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Upwards of 30,000 persons have signed the pledge 

 in the United States. Leagues have been formed in 

 all the principal towns of Great Britain, France, 

 Germany, and America, and addresses on the subject 

 passed between each other. The first peace congress 

 met in London, in 1846 ; the second peace congress 

 met in Brussels, in 1847 ; and in the month of 

 August, 1849, the third congress met in Paris. 

 France, Germany, Belgium, England and the United 

 States were there represented by large numbers of 

 men, eminent in business, in politics, in literature, in 

 religion, and in philanthropy ; the Catholic archbishop 

 of Paris, and the eloquent protestant preacher, M. 

 Cocquerel ; Michael Chevalier, Horace Say, and F. 

 Basteat, distinguished political economists ; Emile de 

 Girardin, the most important political editor of 

 France ; Victor Hugo, illustrious in her literature ; 

 Richard Cobden, the well-known British statesman; 

 Elihu Burritt, the renowned American linguist and 

 philanthropist ; and the celebrated Lamartine. The 

 fourth and last peace congress met at Frankfort-on- 

 the-Maine, in Germany, on the 22d of August last, 

 (1850.) M. Jaub, ex-minister of the State of Darm- 

 stadt was appointed president of the congress. Among 

 other eminent men who were present from Great 



