A Collection Of Political Tracts Classic Reprint

Author : UNKNOWN. AUTHOR
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781331264194
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (641 download)

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Download or read book Politics for American Farmers written by UNKNOWN. AUTHOR and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-12 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Politics for American Farmers: Being a Series of Tracts, Exhibiting the Blessings of Free Government, as It Is Administered in the United States, Compared With the Boasted Stupendous Fabric of British Monarchy You hear every day of men crying out for war - for navies - for extravagant expenditures of money - for alliances with one power, and for hostility against another power - and it is difficult sometimes to account for these strange fantasies. There are certain truths, however, which the humblest man in point of information in the whole country can discover, and there are certain plain inferences to be drawn from the obvious facts, upon which no two men can honestly differ. No man will deny that peace and the security and happiness which it produces in a free government is the most desirable state of human society: no man will deny, that America owes to her pacific policy, that prosperity which has rendered her the envy of the world, and to which the unfortunate of the old world look for a safe refuge; no man will deny, that a pacific policy is that of all others inculcated by religion, and that nothing can be so foreign and destructive of religion and virtue as war and its concommitants. A nation then must be opposed by some overwhelming necessity, some irresistible evil not to be avoided or guarded against, if it can be at all justifiable in deviating from the principles which ensure happiness - which are the causes of prosperity - which are the fundamental principles of religion. Nothing but the obvious imminent danger of this happiness, and all the coincident blessings, can at any time justify a deviation from the system which produces so much good. These, we repeat it, are truths which no man can deny. Yet how are we to account for it, that every day you hear men crying out for war - for military navies - for armies - for extravagant establishments and expenditures - all incompatible with our policy, our peace, and our morals? Why is it that men who affect to be the most violent sticklers for religion, are also the most vociferous declaimers for this anti-religious policy ? Can any man say, that there is either piety, charity, virtue, or religion in such conduct? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.