Earlier text: A LITTLE WHILE.It is a truism that the weakness of a nation can never be a guarantee for its security; but is it equally true that national peace can only be placed beyond the risk of disturbance by the maintenance of immense and costly military armaments? The philosophers of the Peace Society teach a very different wisdom, but Louis Napoleon, who is not generally believed to be a fool, pronounces this to be the only true faith, and the French people, acting through the Assembly of their representatives, have yielded to his demand for an army of 800,000 men in time of peace, and the establishment of a system that will enable him to bring into the field a force of one million and a quarter of soldiers in time of war. One-thirtieth of the whole population of France is to be converted into soldiers, and as an inevitable consequence, the other European nations are to go on in what seems to us to be an endless and insane competition in military expenditure and armaments. Under the reign of Louis Philippe, France contented herself with an army of 300,000 men; under Louis Napoleon, until now, she has borne the burden of sustaining the subtraction of 400,000 of her male citizens from the pursuits of industry and production; and now, at one step, this immense force is to be doubled. Out of a population of 38,000,000 souls, 800,000 “bread-winners” are to be taken for nine years, one-half of whom will be for five years in the active army, and the other half for four years in the reserve. Before the war in the Crimea, 80,000 men were annually conscripted for the army in France; during the war this number was raised to 140,000 men; then it was reduced to 100,000 men, at which figure it has since remained until now. To supply these conscripts, 300,000 young men are annually obliged to take part in this singular lottery, and of the 100,000 who draw the fatal “black bean,” about 75,000 are really obliged to become soldiers. The term of service is seven years, but in practice this is generally reduced to five or six years. Of these recruits only a portion join the regular army, the remainder being drilled at home, in the departments to which they belong. A conscript can purchase a substitute for $400—the Government for this sum undertaking to fill the vacancy, which it does by paying a bounty and increased pay to old soldiers who re-enlist. But this system is now, in many respects, to be changed, the terms of service being extended to nine years, the conscription being more severe, and the purpose of the new law being to have an army of 800,000 men always ready for action. To keep our army in the field during the late rebellion—an army which varied in nominal strength from 75,000 to 1,000,000 men—rolled up that gigantic debt, under which the people of the United States are now groaning. But not only was this debt contracted for an exceptional and holy purpose, but it was incurred by a people who have no other national burdens upon them, and will be paid with the hopeful and cheering assurance that it will be the last expenditure of this nature that they will be called upon to make, and that the blessings secured by it are well worth all they cost. But France must make up her mind to be reconciled to the necessity of furnishing a permanent standing army of 800,000 men, at a cost that must seriously increase the financial troubles of the State—an army that must turn away from all the productive occupations of life the flower of her children in the best days of their life, making them forever after unfitted for these pursuits, and at once a menace to other countries, and a burden and danger to their own. This is only the regular army; but in addition to this, there are to be about 460,000 “mobile” National Guards, whom the Emperor may summon to his aid in time of war. Thus a force is to be provided of 1,260,000 men, with which at his heels, Louis Napoleon may perhaps feel tolerably secure. Austria is now laboring to provide for an effective army of a little more than 1,000,000 soldiers. Italy is organizing an army of little less than 1,000,000. Germany has a force of 1,250,000 men, and Russia can muster 1,300,000 soldiers. The “general arming” movement which commenced after the issue of the war of 1866, has not yet ended. It still remains true that when France arms, the other nations must do so likewise. But the converse is likewise true, and Louis Napoleon has plausible reasons to prove that he is only acting the part of prudence in thus making France so formidably strong. Russia, always powerful, has now waxed so great as to inspire well-founded alarm among those of her neighbors whom she has not already seized upon and swallowed. Toward the others she glances with a hungry air, and her king and his minister have plainly shown that they are restrained from making war only by their own pleasure, and not by any fear of the consequences. Public opinion is powerful, but Bismarck laughs it to scorn. The time has been when Prussia, less powerful than she now is, held at bay the allied forces of France, Russia, Austria, and Sweden; and the glorious history of a score of gigantic battles attests the magnificent discipline and the extraordinary courage of the great armies which seem to spring from her soil in constant readiness to crush the foes of the Faderland. As we contemplate the spectacle which the whole of Europe now presents, we must bid farewell to the idea of Lessing, Bastiat, Cobden, and Gladstone, that as nations become wealthy they will grow peaceful, and that Free-trade is the most potent foe of war. Never was trade so free as it now is all over Europe, and never were the preparations for war so extensive and alarming. A hundred years ago, a philosopher proclaimed the discovery of the great truth that men were not born into the world, to send each other out of it—but the greater part of mankind, ever since that proclamation, have been engaged in demonstrating its practical falsity.—Boston Journal. Publication Department.
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The New York Journal of the Telegraph of Monday has the following: “At an early hour this morning, the wires of the Western Union Telegraph Company, from San Francisco to Plaister Cove, Cape Breton, and the wires of the New York, Newfoundland & London Telegraph Company from Plaister Cove to Heart’s Content, were connected, and a brisk conversation began between the two continental extremes. Compliments were then passed between San Francisco and Valentia, Ireland, when the latter announced that a message was just then coming from London direct. This was said at twenty minutes past 7 A. M., Valentia time, February 1st. At twenty-one minutes past 7 A. M., Valentia time, the London message was started from Valentia for San Francisco; passed through New York at 35 minutes past 2 A. M., New York time; was received in San Francisco at 21 minutes past 1 P. M., San Francisco time, January 31st, and was at once acknowledged—the whole process occupying two minutes actual time, and the distance traversed about 14,000 miles! “Immediately after the transmission of the message referred to, the operator at San Francisco sent an eighty-word message to Heart’s Content in three minutes, which the operator at Heart’s Content repeated back in two minutes and fifty seconds. Distance, about 5,000 miles. A REVOLUTION of some kind seems to be inevitable in France. The letters of our Paris correspondent, himself an original Bonapartist, show how great is the discontent even among the early and disinterested friends of the Empire. The prestige of the Emperor is fast waning. Men begin to ask themselves where are the proofs of his greatness. He has carried on three foreign wars since the coup d’état, and where are their fruits? The Eastern question, which he thought to settle in the Crimea, has never been settled a moment since the fall of Sevastopol. It is ready to break out again any day. Italy, in whose behalf he drew the sword against Austria and sacrificed life and treasure without stint, looks upon France as her foe, and upon Napoleon as her dragon. So all that has been lost. In Mexico he has failed to establish a foreign prince upon the ruins of a republic, but succeeded in incurring the hostility of the United States and the distrust of his own people. The last vestige of the kingdom of Poland, in which he encouraged insurrection, has disappeared. He encouraged Prussia to go to war with Austria, in the hope that both would be weakened by the struggle. He was surprised and chagrined to find a new power created by that conflict, whose consequence he estimates at so high a rate that he demands a conscription calling the whole French people to arms. So much for his foreign policy. At home he has corrupted everybody whose virtue is assailable, and has persecuted the remainder with unceasing malignity. With an army of soldiers, an army of spies, and an army of harlots, he has thus far kept the spirit of the people in subjection. He has made his name a synonym for everything depraved, and has laid the foundations of his dynasty on all the low instincts and base passions of human nature. It is impossible that such a foundation should be stable. The four winds of heaven conspire against it. Crumble it must. The French people, appearances to the contrary notwithstanding, are a great nation—far too great to be much longer bestridden by such a criminal. All the signs of the times point to a crisis in the affairs of the Second Empire. The public debt has increased at the rate of ten per cent per annum ever since the fatal year 1851, and now we hear that a new loan of four hundred millions is about to be put upon the market, although the revenues are not sufficient to pay the interest and current expenses of a time of peace. What with more grinding taxes, new conscriptions, severer laws against the press, and a heavier hand on the safety-valve generally, it will be surprising indeed if three more years pass over the throne of Napoleon III.—Chicago Tribune. TEACH your child to be honest, because it is right so to be; let sinners inculcate the quasi-religious proverb of honesty being the best policy. And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand. PROVIDENCE permitting, I will meet with the church in Parkville, Sabbath, Feb. 22. At the school-house near John Langdon's, Feb. 23. Meetings at 10½ o'clock. JOHN BYINGTON. THE next Quarterly Meeting of the Seventh-day Adventists of this vicinity will be held at the Gregory school-house, March 7 and 8. We hope to see all the scattered friends of the truth at this meeting. Come up in the name of the Lord. WM. H. SLOWN, Elder. THE next Quarterly Meeting of the Marion and Lisbon churches will be held at Anamosa, March 7 and 8, 1868. Let it be understood by the scattered brethren that meetings will be held, the third Sabbath in each month, at Fairview. S. T. CHAMBERLAIN, Clerk. A limited space will be given under this head for Business Notices from the brethren, at 20 cents per line for each insertion. Parties must give good reference as to their standing and responsibility. A GOOD LOCALITY FOR A GOOD CARPENTER OR BLACKSMITH.—The subscriber desirous of changing his location, would like to trade his house and lot situated in Johnstown Center, Rock Co., Wis., for a small farm in Southern or Central Illinois or Southern Michigan, or will sell at a bargain for cash. For particulars address Alfred Hough, Johnstown Center, Wis. TO THE S. D. A. CHURCHES IN MAINE: It will be seen by reference to our Constitution, that Art. iii, Sec. 3 and 4, provides that the S. D. Treasurer of each church, and all scattered brethren within the bounds of this Conference, shall at the end of each quarter, send in to the Conference Treasurer all funds in their possession which have been paid in for the support of this Conference. And that they shall be required to send a written report of all such sums so paid into the Secretary of the Conference together with the amount pledged by their respective church, and a strict account of all money which may have been paid out by them to any ministers in the employ of said Conference. Also that said ministers should make a report to the Secretary of all their expenditures and receipts at the end of each quarter. The first quarter of our Conference year ended Feb. 1, 1868. And we hope that all our brethren will be prompt in sending in their reports, and in settling up their S. D. accounts, as the prosperity of the cause in this State, depends to a greater or less degree upon the faithful performance of our individual duties. The address of the Conference Treasurer is W. A. Towle, Cornville, Me. Secretary, H. C. Winslow, Topsham, Me. If any have not received blank Reports, let them write me and I will send again. By order of the Maine State Conference Committee- H. C. WINSLOW, Secretary. “THE SWORD THAT CUTS, AND FIRE THAT BURNS.”
A copy of “The Sword that Cuts, and Fire that Burns,” by D. F. Newton, notice of which was given in the Review some weeks since, has been received from the publishers. Our readers are familiar with his style. The present work is a collection of sharp reproofs forcibly uttered against a multitude of sins, with illustrations and sketches, forming a handsome volume of 456 pages. Price in cloth $1.50, gilt $2.00. To be had of D. F. Newton, 303 West 20th street, N. Y. City. “THE GLAD TIDINGS.”
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We have received the first number of a well executed monthly, entitled “The Glad Tidings,” a monthly magazine, devoted to Christ’s second coming, and kindred Bible truths, and the promotion of practical Christianity in its primitive purity.” Edited and published by W. H. Spencer, Brockport, N. Y. Terms $1.00 per year. E. ENGLES, You will find the question proposed to you on Heb. xi, 27, answered in Review, Vol. xxx, No. 14, under the heading, Infidel Objections Answered. We wish to say to Bro. Waggoner that his letter of invitation to Bro. Andrews, Mrs. W. and self to visit Ohio, is received, and is being considered by us. It will give us pleasure to visit our brethren in that State, if it be the will of God, when pressing duties are done elsewhere. At present we have work to do in Northern Michigan. If we can see our way clear to visit Ohio before General Conference, seasonable notice will be given in Review. JAMES WHITE.