blishment of the

present.

directly to the ex- | isting | war | system, the es- | taAccording to | recent calculations, its annual | cost is not | less than a | thousand | million dollars. |

|

En-Ideavor, for a I moment, by a com- | parison with | other | interests, to grapple with this | sum. 771

It is larger than the en- | tire commerce and manu- | factures of the

profit of all the

world. ||

It is larger than | all the ex- | penditure | for | agri

| cultural | labor,

for the pro- | duction of | food for | man,

upon the whole | surface of the globe. ||

It is larger, by a | hundred | millions, than the a- | exports of all the nations of the

mount of all the

earth.11

It is larger, by | more than | five | hundred millions, than the value of | all the | shipping of the | civilized world.

It is larger, | by |nine | hundred and | ninety- | seven millions, than the | annual com- | bined | charities of | Europe and America for | preaching the | Gospel to the heathen.

| |

Yes! the common- | wealth of | Christian | states,

in- cluding our | own | country, ap-propriates, |

out hesitation, as a matter of course,

|

wards of a | thousand | millions of dollars | annually |

with- |

up

to

the maintenance of the war system, | and | vaunts its | two millions of | dollars, | la- | boriously col- | lected, |◄

for dif- fusing the | light of the | Gospel in foreign | lands!

With un- told | prodi- | gality of | costit per- | petu

ates the worst | heathenism of | war, || while by | charities, insig-| nificant in com- | parison, it doles to the | heathen the message of | peace! | At | home it | breeds and fattens a | cloud of eagles and vultures trained to | swoop upon the | land; to | all the | gentiles across the sea it dis- | misses a solitary |

dove!

Consider the pro- | digious | sums, ex- | ceeding

in | all | two | thousand | millions of

dered by the U-|nited | States | tion of the Federal | consti- | tution,

dollars,

squan

the war | system. Surely, if these | means had | | |

been devoted to | railroads

and colleges, our | country

and ca- | nals, to schools

would possess, at the

| present moment, an ac- cumulated ma- | terial | power, |

grander | far than | any she | now | boasts. |

| But there is an- | other | power of more un- | failing | temper, which would also be hers. Over- | | 9 | flowing with in- | telligence, with | charity, ❘ with

| civilization, with all that | constitutes a generous state, she would be able to | win | peaceful | triumphs, transcending | all she has | yet a- | chieved;

sur

|

rounding the land with an in- | vincible | self-de- | fensive 1

might, and in their unand | in their un- | fading | brightness | rendering all glory from | war im- | possible.

SUMNER.

MAROT'S ODE TO HIS MISTRESS.

TRANSLATED FROM CLEMENT MAROT, A FRENCH POET OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.

A GENTLENESS spread over a fair face,
Passing in beauty the most beautiful;

A chaste eye, in whose light there lies no stain;
A frank discourse, so simple and so true

That who should hear it, through an hundred years,
Would never weary in that century;

A lively wit; a learning which makes marvel;
And such sweet gracefulness diffused o'er all,
And ever present in her speech or silence;
That fain I would my power did suffice

To pen her merit on this paper down,

Even as it is written in my heart.

And all these precious gifts, and thousands more,

Cling to a body of high parentage;

And tall, and straight; and formed in its fair stature

As if it were to be at once adored

By men and gods. O! would I were a prince!

That I might proffer to thee my poor service.
Yet why a prince? Is not the gentle mountain.

Often of aspect fairer than the crag?

Do not low olive-tree and humble rose

Charm rather than the oak? Is't not less peril
To swim the streamlet than to stem the river?
I know I levy and defray no armies,

I launch no fleets, whose prize might be a Helen's.
But if my fortune had endowed me so,

I would have died or else have conquered thee.
And if I am in fact no conqueror,

Yet do my will and spirit make me one.
My fame, like that of kings, fills provinces.
If they o'ercome men in fair feats of arms,
In
my fair verse
I overcome in turn.
If they have treasure, I have treasure also;
And of such things as lie not in their coffers.
If they are powerful, I hold more power,
For I have that to make my love immortal.
Nor this I say in vaunt, but strong desire
That thou shouldst understand how never yet
I saw thy match in this life of this world:
Nor breathing being who the power owned
Thus to make subject mine obedience.

IT

THE STUDY OF ELOCUTION.

may be proper, in this place, to notice and briefly answer the objections which some excellent but prejudiced persons urge against the study of elocution. Some allege the study of this art generally induces a stiff, formal, mechanical, and affected manner of reading and speaking, at variance with the ease and truthfulness of nature. It is obvious that the imperfect, not to say preposterous, manner in which elocution is often taught, has given rise to this grave objection; for here, as in other arts and sciences, the baleful influence of quackery has been felt. The minds of youthful students are bewildered and quite repelled from the prosecution of this delightful study, in their attempts to comprehend the complicated diagrams which teachers have framed for the purpose, no doubt, of displaying their inventive genius, and gaining popularity. The ambitious system of notation, how perplexing to the mind of the neophyte ! and how repugnant to that genuine simplicity and naturalness which lies at the foundation of all solid instruction. Hear the judicious Dr. Porter on this point:-"The reasonable prejudice which some intelligent men have felt against any system of notation, arises from the preposter