Should not be extolled in literature or art, I. 281. Channing’s efforts against, I. 293, 295; II. 400. Not necessary except in self-defence, I. 294, 378; X. 84. The duel of nations, I. 294; II. 353; XVIII. 177. Milton on, II. 185. All war fratricidal, II. 191, 428. Satirized by Rabelais, II. 193. Voltaire on, II. 354. Worse than all natural ills, II. 354. La Bruyère on, II. 390. Franklin on, II. 398; his labors against, II. 398. Jefferson on, II. 399. Worcester’s and Ladd’s efforts against, II. 399, 400. S. Adams’s letter against, II. 404. Substitutes for, discussed by American and foreign governments, II. 406-409. J. Q. Adams on abolishing, II. 412. Powers of Congress against slavery, VII. 258; IX. 45, 128; XI. 191. Rights of, IX. 1, 34; X. 210. XIII. 325 _et seq._,--especially against enemy property, IX. 35-44. Abolition of, desired by working-men of Europe, XVIII. 236. Unnatural, XVIII. 248. Duke of Wellington on, XIX. 41. Allotment of powers of, according to the Constitution, XIX. 76; Judge Story on same, XIX. 77. See _Civil War_, _Private Wars_, _Rights of War_, _War Preparations_, and _War System_. War of the Rebellion, speech at beginning of the, VII. 224. Object of, VII. 231; IX. 11, 206; XI. 439 _et seq._, 443. Abolitionists not authors of, VII. 342-344. Applicability of international law to, IX. 13-24; XVII. 16,--judicial decisions and other authorities proving same, IX. 18-22; XVII. 17, 18. Character and importance of, IX. 234-236; X. 23, 295; XI. 445, 460-462, 479 _et seq._ Issues of the, IX. 322; XIX. 223, 262. Contrasted with Revolutionary War, X. 24, 256, 258; XII. 238; XVII. 301. The greatest victory of the, XIII. 219; XVII. 221; XVIII. 5; XIX. 226, 272, 308; XX. 289. Cost of, XVII. 241. See _Rebellion_. War Preparations, in time of peace, I. 74. Expenses of, in Europe and United States, I. 75-85; II. 367-369. Useless and harmful, I. 85, 98; II. 370. Promote war, I. 99-101; II. 369; XVIII. 226. Protested against by St. Augustine, I. 107. Unchristian, I. 108; II. 359. Should be abandoned, I. 115, 119. Condemned by Louis Philippe, I. 116; and by Penn, I. 118. Substitute for, II. 371. See _Disarmament_ and _War System_. War System of the commonwealth of nations, II. 323. Condemned, II. 361, 413. Influences opposed to, XVIII. 232, 242. Precedents for abolition of, XVIII. 242. Peril from, XVIII. 246 _et seq._ Warren, George W., letter to, XX. 279.