, Baltimore, Md.

David Dudley Field, LL. D., New York.

Hon. Gerritt Smith, Peterboro', New York.

Hon. Peter Cooper, New York.

George H. Stuart, Esq., Philadelphia.

Howard Malcom, D. D., LL. D., Philadelphia.

Hon. F. R. Brunot, Chairman Indian Commission, Pittsburg, Pa.

Hon. Elihu Burritt, New Britain, Ct.

Hon. Edward S. Tobey, Boston, Mass.
Amasa Walker, LL. D., No. Brookfield, Mass.
George F. Gregory, Mayor of Fredericton, N. B.
Hon. Wm. E. Dodge, New York.

Hon. G. Washington Warren, Pres. Bunker Hill Mt. As'tion.

Hon. John J. Fraser, Provincial Secretary, N. B.

C. H. B. Fisher, Esq., Fredericton, N. B.

T. H. Rand, Chief Superintendent Education, N. B.

A. F. Randolf, Esq., Fredericton, N. B.

J. B. Morrow, Esq., Halifax, N S.

John S. Maclean, Esq., Halifax, N. S.

D. Henry Starr, Esq., Halifax, N. S.

M. H. Richey, Ex-Mayor, Halifax, N. S.

Geo. H. Starr, Esq., Halifax, N. S.

Jay Cooke, Esq., Philadelphia.

John G. Whittier, Amesbury, Mass.

Hon. Charles T. Russell, Cambridge, Mass
Samuel Willets, New York.
Joseph N. Dugdale, Iowa.

Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Commendation of the Peace Cause by Prominent Men in the United States.

"The cause of Peace we regard as an eminently philanthropic and Christian enterprise of great importance, and worthy of sympathy and support. It has already accomplished much good, and would doubtless accomplish vastly more, if it possessed adequate means. We think it deserves, as it certainly needs, a large increase of funds. The American Peace Society, charged with the care of this cause in our own country, and whose management has deservedly secured very general approbation, we cordially commend to the liberal patronage of the benevolent."

A. P. Peabody, D. D. LL. D., Cambridge, Mass.

Hon. Charles Sumner, LL. D., Boston, Mass.

A. A. Miner, D. D., Pres't Tufis' College, Boston, Mass.

Hon. Wm. A. Buckingham, Ex-Gov. of Conn.

Luke Hitchcock, D. D., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Leonard Bacon, D. D., New Haven, Conn.
Gardiner Spring, D. D., New York.

Stephen H. Tyng, D. D., "

Howard Malcom, D. D., LL. D., Philadelphia.

Bishop Thomas A. Morris, Springfield, Ohio.

Rev. T. D. Woolsey, D. D., LL. D., Ex-President Yale College

E. O. Haven, D. D., Evanston, Ill.

Hon. David Turner, Crown Point, Ind
J. M. Gregory, LL. D., Champaign, Ill.

R. M. Hatfield, D. D., Chicago, Ill.
John V. Farwell, Chicago, Ill.

Hon. Wm. R. Marshall, Ex-Gov. of Minn.

Hon. James Harlan, U. S. Senator, Iowa.
Rev. P. Akers, D. D., Jacksonville, Ill.

Rev. Noah Porter, D. D., LL. D., Pres. Yale College.

Rev. Prof. Samuel Harriss, D. D., LL. D., Yale Theological Seminary.

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ANOTHER VICTORY OF PEACE. The long standing dispute between Great Britain and the United States, respecting the Northwestern boundary, has been amicably settled; affording another illustration of the feasibility of adjusting the aggravated differences of nations without resort to war. Upon this settlement the Union Advocate of New York has the following excellent observations.

Our readers know that there has long been a dispute between the United States and British governments as to the interpretation of the treaty of 1846, defining the Northwestern boundary--the United States claiming the Island of San Juan as within her territory, and Great Britain claiming it as hers. The settlement of this question was pending when the Washington Treaty was under consideration. By the terms of that treaty the San Juan question was left to the decision of Emperor William of Germany, who brought to his aid as Imperial advisers, Grimm, Vice-President of the Supreme Court; Kiepert, the eminent geographer, and Goldschmidt, member of the Superior Tribunal of Leipsic. These referees made their respective reports to the Emperor, who has given his decision in favor of the United States.

The Emperor, with the highest sense of official duty, gave his personal attention to the subject, and, after the most careful study and deliberation, arrived at a conclusion satisfactory to his own sense of justice.

Since the decision was rendered, Odo Russell, the British ambassador to Berlin, called on Mr. Bancroft and exchanged congratulations upon the termination of the long-standing San Juan dispute. Mr. Russell said the last cause for difficulty between England and America had been removed, and henceforth peace and friendship would prevail between the two nations. In a letter to the Emperor William, Mr. Bancroft says he is charged by the President of the United States, in the name of the American people, to thank His Majesty for the great pains he has taken in, and the attention which he has devoted to the case growing out of the dispute between Great Britain and the United States in regard to the Northwestern boundary. The letter closes with the assurance of continued friendship and good-will between the United States and Germany.

Do we realize the wonderful progress in Christian civilization denoted by these transactions? Within a few years past England and the United States have had very serious difficulties with each other, difficulties which touched their national pride, and which in former times would have saturated many a field with blood. The dispute in regard to the privateers "Alabama," "Shenandoah," etc., fitted out against our commerce in British ports, was so bitter that we ourselves feared that it could be settled only by war; but a few quiet men met in Geneva, studied into the case, made a decision on its merits, and lo! both disputants at once acquiesced and quieted down.

So in regard to our Northwestern boundary. We remember how hot our American blood was about it a few years ago. Fifty-four Forty or Fight!" was the motto upon our banners. But a fine old German gentleman takes it in hand, hears both sides, sleeps over it, puts his finger on what he thinks the true division line between the quarrelsome neighbors, and at that we instantly agree, shake hands, and not a drop of blood is spilled Who shall say now that the world is not improving? The Millennial days, when the lion shall lie down with the lamb, have not exactly arrived, but they have advanced so far

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that the Lion and the Eagle can adjust a dispute without clapper clawing each other.

And how much more sensible and equitable is a decision thus made by an investigating court, or referee, than one which comes from the brutal arbitrament of war?

THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.

This state paper has been received with quite general and hearty approval. The friends of humanity find a reason for no small measure of gratitude and joy in the fact that the great captain, who as President of the United States, closed his first message to Congress with the immortal petition, "Let us have peace," is now permitted to address to Congress such words as the following:

"In transmitting to you this my fourth Annual Message, it is with thankfulness to the Giver of all good that as a nation we have been blessed for the past year with peace at home and abroad, and a general prosperity vouchsafed to but few people. With the exception of the recent devastating fire, which swept from the earth with a breath as it were millions of accumulated wealth in the city of Boston, there has been no overshadowing calamity within the year to record. Otherwise we have been free from pestilence, war and calamities which often overtake nations, and as far as human judgment can penetrate the future, no cause seems to exist to threaten our present peace. When Congress adjourned in June last a question had been raised by Great Britain, and was then pending, which for a time seriously imperilled the settlement by friendly arbitration of the grave differences between this government and that of her Britannic Majesty, which, by the Treaty of Washington, had been referred to the Tribunal of Arbitration, which had met at Geneva, in Switzerland. The arbitrators, however, disposed of the question which had jeopardized the whole of the treaty and threatened to involve the two nations in most unhappy relations toward each other, in a manner entirely satisfactory to this government, and in accordance with the views and the policy which it had maintained. Her Majesty's government has communicated to me its appreciation by her Majesty of the ability and indefatigable industry displayed by Mr. Adams, the arbitrator named on the part of this government, during the protracted inquiries and discussions of the tribunal. I cordially unite with her Majesty in this appreciation. It is due to the agent of the United States before the Tribunal to record my high appreciation of the marked ability, unwearied patience, and the prudence and discretion with which he has conducted the very responsible and delicate duties committed to him. And it is also due to the learned and eminent counsel who attended the Tribunal on the part of this government to express my sense of the talents and wisdom which they brought to bear in the attainment of the result so happily reached."

The President speaks in equally complimentary terms of Mr. Bancroft, U. S. Minister at Berlin, for his zeal in maintaining the right of our governmeut in the San Juan Boundary Arbitration.

With France, our earliest ally; Russia, the constant and steady friend of the United States; Germany, with whose Government and people we have so many causes of friendship and so many common sympathies, and the other Powers of Europe, our relations are maintained on the most friendly terms,

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