The Swedish Beginning of Pennsylvania And Other Events in Pennsylvania History
The Swedish Beginning of Pennsylvania And Other Events in Pennsylvania History
Thomas Willing Balch
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The essay wa« also reprinted in, A Collection of the Works of William Penn, published at London, 1726, volume II, pages 838-848. This work may also be found reprinted in toto in Publication* of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Contributions to American History, " Philadelphia, 1858, pages 265-281. 19 concluded by the two treaties of Ryswick in 1697. Impressed, undoubtedly, by the great destruction of both life and property while that war was going on, as well as the great disturbance whi...ch it caused to the commerce of Europe, Penn sought in his essay to point out "the desirableness of peace and the truest means of it, " both for that time and the future as well. In the beginning of his essay after advocating the advantages of peace, Penn insisted that the best way to maintain it was to administer justice among the powers. "As Justice is a Preserver, so it is a better Procurer of Peace, " he says, "than War * * * * The Advantage that Justice has upon War is seen by the Success of Embassies, that so often prevent War by hearing the Pleas and Memorials of Justice in the Hands and Mouths of the Wronged Party.
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