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The Growth of Peace Principles, and Methods of Propagating Them
Presented to the Triennial Woman's Council. Argues against war; discusses recent changes in society.
Lockwood, Belva Ann, 1830-1917
1895-02-28
13 pages
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Belva Ann Lockwood Papers, SCPC-DG-098
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within the walls of salvation. It would be the aawning ofa new
sun, an epoch in history ever to be remembered, that would
bring light and joy to the world.
The present industrial condition of the country, the struggle
_ of labor, organized and unorganized, against the grasping greed
of monopolies, of trusts, of vast aggregations, of capital, defying
competition and evading legislation, is a far greater menace to
the security and prosperity of the State than the frown of any
contiguous or foreign foe possibly can be. Canada and Mexico
are our sisters and friends, bound to us by consanguinity and
common interests on the one side, and by peaceful commercial
treaties on the other. In the past forty-six years there has been
no threat of violence from either. | |
- But a great strike, that quarters on a community thousands
of idle men, ties up the railroads, the great living arteries of a
nation’s life, impedes the mails and blocks the wheels of com-
merce, is a menace of which wise legislators should take note. A
Government that does not protect life and property, and the
guaranty to every citizen of the pursuit of happiness, fails in
its mission. The prime object of Government is the greatest
good to the greatest number, and that is why we are taxed to
support it. A strike is a war whose blow is aimed at the very
root of society, and, however good the intent, has proved as dan-
gerous in the hands of modern leaders as guns and pistols would
be in the nursery. | : |
Felix Adler, in his opening address at Columbia College
before the School of Ethics, in this city, referring to strikes,
uses these words: “Our country is disturbed ; the public peace
has been broken, and outbursts of violence are occurring at
shorter and shorter intervals. If we are not to rely upon mere
brute force in quelling these disturbances; if we are not to de-
pend upon boyonets and machine guns, we must find a way of
peaceably solving these difficulties. We must see whether we
cannot come to some conclusions, alleviate distrust, and allay
that keen sense of social justice which is far more operative to
breed discontent than distress itself.”
Carroll D. Wright, who has made social conditions the study
of years, said recently before the Woman’s National Press Club
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