Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1880 — Couquests, Ancient and Modern. [ARTICLE]

Couquests, Ancient and Modern.

tone off thatit his Onnyan predecessor. The ancient conqueror coqkl imp cue a tribute. which the comparative nrildnew of modern notions will scarcely tolerate, and it waa once worth while to conquer poor and savage race* for the sake of obtaining Haves, which the civilisation of modem Europe no longer endures. That it appears that the principal no tives which spurred men on to war in former times no longer exists, and that if it is the duty of statesmen to act solely for the happiness of the people they govern, it is equally their interest to avoid wars from which the mildness of modern manners prevents them from winning even the miserable advantages that war, if sortearful, cook) ones afford. Bat the case against war is still stronger when we consider that we have already, obtained, without shedding a drop or blood, ail and more than all that the most successful war could possibly give as. Ws won Canada by a series or bloody battles, but Australia we obtained without any battle at aIL We sought in the imperial way to make oar colonies in North America our tributaries, and they separated from us, after inflicting upon as defeat and humiliation unknown to os before. We supposed that we had lost a great and irreplaceable dominion, but we found that for all useful purposes ws bad lost nothing by the separation; for all pacific uses the United States were still at our service. So long as vacant lands in temperate latitudes exist on the earth we have at our disposal, without shedding a drop of blood, all that the most successful war can give us. Just aa we have discovered that any amount of territory may be acquired without war, so we have discovered and clearly proved that wealth beyond the dreams of avarice maybe acquired without plunder. The way to grow rich is not to plunder and rain other people, but to assist them in becoming rich themselves. The Roman empire perished because the subjects were unable to endure the weight of taxation. England Sourish es because her peaceful industry can supply the demands of her government, and yet leave enough in the hands of tier people to stand against the competition of the world.