Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-08-20
I.yNCHBURC VIRGINIAN.
naSnAy MORNING.. AUGUST 20, 1855.
senator Hunter and the Hlghs. Law,

Senator Eua.er and the Highs. Law,
1t is high lina that senator Hunter or some Vt
his newspaper organs had vonchsafed TO make
some explanation of Tint passage i' hts fe'efs-
-. s,,ac.h. which has been construed to sane
- ,Ao higber law doctrine of Senator Seward.
x,rhe, George Sanders first called public niten-
10 This paragraph, weattached bot ut''c e'hse'
anence TO the matter. not doubling but that II
would he promptly cleared rp by Senator Hunter
=, b;s friends. But 40 explanation has been
made in any quarter although the extract from
Mr.. Hunters speech has been going the ROUNDS
of he press for several weeks. and has been
made the saheet of much Comment. The Dem
ocra,io ,,aper. having the best right 10 speak Tor
NJ Hunter. such a. the Washington Sentinel
tho Richmond Enquirer aud the Richmnnd Exam
iner observe profound x studied silence on 'uo
snhieet. The Sentinel has been repeatedly eau
cd on hv the American Organ, 10 speak out o''
/, has not vet done SO. aud the Examiner III hhe
..,,.r h,s turned deaf ear TO the challenge ct
the rampant, George Sanders. what are we 10
understand from all this caution and reserve Oh
the part of our contemporaries ID" they mean
90 lni the case If Sanders versus Hunter go oY
a.f,nl,r Do they admit that our Statcs-rlghts
v;roi,a Senator did actually in the face OF
Virginia audience, promolgate the seward "'s"'
or Inv doctrine and that they are unable 10 SCI up
any defence in his behalfl We hope not we
rms, that Senator Hunter or his organs VIII YET
come forward before il is too late ana Ninc'c"e
h;s or,bordoSv against the charge that has been
brought agair st it. They will see from 'he sun
so;ne1 article that the National Era the Ao"hu'h
ORGAN Mt Washington claims Mr. Hunter az
,,,,yer, IN the higher law creed OF Seward anu
demands To know whereu the doctrine ct the Nm
,,;,,,o differs from that Of the New York Scna'
,o, Let the Enquirer and Examiner by demon
stra,ing the dfierenee.at once coniound the Era
,nd ID instee 10 their fayorite Statesman
From the National Era ( AboI'iion)
Rnt Since senator llunterhas become tue chah
MON of tha hi9her law. we d'd nope 'h"t Tue IN
ddniror and other Southern orgtns olpuh'lc opin'
ian yo,ld see the folly of attempting to keep Ia
oonntounpce the Northern doughtace' aud ,o0-
,};os who. in la5O--a raised their puny Noicea
i, roilingapainst the might nnd majesty oi licaV
an Mr. Hunter. in hi- late speech against Tue
intolerance Of Know Noihingism' takes the ldch
iicel ground Of Mr.. Seward III i5oo; that we must
..ohev God rather than man. ihls Is the ooS'
mn which was assailed by Professor o'oo''! ~
tbn instance, we beneNe.oi W. W ~. - -
wo mistake not. by Professor Lord. Mr.. Hun
W., w. - ,ot the firsi Southern man who saw the
,y;ckedne - and blasphemy of the Iower-law doc
,r;nos of Professor Stuart; we remember - have
seen. some ten or twelve months ago an eiaoo
yate defence of the "higher law IN Sou'h Gar
olina religious paper and we thlnN II put hatu'a.
,hn, the independent spirit OF the SCUM should
revolt at the maxim of despoilsm' that the aileF'
nnce of the subject is absolute, ana mat ross,
lance 10 the constituted authorities ~, under a''
circumstances, wicked aud criminal We Will re-
srasb tho Enouirer's recollection 10y quoting the
remark of the Virginia senator, us wo find cop
lad in n recent letter of George Sanders, ct gen
e,ai notoriety We have seen the same remarks
in , longer extract from Mr.. Hunters address,
,sb;cb has none the rounds of the papers; and al
,bongh we have no reason 10 doubt It's genuine
mesa, we respectfully call the attention OF the
ENQUIRER TO il, il order that The matter may be
explained satisfactorily. IL Is us lo'o"s'
IAN Christian churches and individuals, says
M Hunter. nj Petersburg. telivo that the allie
glance which they owe 10 God is higher,ihan any
obligations to man; and that IN a conflict detceen
hum nm and Divine iaics, yon must SeFre "od
rather than man" =,
Now, this is precisely the ground taken by Mr..
Seward in his speech in 1857, which. called down
upon him so much bitter denunciation from the
champions of compromise and slavery II therels
ANYTHING wicked and criminal 1t, Mr.. llunterls
equally deserving of the maledcions of the friends
Of .law and order - but if it is grand and gor-
Gus share then the Virginia Senator is entitled to
share with Senator Seward in the honor OF having
proclaimed it to unwilling ears What says the
Enbuirerl Is the extract genuine! by the way
that point cannot be doubted, since we cut 1t from
the columns of the Richmond Examiner the spe-
cial advocate of Mr.. Hunter, and the editor had
not word to say against its genuneness' What
then, says tie Enquirer as to the business of the
sentiment Does Senator Hunter lay down the
true doctrine of individual and Christian duty
VIII the Enquirer answer